On Mon, 18 Sep 2000, Blag wrote:
quoted 3 lines > http://arcadeathome.efront.com/misc/Vcsclip.mov
>
> I D fucking M. word.
They should have included Dig Dug, but that's a quibble.
I dug this video to the most. What it brought to mind is the essential
nostalgia to electronic music -- just as rock acts channel the beach boys
and the beatles, IDM artists seem hugely influenced by video game music.
And let's not forget the Star Wars nostalgia exhibited by the whole Clear
Records posse...
And it's an odd thing too -- what made video game music distinctive is
the primitive sound circuitry and software they had to work with back
in the day. If they could have made it sound like e.g. Toto they would
have.
If you're really fiending for that vintage sound check out the SidStation:
http://www.sidstation.com/
which is based on the SID sound chip from the Commodore 64.
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