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Click here to download Whitely - Mori (.zip format) Whitely is...

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:43:21 -0500

Click here to download Whitely - Mori (.zip format)

Whitely is a man that can genuinely claim to be Telford’s #1 Seapunk artiste - but when he’s not scuba diving with his musical equipment, he often creates top Game Boy jams for your earholes - and CDKr is happy to host ‘Mori’, an album containing five absolute bangers - the album is short, but it certainly packs some punch!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/386890078/superbyte-2013-chip...

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 13:51:29 -0500

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/386890078/superbyte-2013-chiptune-and-8-bit-arts-weekender

SUPERBYTE: 13-14 September 2013, Manchester UK

Me and the Megabyte (Manchester) crew are putting on a two day chiptune (+ retro gaming/art) festival in Manchester, and we’d like your help in making it happen - it’s not just a charity mugging though, there are some sweet incentives for you to pay, including t-shirts, art prints and even a LSDJ cart with Superbyte musicians’ tunes on, so you can steal their tunes and become famous! (but don’t do that plz)

People announced to perform already include:
Sabrepulse
gwEm
Mark ‘TDK’ Knight
Whitely
Skip Cloud
Mizkai

and visuals from LastKnight and hellocatfood!

Depending on how much you donate, some of the rewards include tickets to Superbyte, so if you’re coming or wish to come, think of it as a pre-order that will massively help us out! So please, if you have any Christmas money, just won the lottery, ever enjoyed a ChipFest or CDKr Release, and want to help out, then please throw us some of your quids!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zU2Z8taw7U <— Some footage of last year’s Superbyte!

Click here to download Cerebral Scars - Northern Dancing Town...

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 20:17:00 -0500

Click here to download Cerebral Scars - Northern Dancing Town (.zip format)

End of the world? Quite possibly, as the brutal fury of Cerebral Scars’ headspace is revealed to the world once again, with four intense tracks that will blow minds and speaker systems simultaneously. Inspired by London and Newcastle (CS’s hometown), Northern Dancing Town is sure to ignite dancefloors all over the nation.

http://calmdownkidder.com/records/releases/cdk058 Click here...

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 12:00:21 -0500

http://calmdownkidder.com/records/releases/cdk058

Click here to download L-tron - Dsknekt (.zip format)

When not travelling around the world, breaking hearts and bank balances, L-tron is busy making tasty dance beats on his Game Boy. Dsknekt is the result of many years of creating music, which ranges from “full on party classic”, to “even more full on party classic”. Don’t sit back, don’t relax, put this on and enjoy yourself silly.

All created on one Game Boy, using LSDJ.

fuckyeahchiptune: MegaByte and CalmDownKidder present…SUPERBYTE...

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:20:00 -0400

fuckyeahchiptune:

MegaByte and CalmDownKidder present…
SUPERBYTE 2013
September 13 - 14, 2013
Manchester, UK
Keep an eye out on http://superbytefestival.co.uk/ and follow https://twitter.com/SuperByteFest and http://www.facebook.com/superbytefestival to stay in the know!

Click here to download environmental sound collapse - Chains Of...

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:23:00 -0500

Click here to download environmental sound collapse - Chains Of Gold (.zip format)

environmental sound collapse’s latest release is four tracks of piggy tracker, midiNES and a circuit-bent Yamaha RX-17 smushed together, to create a stodgy meal of crunchy basslines, jittery drum beats and sprinkled with noisy leads, in order to feed your earholes. Recommended side-dishes include bacon, vodka, vodka-infused bacon and bacon-infused vodka. Eat up!

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 444 Castro Street, Suite 900, Mountain View, California, 94041, USA.

Click here to download Steady C - He Started It (.zip...

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:38:00 -0500

Click here to download Steady C - He Started It (.zip format)

CDKr is no stranger to hip hop, with the Chip Hop and Urban Bits compilations being notable examples - but here is the debut effort from rap icon Steady C! Straight outta Meriden, Conneticut, Steady C has been creating rhymes and breaking hearts since he was but a small child. This collection of tracks contains some oldies, and some new crackers for yer earholes as well. Recommended Usage: stick it on a cassette tape, pop it in your car and cruise your local neighbourhood.

Click here to download Bokusatsu Shoujo Koubou - Uma Kill Fancy...

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:59:00 -0500

Click here to download Bokusatsu Shoujo Koubou - Uma Kill Fancy Resistance (.zip format)

BSK! BSK! BSK! Whilst he and pal Maru are over in the UK, Bokusatsu Shoujo Koubou has unleashed his Uma Kill Fancy Resistance towards CDKr, and I can only but accept! Six tracks of astonishing Game Boy prowess are yours to behold if you download this album, but be warned - exposure to music this good can only be amazing for your health! If you like your music like your like your coffee, dark yet occasionally sugary at the same time, this might just be your new favourite album.

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Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:10:52 -0400

Posted to wrong tumblr account, whoops!

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Click here to download Jellica - Remanques et Compocompil (.zip format)

Jellica follows up his ‘Flappiest Bits’ with some of his less flappy bits, I suppose? A collection of various tracks that are scattered all over the internet in miscellaneous compilations like an easter egg hunt that takes up space on your hard drive - now all in one convenient place! Don’t worry though, this isn’t some rubbish “yeah I’ve heard this before” selection, there are some brand spanking new tracks, including some top remixes by Jellica (remixing Video Game Orchestra, Victoria and Jacob, and previous CDKr Releasees VideoValvontaa - Jellica only listens to artists who begin with V, apparently) and from others of Jellica (Flashbob, Analog, Steve and esc)!

TLDR? If you like Jellica, you’ll love this!

Lubbly Jubbly artwork from KeFF, the man who can - click it for a HQ version!

Click here to download USK vs Fighter X (.zip format) Phew, is...

Fri, 27 May 2011 16:11:00 -0400

Click here to download USK vs Fighter X (.zip format)

Phew, is it really summer again? It seems like it was last around this time last year! …oh, right… Well, those nice boys USK and Fighter X feel that it’s time to whip out your boom box, pump out these jams, and chill the heck out! Six tracks of fast-tempo, high-powered, all-out, balls-to-the-wall BANGERS will be sure to make your Summer the hottest around, no matter where you live! Artwork by Maru

Click here to download gwEm - Decade of Fragments (.zip...

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:17:00 -0400

Click here to download gwEm - Decade of Fragments (.zip format)

Astonishingly dirty basslines? Check. Thumping Beats? Check. Samples from all sorts of various nooks and crannies in pop culture? Check. Christmas Song? Check.

Wait, what?

Most ordinary mixes don’t have Christmas songs, but then, most mixes aren’t by Atari and axe wielding madman Gareth Morris, who celebrates his 10th year of being ‘The One They Call gwEm’. During a short period of not being busy from touring all over the world, from London to Toyko and almost everywhere in between, or putting on his own shows, or making his own Atari music composing software maxYMiser, gwEm has managed to make this astonishing 35 minute mix of old and new music into an unforgettable dance mix, that will surely cement his position in the chipscene for at least another ten years!

Artwork by noteNdo

Click here to download Sparkyboy – African Oasis (.zip...

Sun, 10 Apr 2011 12:32:00 -0400

Click here to download Sparkyboy – African Oasis (.zip format)

In the Desert that is the chipmusic scene, Sparkyboy makes a triumphant return with his African Oasis! Quench your thirst with the refreshing self-titled track, or lie in the cool shade of other bangers such as the mighty Danger Danger! Even better, not a Wonderwall cover in sight! (Not that Oasis, silly…)

Released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License

Click here to download Comptroller - Baddies (.zip format) Some...

Sun, 13 Mar 2011 13:30:20 -0400

Click here to download Comptroller - Baddies (.zip format)

Some say he once crushed a Nintendo Game Boy with his own bare hands, some say he gets his sounds by forcing the souls of his enemies into his LSDJ cart, what is known is that his name is Comptroller, and he hails from Scotland. In this release, Comptroller vanquishes his demons in four intense music journeys, and has somehow brought them into this plane of existence for you to listen to, if you dare.

Click here to download jmr - Skywave Effect (.zip format) jmr...

Sat, 18 Dec 2010 19:17:58 -0500

Click here to download jmr - Skywave Effect (.zip format)

jmr from Newfoundland, Canada, hits CDKr with his latest release, Skywave Effect, 12 tracks of exciting pop jams. Whether you’re in the mood to dance, chill, or revel in the ecstatic waves of music, there’s something for everyone here!

(track 02 “Lavender Corridor”) Click here to...

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 10:33:00 -0400

(track 02 “Lavender Corridor”)

Click here to download PlainFlavored - Hexadecimator: Chip Music In G Minor (.zip format)

Adam Schackart may be PlainFlavored by name, but his music certainly isn’t! Hexadecimator includes five tracks of DMG music influenced by a dream that took place in the summer of 2009, as well as eight years of previously abandoned works. This creates a work that is both somehow fractured and complete at the same time, turning from underclocked churning to high powered energetic music instantaneously. With cover art by Hannes Pasqualini (click album art for larger image) and vocal and acoustic guitar intro by Andrew Winzenburg.

Click here to download Various Artists – The Square Wave...

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:08:00 -0400

Click here to download Various Artists – The Square Wave Conspiracy (.zip format)

arottenbit, Buskerdroid, Kenobit and Microman have given birth to the Square Wave Conspiracy, an album with aims of showing the world what the Italian micromusic scene is capable of, which is clearly the blistering destruction of Game Boy music as we know it! This album shows the lads remixing a song from each other, finishing off with a brand new original track from all of them, leaving you in a catatonic state of frenzy! All the recordings are the raw output of the Game Boys, to preserve the roughness and power of the 8 bit sound.

The delicious artwork is by pixel hero Nazzilla, click the art to view a HQ version!

Click here to download Derris-Kharlan - Live (.zip format) Once...

Sat, 10 Apr 2010 11:48:00 -0400

Click here to download Derris-Kharlan - Live (.zip format)

Once upon a time, Australia’s Derris-Kharlan played a gig. Not only did he play a gig, he shook the foundations of civilisation as we know it, to leave the world forever changed. Luckily for us, someone managed to grab a superbly high quality recording of it, and it is presented to you so that you too can embrace the brilliant music.

Props to the SoundBytes crew for letting CDKr host this, cTrix for the mastering and pixls for the stunning artwork (click for lush HQ version!)

Click here to download Dauragon C. Mikado - The Inner Workings...

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:05:00 -0400

Click here to download Dauragon C. Mikado - The Inner Workings (.zip format)

All the way from Washington D.C., Blog fiend/Musician/all-round chill motherfucker Dauragon C. Mikado (or Dauragon to his friends) has slammed 5 tracks of hip-hop goodness this way. From a slight bobbing of the head to full on hip-worrying booty shakin’, Dauragon covers all the necessary dance styles with class, and plenty of obscure pop culture references.

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Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:18:37 -0500

inb4 minusbaby

Click here to download Chromix - Roll Trick (.zip format) Fresh...

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:58:50 -0500

Click here to download Chromix - Roll Trick (.zip format)

Fresh from Blip Fesitval, the mighty Chromix lays down some fresh tracks for Roll Trick! From New York, Chromix uses a Game Boy with LSDJ to devastating effect, forcing you to crack a smile and dance! (seriously, if you don’t go apeshit to Cirque Beserk, you have more self-control than I do!) If you like your music hardcore and happy, get on this! If you’re still not convinced, Roll Trick also includes a flipping IAYD Remix! Say whaaaaaat?