What are you listening to at the present? (genres helpful)

[marurun]

I haven't listened to much Incubus so I can't say I'm a fan in any way, but I love the idea of re-recording an album in "studio live" format, at least as long as the band is good enough. A lot of recorded music is so manipulated that the live version is inherently different, and for a lot of "modern" pop and rock, that live version is very inferior. But a decent band can produce something that sounds much better. I'm really hoping The Warning does a studio live album, because they have a lot of live performances on YouTube and they're all better than their "polished" album tracks.

[Ziggy]

Mmm, well groups aren't really musicians anymore like they use to be. It use to be that live albums were absolutely fantastic, and some times there was such energy that the live version of a song one-upped the studio version. Even if the live version was technically inferior from an audio production standpoint.

Incubus is a weird band. And I mean that in a good way. It's impossible to label them with a genre because they've changed so much over the years. If I played a random song from their first or second album and then a random song from a later album, you might not realize it's the same band if you weren't already familiar with them. They've also changed the lineup, namely the bassist. The original Morning View album was recorded with the original bassist, who left the band after that album. The replacement bassist was with them until just recently. He had a brain tumor, I read. Now they have another replacement bassist, which is who recording Morning View XXIII with them. So all those things going for them, I thought it would be interesting to hear, at the least. But they actually stayed true to the original album. It just very much sounds like how they might alter it in a live performance 23 years later. Small changes here and there. Enough to keep you on your toes.

[REPO Man]

Currently binging LVCRFT.

[REPO Man]

The most mysterious song on the internet has been found! Apparently it's called "Subways of Your Mind" by FEX.

[o.pwuaioc]

https://keygenmusic.tk/#

So, so many memories here. Anyone a fan of chiptune music needs to check it out. It defaults to a shuffle mode, and you can even search it, if you happen to remember which keygen programs were your favorite.

H/T: HN.

[opa]

https://keygenmusic.tk/#

So, so many memories here. Anyone a fan of chiptune music needs to check it out. It defaults to a shuffle mode, and you can even search it, if you happen to remember which keygen programs were your favorite.

H/T: HN.

Hey, check out Keygen Church/Master Boot Record on bandcamp. You may like it.

[marurun]

Why is it called keygen? I haven’t heard that term in combination with chiptunes before.

[o.pwuaioc]

Why is it called keygen? I haven’t heard that term in combination with chiptunes before.

It's demoscene music that got attached to keygens. It's not specifically chiptune music, though a lot of great chiptune music was found in keygens.

Here was one of my favorites, uploaded in higher quality to Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EwTnlP15rk

Keygen Church/Master Boot Record on bandcamp

Thanks for the rec. I just listened and liked Floppy Disk Overdrive by MBR. I'm not the biggest death metal guy, but if I could get into this if there's more along these lines.

[opa]

I will add if you like MBR okay, then check out the artist's keygen church project because it's more of a mix of Castlevania & DOOM midi.

I actually have one of the limited presses of a 45 record which includes a song for the game ULTRAKILL.

One of the projects on my to-do list is to take Keygen Church songs and edit my own score for Nosferatu.

[QUAG BOI]

i have been listening to a lot of casiopea for some time now.

they are a Japanese jazz fusion band from the late 70s and early 80s and there music is awesome

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i just got there album (down up beat) on CD and burned 2 of there live shows on DVD.

there music reminds me a lot of old SEGA game soundtracks like outrun and space harrier

hear is one of there songs called GALACTIC FUNK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKgjOCuW_MU

also this one is called RED ZONE and it is one of my favorites
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqkB9NK_NfQ

anyone else like casiopea?

also check out this video about them by 2Norway.
this is what introduced me to casiopea and its a really good video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVzld8ES9hQ