CR33 – V/A – Project PAL

Title: Project PAL Artist: V/A Year: 2010 Inspired by albums such as Alex Mauer’s VEGAVOX, Kreese and his ‘pals’ Wiklund and Zabutom came together to create the first European NES cart album! PAL and US cartridges will be coming soon for purchase and free download. Sticker artwork by Kreese and Ville Konttinen. MORE INFORMATION

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CR32 – USK – I am a Fuckoka Raver

Title: I Am a Fuckoka Raver Artist: USK Year: 2010 Another energy-pumped wave of wild Fuckoka power! USK delivers exactly what you want in this lengthy EP, a release he originally brought with him to the States during his trip to Seattle for Folklife 2010. If you didn’t pick up a copy at the show, don’t miss your chance to Read more...

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CR31 – Live Animals – Fruits

Title: Fruits Artist: Live Animals Year: 2010 Live Animals makes their official debut on 7Deadly Records / Crunchy Records with their first EP! Enjoy the juicy taste of Bananas, Kiwis, and Pineapples, then more Kiwis! The Special Edition Fruits EP includes remixes by Deepearth.void, SeanBad, Spamtron, and Fighter X! Delicious! MORE INFORMATION

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CrunchyCo Chiptune Panel @ PAX Prime

You heard right, CrunchyCo will be infiltrating PAX Prime this year to bring the chiptune experience to the gamer scene first hand.

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Countdown to PAX!

If you’re going to PAX be sure to check out two spectacular CrunchyCo-sponsored chiptune events!

1. Friday. 11am. Wolfman Theatre. 8-Bit Soundwaves: A Look into the World of Chiptune Music. Discuss everything 8-bit with Gabe Hayward (KGHB), Celene Ramadan (Leeni), Jack Waterman (Fighter X), Chris Lehfeldt (Infradead), and some or possibly all of the boys from Anamanaguchi.

2. Saturday. 1pm. JamSpace. Chiptune Showcase featuring Fighter X, Spamtron, Seanbad, Knife City, Zen Albatross, and possibly others!

This is going to be a weekend to remember, so DON’T MISS IT! Official PAX 2010 schedule here.

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Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game OST Available Now!

If you’ve been playing the Scott Pilgrim game since it came out like we have, you know it has a bitchin’ soundtrack. Now, you can hear Anamanaguchi tearing it up on your i-devices and such with 24 tracks of 8-bit ‘guchi glory straight from one of the freshest games out this year. You heard right, the track count is 24, and for only twelve bucks on iTunes, that’s an incredible steal. So what are you waiting for? Get the tracks now, and don’t forget to catch Anamanaguchi on their West Coast tour, which starts tomorrow in LA, and ends next month at the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle.

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SEEDLESS by Corey Lewis

New from Image Comics, Corey Lewis’ SEEDLESS takes you into a colorful wild world where the grapes have minds of their own!

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Harmony Treblecleff, daughter of an eccentric inventor, finds herself teaming up with a band of seedless grape warriors and thrust into an epic mission to defend the galaxy from an army of rogue grapes gone bad! Join Harmony and the S-Grapes as they encounter wild animals, giant robots, and more on their quest to save the universe.

After starting out as a weekly web comic sponsored and hosted by Pink Gorilla Games, Image Comics picked up on the Seedless story and compiled it into one manga-sized book. With 128 full-color pages, the printed edition is packed with style and imagination, and chock full of supplemental material and bonus artwork by special guest artists (including CrunchyCo’s own Gabe Hayward!).

SEEDLESS Volume 1 debuts in comic book stores today, August 18, so go pick up your copy right now! The book is also available online at places like amazon.com (with free super saver shipping, ooh!).

For more work by Corey Lewis, check out his website: reyyy.com

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The Chipophone!

Stumbled across this interesting piece of chip-news today! The Chipophone, developed by Swedish software engineer Linus Åkesson, is actually an old electronic organ that has been converted into a chiptune synthesizer via a set of microcontrollers that transform the original organ tones into MIDI signals… fancy! Check out the video below, and read more on the chipophone’s creation at Linus’ personal website. With innovations such as this, I wonder if we’ll start seeing some chiptune artists give their game boys a rest and start pumping out their live tunes in real time! Wouldn’t that be something!

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Speaking of cool things from the wonderful land of Sweden, don’t forget to keep an eye on Project PAL!

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8-Bit Soundwaves Panel Update – PAX Prime

For those of you going to PAX Prime, the schedule of events has been posted!

Don’t miss CrunchyCo’s 8-Bit Soundwaves panel on Friday September 3rd, 11am in the Wolfman Theatre. We’ve made some additions to the line-up of panelists, including the knowledgeable local Infradead, and some of the Anamanaguchi boys! Below is the event as listed in the official PAX schedule:

Friday, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Wolfman Theatre
8-Bit Soundwaves: A Look into the World of Chiptune Music

The chiptune phenomenon has exploded throughout the gamer scene! Chiptune (or 8-Bit) music has been rising in popularity since it first took shape in video games and computer programs of decades past. But chiptune isn’t just background music! More and more artists today are creating intricate and original musical compositions using retro gaming consoles as instruments. Find out where the method came from, where it’s going, and how artists such as Anamanaguchi, KGHB, and Fighter X are utilizing it to create unique 8-bit hits. Presented by CrunchyCo.com

Panelists include: Celene Ramadan [Musician, Leeni], Jack Waterman [Musician, Fighter X], Aaron Campion [Co-Owner/Musician, CrunchyCo/KGHB], Peter Berkman [Musician, Anamanaguchi], Gabe Hayward [Co-Owner/Musician, CrunchyCo/KGHB], Chris Lehfeldt [Musician, Infradead]

And after you see our panel on Friday, don’t you dare miss this on Saturday…

Saturday, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM, Jamspace
PAX Prime Chiptune Music Showcase!

For many years, chiptune musicians from lands far and wide have gathered at the gates outside of PAX. Using portable gaming consoles, these lo-tek street buskers would blast their hand-crafted 8-bit tunes onto the streets of Seattle year after year. Slowly but surely, these humble 8-bit minstrels won the hearts of PAX attendees, who danced and cheered as bleeps and bloops filled the Autumn air. Now, charmed by their talent and persistence, the beneficent rulers of PAX have opened their doors to these plucky lo-fi performers, and granted them a special chiptune music showcase to take place this year inside the PAX JamSpace! Come indulge your ear drums and pump your fists to the sounds of Fighter X, Spamtron, Seanbad, Knife City and Zen Albatross at the first-ever PAX Prime Chiptune Music Showcase!

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