I was recently asked by fellow chipper Tettix to remix a tune for his upcoming remix album. I chose to revisit a track that revolves around one of the most popular moves in one of the most popular fighting games of all time. Street Fighter 2. The album is free. Go check it out and enjoy my tune below:

Dragon Punch! (Dragon Fist Rising Remix)

Where “Level” and “NEUTRALITE” march full steam ahead in chiptune bombacity, “Midnight Orphans” floats between calm and chaotic, expected and unexpected. This is a collection of loose ends written over the last few years. The album material is as early as “Until the Sun Rises” and “Quartz” from 2006, and as recent as “Time Removed”, written in 2010.

I’m wrapping up production on Rise of the Obsidian Interstellar, and soon it’ll be time to get the music out! (think this Fall). I have my own favorite way(s) of listening to music, but my unfortunately tight budget can tend to dictate whether or not I make physical versions (CDs, Vinyl). As a result I thought a good way to get a sense of this would be to ask you guys directly. So here’s a poll!

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Cheers!

Links: That’s Mister Coconut to You, Marco Tannenbaumgartner

The second track is something of a tribute to one popular franchise in particular. I’ll let you guess which!

Also, here’s some early work in progress footage of the game!

This song was a first in a lot of ways for me. I’ve been singing since I was little but this was one of my first attempts at singing on a track, as well as writing lyrics. Listening to this now, I’d love to redo this song with MUCH better vocals (which I’ll probably do at some point), maybe change up the lyrics a little bit as well. I also utilized some techniques I had never tried before, like adding vinyl sounds underneath to give it a little bit of an old feeling … in hindsight I’m not sure how successful it was at making it sound “old”, but I do like the vinyl sounds regardless (haha).

There are a few influences for this track, including Radiohead (the vibe, harmonic decisions), Tortoise (tremolo guitar lines), and Wintersleep/Kary (some of the vocal chanting towards the end). I might have been listening to The Postal Service at the time too because I think it does feel a little reminiscent of a darker equivalent of that group at times. There’s also a hint of chip towards the back end, though this stays mostly outside of that realm.

I did this track in Garageband my first semester at music school, and recorded the vocals in my dorm room.

MP3: Until the Sun Rises

Question being: If I made a limited supply of these, would you guys be interested? If so, please shoot an email to rich AT disasterpeace DOT com with your preferred size, and if there is enough interest I’ll make sure you have first chance to get one!

This track I’m sharing is the eighth track, and probably one of the better ones of the bunch. Given the requirements I took the opportunity to use my favorite tool at the time Tabledit (MIDI Guitar Tablature Editor Software) to create all of the music. This was one of the first game-related projects I ever took on, and the experience helped at least somewhat in getting me interested in writing for games in general. Since then I haven’t really looked back. Check out my portfolio if you’re interested in what I do when I’m not writing for the sake of writing.

MP3: Wasabi: Track 08

This recording isn’t very old at all — July 27th, 2009. The truth is I’ve been wanting to do some music with singing for quite a while. I’ve done a little bit — there was a track on my myspace a few years ago called Until the Sun Rises (I’ll talk about that one another time), and there’s Lullatwerp from the Disastertron record Cereal Code (does that even count?!) but since then I haven’t released anything with vocals. I’ve been slowly and quietly putting together some lyrics, and hopefully I’ll have something to show for it soon.

About this recording — Some time last year I started using my voice as a means of improvising new ideas with guitar, with varied amounts of success. This is one example of that. I’ll generally jam on an idea for a couple of minutes, and try different things, before editing things down afterwards (notice the clicks from rough editing and the pitch-shifted section at the end) so that I can return to the idea and not have to fumble through lots of excess fat. I read or heard somewhere once that the Beatles wrote “Yesterday” with fake lyrics about scrambled eggs and other random things. It’s a very useful tool. When I try it I usually wind up talking about the sun. I like the sun.

MP3: Jelly Sandwich