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Opening of Mamasen, an eroge by Willowsoft — featuring JulieHally’s “Ma ma ma mar-mar-lade!” When did eroge start being accompanied by awesome chiptune soundtracks? And more importantly, can I get said soundtracks without having to roleplay a timid, yet irresistible college student for hours in search of “passionate fruity missing linkage”?
See also: Photos from Hally’s set at Blip Festival Tokyo
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tags / chiptunes / eroge / hally / juliehally / mamasen / jcK, Hip Tanaka EX, and Hally performing at Blip Festival Tokyo. My wife and I got into Tokyo just in time to see these last three acts of the festival’s second night, and they were pretty mindblowing. We came in just as K was performing some Castlevania remixes, leading into Hip Tanaka, who was far less “traditional” — ironic, sort of, since he actually made NES music.
Tanaka used NES music too, including noticeable elements from Duck Hunt, but built it into a DJ set that focused on super-loud beats and chip noise. I wish I could describe it better! It was really exciting, and Tanaka appeared to be having a rad time. At the end of his set, he came out for an encore and performed “Fever” from Dr. Mario, first accompanying the bass line with beats, then bringing in the melody … which everyone in the audience chanted along to.
Hally fought technical difficulties at first, something about his Famicom not working, but declared himself able to do the impossible and managed to play anyway. His performance was every bit as manic and memorable as that seen in Reformat the Planet! Dude’s a superstar, basically. He even sang heavily distorted vocals on a cover of “Blue Monday.” Toward the end of the show, Julie came out and the two performed the JulieHally material.
If, at any point, any of these performers schedule a show near you, I encourage you to go. Especially if Hip Tanaka manages to take more time away from his job as president of Creatures Inc. and play another show. Coolest person at Nintendo, confirmed.
See also: Blip Festival Tokyo video, flyer
tags / blip festival tokyo / hally / hip tanaka / jcPeople in YMCK costumes play with the YMCK Player for iPhone. This app allows you to play chiptune-ish notes over music from your iPhone’s music library, with a vibrato function assigned to the accelerometer.
Here’s YMCK’s fellow Blip Festival Tokyo performer, Hally, demonstrating the app:
Hip Tanaka can’t avoid the giant YMCK mascot either:
The app is available in Japan only, for ¥230 alone, or ¥350 with a copy of a new YMCK song, “Music Flowing.” Update: it’s started showing up around the world — including the US, where it’s on the App Store for $1.99/$2.99.
See also: More YMCK
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tags / ymck / iphone / chiptunes / hally / hip tanaka / jc“L.E.D. Nation” by JulieHally. I found out about this side project of VORC Records founder and chiptune mainstay Hally from a post about the Kotaku podcast, of all places.
Tiny Cartridge readers know we love chiptunes with vocals. I think part of it is that adding elements of more traditional musical forms causes the songs to built around a somewhat more traditional (pop-like) structure that is more accessible. And in this case, more danceable. This track is ridiculously catchy.
The song is part of a two-song collection, 256 e.p., released yesterday and available at HearJapan for $2.22.
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