Listen & Download:
Anamanaguchi – Mess - http://usershare.net/kpj08uj72pyc

Listen & Download:
Lil’ Jon and the East Side Boyz – Throw It Up (Lankizzle Remix) - http://usershare.net/qxlss9igqibu

Reformat the Planet, from 2 Player Productions is a documentary film about the chiptune movement, “a vibrant underground scene based around creating new, original music using old video game hardware” or what I like to call, music that is nostalgic as shit.

REFORMAT THE PLANET is a feature length documentary which delves into the movement known as chip tunes, a vibrant underground scene based around creating new, original music using old video game hardware. Familiar devices such as the Nintendo Game Boy and Nintendo Entertainment System are pushed in new directions with startling results.

Using New York as a microcosm for a larger global movement, “Reformat the Planet” maps out the genesis of the first annual Blip Festival, a four day celebration of over 30 international artists exploring the untapped potential of low-bit video game consoles. With floor-stomping rhythms and fist-waving melodies, trailblazers of the chip tune idiom descend upon Manhattan to pen a new chapter in the history of electronic music.

The trailer features music by Nullsleep (“Salvation for a Broken Heart”, “On Target”), Martin Galway (“The Neverending Story”), and Random (“Micawber’s Moan”), all composed on classic video game consoles.

The DVD can be pre-ordered today from Fangamer and will be released on August 24th, 2010. Below are some additional chiptune renditions of mainstream music featuring various urban artists (Jay-Z, Twista, T.I., Jamie Fox, Ludacris, Kanye West, etc.) and Depeche Mode. from Tugboat and Nullsleep.

Listen & Download:

Tugboat – Remix Medley 1 - http://usershare.net/gryjfpitxvmx

Tugboat – Remix Medley 1 (thecluh.com)

Nullsleep – Depeche Mode Gameboy Minimix! – http://usershare.net/o0fqmzu3su3l

Nullsleep – Depeche Mode Gameboy Minimix (thecluh.com)

Another hot scene from Dante Lewis‘ upcoming White Soft Porn project, featuring someone and someone else.

Listen & Download:

Dante Lewis – Pop Them Tits (White Soft Porn) – http://usershare.net/nkmi3pkbx848

Dante Lewis – Pop Them Tits (White Soft Porn) (thecluh.com)

Friend of The Cluh, Bei Maejor just released the single Gamez featuring Keri Hilson from his upcoming mixtape, u?op ?p?sdn. The song, with video game sounds and a chiptuney feel, is still accessible to the mainstream. The mixtape will be out soon and is free.

Listen & Download (.MP3):

Bei Maejor – Gamez (Feat. Keri Hilson) - http://www.mediafire.com/?mz4pdkxt5h6pp13

http://thecluh.com/mp3/Bei Maejor – Gamez (Feat. Keri Hilson) (thecluh.com).mp3

Chiptune record label/collective Data Airlines released this gem back in January and I stumbled upon it a few days ago. It features Zalza, Excellence in Art, Random, Misfitchris, Dubmood and more covering the music of Swedish electro/rock duo The Knife with a chippy, blip-bloopy flare. Listen and download below or read more/sample the album on the Data Airlines release page, here.

Listen & Download:

Data Airlines – The Knife (album) - http://www.dataairlines.net/music/Data_Airlines_-_The_Knife-(DATA013).rar

Maskinoperatör – The Captain (Feat. Malin Vega) – http://usershare.net/0mrfvihak97u

Maskinoperatör – The Captain feat Malin Vega

Misfitchris – Na Na Na - http://usershare.net/dc5bbjxrra1f

Misfitchris – Na Na Na

Syphus – Heartbeats (Live at GameCity09) - http://usershare.net/wzj4so7g3lbm

Syphus – Heartbeats (Live at GameCity09)

From the Greenleaf debut album, “Greenberry Hill.” on Hemlock Records. They’re in Portland, Oregon but Asif is from Virginia Beach. Download it in 128kbps fo free or pay $5 for higher quality/good feelings.

Listen & Download:

Greenleaf – Broke Into Blinding Glare - http://usershare.net/v1o23rnm49bz

Greenleaf – Broke Into Blinding Glare

Download:

Team Teamwork – Vinyl Fantasy 7 - http://usershare.net/67eamggudzow

Listen:

Gucci Mane – Stoopid (Costa Del Sol)

Team Teamwork – Gucci Mane – Stoopid (Costa Del Sol)

MF DOOM – Air (Barrett’s Theme)

Team Teamwork – MF DOOM – Air (Barrett’s Theme)

Dante Lewis wanted a Regular Nintendo for his birthday and all he got was a remix Soulja Boy‘s Donk from his alter ego, Mr. Joy Fantastic(k).

Listen & Download

Soulja Boy – Donk (Nintendo Power Remix) - http://usershare.net/6rz10hcp3m43

http://thecluh.com/mp3/Soulja Boy – Donk (Nintendo Power Remix) (Prod. Dante Lewis) (thecluh.com).mp3

Guesswho, Whatzisface, Harry Fraud, and DJ Buffalo are No Question? MC’s/producers from Brooklyn, New York, NY and Got Game? is a Hip-Hop project with 8bit/Chiptune/Nintendo inspired instrumentals they made in 2008, but was shelved for one reason or another. Recently, the guys at NYC venue The Yolk met up with Guesswho and asked if they could help release it to the ears of the world. Guesswho obliged and the unmastered mix was released through the website, http://www.nintendomixtape.com.

Download:

No Question? – Got Game? – http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?gmnomm12to3

Listen:

No Question? – Double Dragons

http://thecluh.com/mp3/No Question – Double Dragons (thecluh.com).mp3

No Question – OverLord

http://thecluh.com/mp3/No Question – OverLord (thecluh.com).mp3

No Question – T&C Surf design

http://thecluh.com/mp3/No Question – T&C Surf design (thecluh.com).mp3

You may remember Stage7 from my previous posting of his chiptune/8bit cover of the Daft Punk song Superheroes in the Da Chip! write-up. He intended to release the song with the Barry Manilow sample from the original intact for the compilation but couldn’t due to a reasonable no-sampling clause in the Da Chip! project rules. In a comment, he supplied a link to the original describing it as an “improved version of Superheroes that contains [the Manilow] sample (AND the rimshot in the beginning)” The sample kind of reminds me of the Skate or Die 2 synthesized voice.

Check out Stage7 and his other music on the interwebs at http://stg7.net.

Download:

Stage 7 – Superheroes (Daft Punk Cover) - http://tinyurl.com/st7-superheroes

http://thecluh.com/mp3/Stage7 – Superheroes (Daft Punk Cover) (Original) (thecluh.com).mp3

This tribute, titled Da Chip! is a project spearheaded by a French musician by the name Je deviens dj en 3 jours that consists of video game music (chiptune) inspired remakes of Daft Punk songs from various chiptune composers. It’s awesome; so awesome that I just danced to it in my room by myself for about 15 minutes straight but then again, I also have a soft spot for video games and chiptune music while also being a fan of Daft Punk. Outside of the links to download the tribute and the bonus tracks, I’ve selected a few tracks that can be listened to from this blog entry. The webpage for the project is located at http://jedeviensdjen3jours.com/dachip.

The first song I chose is from UK chiptune musician, Microchip‘s rendition of One More Time from DP’s Discovery album. It makes me feel nostalgic to the times I used to watch the skateboard video, Chomp On This (which happened to have somewhat a video game inspired theme to it, via it’s use of Pac Man imagery) everyday after school before going skateboarding.

The second track, covering Daft Punk’s Superheroes, from Spanish artist, Stage7 translates the Barry Manilow sample driven song into bleep-bloopy goodness. It also makes me think DP sampled the title track from the Super Nintendo game, Top Gear, for the bridge of the song even more. (Seems also the sound has also been used in the band Muse song Bliss.)

Listen & Download:
Da Chip! The Music of Daft Punk Revisited on Vintage Game Systems (72.6 MB) – http://usershare.net/l5b54cjzr1j1
Da Chip! Bonus Part (55.7 MB) - http://usershare.net/lxr5yc8suei0

Microchip – One More Time

Stage7 – Superheroes

Zombectro – Voyager