cTrix - A for Amiga [Chiptunes/90s]

Inspired to supply musicological discourse once again by the powerful retro force that is A for Amiga. Australian musician and producer cTrix has clearly mastered a long lost art within the fuller spectrum of chiptunes; as opposed to emulating early Nintendo or Atari sounds, cTrix uses that OG desktop computer - the Amiga 500. The 500 was used to digitally process and produce a lot of electronic music during the 90s, and cTrix milked the Amiga for all the nostalgia it had. Not only did he use original Amiga trackers but also ran the audio through several vintage outboard hardware racks, and then dubbed each track on 2" tape, giving the album as heavy a 90s analogue sound as you'll hear in 2014. A for Amiga came out in December of 2013 but cTrix was writing and producing material that eventually became A for Amiga since 1993.

Each track is rich, catchy, jamming, nostalgic, and just plain refreshing - please to be listen!

Surkin - Never Let Go (House/Jam)

Just one post for today so I'm making it count. This song filled a little bit of a hole in my heart; like when you have a penchant for certain kind of music, a certain feel, but you don't know what it is and much less where it is. Surkin (Benoit Heitz - French house and electro DJ) sated my desires with his song Never Let Go Ft. Kevin Irving. It's a really solid jam that feels neither like straight electronica or like it's acoustic; and it just vibes as a single, solid piece of music, which is always a treat. The vocals are tight, the 80s-style bass is tight, the switching from cut time to double time is tight, the 80s drums are tight, the seagull sounds are tight, everything is just really tight, and it makes me want to dance. Give this song, and the rest of the album USA, a listen if you so desire.

Surkin - Never Let Go (Ft. Kevin Irving)