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1. mcc (mcc@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Nov-2023 20:59:33 UTC mcc

   What I'm listening to today: "Feng Shui Schematics", Radix

   This is a serene, surprisingly quiet DOS mod/tracker tune with some meaty underlying bass and progressive, glitchy beats. A revival track by Radix— Radix was one of the tracker legends in the 90s, but this particular track dates from 2010.

   Just a good feeling here. Beep beep, beep beep

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WffRtoUAs0

   • mcc (mcc@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Nov-2023 20:59:32 UTC mcc

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     What I'm listening to today: "One Channel Music", Aleksi Eeben

     This piece is a sort of parlor trick. The C64 has three sound channels, but each is reprogrammable— each can play any sound the SID is capable of. So composing for C64 it's good practice to learn to cram "two channels into one", rapidly switching timbres to alternate instruments. This track goes all the way to fitting *the whole song* in 1 channel. It's complex and interesting sounding, and shockingly funky.

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsXCnND1SiI

   • mcc (mcc@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Nov-2023 20:59:32 UTC mcc

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     What I'm listening to today: "Elektrical Activity", Mind over MIDI

     When this track initially popped up for me in a playlist I initially assumed it was a new song, and was like, wow! What a nostalgiac 90s feel this has! Then I looked up Mind Over MIDI and discovered this song was actually released in 1995, and the feeling changed to, wow! What a futuristic post-90s feel this has! Anyway this is a driving techno track with a sick groove and some aphexy sounding synths.

     https://mindovermidi.bandcamp.com/track/elektrical-aktivity

   • mcc (mcc@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Nov-2023 20:59:32 UTC mcc

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     What I'm listening to today: "Transforming", EAMFOS

     This starts off as a nice hypnotic synth drone and electric-piano jam. Then at some point there's a sort of strange shift, like two bones settling against each other in a way it doesn't feel like they're supposed to, and suddenly it feels more like something adjacent to epic heavy metal, the kind made in Scandinavia circa 2001. I have absolutely no idea what is happening in the video.

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C86BWMMgtrw

   • mcc (mcc@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Nov-2023 20:59:33 UTC mcc

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     What I'm listening to today: "It will never come back.", EAMFOS

     A synth-solo-y 5-minute ambient track consisting of chime-y tones with deceptively complex timbres. Really emotionally evocative. Video shows fixed shots of empty fields and flowers.

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_oENexUIEw