Lundgren Jarmo
Tue, 14 Aug 2001 05:13:12 -0700
................................. To leave Commie, hyper to http://commie.oy.com/commie_leaving.html ................................. Virt - "fx EP" ---> jab | commie | http://commie.oy.com "Less is moo." - The Holy Mad Cow http://www.holymadcow.org > -----Original Message----- > From: Tommy van Leeuwen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 14. elokuuta 2001 15:28 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [mono] - Virt - "fx EP" > > > Virt - "fx EP" > mtk.mp3.060 - [6 tracks, 15 minutes, .mp3/.s3m] - 14/08/01 > > It's not often that we rave so much about an artist that our > eyes come clean out of their sockets and roll around at cheek > level 'til we squidge them back in again. But in this case, > we reckon the permanent vision degradation is worth it just to > alert the world to Virt's presence. > > So, Virt, aka Jake Kaufman, is a US-based .MOD tracker and > video-game composer with many Nintendo Gameboy and Gameboy > Advance credits up the wazoo (including "Q-Bert" and "Who > Wants To Be A Millionaire?", niiice.) And we're pretty sure > he's the Rob Hubbard of the '00s. No, seriously. > > Concrete proof of this is denoted by the issuance of the 6-track > 'fx EP' on Monotonik, both as the original .S3M format and as > .MP3s (for perfect playback, whatever the weather!) So, to quote > from Virt's own nfo-file for this release: > > 'these tunes are all part of a single imaginary game. picture > castlevania > meets gargoyle's quest to explain the baroque/cockrock hybrid.' > > So, taking influences from classic game soundtracks, Virt has > sorta 'faked' the NES sound engine on a PC to create these > amazing tributes to oldskool game-music. So, whether it's the ornate > arpegiating of "Good Morning, Dracula", the deeply funky bass > permeating "Waow", or the amazing breakdowns in "Bzam", you know > you're into something out of this world. > > [And as for the bonus track, "Classical Favorites 2", with the > cheeky pause/unpause action and staggeringly complex instrument- > programming under supa-extreme limitations - well, don't even > get us started. It's yummy in our tummies, yet again.] > > Download Virt's "fx EP" from: > > http://www.mono211.com/content/releases/mtkmp60.html >