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Virt - "fx EP"
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> -----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
>
