Open Circuit is an hour long weekly jolt of chip music, vgm, synthwave and whatever else host jmr feels like playing.
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Shnabubula – TS41k [Sued for Christmas] Temp Sound Solutions – Locked Groove (bloodrain rmx) [Skywave Effect Anniversary Edition] Marshall Art – Marshall Art Part III (live) [8static Fest 2015] Cheap Dinosaurs – Brad Renfroe (live) [8static 2009-04-11] The Brothers Nylon – Sugar Plum Fairy [Dubcember] Shnabubula – Tidings of Comfort and Joy [Sued ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit on 8BitX #016 “Presents”’ »
Playlist: Awesome Force – It’s Full of Stars [Invitations] Awesome Force – Standing on the Shoulders of Giants [Invitations] Melt Channel – Live! From Planet Earth [ERASERS] Auxcide – Silver Planet [Laniakea] For Astronauts and Satellites – Earth 2.0 [Bundle of WIN] ap0c – Heavy Interference [Bundle of WIN] Toni Leys – Wow! ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit on 8BitX #015 “Space Bundles”’ »
This week’s playlist, despite being hastily thrown together, coheres quite nicely. Playlist: Street Cleaner – Never Again [Shutdown] ZEN ALBATROSS – Infrared Ritual [SIGINT] For Astronauts and Satellites – To Fight Monsters… [Then, By The Light Of Our Own Creation] Kirby’s Dream Band – Street Fighter II (Family Man Edition) [The Pink Album (vinyl version)] ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit on 8BitX #012 “Haste”’ »
Influenced by distraction, this episode of Open Circuit jumbles together both words and music styles. Playlist: FLOOR BABA – KICK IT [GAMEWAVE] You Bred Raptors? – Lagoon (Live at Game Over NY) [unreleased) The Mountain Chiefs – Top Man + Wily’s Castle (Live at RAGFest) [unreleased] The Mountain Chiefs – Solar Jetman (Live at RAGFest) ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit on 8BitX #011 “Absent Mind”’ »
Open Circuit returns from a month-long hiatus! Playlist: Maxo x Peter Berkman – Ranger [JACK vs MALTINE] Marshall Art (feat. Bucky) – Asteroid Driller (practice session) [unreleased] TREY FREY – DRIFT [single] LITTLE PAW – Something Exploded in Russia… [SPACE CORGI] Ryan8bit – He’s A Pup Killer [Back to the Future Tribute] The Kevin Gnartinez Band ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit on 8BitX #010 “Return”’ »
A dash of post-rock chiptune, a sprinkling of piano, and a teaspoon of synthwave make up this episode of Open Circuit. Playlist: For Astronauts and Satellites – Point All Your Weapons At The Sky [Then, By The Light Of Our Own Creation] Jeff Ball and Jake Kaufman – Le Bouquet Magique [Shovel Knight – Plague ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit on 8BitX #009 “Concoction”’ »
Open Circuit flashes back to the 1980’s with this synthwave-heavy episode. Playlist: zabutom – Redux34 [Redux34] Alpharisc – We Have Fairlight [Alpha Crucis] Power Glove – Telecom [Alpha Crucis] September 87 (feat. Droid Bishop) – Ride All Night [Alpha Crucis] Carpenter Brut – Looking for Tracy Tzu [Trilogy] Carpenter Brut – Le Perv [Trilogy] Carpenter ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit on 8BitX #008 “Cathode Ray Glow”’ »
Open Circuit is proud to present the listening party for The Disadvantage, a brand new split EP from Temp Sound Solutions and The Mountain Chiefs. Note: the podcast version of this episode does not include the full EP. Buy it here! Playlist: The Mountain Chiefs – Hall of the Mountain Chief [The Mountain Chiefs] ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit on 8BitX #007 “The Disadvantage”’ »
With the quantity of new, amazing chip and VGM being released this week, the playlist practically picked itself! Plus, Open Circuit spotlights the new XOC reissues on bandcamp, before running out of time and having to cut his playlist short. Playlist: Ivan Hakštok, streifig – Runnin’ in Circles [Chronicles of Time: A Premonition] Danimal Cannon ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit on 8BitX #005 “Timepiece”’ »
Open Circuit returns from a two week vacation with a heavy, hard hitting rock-centric playlist. Playlist: Maserati – Rehumanizer II [Rehumanizer] For Astronauts and Satellites – Echoing Endlessly [A Homing Light] The Mountain Chiefs – Gomera Mosking [The Mountain Chiefs] Cory Johnson – Sanctuary [The Legend of Zelda] Surgeon – Unknown [Live at The Levee] ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit on 8BitX #004 “Immensity”’ »
Balancing out last week’s chiptune-heavy show, this week’s Open Circuit focuses on VGM covers and VGM-inspired originals. Playlist: coda – Sarasaland Online [Mario Sound Test] Tetrimino – Where’s the Wall Chicken At? [OverClocked ReMix] The Fresh Men – Thunder Blade [The Uncanny Fresh-Men] mitch murder – Lost Patrol Theme [Selection 3] HyperDuck SoundWorks – Chrono ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit on 8BitX #003 “Rebalanced”’ »
Loaded with chiptunes, this jam-packed Open Circuit keeps it fresh with some of the latest releases from Chiptunes = Win and Weekly Treats. Playlist: Villainest – Evil Party [Chiptunes = WIN: Volume 4] Yerzmyey – Time Machine II [#29| Yerzmyey // Gasman] an0va – nerd table at the high school cafeteria of life [#20| an0va ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit on 8BitX #002 “Fresh Chips”’ »
After a long absence, recently-obligated-engineer jmr returns to Open Circuit with a load of musical goodies! This episode features music from Disasterpeace‘s Fez Remix album, FZ: Side F, the winners of DoD’s Disney Month, and new tracks from roboctopus, TQ-Jam, Bit-Rat, Metroid Metal (happy 10th birthday!), and more! 1. Disasterpeace – Synchrosynct (3:30) 2. streifig ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #123’ »
While jmr is getting slammed by exams, OverCoat takes the reigns and delivers this week’s Open Circuit. 1. Anthelia – Of Rats and Plastic (4:07) 2. Form & Shape – All Unfurled (4:15) 3. OPOLOPO – Linear Strut (3:04) 4. Yoann Turpin – Coconut’s Club (4:41) 5. Yousuke Yasui – Bless you! boy (2:54) 6. Akiko ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #122: OverCoat TakeOver III’ »
What better way to celebrate three years of Open Circuit than a listening party? Celebrating their brand new debut album, Krieger joins jmr on air to talk about… well, everything. Listen as they discuss movie recommendations, uncomfortable diphthongs, cetera‘s tropical juices, Meat Loaf’s I’d Do Anything For Love, and of course, their new album. 1. Armadillo Tank ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #119: I Apologize For My Friend – Krieger Listening Party’ »
1. Mail Order Monsters – Cynthia (3:40) 2. Wizwars – Intergalactic Disko Dance Party (3:45) 3. Radlib – Icarus (5TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY NVR 4GET TRASH80 SB16 MIXXX 2013) (3:53) 4. Trash80 – Missing You (4:17) 5. spamtron – Dragon Quest Overworld (3:04) 6. Disasterpeace – The Outlaw (3:36) 7. Derris-Kharlan – The Sheriff (3:58) 8. ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #118’ »
1. Pajjama – Moistette (0:50) 2. Pajjama – Sunny & sour (4:24) 3. Anamanaguchi – Meow (3:43) 4. Aethernaut – You’re Doing It Wrong (4:20) 5. Joule + Wiklund – Feline Areola (2:08) 6. metaphist – Sonic & Knuckles ‘Funky Side Up’ OC ReMix (4:48) 7. Chromelodeon – Wackadelly (3:39) 8. cheap dinosaurs – bimble ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #117’ »
1. spamtron – NO U (3:42) 2. Danimal Cannon – The Lunar Whale (4:32) 3. Dark Warriors – Sputnik (3:11) 4. Noisewaves – Do I Look Like I Want To Play Volleyball? (3:36) 5. George & Jonathan – Hissy Snake Popout (2:16) 6. Cheap Dinosaurs – Dawn of the Dead (4:26) 7. TQ-Jam – Plum ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #115’ »
1. Arc Impulse – Fantasy Zone (4:12) 2. Anamanaguchi – Meow (3:43) 3. spamtron – onett (2:13) 4. spamtron – architect of an empire (3:22) 5. spamtron – pwr glove (2:46) 6. Danimal Cannon and Zef – Legacy (5:16) 7. Kartmaze – Agravaine’s Legacy (9:42) 8. Michael Zucker – Pickpocket (4:10) 9. Michael Zucker – ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #113’ »
1. Toaster Republic – Death by Tambourine (6:21) 2. DD – ZOLGOR the Third: Interstellar Ontological Hypercube I: Synth Intro (1:01) 3. an0va – Christmas Time Is Here (3:28) 4. spamtron – bonk’s adventure (3:10) 5. mitch murder – Mr. T – Fashion Show (Mitch Murder Cover) (2:43) 6. Heosphoros – WoGo feat. Wiklund (loonie ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #112’ »
1. RushJet1 – Logos (0:04) 2. RushJet1 – Title (1:15) 3. Mail Order Monsters – 6581 (3:50) 4. Ambidextrous – Arp In The Fridge (9:43) 5. mitch murder – Terminator Theme (2:50) 6. Stemage, Chunkstyle, Kevin Lawrence, & Norrin Radd – Oscurità (Tenebre) (5:11) 7. Arc Impulse – Kirby (Live at Youmacon 2011) (4:12) 8. ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #111’ »
The playlist for this episode was lost to the ravages of time my hard drive.
1. Konami Bubble System – Countdown (1:45) 2. Fearofdark – Zeta Function (3:39) 3. Mazedude – Mega Man 9 ‘Morricone Man’ OC ReMix (3:04) 4. Shnabubula – The Bewildered Swordsman (5:16) 5. Disasterpeace – Boil ‘n Toil in Oil (5:36) 6. ilkae – title track (5:40) 7. London Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Skeet & Crouch End ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #109’ »
Famicompo Mini Vol 9 entries are up! jmr once again hooks up his NES and PowerPak and broadcasts NSFs over the airwaves live from actual NES hardware! Plus, we’ve got the latest lpower album from Pterodactyl Squad and the brand new (released moments before the show! ) 505 album from Ubiktune! 1. lpower – Return ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #107’ »
Dubstep? On Open Circuit? Well, it’s from NES sorceress chibi-tech (how else can you explain how she makes the 2a03 produce those sounds? ) , so it’s all good. Plus, we’ve got tracks from the debut Killed by Koopa album featuring vgm funk guitar wizard Mutherpluckin’ B, the very-long awaited Cheap Dinosaurs plays Goblin album, and two new ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #106’ »
This episode features music from the latest Data Garden releases from Spaceship Aloha and King Britt, a smattering of songs from indie game soundtracks including Meteo Xavier’s Impulse, Joel Neilson’s Black Mesa, and Phologiston’s Super Crate Box (as performed by Pajjama! ). Plus, we’ve got some Halloweeny goodness from VikingGuitar‘s Danse Macabre compilation, some new ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #105’ »
VikingGuitar and his talented cohorts have brewed up a spine-tingling compilation of your favorite horror movie and and video game themes. On this special Open Circuit, we celebrate Halloween with a selection of spooky video game tunes and horror movie scores covered by video game arrangers and chip artists, and then dive right in to Viking ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit Special: Viking Guitar Productions Presents: Danse Macabre Listening Party’ »
On this Open Circuit, we bring you the latest from acoustic guitar gods Super Guitar Bros., music from bands with unconventional names (I challenge you to find a more complex band name than “Order of the Red-Banner Division Named After My Grandma” ), and a pair of Goblin covers from Cheap Dinosaurs and Dubbed in ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #104’ »
1. Yoann Turpin – Funky Bits (3:45 ) 2. TWRP – Prelude (1:26 ) 3. TWRP – Computer Wife (4:20 ) 4. The J. Arthur Keenes Band – Channel Two (6:09 ) 5. Tahnee Cain/Tryanglz – Burnin’ in the Third Degree (3:30 ) 6. Theory of N – Instruments of Awesome +1 (3:04 ) 7. ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #103’ »
1. Plasma Face – Level 3 (5:02 ) 2. THE KOXX – ??? (3:55 ) 3. scratcher^e-mage – condomed (11:50 ) 4. spamtron – Quick Man (RockMan2 ) (1:16 ) 5. spamtron – FF4 DECISIVE BATTLE (3:21 ) 6. bunbleman – Bundogs (1:08 ) 7. Aethernaut – Super Mega Ultra (4:21 ) 8. Giant Claw ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #95’ »
1. Adebisi Shank – Masa (3:45 ) 2. You Slut! – Plural Sex (mysterystain remix ) (2:43 ) 3. Michael Zucker – Metatron’s Cube (5:03 ) 4. Sleep Party People – We Were Drifting On A Sad Song (Infinity Shred Remix ) (3:17 ) 5. Maserati – The Eliminator (3:54 ) 6. Bit Brigade – ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #94’ »
jmr’s life was being sucked dry by school work, but luckily OverCoat was able fill in and satisfy your Open Circuit needs! 1. Ventura vs. Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Dogg – Snoopin The 3rd ’78 (1:11 ) 2. SAMMUS – Anything (3:40 ) 3. Zan-zan-zawa-veia – Rose Wood (4:25 ) 4. ゆよゆã£ãº – Gift (4:34 ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #93 – OverCoat TakeOver’ »
1. Big Giant Circles – Pixel Cones (3:01 ) 2. Monomer – volcano man stage (3:38 ) 3. Derris-Kharlan – Dr.Mad stage 1(old ) (4:22 ) 4. Mutherpluckin’ B – Lava Flow (4:47 ) 5. This Place is Haunted – Dr.Mad stage 4 (2:55 ) 6. Michael Zucker – Starving Islands (4:07 ) 7. Stemage ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #92’ »
1. Chipocrite – Game of Thrones Theme (2:11 ) 2. Starrysea – Hytrameus (1:51 ) 3. Ohio Sky – I Want You (She’s So Heavy ) (4:35 ) 4. Michael Zucker – Creator (3:49 ) 5. The Michael Zucker Group – Alias (7:50 ) 6. The Fucking Champs – Dale Bozzio (3:39 ) 7. ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #91’ »
This week’s Open Circuit spotlights both energetic and laid-back chipmusic with selections from Space Town Savior, Chillbrave, Aivi and Surasshu, Frostbyte, Aethernaut and more. Plus, we celebrate the 4 year anniversary of Face Stomper with tracks from Zio and TEH LOLZ, as well as fellow New Jersey chiptuners Lord Machino and Decnals. 1. Aethernaut – Title ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #89’ »
This week, Open Circuit brings you the latest from video game rockers Bit Brigade, some summer chiptune jams from Teleidofusion, Slime Girls, and Aethernaut, and tracks from some of the musicians and bands performing at Too Many Games next weekend in Pennsylvania. 1. Bit Brigade – Introduction (0:39 ) 2. Bit Brigade – Title Screen ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #88’ »
This week, Open Circuit welcomes you to the Telefuture with a whopping 10 songs from the newly launched 80’s themed electronic music and chiptune label. Plus, we’ve got the latest from Nario, and an impromptu Turtles block from Mutherpluckin’ B, and The Cartridge Family. 1. Nario – The Tale of a Gentleman (4:06 ) 2. ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #87’ »
Confession time: I started preparing the playlist for this show a mere twenty minutes before hitting the airwaves. I think it turned out quite well! We’ve got new music from Condom as well as a selection of live recordings from past Blip Festivals, new music from Silence Kit and ВЧ courtesy of our Russian friend ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #86’ »
Happy May 2-4! jmr brings you new music from Starrysea, Heosphoros, Prince of Darkness, ВЧ, and Shawn Phase, as well as a pair of tracks from Shizz to the Future on this Canadian holiday weekend. Plus, we’ve got a live recording from The Cartridge Family, a newly-formed video game cover band from St. John’s, NL. ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #85’ »
The moment is finally here: the mindbogglingly awesome post-rock Legend of Zelda arrangement album from Cory Johnson is now available. Not only do we debut the album from start to finish, but through the magic of Skype we have the man himself, Cory Johnson, on the air discussing the album, his musical influences, his recording ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #84: Cory Johnson’s The Legend Of Zelda Listening Party’ »
This week, listen as jmr mumbles his way through a post-wisdom-tooth-extraction-pain-killer-affected show. We’ve got music from Spamtron, subPixel, Infinity Shred, and coda. Plus, we spotlight the latest Concatenation Records project Shizz to the Future, with four tracks from the ever-growing collection. 1. b4kn – apple tooth (4:20 ) 2. Kubbi – Cartridge (3:46 ) 3. ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #83’ »
This week on Open Circuit, uses the magic of pre-recording software to host a show and attend a party at the same time! We’ve got new music from Chip’s Challenge, Fredde Gredde, and Tupper Ware Remix Party, and a slew of requests including some music from Earth Defense Force 2017, Another Routine Emergency, and Tangerine ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #81’ »
This week, jmr delves into his personal concert recording collection and shares a smattering of his own live bootlegs, including live tracks from MAGFest 9 & 10, chiptune rockers Anamanaguchi, a slew of tracks from St. John’s, NL bands Roundelay, Vicar, Surgeon, and more. Plus, we deviate from the normal Open Circuit styles and feature ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #80: Open Circuit LIVE!’ »
Open Circuit pays tribute to one of the most versatile and prolific musicians in the video game cover scene: XOC! With over 100 selections spanning 18+ years, this episode features tracks from not just Jason’s VGM albums, but also his original solo work, collaborations, and bands. And if that wasn’t enough to make you excited, ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #78: THE XOCALYPSE’ »
Hmm… Open Circuit was very VGM heavy this week. Kicking things off, we’ve got a classic cut from the first Minibosses album, and we keep things going with cuts from regulars Viking Guitar (check out his Kickstarter! ), Housethegrate, Mutherpluckin’ B, and xoc. Plus, new music from Pongball, Shnabubula, and subPixel courtesy of Ubiktune! 1. ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #77’ »
Here’s a first: Open Circuit gets cut off by an open circuit! High winds brought a power outage and with it a sudden end to this week’s show. Thankfully, the show was near the conclusion anyway, so you still get over two hours of music, featuring tracks from the latest ubiktune releases from virt, Joshua ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #76: Blackout’ »
Experimental rock dominates this episode of Open Circuit. We’ve got Adebisi Shank with some gallop-rhythm filled math rock, subPixel with a chip prog gem from the new Ubiktune album The Wave, Danimal Cannon bringing one of his game boy tracks to life with the orchestral metal treatment, and a mesmerizing 40+ minutes of Godspeed You! ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #74’ »
This week, Open Circuit brings you new music from NY experimental jammers You Bred Raptors?, the latest from Stemage and Chunkstyle of Metroid Metal, a variety pack of Atlantic Canadian music featuring Surgeon, Scientists of Sound, Tupper Ware Remix Party, and Heosphoros, and a pair of songs from Chromelodeon alumnus Dan Tarng’s band Store Cats. ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #73’ »
Technical issues are nothing new for Open Circuit, but a blue screen error in the middle of a live show? That’s a first! This week, Open Circuit once again patches a Nintendo Entertainment System in to the radio stream to bring you some hardware renditions of some of his favorite entries from Famicompo Mini Vol ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #72: Blue Screen’ »
Continuing from where we left off last week, this episode of Open Circuit shines the spotlight on MAGFest’s Saturday concert lineup. We’ve got tracks from every act that played the Main Stage, the Second Stage, and the two chip music shows, including new music from Minibosses and The OneUps, the debut performance of Those Who ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #71: MAGFest X Recap (Part Two )’ »
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