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YMCK is addicting. Their offical website is here: http://www.ymck.net/

They play mostly '60s inspired style music with a J-pop flair, with music composed by a Famicom music chip emulator on a Mac.

Their music videos are adorable, with most of them featuring 8-bit caricatures of the trio. Unfortunately, the videos have been taken down due to copyright infringements and such, and the official channel only has samples of the videos here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Seuvyny2IJE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnuSvGEMbP8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSSLxFYvF08

I have two of their albums so far, Family Racing and Family Genesis. The first time I heard them was on a video featured on the Nick Jr. kids' show Yo Gabba Gabba, which has gained quite a popularity with the older crowd because it showcases exclusive songs by well-known indie-label bands such as The Shins, Apples in Stereo, The Ting Tings, and Ladytron.

YMCK makes great background music, and I intend to buy the rest of their CDs, eventually. Very fun stuff.

greg wrote:YMCK is addicting. Their offical website is here: http://www.ymck.net/

They play mostly '60s inspired style music with a J-pop flair, with music composed by a Famicom music chip emulator on a Mac.

Their music videos are adorable, with most of them featuring 8-bit caricatures of the trio. Unfortunately, the videos have been taken down due to copyright infringements and such, and the official channel only has samples of the videos here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Seuvyny2IJE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnuSvGEMbP8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSSLxFYvF08

I have two of their albums so far, Family Racing and Family Genesis. The first time I heard them was on a video featured on the Nick Jr. kids' show Yo Gabba Gabba, which has gained quite a popularity with the older crowd because it showcases exclusive songs by well-known indie-label bands such as The Shins, Apples in Stereo, The Ting Tings, and Ladytron.

YMCK makes great background music, and I intend to buy the rest of their CDs, eventually. Very fun stuff.

Very cool group! I was supposed to interview them a few years ago. I was supplied a live concert and their albums but when the economy went south for the labels, it was put on the backburner.

Making beadsprites is a big hobby of mine, and for my last project, I made one of Midori from YMCK.




This sprite was taken from the CD insert to the album "Family Racing."

greg wrote:Making beadsprites is a big hobby of mine, and for my last project, I made one of Midori from YMCK.




This sprite was taken from the CD insert to the album "Family Racing."

That's pretty cool!!! Btw...are you a big chiptunes fan or oldschool 8-bit music fan?

I like both. My first exposure to chiptunes was a Kraftwerk tribute album called 8 Bit Operators. The whole album was chiptunes composers, and aside from the final track on that CD, it was great. I really enjoy YMCK, 8bit Project, Fantomenk, and several other musicians on the Net I can't think of at the moment.

As for game soundtracks, I often listen to nolife-radio.com, although I wish they would only play 8bit and 16bit music because I get sick of hearing the Parappa Da Rappa tracks. Do you know of any online radio stations that play nothing but retro game soundtracks?

Listening to YMCK right now...

kndy wrote:Listening to YMCK right now...

You should check out a group called 8bit Project. They are TEH AWESOME.

BikeLover wrote:Not exactly game music but listen to KItaro.

Um, that was a complete non-sequitir. Kitaro has absolutely nothing to do with YMCK, aside from being Japanese.

I actually saw these guys live up here:

http://www.videogameslive.com/index.php?s=home

A fantastic show! Also watched them streamed on the net some months back. Not perfect, but watchable.

Ahh I love YMCK! I listen to them all the time while I draw.