I am an artist who definitely wouldn’t dare compromise their integrity for anyone. On an unrelated note, here’s the smash hit of the summer converted for the sound chip from the Sega Genesis/Megadrive… Preview Mechafatnick · Stay (16-bit Version) Buy/Stream
Uplifting and inspirational, In the Blue Sky is one of my favorite Sega tunes – so why not remake it for the FM-tastic sounds of the YM2612? Preview Mechafatnick · In the Blue Sky (16-bit) Buy/Stream
12 tracks and 35 minutes of music squeezed into a 4mb ROM file. This is not a chiptune album – This is an album that just happens to be written for the sound chips found in the Sega Megadrive console. Preview Buy/Stream
I noticed the basic ZX Spectrum version of well-known Capcom beat ’em up “Final Fight” didn’t really have much of a soundtrack…so I decided to make one myself! This album features the original bleeps and blerps of the ZX Spectrum’s Ay-3-8912 sound chip playing 4 Read More …
Because FatNick knows what makes commercial sense, here’s a piece of Sharp x68000 music covered using the sound hardware of the zx spectrum – both 48k and 128k. There isn’t really much to say about this one really. I was playing the ominously titles “Genocide Read More …
I’m pretty surprised that its taken me so long to get round to reading this book myself, to be honest, but here it is: A quick review at Kenneth McAlpine’s scholarly examination of the history of chiptunes. I suppose the first thing that needs to Read More …
What could be better than the best song ever written being performed on the best gaming hardware ever made? This is a version of the B.E.R. track ‘The Night Begins to Shine’ lovingly reproduced for the Sega Megadrive (with some guitar samples from the Nintendo Read More …
This is the theme from the online Vector graphics-based driving game Vector Highway (play it here now: ) , I composed this track to be evocative of the experience of tuning in and out of different radio stations on long inter-state car drives, and wrote Read More …
Thursday was a truly magnificent day: Completely out of the blue, Sega made a ton of their soundtrack albums available on Spotify. Blimey! The only problem with having access to such a large collection is the question of where to start. As I have a feeling Read More …
Here’s my not so festive Christmas track from 2016! The track’s a reworking of the Sega classic “Whirlwind” from the Shinobi 3 soundtrack. Enjoy. Preview Stream/Buy
Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas. Egad! it’s that time of year again already? Blimey. Well then, I suppose you probably deserve a present then don’t you! It may not be a very festive giveaway this year, but I hope you enjoy it anyway: Rather than Read More …
. . .Or maybe just the best thing i’ll see today. At any rate, I’m not sure can you beat a segment about computer music on a vintage show about 80’s Micro computers. Who needs a DAW when you can have a midi-enabled Spectrum, eh? Read More …
Hello folks! Fancy a slightly less spooky Halloween? Well, good news! I’ve gone and released a brand new album: Modulated Frequencies. I originally had the idea for this while putting together the Megadrive-tinged half of my Attack of The Terrible Lizard Kitty album. I was Read More …
I feel a bit miserly. On paper, you would think that the re-release of videogame soundtracks on socially-acceptable audio formats would be something I could definitely get behind. Particularly if it lead to a general renaissance of the FM soundtrack side of things (I could Read More …
Summer is here and the weather’s getting warmer. What better way to celebrate than with a nice laid back Megadrive-powered groove? Preview Stream/Buy
Released in honour of 2014’s Speccy Jam competition, Speccy Jams is a collection of 8 catchy Spectrum-style ditties produced for the AY-8912 sound chip contained in the ZX Spectrum 128 & +2/3 Preview Stream/Buy
Hello Spec-chums! This is all getting quite exciting. There are now just three days to go till the start of the second Speccy Jam and two days until the release of my Speccy Jams album! My good friend Fabiana has submitted the final album artwork to Read More …
Ellie Goulding’s track basically sounded like a Megadrive game already…so I went the extra mile and remade it in FM Drive. It’s available as a free download from soundcloud!
While having an incredibly dance-ready toddler often has its down-sides (especially in public,) one of the upsides is that I’m forced to to listen to a lot of music I wouldn’t necessarily hear by choice. One track I’ve taken a particular shine to is Ellie Read More …
Things were looking up…so what better track to test out the capabilities of Aly James’ superb FM Drive plugin? Another free download from Soundcloud!
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