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 …
As i write this on the 13th of March 2019, the United Kingdom is on the precipice of a peacetime crisis on a scale beyond the comprehension of anyone who’s younger than about ninety. The two main political parties are fiddling about, each looking 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 …
Here’s my not so festive Christmas give away for 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 …
As a British person of a generally liberal persuasion, the choice of who is to be made the President of the United States is generally none of my business. Something, however, is not right here. It’s not normal for a President to appoint fascist to Read More …
Don’t know where you stand on the EU? This track probably won’t change that to be honest, but at least it has a better beat than the same tired-old interviews and press conferences. Interested in the tech stuff? All of the main instrument sounds are Read More …
Has that January spark long since faded? In need of a little extra support and will power? Why not try a bit of ZX Spectrum-based Self help! Built around a punchy Megadrive style bass and ethereal strings and brass, this track allows the sound of Read More …
Can you build an entire Drum’n’Bass track around some drums sampled from arcade classic ‘Rad Mobile’ and a highly glitchy Sonic Spinball death chime? I’d like to think that this track proves that you can. Preview Buy/Stream
It’s been a bit of a busy 6 months over here in Fatnick towers. Though I’ve been doing lots of STUFF, I hadn’t actually got round to releasing anything. Oops. However, with summer swiftly approaching, I thought “why not put together a nice little Megadrive-based 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
I wish I could say I created this because I have a noble political agenda. In reality I just couldn’t pass up an excuse to use a sample of the queen saying ‘Psycho-Active Drugs’
This is a relaxed, slowed-down version of a track from the classic space-jazz soundtrack for Sega’s Galaxy Force arcade machine. Enjoy! Preview Buy/Stream
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!
The first release from my upcoming E.P. Modulated Frequencies, This Jazzy-fusion track mixes live guitar, bass and drums with the rich FM tones of the Yamaha YM2612 sound chip found in the Sega Megadrive. Preview Stream/Buy
Blimey! I haven’t updated that much over the last couple of months have I? The reason for that it because I’ve been (surprise surprise) really busy. With a few things too. Aside from all the boring worky kind of stuff, I’ve been fixing my recording 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!
Ahoy, Happy New Year! Sorry I’ve been a bit quiet, but I’ve recently started a new day job. Hurrah. Unfortunately, the process of finishing job A and starting job B has taken up more time than I anticipated, so I haven’t been around much – Read More …