Open Circuit: Recent Episodes
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Open Circuit is an hour long weekly jolt of chip music, vgm, synthwave and whatever else host jmr feels like playing.
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”’ »