Oh yeah, and a chance to completely fuck with Paula Abdul.Ībdul's silly-bitch single "Straight Up" gets an 8bit enema here, and arena heroes Van Halen are represented by a decayed, malfunctioning interpretation of "Jump" these and a few other covers in the mix, while entertaining, come off as cute and gimmicky, and don't develop into anything more than novelties (I've already heard that terrible Canadian dance version of "Smells Like Teen Spirit"- do we need to trivialize this song again?). An indulgent celebration of one fan's devotion to the legacy of Bob Yannes, C64 Massive SIDplay is a continuous mix of (supposedly) pre-existing SID-crafted loops and dot-matrix grooves that stands as both a tribute and an exercise in pushing the chip's dated abilities to the maximum. And now, there's also this latest effort from Matmos VIP J. While it actually utilizes less tone generators than the Atari's POKEY synth chip (three channels to the POKEY's four), and exists in two different models (MOS 6581, used here, and MOS 8580), the SID chip has seemingly found the widest post-heyday audience: There are websites that list scores of C64-exclusive composers.
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Being a PC noodler and composer, however, has exposed me to the sounds and possibilities of the SID chip, the source of the Commodore's grainy, chunky, Vietnam-vet-beat-boxing-with-a-vocoder musical palette.
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