Take a listen if you’d to see if you are:
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But I have one question, the sing in the 1st song is not made by a console, right?

Now here I am at 17 years old, having gone through many different tastes in music: from the blips of the nintendo to alternative rock, to industrial, to ambient house, to electronica and then to motherfucking classical. And now, it seems, I have come full circle in my listening habits as I sit here listening to Disasterpeace’s Neutralite.

Disasterpeace, a one piece outfit manned by Rich Vreeland, has been part of the chiptune scene for a while. Chiptune, sometimes known as chip music, is music written in formats where the sounds are made in real time using a computer or video game chip. It is very closely related to video game music in that the medium they use is identical. Ironically enough, Vreeland actually uses commercial synthesizers that are patched to sound like the bleeps and bloops of yesteryear, so it is somewhat of a misnomer to call him a chiptune artist. Vreeland has released four albums so far: Jammage the Jam Mage, Level, Atebite & The Warring Nations and Neutralite.

Alright, let’s get to the goddamn review. The initial thoughts you have while listening to Neutralite may go like this:

What the hell are all these little beeps and boops?

Answer: it’s eight bits of pure musical fun, and it’s coming down on your poor, deluded head.

Neutralite manages to capture the catchiness of old game music without being trapped in the genres offtime simplicity. From the first track, “Neutralite the Hero”, to the last, “Untold Ending”, the melodic assault of simple waveforms and a drum machine never relent, making for a rocking, nostalgic, and ultimately fun listening experience.

I’m not going to describe every song in this review, so allow me to review the highlights:

* Neutralite the Hero – The first song on the album, it manages to capture the spirit of the work as a whole. It also is the only track on the album to include vocals (synthesized, however).

* Neutral Morning – Bouncy, bombastic drums guide the song along to a point along thirty seconds in where the feeling changes from joyous to epic, finally leading to a beautiful arpeggio and then a reprise of the theme.

* Grey Daycare Riot – A poppy song with a four-to-the-floor beat that almost becomes boring until all hell breaks loose and it turns into a chaotic mathrock thrash.

All in all, Disasterpeace’s Neutralite captures the simple joy that comes from the noises of a Nintendo Entertainment System while conveying music that stands in it’s own right. I give it 9/10.