Gameboy Madrigals
Early composers of the madrigal used only two to three voices to create counterpoint. Realizing the opportunity for reinterpretation through the gameboy sound chip, Joey Mariano set out to create a body of chiptune madrigals inspired by early RPG games, Japanese folk melodies, and masters of the madrigal such as Francesco Landini. A definite departure from his traditional approaches, Animal Style’s Gameboy Madrigals release strives to create a mood relying on melody and counterpoint instead of an ever-present, never-ending, bleed-your-ears-dry dance beat.
01 Soldered Lovers
02 Plastic Penchant
03 Sentimental Secular Anomaly
04 Medieval Blues
05 Trecento 2008
06 Tokyo Cornfield in Antigravity
07 Gather ‘Round Retrograde
08 NiMH Melisma
Artwork by Amy Shaw.
Layout by Rich Vreeland.
May 13th, 2008 at 1:08 am
fierce waves here.
May 14th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
This is great stuff.
I hadn’t seen Amy’s artwork before too, very nice!
May 15th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
Trecento 2008 is the bomb-diggity
May 26th, 2008 at 7:57 am
this is oh, so, SWEET
June 26th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Fantastic retro-sounds. The best Gameboy game soundtrack I never heard!