Cartridge - an ambient 8-bit adventure

2014-12-02

I am very excited about this mix. It comes from Josh Furey, the man the excellent indie label Nocturne Records.The mix consists of ambient and slower vintage 8-bit video game music. It starts off with a cut from Disasterpeace from the album FEZ. I had just recently bought the album and was thinking about doing an 8-bit type of mix myself when Josh sent me his Cartridge mix. Wow, am I glad I didn't bother with my mix because Josh's blend of 8-bit music and video game sounds and tunes is ...

I am very excited about this mix. It comes from Josh Furey, the man the excellent indie label Nocturne Records.

The mix consists of ambient and slower vintage 8-bit video game music. It starts off with a cut from Disasterpeace from the album FEZ. I had just recently bought the album and was thinking about doing an 8-bit type of mix myself when Josh sent me his Cartridge mix. Wow, am I glad I didn't bother with my mix because Josh's blend of 8-bit music and video game sounds and tunes is perfect.

Thanks to Josh for his work on this fantastic mix. Check out is excellent latest album PETALS.

T R A C K L I S T :

00:00 • Disasterpeace - Beacon [FEZ]
02:34 • Pixel - Balcony [Cave Story]
04:03 • Martin Galway - Green Beret [Green Beret]
06:08 • Magyari András, Brian Coburn, Spencer Nilsen - Medusa Bay [Ecco The Dolphin]
08:03 • Brain Wash - Stage Four [Pulseman]
10:04 • Motoi Sakuraba - Map [Arcus Odyssey]
11:29 • Koji Kondo - Forest Temple [Ledgend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]
11:29 • Rob Hubbard & Ben Daglish - Auf Wiedersehen Monty [Auf Wiedersehen Monty]
15:48 • Tim Follin - Ghouls n Ghosts [Ghouls n Ghosts]
16:39 • David Wise, Eveline Ascher & Robin Beanland - Aquatic Ambience [Donkey Kong Country]
19:57 • Kenji Yamamoto & Minako Hamano - Lower Brinstar [Super Metroid]
22:56 • David M. Hanlon - Druid II Enlightenment [Druid II Enlightenment]
25:47 • Michael Land - Goodsoup Family Crypt [Curse Of Monkey Island]
27:28 • David Wise, Eveline Ascher & Robin Beanland - Misty Menace [Donkey Kong Country]
29:43 • Hiroki Kikuta - Innocent Sea [Seiken Densetsu 3]
30:56 • Martin Galway - Wizball [Wizball]
34:29 • Wally Beben - Darkside [Darkside]
37:09 • Disasterpeace - Spirit [FEZ]
38:58 • Kev Bruce - Stage Atlantis Ruins [Porky Pigs Haunted Holliday]
41:14 • Kazunaka Yamane - Doppelganger [Double Dragon II]
42:58 • Junko Tamiya - Ichirou's Death [Sweet Home]
44:32 • Neil Brennan - Way of the Exploding Fist [Way of the Exploding Fist]
45:13 • Masami Ueda - The Second Floor [Resident Evil II]
48:04 • Masaki Hashimoto - Title Screen [Kabuki Quantum Fighter]
49:56 • Naoki Kadaka - Mothership Defeated (Game Clear) [Fester's Quest]
50:24 • Masaki Hashimoto - Opening [Kabuki Quantum Fighter]
50:56 • Mitsuhiko Takano - File Select Screen [Ledgend of Zelda: Minish Cap]