[Ch 1] ”Noise from the Hearts of Nerds” - “C1E73: UNKAYJ THE RAYJ”

Today’s broadcast is C1E73 for Scene Sunday, March 26th 2023. Today’s episode is a focus on the original chiptunes and cover works of Chipist and VGMporium podcast host rayjkayj on a program we're calling "UNKAYJ THE RAYJ"! 

 

Tracklist: Track# (total / "chapter") - Track Name – System (approximated) - Production Source – Compo / Event (or N/A) - Timestamp (all tracks were composed by rayjkayj except for covers where original composer will be listed)  

  

A1) Earcatcher: 00:00:00  

A2) Intro – 00:00:21  

  

"Chapter 1": 2011 – 2018: All tracks made in VGM Music Maker (VGMMM), which emulate the YM2612 FM chip of the Sega Genesis and the SN7689 PSG chip of the Genesis and Master System. For the purposes of considering these "of a certain system", think of the PSG-only tracks as Master System and the rest as Genesis. None of these were made for any compos or events.  

 

 

01 / 01) Chill Stroll – 00:03:48  

  

02 / 02) Messman – 00:06:06  

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03 / 03) Messman (Stage Select) - 00:07:44  

  

04 / 04) Elephant Land – 00:08:41  

  

05 / 05) Schizo Mania Syndrome – 00:09:22  

  

06 / 06) Title [cover – originally from Chronos - originally on ZX Spectrum – originally   

composed by Tim Follin] - 00:10:18  

  

07 / 07) Sprite Theme – 00:13:10  

  

08 / 08) Swingin Bartime – 00:14:40  

  

09 / 09) western warez – 00:15:47  

  

10 / 10) Wave Master – 00:16:46  

  

11 / 11) A Mini Game – 00:18:01  

  

12 / 12) Operation! [cover – originally from Mega Man Battle Network – originally on GBA – originally composed by Akari Kaida] - 00:19:03  

  

13 / 13) Tin Roof Rattle – 00:20:57  

  

14 / 14) Shortune3 – 00:22:12  

  

15 / 15) PSG Battery – 00:24:45  

  

16 / 16) JaHamitUp – 00:25:30  

  

17 / 17) On to Grasstown [cover – originally from Cave Story – originally on multiple platforms – originally composed by Daisuke "Pixel" Amaya] - 00:26:31  

  

18 / 18) Enemy Battle [cover – originally from Golden Sun – originally on GBA – originally composed by Motoi Sakuraba] - 00:29:36  

 

 

"Chapter 2": 2018 – Present  

 

  

19 / 01) Snake Man [cover – originally from Mega Man 3 – originally on NES – originally composed by Yasuaki Fujita] - C64 – Deflemask – N/A - 00:32:20  

  

20 / 02) Credit Roll – PC Engine – Deflemask - 21 Days of VGM April 2022 [Day 3] - 00:34:35  

  

21 / 03) That One Crazy Mini Boss – Sega Arcade – Deflemask - 21 Days of VGM April 2020 [Day 5] - 00:36:27  

  

22 / 04) Cedar Sanctuary (rainy day) - Wildchip - Sunvox - 21 days of VGM April 2020 [Day 6]- 00:38:01  

  

23 / 05) Lounge de Capybara - Genesis - Deflmask - 21 Days of VGM April 2020 {DAY 11} - 00:40:25  

  

24 / 06) Weird Workshop (upgrading gear) - SNES - Sunvox - 21 Days of VGM April 2020 {DAY?} - 00:42:53  

  

25 / 07) Battle Theme (Iito Style) - SNES – Sunvox - 21 Days of VGM April 2020 [Day 17] - 00:44:11  

  

26 / 08) Shmup (PSG) - Master System PSG – Deflemask - 21 Days of VGM April 2020 {DAY?} - 00:46:14  

  

27 / 09) Shmup (FM) - Master System FM – Deflemask - 21 Days of VGM April 2020 {DAY?} – 00:48:11  

  

28 / 10) Match End [cover – originally from Namachuke 68 originally on Sharp X68000 – originally composed by Yuji Takenouchi] - Master System FM – Sunvox – NA – 00:50:03  

  

29 / 11) Beach Side Obstacle Course – SNES - Ableton Live - 21 Days of VGM Summer 2020 [Day 7] - 00:51:36  

  

30 / 12) Overgrown Corporate Building – SNES – Ableton Live - 21 Days of VGM Summer 2020 [Day 10] - 00:53:14  

  

31 / 13) Sky Buster Stage 1 – Genesis – Deflemask - 21 Days of VGM Summer 2020 [Day 11] - 00:56:05  

  

32 / 14) Puzzle Shop in Cheeky Town – PC Engine – Deflmask - 21 Days of VGM Summer 2020 [Day 14] - 00:57:59  

  

33 / 15) Hyperdude: Hella Dude Stage – NES - Deflmask – 21 Days of VGM Summer 2020 {DAY 6} - 01:00:50  

  

34 / 16) Wily Tower 4 [cover – original from Mega Man: The Wily Wars – originally on Mega Drive – originally composed by Kinuyo Yamashita] - PC98 (using the Neo Geo module) - Deflemask – N/A - 01:02:51  

  

35 / 17) Select Your Bowler – Genesis – Deflemask – N/A - 01:05:19  

  

36 / 18) Cwunch Phase – Master System (PSG) - Deflmask – N/A - 01:06:21  

  

37 / 19) Chord Breaks – PC Engine – Deflmask – N/A - 01:08:57  

  

38 / 20) MS Shifter – Genesis – Deflmask – N/A - 01:11:04  

  

39 / 21) Treasure Castle [cover – originally from Socket – originally on Genesis – originally composed by Fumito Tamayama, Yoko Suzuki, and/or Shigenori Masuko] - NES – Deflmask – N/A - 01:12:24  

  

40 / 22) Guhlitch-A-b00ngi – PC98 (using Neo Geo Module) - Deflemask - Battle of the Bits: Glitch.98 Battle – 01:14:14  

  

41 / 23) Blazing Hero Unleashed – Sega Arcade – Deflemask – 7 days of VGM Sept 2022: Giant Robots [Day 7] - 01:14:58  

  

42 / 24) Renzoku Wa – Genesis – Deflmask – N/A - 01:16:30  

  

43 / 25) Mega Trive Tun – Genesis – Deflmask - Aug4th Tri-Tone Tag – 01:20:45  

  

44 / 26) Young Executive Forum [cover – NON-VGM – from music album "Fansub Last Words – originally by Ventla] - Genesis – Deflemask – N/A - 01:21:49  

  

45 / 27) Jookbi – Master System (FM + PSG) - Deflemask – N/A - 01:22:56  

 

B1) Outro – 01:25:40  

B2) Outtakes – 01:40:28  

  

Music Block Runtime: 01:21:59, Total Episode Runtime: 01:40:57  

  

Our Intro and Outro Music is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio on the Sega Dreamcast, composed by BB Rights.  

 

 

And please check out rayjkayj's own podcast, VGMPorium on Spotify or wherever podcasts are sold! 

 

Link for Spotify users: 

 

https://open.spotify.com/show/4dmLZz58rXVtsnw7spiqBE?si=47361552fc244844 

 

Link for non-Spotify users:  

 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/vgmporium-video-game-music-and-more/id1599013627 

 

Produced using Ardour / Audacity in Linux (either KDE Neon, Garuda KDE Dr460nized, openSUSE Tumbleweed KDE, Elementary)S 7, Manjaro Xfce, Fedora 37, or SteamOS 3 on any combination of the Gaming PC "Big Rig", the Steam Deck, Living Room desktop, Mac Mini or one of three Linux laptops – Neon on Laptop or Garuda on Big Rig the most likely and most common). Recorded with a Shure SM7B XLR dynamic microphone on a RØDE PSA1+ boom arm through a Cloudlifter and a Focusrite 4i4 XLR-to-USB interface! 

 

You can also find all of our audio episodes on Archive.org as well as the occasional additional release only available there, such as remixes of previous releases and other content. 

 

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Thanks for listening! Join us again April 1st for C1E74 (Channel 1, Episode 74): A very special soundtrack that no one ever seems to talk about, and again late April (or early May) for C2E12: House Music - Delicious VGM on "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds", as well as Tasty VGM and Talk on "Nerd Noise Game Club"! And wherever you are - Fly the N! 

 

Cheers!