I find that the urge to create is paramount, almost primordial. For better or for worse my approach is often reactive, a harmonizing of experiences and intentions. Of late this has yielded an album that reflects my fascination with and idealization of the chiptune scene. Each song therein has begged, borrowed, or stolen from those in whom I found inspiration. My hope is that an identifiable Seed A.I. signature pervades amidst these influences. What I do know is that while it has been a long and scattered process to get this work completed, every step of the way has been taken in fun, patience, and love of music. - BML
Penny Arcade: The Series
March 12, 2010
The 2 Player Productions folks have been doing an awesome job on Penny Arcade's PATV show - Penny Arcade: The Series. I was lucky enough to have a few songs off the upcoming album used in some of the episodes. I especially love that they used a track for the Bungie moment. I'm sure that track was subconsciously inspired by an epic Halo session.
Things have been pretty quiet on the Seed A.I. front of late. However that is soon to change. The latest album, Circadian Rhythm, is nearing completion. It is filled with lush textures and dreamy synths. For a preview, there are a few songs up in the demos page.
The 8 bit follow up EP is also taking shape. This experiment involves a stacking of consoles in each song - dual Gameboys with LSDJ, midiNES, and C64 with Cynthcart/Mssiah. Dan is working out the drum parts on the works in progress, while I work out the new arrangements.
More to come...
Seed A.I. at Pulsewave
July 15, 2008
2 Player Productions created a stellar video of Dan and I performing at January's Pulsewave show in NYC. It was a great night and I am psyched that it was captured so well:
I recently did some web design for a great company named 2 Player Productions. Their focus is on documenting the NYC chiptune scene, which they have been doing a stellar job at. I highly recommend checking out the wealth of material on their site.
Mid March they have a film premiering at the 2008 South by Southwest film festival in Austin, Texas:
BLIP FESTIVAL: REFORMAT THE PLANET is a feature length documentary which delves into the movement known as chiptunes, a vibrant underground scene based around creating new, original music using old video game hardware. Familiar devices such as the Nintendo Game Boy and Nintendo Entertainment System are pushed in new directions with startling results.
Using New York as a microcosm for a larger global movement, "...Reformat the Planet" maps out the genesis of the first annual Blip Festival, a four day celebration of over 30 international artists exploring the untapped potential of low-bit video game consoles. With floor-stomping rhythms and fist-waving melodies, trailblazers of the chiptune idiom descend upon Manhattan to pen a new chapter in the history of electronic music.
The trailer features music by Nullsleep ("Salvation for a Broken Heart", "On Target"), Martin Galway ("The Neverending Story"), and Random ("Micawber's Moan"), all composed on classic video game consoles.
Pulsewave - A New Dawn
December 23, 2007
We are excited to announce our first Pulsewave show on January 5th, 2008 at the Tank. Hope to see you there there! Click here for map and directions.
This Spartan Life's Octabit Playlist
July 03, 2007
The circle is complete.
One track from Songs for Samus just made it up to the Octabit playlist on This Spartan Life. That was the playlist that got Brett into 8bit music in the first place.
Check out the brilliant machinima and kickass tunes at TSL.
Imagine if Tron and Depeche Mode collaborated on a ground breaking new electronic music album. It might be cool, it might be strange, but one thing is certain, when compared to Seed A.I.'s new album, Lullabies of the Lost, it would suck. Such is the polished talent, and ecstatic audio pleasure of this much anticipated album.
Filled with spiky surprises, but always leaving a smooth satisfying after taste, Lullabies of the Lost is the refreshing release that electronic music fans have long lusted for. Experience a sentient sound that seems to tease and play games with your personal memories. Pushing past the traditional spectrum of computer music, Lullabies of the Lost will both illuminate and shadow, like an optical echo in your mind.
Already, listeners have praised Lullabies of the Lost as "beer for the ears," and likened it to "an 8 bit arrow to my head." Said one enthusiastic listener, "My mind was glowing, it made me question the boundaries of music, in fact, even the boundaries of reality!"
Just went and saw the 8bit Movie. It was a great statement on the depth and beauty of the music and visual art coming out of people's video game corrupted brains. I loved seeing it at MOMA, it gave it some sort of high art cred noneone warrants.
