Yesterday I was lucky enough to score tickets for the opening show of the Sonic Symphony tour, with the first leg being held at the Barbican Centre in London. I had a ticket for me and a ticket for potentially the harshest critic of all: Read More …
Tag: Music
FatNicK Reviews Stuff: Bits and Pieces A History of Chiptunes
I’m pretty surprised that its taken me so long to get round to reading this book myself, to be honest, but here it is: A quick review at Kenneth McAlpine’s scholarly examination of the history of chiptunes. I suppose the first thing that needs to Read More …
Stay in Choon? Crypto Currency and Ambitious Attempts to Fix the Music industry
Before I begin, I should point out I’m a fan of Choon, a music service that combines music and crypto currency in order to create audio-based fun times and frolics. Since discovering the platform and signing up for it earlier in the year, I haven’t Read More …
I’m up on Choon!
I’f you’re reading this, it means that my music is now available on the exciting Choon music service! Choon is quite an exciting idea. Built on the Ethereum platform and using its own Crypto currency called “NOTES”, Choon has been designed to solve Read More …
Gig Review: Yuzo Koshiro & Motohiro Kawashima (Fabric 30/11/17)
When it was announced that London nightclub Fabric had lost its license back in 2016, It definitely felt like the end of an era. I can’t say i’d exactly been a regular, but i’d had enough fun nights at the club to briefly Read More …
Fatnick’s Album of The Week: Dana Jean Pheonix – Synth City
I’d be the first to admit i don’t really have my finger on the pulse when it comes to the newest releases, so it’s nice to have picked up on something in the first week for a change! Released on Tuesday, Synth City is the Read More …
Fatnick’s Album of the Week: Sega Sound Unit [H.] – 1st Album
Though his soundtrack for Fatnick-favourite Outrun is widely lauded, Sega composer Hiroshi “Hiro” Kawaguchi sadly doesn’t receive the same respect as some of his more famous soundtrack composing peers. This is a bit of a shame: Not only does his extensive back catalogue include the Read More …
FatNick’s Album of the week: Dat Fuzz by irrlicht project
Blimey. I spend a lot of time trying to promote my own slightly rubbish music, so I thought it would be quite nice if i plugged some other people for a change. Consequently, here’s my first “album of the week!” Irrlicht Project is a Read More …
Three Sega Soundtracks you may have missed
Thursday was a truly magnificent day: Completely out of the blue, Sega made a ton of their soundtrack albums available on Spotify. Blimey! The only problem with having access to such a large collection is the question of where to start. As I have a feeling Read More …
Fatnick reviews stuff: Haynes Electrosynth Kit
Considering that my creative output is entirely digital it might not surprise you to learn that, when it comes to building things in the physical world, I am not a massively practical person. Physical clumsiness aside, I’m not really sure why this is the case. Read More …
Merry Christmas 2016!
Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas. Egad! it’s that time of year again already? Blimey. Well then, I suppose you probably deserve a present then don’t you! It may not be a very festive giveaway this year, but I hope you enjoy it anyway: Rather than Read More …
This is probably the best thing you’ll see today…
. . .Or maybe just the best thing i’ll see today. At any rate, I’m not sure can you beat a segment about computer music on a vintage show about 80’s Micro computers. Who needs a DAW when you can have a midi-enabled Spectrum, eh? Read More …
An Unsung giant of 80’s Gaming
This company helped define video games throughout the mid 80’s and early 90’s, but you probably wouldn’t think of them as a videogame company. Don’t believe me? Their tech was used in both the Megadrive and the Japanese Master System, but they aren’t anything to do Read More …
New Album: Modulated Frequencies
Hello folks! Fancy a slightly less spooky Halloween? Well, good news! I’ve gone and released a brand new album: Modulated Frequencies. I originally had the idea for this while putting together the Megadrive-tinged half of my Attack of The Terrible Lizard Kitty album. I was Read More …
Music Gear review: Korg NanoKEY 2
As anyone who has tried raising a child in a British flat will probably attest to, space generally comes at a bit of a premium in these parts. Consequently, I recently took the decision to downsize from my (already pretty dinky) Maudio Oxygen 25 to Read More …
New Year New You Now Available!
After a longer than expected wait, my new single New Year New You is available from pretty much everywhere…be it Spotify, iTunes, Tidal, Google, Bandcamp or Amazon! Consequently, if you’re intrigued by the concept of a talking Zx Spectrum meeting a pumping Megadrive-generated baseline, why Read More …
I was skeptical of Tidal, but this picture says it all…
Like everyone else, i was a bit wary of Tidal’s music streaming service when it was announced, but now my music has finally had a fair number of plays it’s hard to argue with the figures. In the image below, the line contained in the Read More …
Videogame Soundtrack Vinyls
I feel a bit miserly. On paper, you would think that the re-release of videogame soundtracks on socially-acceptable audio formats would be something I could definitely get behind. Particularly if it lead to a general renaissance of the FM soundtrack side of things (I could Read More …
Spotify & Apple Music: An Addendum
One thing I would just like to add to my previous post about music streaming: It definitely is an exciting time to be part of the streaming music club. Here’s a look at my stats from January this year to June: I Read More …
Spotify, Apple Music & Why I’m rubbish at the music biz
I’ve been thinking of writing something on the whole music streaming world for a while now. Thankfully, Jasper Hamill over at The Mirror has given me an excuse with his vaguely partisan article on Apple Music. As both an artist and a keen listener, I’ll Read More …
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