PB070 | 505 - hYMns

Making his debut appearance on Pxl-Bot, 505 certainly knows how to make an entrance.

hYMns is a collection of tracks created over a period of eleven years on the Atari ST/STE. Every bleep and every bloop radiates waves of nostalgia, casting you back to an older, simpler time and sure to put a tear in the eye of every old school gamer. Each track holds its own perfectly, creating differing atmospheres and feelings within their superbly written melodies and catchy beats, while the album stays coherent and flows throughout. You will be sorely missing out if you do not grab this album now!

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PB069 | AlexOgre - Distant Dreams

Returning again with another awesome album, we are very proud to be presenting to you AlexOgre's Distant Dreams.

Mixing and matching different electronic genres to make a smoothie of awesomeness, this album is definitely a good one! Tracks are packed full of character and each one competes against the previous and next to be the best. While some are more dancey and energetic, other are slightly more ambient, while still making you want to stand up and move to the beat. All in all this album is wonderfully well crafted, and is certainly a must have for the collection, so...

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PB068 | The Hamlet - Self Titled

A second release for this week and we are very proud to announce that The Hamlet is back. This time with a full length album which not only holds up the same quality of his last EP but also somehow manages to be even better!

This album packs greatness into it right from the start, every track is saturated its own individual character, wonderfully portraying different scenes in your mind. Mixing 8-bit sounds with a 'ye olde times' feel is an awesome combination which adds to the brilliance of this album. With its beautifully written melodies and ambient drones, The hamlet has managed to craft something amazing, which truly is a work of art. So what are you waiting for get it now!

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PB067 | Kommisar - Atlantic Express

Back again with a brand new album, we are very proud to be presenting to you the one and only Kommisar.

Atlantic Express is a wonderfully crafted, almost magical album as these 8 brilliant tracks leave you with a warm tingly feeling on the inside. Featuring sweetly crafted leads often doing battle against the pounding drums and sometimes grimy sounding basses gives a great feeling to each track. Every sound has been placed carefully to ensure each track has its own distinct personality and feeling. All in all this album is extremely good, it flows incredibly well while each track has its own sounds and ambiences. Definitely deserves multiple listens!

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PB066 | Jakim - Jamming For Nothing

Making his debut appearance here at Pxl-Bot, we are very proud to bring you the spectacular Jakim!

Funky is an understatement and right from the get go this 9 track album hits you with its expertly crafted leads, tight drums and groovy basses, as well as a few tracks of differing styles thrown in for good measure. Jakim manages to craft tracks which bring up memories of days spent in the past, sat on a sofa in front of a CRT screen playing old video games, the welcoming familiarity embraces you while the tracks all have their own distinct personalities each standing strong on its own as well as knitting together to form this amazing album. Definitely shouldn't be missed!

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PB065 | Spaceman Fantastiques - The World According To Mr Meleon

He's back again, returning from his journey into deep space, bringing with him a masterpiece forged in the heart of a super nova, Spaceman Fantastiques' latest album is nothing short but out of this world.

Right from the start this album crafts a wide variety of moods and atmospheres each different from one another but equally as captivating. The tracks manage to capture the large openness of space with their ambient sounds and ethereal synths while the superb melodies and drums still hold the track together tightly. This unique style has been perfected down to a tee and to make it even better it comes in a big serving.

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PB064 | Crit Hit - A Few Singles Incense

This is the second time Crit Hit has featured here on this site, you may remember him featuring in the competition compilation album in october, but this time he's here with a full length album and it is exceptionally good!

Kicking it all off with a minimal sounding first track it soon builds up momentum. 'More than a conquest' sets a fast pace with its driving drum rhythms and splendid sounding basses, before dropping into the more atmospheric, bassy and even slightly spooky 'Thulcandra to Malacandra'. The fast pace is soon met again by 'Prophesy to These Dead Bones' preparing you nicely for the second half of this amazing album.

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PB063 | VA - Merry Chipmas 2011

Happy holidays to everyone! Whether you celebrate Christmas, another holiday or even if you don't celebrate anything at all, we here at Pxl-Bot wish you all the best!

So you've been good all year and as a result you have found your way onto the nice list, as a reward we have stuffed your stockings with this here album just for you. Brought together by 2xAA, the newest member of the team, and featuring tracks by many talented members of the 8bc community. This whopping 35 tracked album is sure to bring a smile to your face at this festive time of the year! So what are you waiting for get it now!

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PB062 | Kommisar - Kommisar's Fakebit Metal World Tour

Roll up, roll up, Kommisar's Fakebit Metal World Tour has come to town! Sweeping across nations in a wave of destruction and super sized explosions, embrace it or be left behind buried beneath the trail of rubble!

Starting with the ear shatteringly good 'CYBORG BEAR ASSAULT 6' it catches you with its driving percussion and strong bass before applying the synthetic lead guitar on top, warming you up for the rest of the EP. 'Hybrid Brute' hitting you hard with its double stroke kick drums, 'Serendipitous Paraplegic Murder' with its driving bass and screaming lead and 'steel bomber' with its ability to make you feel as if there are a large number of projectiles raining doom down on you from above.

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PB061 | Datamancer - Geosmin

You may of heard him on the singles competition compilation album a couple of months ago, but now Datamancer is back with his very own EP.

The first thing that comes to mind after hearing this three track EP is short, but very very sweet. Datamancer has crafted 3 excellent tracks. Starting with Quixotic, you are welcomed with a sweet melody, beckoning you in. The catchy drums keep you held in its grips right the way through as the melody weaves its way along, twisting and turning as it goes. The next track is Lit Up, starting off with a catchy drum beat it then drops with an awesome dubstep bass, which is followed by something to get up and move to. The final track is 11-11-11 this wastes no time in making you want to move to the beat with its 'four on the floor' drum beat and catchy bass and melody, while still brining in ambience which rounds the track off nicely. This needs to be listened to!

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PB060 | Whitely - YOU & I

Another Pxl-Bot debut, this time from the extremely talented Whitely. Crafted in the fires of Mount Doom this EP draws upon different genres of electronic music to show and tell its story.

Starting with the beautifully melodic 'At first i was lonely, but then..' it draws you into this story that is being told and holds you tight. Each track is full of emotion, the songs seem to reach inside you, communicating at a personal level. Half way through you reach "I started to care to much, but it was still..' drawn in my at atmospheric start, building up, you know somethings coming, then it drops, and suddenly something you thought couldn't get better, got better. Finally 'The end.' rounds it all off beautifully brining all the emotions of the story to its climax and leaving the listener thoroughly satisfied with the tale that has just unfolded before their eyes.

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PB059 | Deepearth.void - Become The Void

Making his Pxl-Bot debut and showcasing his first full release for some time, the fantastical ‘Deepearth.void’ brings you 10 tunes of funk and complex dance to put a smile on your face.

After the drone-infused short intro, the track ‘Coconut’ sets up the listener for what is to come in the rest of the release. Sharp and concise structure which swaps and switches between styles and atmospheres, complex melodies, countermelodies and basslines that warp around each other to form a think consistency, and a fuck ton of funk and dance. Some of the melodies are truly awe-inspiring, and from the off you’ll be addicted like this shit’s smack.

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PB058 | AlexOgre - Surfing Mind

AlexOgre's debut album here on Pxl-Bot is nothing short but brilliant and we are very pleased to be releasing it.

Starting off with Foam, a track which manages to conjure up memories and thoughts of sunny days walking along sandy beaches, the waves lapping at your toes and gulls flying overhead. It introduces you to the rest of the album almost gently before the floor filling, fist pumping, dance hits you and there is nothing you can do to help yourself from moving along with the beat. Finally as if yo give you a rest from dancing, the final track farewell is more chilled, it eases you out while still upholding a awesomely high level of quality. This is definitely worth a listen!


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PB057 | AndaruGO & HunterQuinn - Echo Layer

And now they join forces.

Entering the fray with a fist-pumping throat-ripping and eye-popping duet as an intro track, the dual forced fist of both AndaruGO and HunterQuinn is truly great. Traversing the softer tones of Hunter and mixing them with the harsher barks of AndaruGO before converging their love for sweat-inducing beats, the two duet tracks showcase a higher understanding of dynamics and the harmonious attention to each other’s’ details inspires awe.

Saying that, the four tracks, two by just AndaruGO and another two by just HunterQuinn, are nothing to turn your nose up at. 

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PB056 | HunterQuinn - Bourbon Back Attack

The second artist to grace Pxl-Bot from Cincinnati this week, HunterQuinn breaks his debut through your earscape.

Pumping. HunterQuinn’s debut ‘Bourbon Back Attack’ can be defined almost entirely by this word. Never sitting still for a second, HQ spins and twists his beats and melodies which are melded perfectly for the dancefloor, with that typical Cincinnati chic gloss of experimentation (see ‘J33Z FACTOR3’ intro for more details). From the fist-flinging intro to the ass-shaking cascade of ‘Fucking Dance’ and through the slower tension-rife guttural whippings of ‘Buttaface Bergade’, HunterQuinn has managed to craft one of the most danceable and pure addictive releases to date at Pxl-Bot, with a huge amount of professionalism to boot.

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PB055 | AndaruGO - Megadoomer

Taking the place of the third artist from the expanding Cincinnati scene to be featured on Pxl-Bot, AndaruGO delves into the world of trance and dirt for his debut release, ‘Megadoomer’.

Starting the with title track, a dirty and gritty convulsion, AndaruGo then goes on to start as he’ll continue throughout the rest of the release on ‘Hokutou’, fist-pumping grime-inducing trance-esque chip sonnets. Featuring as many truly jaw-dropping moments as you can possibly fit into six tracks, from the pure trance breakdown into the schizophrenic melodies on the climax of ‘Shark War’ to the slow downed swagger moments of ‘Zawarudo’, this release showcases the exact reasons why the developing chiptune scene in Cincinnati is such an exciting one; it creates dance-floorable tunes with a mission statement of “defy the conventions”.

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PB054 | Fauxhound - He Lives Forever

New Zealand’s answer to 10k, Fauxhound, delivers his stunningly bleak spit of a sophomore effort on Pxl-Bot in the form of ‘He Lives Forever’.

Opening with the sickly depressing tone to which the rest of the release would follow, Fauxhound’s masterful blending of spoken rhythm and meaningful words intertwined with glitchy and rolling drums and melodies creates an incredibly dark and gritty listen. Song ‘love + secrets’ lends a groove to parts of the vocal work before towering up into a cascade of chip sounds, whilst ‘door to door’ pulls its own teeth out before Fauxhound’s incredibly punk-esque dragging voice adds to the insanity. ‘diesleep’ carries a creepy and sleepy tone until Fauxhound begins to spit his depressed pessimisms, before the final track barks widely with a slightly more optimistic but no less creepy feel.

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PB053 | VCMG - Focal Point

And for the second release of Halloween we visit the other side of the spectrum, first brutality and now beauty brought to us by another returning favourite, VCMG!

After his astonishingly beautiful debut, VCMG returns having learnt how to make his music even prettier. From the closing melodic scales and harmonies to the releases’ opening, ‘Introduction’, through the creeping and bittersweet melodies and drum-work of ‘Waking Up In The Perseids’, VCMG keeps constantly catchy and gorgeous with his melodic work. Song structure-wise, the songs constantly shift under their own weight, with something bright and beautiful around every corner. The main difference between this release and his debut on Pxl-Bot is the cohesiveness of ‘Focal Point’. Sounding less like a compilation, all the songs intertwine beautifully to form one conjoined soundtrack to the disappearing summer; bittersweet and reflective.

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PB052 | Optimus Chad - Robotic Wasteland II: A Story Of Chaos And Rhythm

Optimus Chad is back, and even dirtier than ever. Pxl-Bot proudly bring you your dose of the brutal to aid your festivities. Happy Halloween!

Starting with a healthy portion of sampling and noise, all hell is shortly unleashed within the second track, ‘Feedback Warrior’, a rolling exercise in tension/release with some truly crushing sounds holding the dirt together. ‘Optimus Chad’ has really come immeasurably far since his hard hitting debut; he now hits twice as hard, twice as gritty whilst dousing subtle groove and even more aggression over his work, meanwhile experimenting left right and through the centre’s face with his melodies and drum work.

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PB051 | Cooshinator - Self-Titled

Pxl-Bot are proud to present another debut release, this time from the new and shockingly inventive talent that is Cooshinator.

Despite having only begun composition in February of this year, Cooshinator deals a hand of surprisingly strong and memorable tracks, with an almost progressive attention to song structure. Delving in the deep end with the bittersweet spits of ‘Hypocrite’, with its many twists and atmospheric turns, the self-titled EP sets itself up from an early stage to be an unforgettable ride. Featuring a wide range of styles and sounds, from the progressive minimalism of ‘Bohrs Model’ and ‘Tangent’ to the more straight-forward house offerings of ‘Motion’, all songs are then doused with some trance sensibilities to complement their epic nature.

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