Latte Chill Music

Category: Dozens

  • [Single] Ecruteak City

    ecruteak chiptune single

    Melancholy town where we never smile? Could be the best quote for Ecruteak City, an oriental, yet bittersweet place of Soul Silver.

    Hit play button and let’s deep dive a bit in this single. The place is heavily inspired by Japanese architecture. Old towers, kimono dancers, kabuki theatre. Essentially a gym with… ghost type pokémons. What is it if not a mystical aura of the game. Let alone the legendary encounter. But let me now spoiler it. Maybe some youngsters are to play the game later. Worth, honestly!

    So, when I started working on this beat, I was already sure to imitate a bit the sound of koto. Yet, as it was a chiptune album, how?

    I looked for old Game Boy games, looking for Far East vibe sounds I could record and rework. It took some time and at the end as the song was in minor, I believe the result is a bit eerie. Don’t you agree?

    As a b-side song, I added Jazzy Big Ben, based on Big Ben Jazz. Ann old song from Chinese Restaurant. Enjoy both beats for free through the cover above. Click and check my Bandcamp page. Also, feel free to download more free singles.

  • [Single] Goldenrod City

    Rolling forward with Soul Silver (2018) singles, this time let me explore Goldenrod City, an urban area with lights and vibe.

    Hit play button below to enjoy the song and scroll to read more.

    Goldenrod City was inspired by an imaginary place of Silver game. A huge city with radio tower and full of lights. A lively place, where you as a kid has to spend quite a time exploring the area to find everything that’s worth talking about. Of course it features a gym (quite a difficult one) and some other places.

    Let me not deep dive this area for now. On the other hand, what makes it special? This is the most upbeat song from Soul Silver. Given the vibe, I wished to make it different, hence increased the tempo a bit. Also added some lively arpeggios making the vibe way different than Olivine.

    Misc information to the end. I added a rework on an old beat as a single b-side song. Chinese Oolong Tea was originally covered on Chinese Restaurant. That EP marks my return to music as a hobby artist. Check it out through the link.

    What a bargain right? Especially for free. But where to find? Click on the cover on top.

  • [Single] Olivine City

    olivine chiptune single

    Olivine City is the first concept single featuring my new beat Olivine, from my very first chiptune LP, Soul Silver.

    Apart from the title song, I added the first demo version of New Bark as an extra. Quite a bargain for a free single, right?

    Both chiptune beats were composed using free (and recorded) Nintendo sound samples imitating the ambience of retro Game Boy and Game Boy Advance devices.

    Actually this is the magic of this album. Even though I go much deeper here, the essence is that as part of this project I set the following. I replayed the game (Pokémon Silver) to get back to the vibe. I recorded tons of samples and worked on the processing to be able to offer you such a unique vibe. Lastly, no copying. I played the game without sound, not to be affected.

    I mean, of course I do remember many of the songs from my childhood. Still, I wished not to use them as a starting point, but rather re-imagine the places. How they would sound like if I was there. Kind of a weird concept right? If you are interested, click below.

    I further added some videos using this song.