Open Circuit
Open Circuit is an hour long weekly jolt of chip music, vgm, synthwave and whatever else host jmr feels like playing.
Episodes
December 17, 2015 • 56 mins
Shnabubula – TS41k [Sued for Christmas] Temp Sound Solutions – Locked Groove (bloodrain rmx) [Skywave Effect Anniversary Edition] Marshall Art – Marshall Art Part III (live) [8static Fest 2015] Cheap Dinosaurs – Brad Renfroe (live) [8static 2009-04-11] The Brothers Nylon – Sugar Plum Fairy [Dubcember] Shnabubula – Tidings of Comfort and Joy [Sued ...
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December 10, 2015 • 62 mins
Playlist: Awesome Force – It’s Full of Stars [Invitations] Awesome Force – Standing on the Shoulders of Giants [Invitations] Melt Channel – Live! From Planet Earth [ERASERS] Auxcide – Silver Planet [Laniakea] For Astronauts and Satellites – Earth 2.0 [Bundle of WIN] ap0c – Heavy Interference [Bundle of WIN] Toni Leys – Wow! ...
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November 12, 2015 • 57 mins
This week’s playlist, despite being hastily thrown together, coheres quite nicely. Playlist: Street Cleaner – Never Again [Shutdown] ZEN ALBATROSS – Infrared Ritual [SIGINT] For Astronauts and Satellites – To Fight Monsters… [Then, By The Light Of Our Own Creation] Kirby’s Dream Band – Street Fighter II (Family Man Edition) [The Pink Album (vinyl version)] ...
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November 5, 2015 • 58 mins
Influenced by distraction, this episode of Open Circuit jumbles together both words and music styles. Playlist: FLOOR BABA – KICK IT [GAMEWAVE] You Bred Raptors? – Lagoon (Live at Game Over NY) [unreleased) The Mountain Chiefs – Top Man + Wily’s Castle (Live at RAGFest) [unreleased] The Mountain Chiefs – Solar Jetman (Live at RAGFest) ...
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October 29, 2015 • 59 mins
Open Circuit returns from a month-long hiatus! Playlist: Maxo x Peter Berkman – Ranger [JACK vs MALTINE] Marshall Art (feat. Bucky) – Asteroid Driller (practice session) [unreleased] TREY FREY – DRIFT [single] LITTLE PAW – Something Exploded in Russia… [SPACE CORGI] Ryan8bit – He’s A Pup Killer [Back to the Future Tribute] The Kevin Gnartinez Band ...
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September 24, 2015 • 58 mins
A dash of post-rock chiptune, a sprinkling of piano, and a teaspoon of synthwave make up this episode of Open Circuit. Playlist: For Astronauts and Satellites – Point All Your Weapons At The Sky [Then, By The Light Of Our Own Creation] Jeff Ball and Jake Kaufman – Le Bouquet Magique [Shovel Knight – Plague ...
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September 17, 2015 • 59 mins
Open Circuit flashes back to the 1980’s with this synthwave-heavy episode. Playlist: zabutom – Redux34 [Redux34] Alpharisc – We Have Fairlight [Alpha Crucis] Power Glove – Telecom [Alpha Crucis] September 87 (feat. Droid Bishop) – Ride All Night [Alpha Crucis] Carpenter Brut – Looking for Tracy Tzu [Trilogy] Carpenter Brut – Le Perv [Trilogy] Carpenter ...
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September 10, 2015 • 40 mins
Open Circuit is proud to present the listening party for The Disadvantage, a brand new split EP from Temp Sound Solutions and The Mountain Chiefs. Note: the podcast version of this episode does not include the full EP. Buy it here! Playlist: The Mountain Chiefs – Hall of the Mountain Chief [The Mountain Chiefs] ...
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August 27, 2015 • 59 mins
With the quantity of new, amazing chip and VGM being released this week, the playlist practically picked itself! Plus, Open Circuit spotlights the new XOC reissues on bandcamp, before running out of time and having to cut his playlist short. Playlist: Ivan Hakštok, streifig – Runnin’ in Circles [Chronicles of Time: A Premonition] Danimal Cannon ...
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August 20, 2015 • 60 mins
Open Circuit returns from a two week vacation with a heavy, hard hitting rock-centric playlist. Playlist: Maserati – Rehumanizer II [Rehumanizer] For Astronauts and Satellites – Echoing Endlessly [A Homing Light] The Mountain Chiefs – Gomera Mosking [The Mountain Chiefs] Cory Johnson – Sanctuary [The Legend of Zelda] Surgeon – Unknown [Live at The Levee] ...
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July 30, 2015 • 59 mins
Balancing out last week’s chiptune-heavy show, this week’s Open Circuit focuses on VGM covers and VGM-inspired originals. Playlist: coda – Sarasaland Online [Mario Sound Test] Tetrimino – Where’s the Wall Chicken At? [OverClocked ReMix] The Fresh Men – Thunder Blade [The Uncanny Fresh-Men] mitch murder – Lost Patrol Theme [Selection 3] HyperDuck SoundWorks – Chrono ...
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July 23, 2015 • 59 mins
Loaded with chiptunes, this jam-packed Open Circuit keeps it fresh with some of the latest releases from Chiptunes = Win and Weekly Treats. Playlist: Villainest – Evil Party [Chiptunes = WIN: Volume 4] Yerzmyey – Time Machine II [#29| Yerzmyey // Gasman] an0va – nerd table at the high school cafeteria of life [#20| an0va ...
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April 20, 2013 • 128 mins
After a long absence, recently-obligated-engineer jmr returns to Open Circuit with a load of musical goodies! This episode features music from Disasterpeace‘s Fez Remix album, FZ: Side F, the winners of DoD’s Disney Month, and new tracks from roboctopus, TQ-Jam, Bit-Rat, Metroid Metal (happy 10th birthday!), and more! 1. Disasterpeace – Synchrosynct (3:30) 2. streifig ...
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April 17, 2013 • 113 mins
While jmr is getting slammed by exams, OverCoat takes the reigns and delivers this week’s Open Circuit. 1. Anthelia – Of Rats and Plastic (4:07) 2. Form & Shape – All Unfurled (4:15) 3. OPOLOPO – Linear Strut (3:04) 4. Yoann Turpin – Coconut’s Club (4:41) 5. Yousuke Yasui – Bless you! boy (2:54) 6. Akiko ...
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March 2, 2013 • 178 mins
What better way to celebrate three years of Open Circuit than a listening party? Celebrating their brand new debut album, Krieger joins jmr on air to talk about… well, everything. Listen as they discuss movie recommendations, uncomfortable diphthongs, cetera‘s tropical juices, Meat Loaf’s I’d Do Anything For Love, and of course, their new album. 1. Armadillo Tank ...
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February 23, 2013 • 123 mins
1. Mail Order Monsters – Cynthia (3:40) 2. Wizwars – Intergalactic Disko Dance Party (3:45) 3. Radlib – Icarus (5TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY NVR 4GET TRASH80 SB16 MIXXX 2013) (3:53) 4. Trash80 – Missing You (4:17) 5. spamtron – Dragon Quest Overworld (3:04) 6. Disasterpeace – The Outlaw (3:36) 7. Derris-Kharlan – The Sheriff (3:58) 8. ...
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February 16, 2013 • 122 mins
1. Pajjama – Moistette (0:50) 2. Pajjama – Sunny & sour (4:24) 3. Anamanaguchi – Meow (3:43) 4. Aethernaut – You’re Doing It Wrong (4:20) 5. Joule + Wiklund – Feline Areola (2:08) 6. metaphist – Sonic & Knuckles ‘Funky Side Up’ OC ReMix (4:48) 7. Chromelodeon – Wackadelly (3:39) 8. cheap dinosaurs – bimble ...
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February 2, 2013 • 124 mins
1. spamtron – NO U (3:42) 2. Danimal Cannon – The Lunar Whale (4:32) 3. Dark Warriors – Sputnik (3:11) 4. Noisewaves – Do I Look Like I Want To Play Volleyball? (3:36) 5. George & Jonathan – Hissy Snake Popout (2:16) 6. Cheap Dinosaurs – Dawn of the Dead (4:26) 7. TQ-Jam – Plum ...
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January 12, 2013 • 126 mins
1. Arc Impulse – Fantasy Zone (4:12) 2. Anamanaguchi – Meow (3:43) 3. spamtron – onett (2:13) 4. spamtron – architect of an empire (3:22) 5. spamtron – pwr glove (2:46) 6. Danimal Cannon and Zef – Legacy (5:16) 7. Kartmaze – Agravaine’s Legacy (9:42) 8. Michael Zucker – Pickpocket (4:10) 9. Michael Zucker – ...
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December 15, 2012 • 123 mins
1. Toaster Republic – Death by Tambourine (6:21) 2. DD – ZOLGOR the Third: Interstellar Ontological Hypercube I: Synth Intro (1:01) 3. an0va – Christmas Time Is Here (3:28) 4. spamtron – bonk’s adventure (3:10) 5. mitch murder – Mr. T – Fashion Show (Mitch Murder Cover) (2:43) 6. Heosphoros – WoGo feat. Wiklund (loonie ...
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