VG Frequency

Covering the relevant releases from the month o’ May continues with the goods from the week ending May 21st. You’ve got a full plate in front of ya, so make with the clicky clickly.

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And with another summer in tow, we herald the return of the VG Frequency Pimp Sections, where I spotlight the goods in community music releases for all the people out there who are interested in seeing what the VG remix community has to offer but are too lazy to click every which place. These columns always took awhile last year, but I was even able to balance my newly-acquired judgeship with this, so I think we’ll manage.

As for VG Frequency the radio show, the last 10 episodes will all be worked on once I get a hold of a WAV editing program from my backup man from the other side of the ocean, Roland “Compyfox” Löhlbach. They’ll come along slowly but surely once I get some editing stuff to work with. 3 of the back episodes are actually ready to go, but I’ll need to use a highspeed connection to host the material, so I’ll probably swing by Yale Library.

Stick around for updates on the future of the show, if in fact I’ll be doing something with it again after late August rolls around. In the meantime, send me money, plz. ($$$) Aight, let’s get into the musiczs bros. You’ve got a lot of stuff to check out for the week ending May 14th.
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The column’s out on Monday this week, since I got the chance to chill with Vigilante this past weekend. After chillin’ around with my friends here in Connecticut, I headed back with him to Massachusetts on a whim, and had an awesome time in Boston and Cambridge. I got to see and help Jesse work on some Donkey Kong Country remix material, and despite being a fan of the scene for such a long time, I had never actually seen any mixer’s setup before, so that was a pretty cool experience. Of course, the trip wasn’t all about OC stuff (Béla Fleck & the Flecktones and sushi!), so we’ll both post some thoughts soon on how we didn’t get along at all WHATSOEVER for your amusement! One more week until I head back down to Atlanta, so I’ll finally have some cable network speed dammit. Now let’s pimp out what we had for the week ending August 14th:
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Slow week in terms of side developments in the community, or at least any that I’m aware of. We’re only a month away from the return of VGF on the air, so hopefully we’ll get some more good stuff to fill up the very first show back. In any case, the music takes center stage, so let’s see what dropped for the week ending August 7th:
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Last week was a nice week for me personally, but things have been rough for us as at Ormgas.com. Fellow Ormgas member Mattias “Sockan” Ström, whom we knew as SockULF, passed away on July 21st after being viciously assaulted on Saturday the 17th by a drugged up man who, seemingly at random, knocked Sockan down and attacked him by kicking him in the head repeatedly. After suffering severe brain damage and only being able to breathe with the aid of a respirator, he passed away this past Wednesday. He was only 22 years old. For his friends and family, along with others such as myself who didn’t know Sockan closely, it’s a very difficult situation made more difficult by how senseless it was. If you need more information about the attack on SockULF, it’s available at Ormgas.com. Even though most of you do not know him, you can nonetheless view the condolences given at http://sockan.ormgas.com. Ormgas went silent from this past Thursday until late Sunday as a memoriam.

The news that I was personally happy about this past week was that I was nominated among a list of candidates and subsequently chosen by the OCR Judges Panel to be the newest Judge with OverClocked ReMix! Without gushing over the news like a fanboy, I have to admit that it’s an honor to be among the people that help in large part on deciding what music is chosen for OCR. After first coming to OC in early 2002 as a guy with a casual interest in video game music, I’ve come about as far as a fan possibly can in the community. I’d like to personally thank my friends Matt Kertz & Joe Mauri, since it’s their “fault” that I found out about OCR, later listened to every OC ReMix ever made, and got serious about playing video game music on the radio. Without them, I wouldn’t have ever found a community with such talent and creativity. I’ll get into some more thoughts about judging later in the Pimp Section, but for now, let’s get into what music caught my attention for the week ending Saturday, July 24th:
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