Episodes 7 & 8: Temporal Distortion

Episode 8

Track List

1. The Grid - Daft Punk
2. Subterranean - bryface
3. Why Does The Sun Shine? - They Might Be Giants
4. Ice Colony - bryface
5. Throw Them Overboard - Abney Park
6. Baba Yetu (Civilization 4 Menu Theme) - Chistopher Tin
7. The Future is Bright - bryface
8. Destroy The Orcs - 3 Inches of Blood
9. Team Fortress 2 Theme - Valve Studio Orchestra
10. At The Speed Of Neurons - bryface
11. Black Market Nanotech - Matecha
12. Fallout 3 Main Theme - Inon Zur
13. The Planet Plan - United Future Organization
14. Chocolate Rain - Tay Zonday
15. Drunken Pipe Bomb - Valve Studio Orchestra
16. Gold Saucer - Team Teamwork

Artist Links

• Daft Punk. You've probably heard of them. If not, welcome to some of the best techno robot DJs around
• Bryface - Neat chiptune from Vancouver. Here's his 8bc profile.
• TMBG - Geek rockers extraordinaire.
• Steampunk goth rockers Abney Park. Also, they are sky pirates.
• Christopher Tin. He won a grammy for Baba Yetu, and here's his website.
• 3 Inches of Blood are a pretty brutal power metal band from Vancouver.
• Here's The Valve Studio Orchestra's Last.fm profile.
• Matecha's 8bc profile. More chiptune coolness from Vancouver.
• Inon Zur's website. He scores all sorts of cool video games and such.
• United Future Organization. They make cool music to relax to.
• Tay Zonday. He made more than just chocolate rain. Here's his website if you're interested.
• Team Teamwork's blog with a bunch of free music.

Show Notes
This week I played a lot of videogame type music, from actual songs from games to chiptune music that sounds like it should be in a video game. I talked about nanotech, steampunk aesthetics, Steam Sales, and other cool stuff. If you want the whole episode, you can grab it here.




Episode 7
*This episode and the associated post got stuck in a time loop, and it took me about a week to retrieve it, so it's part of ep 8's post.
Track List

1. Calgary SW - Bit_Rat
2. The Poetry of Reality - The Symphony of Science
3. Still Alive - Jonathan Coulton
4. Commander Shepard - Miracle of Sound
5. Grand Experiment - No More Kings
6. Ultramarine (Free) - Bit_Rat
7. Beethoven's 5th - Trans-Siberian Orchestra
8. Gimmick - Bit_Rat
9. Your Friend Wil - MC Frontalot
10. Fette's Vette - MC Chris
11. Ride The Dragon - Manowar
12. Monday Somewhere Else - Bit_Rat
13. The USS Make Shit Up - Voltaire
14. The Derelict - Abney Park

Artist Links

•  Bit_Rat's 8bc profile is here if you want more chiptune goodness.
• The Symphony of Science does a great job making music out of the words of advocates of science
• More video game themed music can by Miracle of Sound can be bought here ate his bandcamp
• No More Kings makes some pretty good geek rock
• The Trans-Siberian Orchestra does a great job of transforming classics into hard rock
• MC Frontalot produces some fine nerdcore rap, and so does MC Chris 
• Manowar makes awesome cheesy power fantasy metal.
• Goth musician Voltaire has some good nerdy music at his website here.
• Steampunk goth rockers Abney Park can be found here.

Show Notes
This week I played a good mix of nerdcore rap, cheesy power metal, chiptune, and geek rock. I talked a bit about this year's upcoming games to look out for, as well as the importance of scientific literacy, among other topics. If you want the whole episode, you can get it here.