The tables are turned on Kyle as he’s interviewed by Rich Butler of My Take Radio for a special episode of MTR‘s Behind the Mic series! Kyle sits down for an in-depth interview regarding Nitro Game Injection, VGM remixing, and video game music in general. Be sure to check out Rich on My Take Radio every Thursday at 11 PM EST!
Jay Pavlina will be a very special guest on Nitro Game Injection this Sunday, January 29th! Jay is a filmmaker, musician, and the developmental genius behind the Flash game that makes gamer dreams come true, Super Mario Bros. Crossover. He’ll be joining the NGI crew to talk about the mindblowing new game update coming soon, as well as sharing more details behind development of the game, as well as other projects that he’s working on with his production company Exploding Rabbit. You don’t want to miss this!
Nick Burgess, former host of video game music radio show Super Radio X and member of Mega Man cover duo Project X (who have gone on to create original music under the names Clawjob and Hex Map) will be returning to the airwaves after nearly a decade for an interview with the crew of Nitro Game Injection! Nick will be joining in to talk about his new music projects, as well as reminisce about the old days of lo-fi streaming video game music from a college radio station. Be sure to check it out LIVE at 5PM Eastern on Arecibo Radio!
ALL OF KNGI will be attending MAGFEST! That’s right; KyleJCrb, Liontamer, & Suraida of Nitro Game Injection, jmr of Open Circuit, TrueStar and virt of Noise Channel, and OverCoat of Radio OverCoat will be at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center in National Harbor, MD from January 5th through the 8th, along with many other Arecibo Radio show hosts and staff members! Be sure to join them on Friday at 3 PM in Panel Room 5, where they will be combining forces with the 8bitX Radio Network to host Too Ugly For YouTube, a video game music radio panel! They’ll be cruising around the show throughout the weekend, so if you recognize any of their voices, be sure to stop ‘em and say hello!
We’ve got three big events coming up this weekend:
First up, on Saturday, December 17th at 9 PM Eastern Time, KyleJCrb will be hosting his annual Holiday Special Show as an episode of GameFuel! Tune in for over 3 hours of game-inspired winter music and GOOD versions of classic holiday tunes!
On Sunday, December 18th at 5 PM Eastern, Larry and Suraida join Kyle for a special BadAss-inspired Nitro Game Injection! They’ll be checking out some excellent boss themes, as well as talking to project director The Joker about BadAss Volume 1 and what’s in store for Volume 2!
AND FINALLY on Tuesday, December 20th at 9 PM Eastern, join the NGI crew for an encore show before the holidays with a Winter-inspired episode, featuring a playlist of selections from all three hosts, who will be spreading some holiday cheer!
Don’t miss out on all the fun on Arecibo Radio. We’ll see you there!
Almost a year after the first special, some of the most expressive and creative independent games once again take center stage on Nitro Game Injection! Kyle and Larry will be checking out much of the music featured in the recent Indie Game Music Bundle, as well as talking to the mastermind behind the bundle, composer of indie titles The Spirit Engine, GunGirl 2, Wind-up Knight, and Ravenmark: Scourge of Estellion: Josh Whelchel! Arecibo Radio is the place to be THIS Sunday, 5 PM Eastern. Don’t miss it!
This Sunday, November 20th, NGI continues Japan Month with a tribute to the music of Konami! Castlevania, Gradius, Sunset Riders, and Guitar Freaks? You bet your ass they’ll all be represented, along with plenty more awesome franchises! In celebration of all of this Konami goodness, the NGI crew will also be joined by the man who practically has Contra running through his veins: the legendary VIRT! He will be accompanied by TrueStar, his wife and the talented host of Arecibo Radio’s chiptune specialty show Noise Channel! Don’t miss the action on November 20th at 5 PM Eastern time, live on Arecibo Radio! EXCLAMATION POINTS!
NGI hits another milestone episode with #175, and keeps rolling with a month of episodes dedicated to Japanese game companies, this time dedicated to the music of Square AND Enix! Kyle, Larry and Suraida will be taking a look at tracks from Terranigma, Romancing SaGa, Soul Blazer, Rad Racer, Bust a Groove, 3D World Runner, and E.V.O. Oh, and there’s also something about a last fantasy, a warrior’s quest for dragons, and a trigger of time as well, but you’ll just have to tune in to Arecibo Radio on Sunday, November 13th at 5 PM Eastern to find out what that’s all about!
ALSO, as part of the NGI #175 festivities, Kyle and Larry will be joined by the one and only Robert Stjärnström of world-famous SID metal band Machinae Supremacy! Rob stops by to put up with Kyle’s starstruck burning super-fan questions, talk about his career and the formation of MaSu, video game music and its personal inspiration, and a whole lot more. BE THERE!
Chernabogue, in association with Nitro Game Injection, is proud to announce the release of Vampire Variations: A Musical Tribute to Castlevania. This album, directed by Chernabogue, is a tribute to the NES game Castlevania with 19 tracks celebrating the 25th anniversary of Konami’s venerable series of platforming games, featuring some of the best names in the video game remix community: Stemage of Metroid Metal; regular Dwelling of Duels contenders BONKERS, VikingGuitar, and Brandon Strader; OverClocked ReMix artists The Dual Dragons, and many more. Vampire Variations is available for free download at http://www.vampirevariations.com.
This album was produced to promote the music of the Castlevania series and its 25th anniversary, was made by fans, for fans, and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Konami Digital Entertainment Inc.; all original compositions are copyright their respective owners.
Director Alexandre “Chernabogue” Mourey says:
“It is with an immense pleasure and honour that I am able to present to you Vampire Variations: A Musical Tribute to Castlevania. Vampire Variations was created to celebrate the twenty fifth anniversary of Konami’s landmark series, Castlevania. Fourteen musicians to arrange the mythic soundtrack of the original NES game that started it all. Four visual artists to recreate the unique atmosphere of the demon’s lair known as Castlevania. A wide variety of musical genres going from Rock and Orchestral to Jazz and Electronic music, including various references to other titles from the series. It has been a true honour and a privilege to create, direct and contribute to a such project. I would like to thank everyone who suported this venture, and to all people involved be they musician or visual artist. Now, be prepared for an Aria of Sorrow, a desperate Rondo of Blood to this Symphony of the Night! The Lord of Shadows rises from his grave and only one man can stop him…What a horrible night to have a curse!“
About Nitro Game Injection
Nitro Game Injection (http://www.kngi.org) is dedicated to the promotion and preservation of video game music. It is a podcast with focus on original video game soundtracks, remixes, covers, chiptunes, doujin music, and game-inspired original music, as well as the communities that encompass these aspects. The show also regularly features interviews with game composers, audio personnel, remixers, and arrangement artists.
http://www.vampirevariations.com
October 31st, 2011
Contact: chernabogue@gmail.com
Nitro Game Injection becomes FRIGHTFUL MAIM DISSECTION on October 30th as the crew celebrate NGI’s first-ever Halloween special! Tune in and get hyped with FIVE preview tracks from KNGI’s next album release: Vampire Variations, A musical tribute celebrating 25 years of Castlevania, releasing on Halloween! Kyle, Larry and Suraida will also be bringing you plenty of tunes from other frightening games such as DooM, Fester’s Quest, Resident Evil, Ghosts n’ Goblins, and more great game music treats, so don’t miss it LIVE on October 30th, only on Arecibo Radio.
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