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kid versus chemical

About Me

Hi my name is Matthew Battaglia, aka kid versus chemical. I have other dumb alias's too (a real man of mystery). While my primary focus the last few years has been on Chip Music and FM Synthesis, I have taken long hiatus's to record Experimental Harsh Noise, IDM, LoFI loop music, and random Electronic Junk. What I'm writing at the time and have displayed on this profile doesnt always reflect what I'm lstening to. I listen to lots of bedroom chiptune composer's free download music, IDM and Harcore, as well as a steady stream of blistering Harsh Noise. I have a girlfriend named Desirae and a dog named Monty, I love them both. They are both a pain in the ass. Ive had alot of major changes in my life personally, so Its hard to say where I'm at as right now. Any labels or promoters or musicians who like this music and want to talk about a formal release, booking, promotion, or distribution just message me. Also, anyone at all who wants to to talk shop or just life feel free to message me at anytime. Thanks for checking this out. Peace. + + ++++also, check this out. ambient casio tech drone fishing expeditions here: myspace.com/turin2KID CHEMICAL AT THE VELVET LOUNGE, LONG ISLAND. NY music layout powered by HOT FreeLayouts.com / MyHotCommentsThis is my wonderful son. His name is Jonah

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 13/10/2005
Band Members: Me, Gameboys, Sound Chips, Bent Toys, Synths, Samplers, Pedals, Feedback, and my trusty computer.
Influences: First and foremost my brother Dan aka Kid Sputnik. The Lord Of The Rings, The Silmarillion, anything ever touched by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien or his son Christopher. Paul Slocum, Treewave, Oliver Wittchow, Johan Kotlinski, **all the people from the Soundshock and Adlib Tracker Forums and all the amazing unknown bedroom Chiptune Composers out there (too many to name)**, VG Music, The Metroid Soundtrack, Nanoloop and LSDJ, Gameboys, Commodore 64, Prophet 64, Atari Computers, Atari 2600, OPl3 Soundblasters, YM2151, YM2164, OPM and OPN FM chips, Sega Genesis/Megadrive, NES, the Midibox Project, the x0xb0x project, Mr.Oizo, Yamaha, Hally and VORC, MML, Trackers, MIDI, 8Bit Peoples, ADULT., DIY, Noah Vawter, Mr. Beep, 1-Bit Music, AY Riders, Portalenz, Bitshifter, PSS 270, DAT Politics, Firestarter, Gijs Gieskes, Alex Mauer, AFX, The Analord Series, Little-Scale, Saitone, Mark Denardo, 6955, Venetian Snares, Felt Tip Toe Recordings, Swanwelder, Odd Nosdam, Matt and Kim (the band), Nim, Paza, Beck, Zinger, Uoki Toki, Tyler Potts, Company Flow, Fog, My dog Monty and all my other pets, Madlib, Reggie and the Full Effect, cLOUDDEAD, Daedalus, The Postal Service, Neorev, Why?, Sole, Pedestrian, El-P, Cage, Aesop Rock, Autechre, Harsh NOISE, Pedestrian Deposit, Tralphaz, Merzbow, Xome, Anal Spermshit, Masonna, DMG Gameboys, Circuit Bending, Bi-Polar Disorder, Contradiction, Anticon, Heroin, Methadone, Definitive Jux, Mush, Warp and all there artists, R.A Salvatore, Chuck Palahiuk and JD Sallinger.
Sounds Like: A Manic Deppressed ex-herion addict noodling with a bunch of electronics originally intended for completely different purposes IEAbleton Live (since version 2 all mixing and arranging done here), A shitload of Guitar Pedals (i dont play guitar) and feedback, Circuit Bent toys and keys, Gameboys with Nanoloop and LSDJ, like every device or cart used to make chiptunes, expensive synths, shitty synths, samplers, vst's, your mom, everything else.
Record Label: your girlfriend
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

circuit bends to date

heres my current up to date list of circuit bends:*ti touch and tell - 6 toggle switches.  used the info from the burnkit 2600 website just to save time.  thats a great site btw, those guys are cool.*...
Posted by on Sun, 13 May 2007 05:31:00 GMT

how its done

for those who dont know, these are the tools i use to make 8bit music (or micromusic, chiptune etc etc.).  I use lots of tools to compose for lots of different consoles, but my favorite is gameboy.  H...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 13:24:00 GMT

more free songs here!

check out this link for more free kid chemical songs:http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pageartist.cfm?bandID= 638536this is my soundclick page i just set up.  i have a lot of songs posted here, all FREE ...
Posted by on Sun, 17 Dec 2006 08:46:00 GMT

chiptune for the wrong reasons

---begin rant:i recently came across a fellow micromusic/chiptune "artist" on myspace.  ive heard the name around before, but i wont mention it here for several reasons.  on the myspace page the son...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Oct 2006 12:48:00 GMT

my first completed circuit bend

im very proud to announce that i completed my first SUCCESFUL circuit bend.  its a yamaha pss-390 2 operator fm synth.  the bends create random glitching, drones, rymthmic sequences, odd envelopes, et...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 18:28:00 GMT