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    ♪ When talking about chiptunes, there's one artist I personally just *have* to mention, and that is: #Alex Mauer.

    I've certainly been exposed to the many melodic shades of 0 and 1 when I was a youngster, even though I wasn't aware that, what I was hearing, is different from what others usually listen to. And I wasn't aware of the title of this wonderful music genre either. I'm not sure if the name even existed, back then.

    The point is, once I learned about the concept – that you can take an old entertainment device of yore, and force it to solely emit the music that I was already so familiar with, without the distracting visuals and gameplay – once I learned that, Alex was pretty much the first artist I discovered on my own, enjoyed almost to the brim of my existance and felt comfortable with. It is safe to say that his music pretty much defined "chiptunes" for me.

    His tracks are unfortunately often short, but that makes each note all the more special! He has a very distinctive "raw" sound which I like very much, and he even brings his own personal history into the tunes – which is probably most obvious in his #Blast albums.

    Alex' latest piece of work, the Motivational Growth OST, is highly atypical. If you like it or don't – I don't care, but please don't let this album fool you.
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      Editing … I remember stumbling upon a trailer for Motivational Growth awhile back... it looks nuts. I had much the same experience when first discovering chip, Alex was one of the first chiptune artists that stuck into my head. Favorite Alex Mauer Album : #Vegavox 2
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