Open Circuit

Continuing from where we left off last week, this episode of Open Circuit shines the spotlight on MAGFest’s Saturday concert lineup. We’ve got tracks from every act that played the Main Stage, the Second Stage, and the two chip music shows, including new music from Minibosses and The OneUps, the debut performance of Those Who ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #71: MAGFest X Recap (Part Two )’ »

For the second year in a row, host jmr attended MAGFest with a mission: document as many of the concerts as possible. Armed with a portable audio recorder and a few too many 5 Hour Energy shots (and with some assistance from fellow Arecibo Radio host Obtuse ), he attended and recorded just about all ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #70: MAGFest X Recap (Part One )’ »

First show of the new year! Host jmr speedruns through a playlist jam packed with some brand new releases from Surgeon, B4kn, Autoscroll, and more. Plus, we highlight the results of the recent Dwelling of Duels with the top three entries of MAGFest Month from coda, virt and SnappleMan, and the DoD supergroup consisting of ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #69’ »

After a two week hiatus, Open Circuit is back! This special Tuesday ‘make up’ edition of the show features new tracks from the final entry in the Nevar Say Die compilation series, new tracks from ‘newbie’ NSF composer Au Revoir and b4kn (aka the Jonathan of George and Jonathan ), a few concert recordings from ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #68: The Make Up Show’ »

Finally! The long awaited followup to Brass, Minibosses’ Brass 2: Mouth has been released! This week, Open Circuit brings you several picks from that album, as well as from the also-long-awaited Skrow!Media compilation Quit Your Day Job. To top it off, we’ve got tracks from Danimal Cannon’s Roots, some chipmusic recommendations from Heosphoros, and some ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #67’ »

This week, Open Circuit celebrates the music of Indie Games with a playlist comprised of music from The Indie Game Music Bundle. Host jmr has picked out 17 tracks (one from each album ) with the intent of whetting your appetite and encouraging you to kick in a few bucks and supporting a bunch of ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #66’ »

This week, we’ve got new music from solo prog/post rocker Cloudkicker, 8bitcollective tracks from an0va, RushJet1, and dj.tubig & Heosphoros, and videogame selections from the Video Game Music Choir, WillRock, Minibosses, VikingGuitar and more. As well, jmr cheers himself up after a rough week of midterms (curse you, you horrible electromagnetic fields course! ) with ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #65’ »

This week on Open Circuit a noticeably tired jmr brings you new music from video game rockers Zubareus and VikingGuitar, chipmusicians 505 and Disasterpeace, and Canadian postrock band I Spell It Nature. As well, we plug Josiah Tobin’s hard-drive recovery fundraiser album Disk Read Error and check out tonight’s 8static lineup with music from Dauragon ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #64’ »

New George & Jonathan, Disasterpeace, and Zan-Zan-Zawa-Veia? It’s been such a great week for new releases, the playlist practically made itself! We’ve also got new music from VikingGuitar, tunes from the Harmony of a Hunter album (my limited-edition CD arrived yesterday! ), and a set of pop song covers from chip rock “boy band” Anamanaguchi. ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #63’ »

Happy Halloween! Open Circuit’s here with some Halloween treats from chiptune musicians Albino Ghost Monkey, virt, Disasterpeace and George and Jonathan, video game rockers VikingGuitar, Stemage and xoc, and some classics from Horror movie score masters Goblin and John Carpenter. As well, we spotlight ‘Hey Lonnie… Get Your Brass Away From There‘, the brand new ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #62: Halloween Spooks’ »

On this episode, jmr brings you new music from Vomitron’s No NES For The Wicked, a live cut of a new George & Jonathan track, and more music from Data Garden artists Cheap Dinosaurs and Ray and the Prisms. As well, Open Circuit wishes Temp Sound Solutions a happy 14th birthday and congratulates them on ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #61’ »

This week, Open Circuit features new music from talented rockers Darkman007 and Stemage, Canadian bands The Disengagement and I Spell It Nature, and chip musicians Spamtron and Sabrepulse. As well, in recognition of some recently unveiled live videos from Autoscroll and the upcoming Cheap Dinosaurs release on Data Garden, jmr spotlights each member of the ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #60’ »

Happy (Canadian ) Thanksgiving! Despite it being a holiday in the fabled Canadas, host jmr still managed to bring an episode of Open Circuit (albeit a hastily cobbled together one ) to the airwaves. Courtesy of listener Zio Oxview, this show features a block of REAL F*CKING CHIPTHRASH consisting of selections from Heosphoros, Norrin Radd, ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #59’ »

After exploring the realms of chip and electronic music in previous shows, this week’s Open Circuit features a more rock and guitar-driven playlist with selections from VGM arrangers Dr. Manhattan, Brian Davis and Sixto Sounds, original soundtrack material from The Gunstringer, Red Dead Redemption, and Metal Gear Solid 3 soundtracks, and original music from You ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #58’ »

This chip music heavy episode of Open Circuit spotlights music from the recently released BIT.TRIP Saga and Complete games, with music from renowned chipmusic artists Bit Shifter, Nullsleep, Minusbaby, Bubblyfish, and Anamanaguchi. As well, jmr plays selections from recent Ubiktune and Pterodactyl Squad releases from Jake Kaufman (virt ), Big Giant Circles, R-Sunset, NESMETAL, and ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #56’ »

jmr was sick. This happened.

In this vgm-heavy episode of Open Circuit, jmr brings highlights a few entries from the latest Dwelling of Duels competition, a couple tracks from the newly released Dynamite Headdy: Secret Bonus Point album, and a few songs to celebrate the birthday of Super Mario Bros 2 for the NES. As well, jmr continues to encourage ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #54’ »

This week on Open Circuit, the playlist gets invaded by hilarious mashups.

Open Circuit returns from a long hiatus! Along with some Metroid tunes from The OneUps, Spamtron, Shnabubula, and Stemage & Chunkstyle, we have a few selections from the new additions to jmr’s CD collection that were acquired at Bit Gen Gamer Fest 6 in Baltimore, MD. 1. The OneUps – Space Warrior Sound Machine (6:42 ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #51’ »

…wherein host jmr does absolutely nothing to celebrate reaching 50 episodes. 1. Edward Artemiev – Birth Of Earth (3:01 ) 2. Mutherpluckin’ B – Passion for Exploring (5:40 ) 3. PROTODOME – Hello World. (1:07 ) 4. Jamie Maxwell – Scrap Brain Zone for Classical Guitar (5:28 ) 5. The J. Arthur Keenes Band – ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #50’ »

1. Eyes of the mind: Casiopea – Eyes of the mind (4:49 ) 2. Fragile: Yes – Heart of the Sunrise (11:24 ) 3. BLUENOISE: PROTODOME – Bitmap Blues. (1:56 ) 4. Pixel Perfect LP: halc – Floating Higher (2:00 ) 5. Waveform: Joshua Morse – Corridor (4:05 ) 6. The Great Hylian Revival: Jay ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #48’ »

Confession time: I completely forgot to prepare for this broadcast until about 30 minutes before the show started. However, thanks to a few dedicated listeners sending in requests, what would have been a lame, short show became a pretty strong (albeit eclectic ) set. This episode features new, original music from Jake Kaufman (virt! ), ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #47’ »

This week on Open Circuit, jmr features brand new covers from NES chiptune god (or devil? ) Heosphoros and the always awesome Spamtron, new tracks from OC ReMix and originals from remixers Ben Briggs and Skrypnyk. On top of that, we’ve got an exclusive debut of the (great! ) remix produced by Tansunn for MAGFest‘s ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #44’ »

1. Bit_Rat – Wanted (3:40 ) 2. Anamanaguchi – Airbrushed (vinyl ) (4:00 ) 3. AE Bridger – Adam and Eve (3:36 ) 4. Zio and TEH LOLZ – Lunatic on the Sidewalk (3:27 ) 5. Zio and TEH LOLZ – Paranoia Absolutionon (2:50 ) 6. Fumapero – Final Fantasy III (2:57 ) 7. Fumapero ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #41’ »

Open Circuit goes mobile as jmr hosts the show from a public WiFi spot at his university! 1. ‘Powers – “Pony Up” (5:12 ) 2. Animals As Leaders – Tempting Time (5:23 ) 3. xoc – Metroid Prime – Phendrana Drifts (3:43 ) 4. Shannon Mason (Pongball ) – Sky Runner (Korg DS-10 ) (2:05 ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #40: Going Mobile’ »

The One Year Anniversary Episode (aka Zio’s Ultimate Request Fantastico hosted by jmr ) 1. Satellite Bros. – Wus Awl Dis Denn? (3:41 ) 2. Anamanaguchi – Don’t Save Us From The Flames [M83] (3:20 ) 3. Spamtron – PewPewPew (6:17 ) 4. Blame the Kid – Tha Killa Beez Experience – CREAM & The ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #38: The One Year Anniversary Episode’ »

1. Nerd Army – Contra – Waterfall (1:17 ) 2. Bit Rat – Alberta (2:34 ) 3. The Earth is a Man – Trophy (3:54 ) 4. Zombi – Cetus (4:02 ) 5. Yakuza Heart Attack – Material Destruction (3:05 ) 6. Ryan Postlethwait – Stage Select / Crash Man / Flash Man / Quick ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #37’ »

1. Brown Recluse – Notorious (2:04 ) 2. Insert Rupee (Benjamin Briggs, halc ) – Kirby (Kirby ) – The Life and Death of Kirby (3:54 ) 3. Diggi Dis feat. Alex Jones – LeChuck (Monkey Island ) – Voodoo, Roots ‘n Grog (3:45 ) 4. Ailsean – Dracula (Castlevania ) – A Walk with ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #36’ »

jmr looks back on MAGFest 9 with live recordings of (nearly ) every act that played! 1. X Hunters – Boomer Kuwanger (4:00 ) 2. Rare Candy – Kirby Medley (3:26 ) 3. Bit Brigade – Forlorn Deepness + Jingle, Tapstravaganza, String Skipper, NG2 Chillrocker, March -> Mystery Time (4:18 ) 4. Cyril The Wolf, ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #34: MAGFest 9 Recap’ »

jmr, host of Open Circuit and KyleJCrb, host of GameFuel combine to form OPENGAMECIRCUITFUEL, a hulking colossus composed of incredible music! Join Jeff and Kyle as they take requests and assault your aural senses with awesome tunes and awesome discussion. It’s awesome! Originally aired on December 18th, 2010.

jmr celebrates his 30th Open Circuit broadcast by re-visiting all of the past broadcasts and picking a representative song from each!