{"id":4489,"date":"2012-11-30T10:00:39","date_gmt":"2012-11-30T15:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.videogamedj.com\/?p=4489"},"modified":"2012-11-30T10:22:31","modified_gmt":"2012-11-30T15:22:31","slug":"friday-freakout-the-pandastar-shines-the-brightest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/friday-freakout-the-pandastar-shines-the-brightest\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Freakout: the PANDAstar shines the brightest!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>There ain&#8217;t a lot of chicks in chiptune.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>That&#8217;s one part a running gag (SO MANY DUDES~!!! :O ) and another part the honest truth. Regrettably, there really\u00a0<em>aren&#8217;t\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0very many female chipartists in the scene! That said, the ones we do have are limitlessly talented and represent the fairer sex&#8217;s artistic bent <em>with a ferocity<\/em>.<em>\u00a0<\/em>Today, I provide you with an\u00a0<em>EXCELLENT\u00a0<\/em> example of this in:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4490\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/friday-freakout-the-pandastar-shines-the-brightest\/pandastar\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/pandastar.jpg?fit=350%2C350&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"350,350\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pandastar\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/pandastar.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/pandastar.jpg?fit=350%2C350&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4490\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.videogamedj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/pandastar-300x300.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/pandastar.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/pandastar.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/pandastar.jpg?w=350&amp;ssl=1 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><strong style=\"font-size: 24px;\">spaceDRIFT<br \/>\nby PANDAstar<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>spaceDRIFT is 11 tracks of hyperly wonderful, wonderfully hyper LSDj chipjams of pure, ultra concentrated, unadulterated JOY. I&#8217;m not sure it&#8217;s even <em>possible \u00a0<\/em>to listen to this album and not feel an overwhelming sense of happy within. <em>IT&#8217;S LIKE RIDING THROUGH A FIELD OF L.E.D. FLOWERS WHILE ON A BADASS SPACE UNICORN THAT SHOOTS LASER BEAMS AT TROLLS WHILE YOU&#8217;RE EATING ICE CREAM MADE OF MAGICAL AWESOME!!!<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>EXACTLY. 8)<\/strong>\u00a0 And while it&#8217;s been nearly a year &amp; a half since this wonderful chippy gem dropped, it&#8217;s\u00a0<em>EASILY<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0worth today&#8217;s write-up just to catch the folk who missed it (hell, I only discovered it a few months ago myself!).<\/p>\n<p>It also makes for a really good opportunity to tip you off about her upcoming new album &#8220;TROPOSPHERE&#8221;! ;D\u00a0While I don&#8217;t have a release date to share with you (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PANDAstar.music\">Panda<\/a> says, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/i2.kym-cdn.com\/entries\/icons\/original\/000\/005\/673\/soon%20(1).jpg\">SOON&#8230;<\/a>&#8220;), I <em>can\u00a0<\/em> link you to a preview track from the upcoming excellence:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F66501708&amp;color=1ff000&amp;auto_play=false&amp;show_artwork=false\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Man oh man, if that track doesn&#8217;t tickle your happy place(s), <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.troll.me\/images\/pissed-off-obama\/hey-you-get-the-fuck-out-of-here.jpg\">GET THE FURK OUTTA HERE<\/a>!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Although if this very latest upload on her Soundcloud is any indicator, chip isn&#8217;t the only musical artistry that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pandaxstar\">Panda<\/a> has up her sleeves:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F67269236&amp;color=1ff000&amp;auto_play=false&amp;show_artwork=false\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>To be released under the alternate alias\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SPthreethreeD\">SP33D<\/a>, this sampler mash-up has a\u00a0very lush, ethereal, spacey soundscape happening. It&#8217;s a significantly different direction than her energetic chipmusic, but IMHO holds the potential to be just as amazing. Yet another outlet for her to showcase her tremendous musical talent!<\/p>\n<p>Although to be completely frank, all of Panda&#8217;s future musical ventures are in limbo at the moment. She&#8217;s in a fairly tricky bind and could use a bit of help to get out of it. Feel free to donate via any of her excellent albums on <a href=\"http:\/\/pandastar.bandcamp.com\/\">Bandcamp<\/a>, or if you&#8217;re feeling <em>really<\/em>\u00a0 awesome you can PayPal her directly at cheetah1144@yahoo.com.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a good chance to give back to someone who&#8217;s already given\u00a0<em>so much<\/em> \u00a0to the chipscene. ^_^<\/p>\n<p>Plus, yanno, Merry Christmas and all that crap. ;)<\/p>\n<p>\\m|<a href=\"http:\/\/chiptuneswin.com\">\u2665<\/a>|m\/<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 300px; height: 355px;\" src=\"http:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/v=2\/album=1859256318\/size=grande2\/bgcol=FFFFFF\/linkcol=e6000e\/transparent=true\/\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"300\" height=\"355\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There ain&#8217;t a lot of chicks in chiptune.\u00a0\u00a0That&#8217;s one part a running gag (SO MANY DUDES~!!! :O ) and another part the honest truth. Regrettably, there really\u00a0aren&#8217;t\u00a0\u00a0very many female chipartists in the scene! That said, the ones we do have are limitlessly talented and represent the fairer sex&#8217;s artistic bent with a ferocity.\u00a0Today, I provide &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/friday-freakout-the-pandastar-shines-the-brightest\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Friday Freakout: the PANDAstar shines the brightest!!!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Friday Freakout: the PANDAstar shines the brightest!! http:\/\/www.videogamedj.com\/?p=4489","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1582,10,77,55],"tags":[2057,1984,2142,2143,3,57,1968,79,908,2722,101,2299,2115,2119,1272,2723,2724,8,2267,2121,2122,9,2193,2194,2134,1857,1243,2266,1952,1950,35,1953,1951,1961,679,11,2647,2648,588,106,170,1064,2192,2189,2298,2720,2116,2118,2693,1558,1056,1955,4292,1970,1971,2111,173,1954,2397,1411,2721,2719,1956,525,682,1969,655,2725,1858,169,468],"class_list":{"0":"post-4489","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-albums","7":"category-chiptune-music","8":"category-gaming","9":"category-music","10":"tag-m","11":"tag-mm","13":"tag-2143","14":"tag-8-bit","15":"tag-8bit","16":"tag-albums-2","17":"tag-art","18":"tag-artist","19":"tag-artistry","20":"tag-awesome","21":"tag-awesometastic","22":"tag-badass","23":"tag-badassery","24":"tag-bandcamp","25":"tag-chicktune","26":"tag-chicktunes","27":"tag-chip","28":"tag-chip-art","29":"tag-chip-artist","30":"tag-chip-artists","31":"tag-chip-music","32":"tag-chip-musician","33":"tag-chip-musicians","34":"tag-chip-musics","35":"tag-chip-tune","36":"tag-chip-tunes","37":"tag-chipart","38":"tag-chipartist","39":"tag-chipartists","40":"tag-chipmusic","41":"tag-chipmusician","42":"tag-chipmusicians-2","43":"tag-chipmusics","44":"tag-chips","45":"tag-chiptune","46":"tag-chiptuner","47":"tag-chiptuners","48":"tag-chiptunes","49":"tag-electronic","50":"tag-facebook","51":"tag-geek","52":"tag-geekery","53":"tag-geeky","54":"tag-google","55":"tag-jordan","56":"tag-kickass","57":"tag-kickassery","58":"tag-little-sound-dj","59":"tag-lsdj","60":"tag-magfest","61":"tag-magstock","62":"tag-music","63":"tag-musics","64":"tag-muzak","65":"tag-muzaks","66":"tag-nerd","67":"tag-nerdapalooza","68":"tag-nerdery-album","69":"tag-nerdy","70":"tag-panda","71":"tag-pandastar","72":"tag-pax-east","73":"tag-pax-prime","74":"tag-release","75":"tag-releases","76":"tag-soundcloud","77":"tag-spacedrift","78":"tag-tumblr","79":"tag-twitter","80":"tag-youtube"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4489"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4521,"href":"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4489\/revisions\/4521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}