{"id":5666,"date":"2013-05-15T02:56:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-15T06:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.videogamedj.com\/?p=5666"},"modified":"2013-05-15T09:18:52","modified_gmt":"2013-05-15T13:18:52","slug":"the-flight-away-sega-swing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/the-flight-away-sega-swing\/","title":{"rendered":"The Flight Away &#8211; SEGA Swing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;\" src=\"http:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/v=2\/album=3140491021\/size=venti\/bgcol=FFFFFF\/linkcol=4285BB\/\" height=\"100\" width=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5667\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/the-flight-away-sega-swing\/flightaway\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/flightAway.png?fit=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,400\" 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=\"flightAway\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/flightAway.png?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/flightAway.png?fit=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5667\" alt=\"flightAway\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.videogamedj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/flightAway-300x300.png?resize=300%2C300\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/flightAway.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/flightAway.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/flightAway.png?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>If you haven\u2019t heard of <a href=\"http:\/\/theflightaway.bandcamp.com\">The Flight Away<\/a>, you need to get their amazing EP \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/theflightaway.bandcamp.com\/album\/if-i-could-reach-the-sky-ep\">If I Could Reach the Sky<\/a>\u201d, an awesome emotronic album that blends sunny emo vocals and guitars with classic 16-bit and 8-bit tones and basslines. Not content to just create the same sound over and over, The Flight Away\u2019s newest release, <a href=\"http:\/\/theflightaway.bandcamp.com\/album\/sega-swing\">SEGA Swing<\/a> is a bit of a departure from the sounds of If I Could Reach The Sky.<\/p>\n<p>Music in the late 80\u2019s and early 90\u2019s (pre-grunge) had a very distinct sound. Those big gated drums and synthetic baselines and synth pianos just scream ending credits of an 80\u2019s teen movie. The SEGA Swing album aims to capture some of this sound. The entire album is made up of instruments ripped straight from Sega Genesis soundtracks as well as drums that mimic the style of the era. It&#8217;s a double dose of nostalgia with the song style and the sounds from the 16-bit console of the era.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not the most commonly imitated time period, but I think we\u2019ve reached the point where it can be enjoyed in a nostalgic way. The romantic and pop-infused tracks of SEGA Swing will remind you of everything from New Order to Michael Jackson to EMF. It sounds weird but it also reminds me of Toad the Wet Sprocket. Total 90&#8217;s new jack swing styled thing going on throughout it. Also Dance Fight is a somewhat hilarious bonus track that reminds me of Haddaway and Night at the Roxbury.<\/p>\n<p>The stand out tracks in my opinion are The Endless Loop and I Can\u2019t Take (This Feeling), which emulate everything that was amazing about New Order in the 1980s. There\u2019s not a bad song on here and it still feels like something by The Flight Away, not some huge digression from their core style. Grab it today!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beatscribe.com\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5638\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/piko-piko-detroit-releases-the-midwest-compilation\/screen-shot-2013-05-03-at-2-36-44-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Screen-Shot-2013-05-03-at-2.36.44-PM.png?fit=62%2C74&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"62,74\" 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=\"Screen Shot 2013-05-03 at 2.36.44 PM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Screen-Shot-2013-05-03-at-2.36.44-PM.png?fit=62%2C74&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Screen-Shot-2013-05-03-at-2.36.44-PM.png?fit=62%2C74&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5638\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-05-03 at 2.36.44 PM\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.videogamedj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Screen-Shot-2013-05-03-at-2.36.44-PM.png?resize=62%2C74\" width=\"62\" height=\"74\" \/><\/a>Beatscribe is a full time indie composer, musician and writer. By day he creates soundtracks and sfx for various mobile gaming companies, by night creates megaman-inspired chiptunes, in the afternoons he drinks tea. Check out his latest releases, tutorials and retro ruminations at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beatscribe.com\/\">www.beatscribe.com<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music in the late 80\u2019s and early 90\u2019s (pre-grunge) had a very distinct sound. Those big gated drums and synthetic baselines and synth pianos just scream ending credits of an 80\u2019s teen movie. The SEGA Swing album aims to capture some of this sound. The entire album is made up of instruments ripped straight from Sega Genesis soundtracks as well as drums that mimic the style of the era. It&#8217;s a double dose of nostalgia with the song style and the sounds from the 16-bit console of the era.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":5667,"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":"","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":[1582,10,55],"tags":[3100,3170,3172,1857,1243,11,1409,3166,3167,1528,3171,65,3169,3168],"class_list":["post-5666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-albums","category-chiptune-music","category-music","tag-16bit-music","tag-80s-music","tag-90s-music","tag-chip-tune","tag-chip-tunes","tag-chiptune","tag-dance-music","tag-emo","tag-emotronic","tag-fakebit","tag-retro-music","tag-sega","tag-sega-swing","tag-the-flight-away"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/flightAway.png?fit=400%2C400&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5666","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\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5666"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5671,"href":"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5666\/revisions\/5671"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}