{"id":5722,"date":"2013-06-04T13:18:16","date_gmt":"2013-06-04T17:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.videogamedj.com\/?p=5722"},"modified":"2015-10-02T19:12:15","modified_gmt":"2015-10-02T23:12:15","slug":"animal-crossing-tribute-album-k-k-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/animal-crossing-tribute-album-k-k-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Animal Crossing tribute album: K.K. &#038; Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cEU3tNa6TfY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loudr.fm\/release\/animal-crossing-k-k-friends\/YF8VM\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5741\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/animal-crossing-tribute-album-k-k-friends\/kk-friends-cover\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/KK-Friends-Cover.jpg?fit=2000%2C2000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,2000\" 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=\"KK &#038; Friends\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/KK-Friends-Cover.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/KK-Friends-Cover.jpg?fit=474%2C474&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5741\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.videogamedj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/KK-Friends-Cover-300x300.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"KK &amp; Friends\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/KK-Friends-Cover.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/KK-Friends-Cover.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/KK-Friends-Cover.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/KK-Friends-Cover.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/KK-Friends-Cover.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/KK-Friends-Cover.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>K.K. &amp; Friends: The new remix album from GameChops remixers Ben Briggs and ectogemia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Video game remixers Benjamin Briggs and ectogemia have produced a nine track remix album in honor of the new Animal Crossing game. It is now available from <a href=\"http:\/\/music.gamechops.com\">GameChops<\/a>, the Philadelphia-based record label specializing in licensed video game remixes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"size: 18px;\"><strong>Download the album from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamechops.com\/kkandfriends\">GameChops.com<\/a>!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Animal Crossing, the beloved video game franchise from Nintendo is getting its first full-length remix treatment be remixers Ben Briggs and ectogemia. The new album <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamechops.com\/kkandfriends\">K.K. and Friends<\/a> is their first collaboration, and is professionally mastered and released by GameChops.<\/p>\n<p>Animal Crossing featured a unique approach to its music; depending on what time you played the game different tunes would play. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamechops.com\/kkandfriends\">K.K. and Friends<\/a> contains nine cover songs found in the Animal Crossing series, organized by the time of day they&#8217;re presented in the game. Starting with an upbeat &#8220;Bright and Early&#8221;, taking us through &#8220;Rush Hour,&#8221; a &#8220;Rainy Day,&#8221; finally settling with the mellow, &#8220;Moonlit Memories.&#8221; The progressive arrangement and polished mixing makes it clear that Ben Briggs and ectogemia are two promising young musicians in the vibrant video game remix scene.<\/p>\n<p>The album runs over a half an hour long, and is currently available for pre-order from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamechops.com\/kkandfriends\">KKandFriends.com<\/a>. The album releases on June 9th, the same day as Nintendo&#8217;s newest game in the Animal Crossing series, New Leaf.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamechops.com\">GameChops<\/a> is the first record label to specialize in electronic video game remixes with high production quality and licensing.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Download the album now &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamechops.com\/kkandfriends\" target=\"_blank\">GameChops<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>To download this press release as a txt file, <a href=\"http:\/\/gamechops.com\/pr\/2013-06-04-kkandfriends.txt\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>K.K. &amp; Friends: The new remix album from GameChops remixers Ben Briggs and ectogemia. Video game remixers Benjamin Briggs and ectogemia have produced a nine track remix album in honor of the new Animal Crossing game. It is now available from GameChops, the Philadelphia-based record label specializing in licensed video game remixes. Download the album &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/animal-crossing-tribute-album-k-k-friends\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Animal Crossing tribute album: K.K. &#038; Friends<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5748,"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":[1758,2539,33,55],"tags":[3191,3192,1834,1819,3198,1096,3199,4234,1002,1183,3196,3194,3195,3193,3197,3201,98,3202,24,3203,188,3200,30],"class_list":["post-5722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-fusion","category-game-music-vgm","category-music","tag-animal-crossing","tag-animalcrossing","tag-ben-briggs","tag-benjamin-briggs","tag-ectogemia","tag-game-chop","tag-game-cuts","tag-game-music-vgm","tag-gamechops","tag-gamemusic","tag-k-k-friends","tag-k-k-and-friends","tag-kk-friends","tag-kk-and-friends","tag-kkfriends","tag-new-leaf","tag-nintendo","tag-release-date","tag-remix","tag-tribute-album","tag-vgm","tag-video-gam-remix","tag-video-game-music"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/blog-kkandfriends.jpg?fit=960%2C368&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\/5722","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5722"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7653,"href":"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5722\/revisions\/7653"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}