Anamanaguchi - Дискография [2006 - 2011]

Anamanaguchi is a chiptune indie rock band from New York City that "makes loud, fast music with a hacked NES from 1985." The band has four members: lead songwriter Peter Berkman, bassist James DeVito, guitarist Ary Warnaar and drummer Luke Silas. Akin to other chiptune artists, Anamanaguchi creates music using synthesizers, albeit unconventional ones: namely a hacked NES and Game Boy. However, unlike most chiptune bands, Anamanaguchi employs live electric guitar, bass and drums on top of said synthesized music to create a fusion of digital and traditional sounds. Though they use video game hardware from the mid to late 1980s, Berkman states that their music has nothing to do with video game music, as their songwriting is mostly inspired by "[s]imple pop stuff, like Weezer and the Beach Boys."

On November 17, 2010 Anamanaguchi performed a free concert in Union Square in support of embattled beverage Four Loko. The candlelight vigil was organized by internet artist Ryder Ripps (creator of the website Dump.fm)

The band composed music for the videogame adaptation of the Scott Pilgrim graphic novels, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game. The soundtrack for the game was released on Amazon and iTunes by ABCKO Records on August 24, 2010. The soundtrack debuted at #3 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart (AKA Soundscan's New Artist Chart). Their music also appears in the WiiWare title Bit.Trip Runner. The song "Jetpack Blues Sunset Hues" is used as theme music for The Nerdist Podcast hosted by Chris Hardwick. Another of their songs, "Helix Nebula," is used as the theme music for TalkRadar, GamesRadar's podcast, Normal Boot's Indie Games Searchlight and was the opening them on the GoNintendo podcast. "Helix Nebula" was also the title theme for the first season of the Penny Arcade online TV show. The song "Danger Mountain" is used as the theme music for The Indoor Kids podcast hosted by Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon.

In October 2010 it was announced that Anamanaguchi would appear in the popular music video game Rock Band with the track "Airbrushed."