V/A - TRACKERCORPS VOL. 2 - A tracker-only tribute to acid music

Hello, everyone!

We are happy to announce that submissions for TRACKERCORPS VOL. 2: Go Acid are now OPEN!

TRACKERCORPS is a multi-artist music compilation that aims to celebrate the foundation of computer-made and homebrew electronic music: trackers!

The first edition was released in July 2023, with 15 tracks made exclusively in trackers and infused with breakbeats

https://soundcloud.com/trackercorps/sets/trackercorps-vol-1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50c4MnwihNA


UPDATE: V/A TRACKERCORPS VOL. 2 OUT NOW!

Less than a year after the release of our first Various Artists compilation, TRACKERCORPS is back for more music tracker mayhem!

In the spirit of ‘303 Day’, Volume 2 is a tribute to the beloved and highly influential acid sounds - whether they’re synthesized in an actual 303 or not.

TRACKERCORPS brings a modern approach to acid music, disobeying genre boundaries and encouraging fearless experimentation.

A saw or pulse wave fed into a Low-Pass Filter with cranked up resonance and envelope modulation on the Cutoff Frequency? I’ll take 20 or more!

From Old-school Techno to modern Drill ‘n’ Bass, inspired by classics from labels such as Warp, Rephlex, Planet Mu and Timesig.

Free Download enabled in both platforms.

LICENSING:

CREATIVE COMMONS 4.0 CC BY-NC

This license enables reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator.

CREDITS:

Amen, Buroda!
www.pudim.com.br

arcade trauma
arcadetrauma.bandcamp.com

Beytah
beytah.com

Demover
demover.bandcamp.com/album/lets-find-out

H3ADL3SS
soundcloud.com/hdls

indek
indek.xyz

Jek
jekmusic.bandcamp.com

Kaidiak
kaidiak.bandcamp.com

kamil
soundcloud.com/k4mil5

Lneheb
lneheb.bandcamp.com

luce
lucehouse.bandcamp.com

Mezzguru
mezzguru.bandcamp.com

Mr. Garbanzo
mistergarbanzo.bandcamp.com/album/mister-garbanzo

Nathan Leigh
www.nathanleigh.net

Phosphoros
phosphoros2.bandcamp.com

protman
protman.com

PR0T0TYPE
pr0t0type.bandcamp.com

RENEGADE ANDROiD
renegadeandroid.bandcamp.com/music

The Ashbrooke Hermit
pigfuckingsick.bandcamp.com

UNSX
unisexxx.bandcamp.com

untilde
untilde.neocities.org

Mastering + art: untilde
Curating: untilde & Amen, Buroda!

Trackers used:
Renoise (https://renoise.com/)
Polyend (https://polyend.com/)
M8 (https://dirtywave.com/)
Schism (https://schismtracker.org/)

Like always, I’ll make an open call for the next V/A compilation.

Vol. 3 submissions will most likely start in second semester, so keep an eye in the Forums :wink:

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YAY, les go!

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Should be fun!

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By the way, I highly recommend anyone interested in this to also join our Discord server. We have some resources on tracker music (specially Renoise) and love discussing different tips and tricks.

Come chill and make some noise with us:

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Yeah, I’m joining. Ordered myself a TD-3-MO a couple of days ago, before this announcement. So I’m gonna break it in with this compilation. Quite possibly in collaboration with Mirtazapine Dream.

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This is excellent news! Great timing, haha. So far, you’re the second person who’s grabbing a new 303 clone and will be using it for the comp :wink:

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Very cool! Hopefully I can get something together for this. The deadline is a generous amount of time away so it’ll just be up to my own motivation, haha!

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The deadline is generous but… time flies, doesn’t it!?

Only ~5 more weeks until January!

Submissions are starting to arrive at our inbox, and we hope they don’t stop so soon :blush:

:alien:

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count on three from me

How are you guys checking if a track was made in a tracker? Is it just by faith? I’m curious.

There’s an option in the submission form to declare what tracker you used. We’ll contact the selected artists if necessary to clear up things.

In Volume 1 we asked everyone to record screen captures, but it’s mostly based on trust haha. The idea was to make a video for the release, using all the screencaps, but it wasn’t possible due to the lack of time and helping (editing) hands.

Some people are very transparent about using trackers, so it’s easy to tell. Some people, on the other hand, are very ‘reserved’ (side note: don’t mind me talking about trackers like they were drugs).

We would be happy to see you again in Volume 2! Lesgo!

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I’m having trouble sending a track through the google forms, it keeps hanging during upload, is your drive full? I’ll try a few times more and if all fails will try the email adress and send a link.

@Jonas
Hey there, good morning!

The drive has about 15gb free space. Are you using AdBlock or cookie manager/tracking blocker? Google behaves in a weird way when these are enabled. I suggest using a private tab (no extensions enabled) in Edge (if on Windows).

If all fails, send to trackercorps@gmail.com

Ps: glad to have your submission!

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I’ve send a mail to your gmail account yesterday, uploaded to mediafire. Check that the mail isn’t in the spam folder :slight_smile: .

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Hey! Got your submission. Gonna download from MediaFire and upload to our Google Drive folder.

Also, since there’s still one month left for submissions, feel free to make any changes to your track until then, if needed.

Cheers!

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This looks like good fun. Will have to see about knocking together a new one for this. I’ve got plenty of stuff with 303s but it’s all already been released.

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Good mornin/afternoon/night, everyone!

We’re approaching the deadline, so this is the last month to send your stuff.

We already have some pretty good tracks, mostly in the IDM field (some Rephlex and Warp inspired stuff).

Submissions end in January 1st 2024!

https://www.instagram.com/p/C0ZfNhSOpVd/

Also, feel free to dig some unreleased old modules/xrns from your folders! :grin:

I’ve started a new one. I should hopefully get it done this week.

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Hoping to get to this as well :slightly_smiling_face::slightly_smiling_face::slightly_smiling_face::slightly_smiling_face::slightly_smiling_face:

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Just uploaded Vol. 1 to YouTube for sum inspiration.

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