MisuteriG - i486
Released: June 3 Named after one of the most iconic chipsets that helped bring computing into living rooms everywhere, i486 is a remarkable simple and effective album both sonically and thematically. All the compositions here have a seemingly innocent quality, something the brings to mind the early days of PC gaming with verbose adventures and pre-rendered scenes. Understated in tone and texture, it feels like a true emulation of those simpler times trying to remember where an .exe was located because the installer didn’t automatically create a shortcut. “95_era” starts us off with a basic bits of drums and a PC speaker rendition of flutes and basses playing out a simple but memorable melody. The tone it sets is quite a vibe. It has that kind of hazy quality to it, that perfect expression of a hazily remembered time complete with a yellow-y and golden hues saturating everything. This one could be hold music, could be menu music, could even be a placeholder of sorts. But no m...
