LACED WITH WAX

We bop our way through some of the best jazzy video game music, highlighting some of the the styles and artists that influenced it.

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Essay to write? Snarky tweet to compose? To help you concentrate, we’ve highlighted some of the best video game music that won’t make you sit up and take notice.

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We speak to Joe Caithness, mastering engineer for many a Laced Records release, about the end-to-end mastering process, living the vinyl lifestyle and the importance of archivism.

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We pick out a selection of fantastic video game music to reflect 12 different Christmas and wintertime moods — from ‘chirpy cheer’ to ‘holiday horror’

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Laced Records has laboured to produce some stunning video game wax over the course of 2017 — here’s a round-up of our releases, from Yooka-Laylee to Ruiner.

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We picked the brains of some of the most ardent game music champions out there to find out their favourite ‘deep cut’ tracks — lesser known video game pieces that nonetheless deserve to be highlighted as classics. Edited by Thomas Quillfeldt

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Laced With Wax interviews illustrator and designer Tom J Manning about his intricate and impressionistic artwork for The Talos Principle soundtrack double vinyl set. By Thomas Quillfeldt.

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Five avid VGM vinyl collectors wax lyrical about their passion for game music and soundtrack records — and offer crate-digging and tech tips for beginner hobbyists. By Thomas Quillfeldt

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Video games tend to be noisy. But there are some wonderful examples of when a bit of restraint goes a long way when it comes to a game’s sound and music. By Thomas Quillfeldt The old proverb goes: “Silence is golden.” Claude Debussy said: “Music is the space between the...

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