Nerd Music Meltdown

Here's an episode of the Nerd Music Meltdown, recorded twelve hours after Ongaku Overdrive's NEXGEN, featuring LEX the Lexicon Artist! (@lextheconartist)

LEX grew up in Taipei, Taiwan and emigrated to America in 2012. While getting her degree in Psychology at UC Berkeley, she decided to pursue a career in music. While a newcomer to nerdcore hip hop, LEX got the entire scene’s attention in 2017 with her first EP, LEX is More and recently just released Raging Ego to rave reviews.

Kent and LEX briefly talk about her origins, representing women in her raps, her upcoming tour with mc chris and Dual Core, and her latest album Raging Ego. LEX has risen quickly to the top of nerdcore in a such a short time. What are her secrets to success? We talk all about that too.

Also, LEX teams up with Schaffer the Darklord in this dope music video for Why We Do, which will be on Vince Vandal's FNFII: Advance Friends and Fandoms, which is available for pre-order! Check out LEX the Lexicon Artist at thelexiconartist.com.

Opening theme "The Meltdown" by RoboRob.

On this episode of the Nerd Music Meltdown, Kent (@fistofthemfk) interviews special guest O_Super (@osuperwins). O is part of the new generation of nerdcore hip hop, breaking into the Orlando nerd music community around the same time as past NMM guests EyeQ and Mag.Lo. He's also the music director of CEO Gaming!

O_Super has a poetic, lo-fi take when it comes to his raps and we talk about that, his lifetime around music, CEO Daytona, his friendship with Alex Jebailey, and new music he's got coming up this year!

Follow O_Super at https://soundcloud.com/technicolor-8bit

At this past MAGFest, Kent interviews chiptune rock master, Danimal Cannon (@armcannon). You may also know Danimal Cannon from video game bands like Armcannon and Metroid Metal.

We discuss the origins of Danimal Cannon as a solo artist and how his desire to make video game music and chiptune rock has taken him all over the world, performing in America, Japan, Mexico, Austrailia, United Kingdom, and Canada. And we cover Dan's work on indie games soundtracks and vocaloid technology. Kent also does a rundown on MAGFest and the upcoming Orlando Overdrive. Find out more about Danimal at www.danimalcannon.com.

"The Meltdown" theme is by RoboRob.

We have the chiptune pop artist who describes himself as the poor nerd's Justin Timberlake... Professor Shyguy! (@professorshyguy)

You may have heard his voice if watched the Toonami version Dragon Ball Super, as he sang the English version of Starring Star. He's also experimented with "chip opera" with his last album Fragmentation and has done some amazing things combining chiptune with pop music, rock n roll, and some pretty sweet dance moves if you get to see him live.

Kent (@fistofthemfk) and Shyguy talk about those things, plus expanding to audiences beyond nerd music, karaoke with Killroy of The Protomen, original music vs covers, and playing freakin' tabletop games. Professor Shyguy will be performing at Orlando Nerd Fest's Fantoku event on November 5th. You can hear Shyguy's music at professorshyguy.bandcamp.com.

"The Meltdown" theme by RoboRob

It's a post-Anime Weekend Atlanta edition of the Nerd Music Meltdown. Kent sits down with the performers of AWA's Nerdcore Live concert, None Like Joshua, Skyblew, and producer SublimeCloud.

Skyblew and SublimeCloud just recently made the "All For One" song for Funimation and we talk about how that came to be, plus we chat with everyone about the ups and downs of being an anime/video game hip hop artists, performing at anime conventions, the challenges of getting nerds to concerts, Nujabes, My Hero Academia, and whether or not Soulja Boy is the reason anime fans don't want to give hip hop a chance.

Find out more about None Like Joshua at nonelikejoshua.com and Skyblew at skyblew1.bandcamp.com.

Careless was a founding member of Random Encounter, a prominent video game band in Florida. He served as their accordion player for the first 10 years of the band's existence and has gone on to start another video game band known as Careless Juja and start a science fiction comic book series called Liberty.

We talk about all that, and also how video game music has taken Careless to interesting places in life including meeting Nobuo Uematsu, Yoshitaka Amano, Tommy Tallarico, and touring with Video Games Live. And did we mention that there are new Random Encounter and Careless Juja albums coming out in September?

Find out more about Random Encounter at http://randomencounterband.com. 

"The Meltdown" theme by RoboRob

Hitting you harder than a New Day rap battle with Mega Ran on Smackdown, it's the Nerd Music Meltdown! On this episode, Kent sits down with the one-of-a-kind Mag.Lo (@themaglo) at the CEO Fighting Game Championships 

Mag.Lo is an offbeat hip hop artist and producer from Deltona, Florida. Since 2012, fans and newcomers have enjoyed Mag.Lo's intricate flow and lyricism, high energy performances and off-kilter beats and compositions. We talk about Mag.Lo's origins, the Pulse tragedy, fighting games, favorite J-Rock bands, his unique approach to making music, finding escapism in art, and his future plans. Get more Mag.Lo at www.maglo.work.

And of course, because it's episode 13, we have hot mics and tables slamming. Still good times nonetheless!

Hot off the heels of Orlando Overdrive II, Kent chats with the good brothers Steve and Kit of Under Polaris! (@underpolaris)

Hailing from Spring Hill Zone, Florida (and also Orlando), these two are reinventing Under Polaris as more a metal act makes sweet video game covers and original chipmetal music with inspiration from their favorite video game soundtracks. We talk about all that, how they have been best buds since high school, video game soundtracks, the local nerd music scene, and even a little bit of pro wrestling! Get more Under Polaris at www.underpolaris.com!

"The Meltdown" theme by RoboRob.

It's a super fun episode of the Nerd Music Meltdown! On this one, Kent sits down with members of Orlando's nerdy a capella group Geekapella. (@geekapella) Geekapella will be performing at Orlando Overdrive II on April 22nd!

We talk with Tina, Ashley, and Alyssa about the origins of Geekapella at the University of Central Florida, picking and arranging songs, convention stories, Smooth McGroove, and lots of nerding out on anime, video games, and Dante Basco. There's even a live performance in this! Check out Geekapella at geekapella.com.

And Kent also sets the record straight on the move of Orlando Overdrive to The Geek Easy. Get tickets at www.ongakuoverdrive.com.

"The Meltdown" theme by RoboRob

The final episode of our MAGFest 2017 series of interviews concludes with nerdcore's #1 producer, the sound samurai K-Murdock! (@neosonix) K-Murdock talks to Kent about his latest album, Hero Muzik Vol II, discovering Mega Ran back in the day, Chrono Trigger, up and coming nerdcore artists, and how to break into audio engineering and what equipment and software to check out. Get your K-Murdock fix at neosonix.bandcamp.com!

A massive thanks to Marc with a C for helping fix audio issues. "The Meltdown" theme by RoboRob.