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Mama (feat. MEIKO)

by Iron Curtain

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About ten or so years ago, I had an idea to cover a song by the band Genesis on the Sega Genesis (which is called the Sega Mega Drive outside of North America). One of my friends in the chiptune scene, Luke Silas (the drummer of Anamanaguchi) suggested "Mama" from their self-titled album (the one with the shapes on the cover), and I got started on it with DefleMask, which is a tracker that can output files that can be played back on Sega Genesis and Mega Drive systems. As for singing, since I can't sing for the life of me, I needed to find a singer; *another* one of my chiptune friends suggested that I use a vocaloid, so I bought one named MEIKO. I programmed her to sing the lyrics to "Mama", mastered the track, and then the track was done.

However, I didn't get the cover art done until 2023-03-17. There are people from whom I usually commission cover art, but they all declined or didn't respond in time. I finally found a pixel artist named Addict who made the cover art on said date, and the track was finally completed.

Enjoy this Genesis-on-Genesis cover, folks!

Download of track also includes instrumental versions of this song in VGM chiptune and ROM format (for playing back on emulators or Sega Genesis/Mega Drive systems).

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released May 5, 2023

Written by Phil Collins, Tony Banks, and Mike Rutherford .

Tracked and produced by Samuel Abram. Vocals by the vocaloid MEIKO.

Cover Art by Addict.

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Iron Curtain Brooklyn, New York

I make chip music, and am based in Brooklyn, NY, USA. My mother, Dorothy Siegel, did the same back in 1978 (seen here: www.vintagecomputermusic.com ), making me a second generation chip musician. I play the Game Boy with LSDJ, as well as other retro game systems.

Photo © 2012 Marjorie Becker, www.chiptography.com
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