Kasatochi: Turning Hits Into Bits

Kasatochi creates chiptune versions of your favorite songs and albums, free for download. Usually, this means polyphonic music reminiscent of music from the soundchip of the Nintendo Entertainment System. Here, listen to this while you read, and you’ll get the idea pretty quickly.

The releases fall into several categories (sometimes hitting multiple categories at once):

  • Album-length releases (usually at least an hour of music)
  • Artist tributes (releases focused on a specific artist)
  • Soundtrack tributes (chiptune versions of popular movie & TV music)
  • Expansion Pack EPs (shorter releases – usually 30-45 minutes of music)
  • DLC Singles (smaller releases under 30 minutes)

Man, you’re reading pretty slow. Probably all those air guitar moves you’re doing. Better listen to this one now.

Each download is a DRM-free ZIP file containing several DRM-free 320kbps MP3s, already ID3-tagged.

All downloads are free; Kasatochi claims no copyright on the original compositions. If you plan to use Kasatochi’s cover versions, Kasatochi would appreciate a heads-up and a name credit.

Kasatochi is indebted to the MIDI authors of the ‘net; if Kasatochi knows who coded a particular MIDI, that credit is included in the ID3 tags.

Okay, I’m starting to think you’re just here to listen to free music. You’re in the right place.

Album-length releases

  1. Cheese For Your Quest
  2. I Have A Nichibutsu! (Wanna Scratch It?)
  3. PROG
  4. Beamed
  5. Bravo Sierra!
  6. R:\>EVOLVER
  7. Analog Sunset
  8. The Original Trilogy
  9. Wibbly Wobbly: A Chiptune Tribute to 50 Years of Doctor Who
  10. For All Intensive Porpoises
  11. Agitmalapropisms
  12. 2112 v2.0
  13. PET Sounds
  14. LED Zeppelin
  15. Please Frob The Scram Switch On Your Way Out
  16. Presents GET! (Christmas album)
  17. Back Then, Front Now
  18. Digital Sunrise
  19. I’m Game, Volume I
  20. Sgt. Pepper II
  21. Our Island Blew Up
  22. Zulu Oscar Mike Golf
  23. I’m Suboth, And We Will Have A Lot Of Fun (Doctor Who tribute album #2)
  24. I’m Game, Volume II
  25. Your Attenuation Please
  26. Rainfade
  27. Oscillating Kittens
  28. Obligatory Soft Rock Album
  29. Petty Cache
  30. Floppy Disko
  31. Exactly Whose Hindsight Was This Supposed To Be?
  32. Syntax Terror

Expansion Pack EPs

  1. Expansion Pack #1: ’80s
  2. Expansion Pack #2: Macca
  3. Expansion Pack #3: ’70s
  4. Expansion Pack #4: ’80s II
  5. Expansion Pack #5: Mode 1
  6. Expansion Pack #6: By George
  7. Expansion Pack #7: ’80s III
  8. Expansion Pack #8: ’90s
  9. Expansion Pack #9: Planets
  10. Expansion Pack #10: Devo
  11. Expansion Pack #11: Concerto For A Number Of Rainy Days
  12. Expansion Pack #13: Halloween Special!
  13. Expansion Pack #14: Scheherazade
  14. Expansion Pack #15: Mode 2
  15. Expansion Pack #16: Stopgap
  16. Expansion Pack #17: Werks, Arts & Krafts
  17. Expansion Pack #18: ’80s IV
  18. Expansion Pack #19: Moody Blues
  19. Expansion Pack #20: ’80s V
  20. Expansion Pack #22: ’80s VI
  21. Expansion Pack #23: Space Opera

DLC Singles

  1. Superman
  2. Katamari
  3. The Mandalorian
  4. Seagulls
  5. Dune
  6. Black Hole
  7. Tron