Making music for conventional release is a task that’s difficult enough, but when you mix things up and release your music for old video game consoles, then the process becomes a whole new entity entirely. That’s why German musician Remute is such a big name in the retro gaming world, a Techno virtuoso who produces albums of entirely original music for us to play on the N64, 3DO, Super Nintendo, and many more consoles. His new album ‘Digital Bubble Bath’ has just launched on the Nintendo DS, something that I find great pleasure in writing, and is available to purchase now!
Remute has been very busy of late; he joined us on the Retrospect Podcast earlier this year to talk about his last album Dream Machine for the Philips CDI. Now on his 4th album this year (this guy works hard!), he’s bringing his eclectic and eccentric songs to the Nintendo DS and DSI on a brand-new cartridge for our favorite dual-screen handheld.
So, ‘What’s on the cartridge?’ I hear you cry. Well, there are 12 new songs that will get you working up a sweat while moving around your living room, your DS held firmly in your hand. Remute describes the album as taking you to ‘an irresistible sound journey somewhere between Berghain, Studio 54 and a hot-headed LAN-party of the early 2000s,’ which sounds like one heck of an adventure!
Remute is well known for working with other prominent names in the space, and for his Nintendo DS release he’s collaborated with Revenant, a member of the demogroup Resistance and admin of a site called ‘The Cutting Room Floor’ that discovers unused and lost content from video games.
I love the thought of going to a Remute gig and picking up a Nintendo DS cartridge from the merch stand, and in true Remute style, he has some extras that you can buy along with the album too. Digital Bubblebath on a DS cartridge costs €34.99 and can be purchased from Remute’s Bandcamp page. If you want to really push the boat out, however, there’s a Limited Deluxe Shower Edition for €49.99 that comes with a Remute-branded towel, a sticker, and bath salts for kicking back in the tub after listening to some Techno.
Remute is a creative genius in many senses of the phrase. Not only is he great at marketing his products (I gotta get some of those bath salts), but the time and brain power it takes to make and then release music for consoles like the DS is mindblowing. I asked him in a message how difficult it had been, with the reply ‘It’s been a journey’. But then again, all of Remute’s work is about challenging the norm and proving what is possible if you think outside of the box.
Remute works hard and keeps us excitedly asking ‘Which console is coming next?’ No doubt he’s already working on his first release for 2025, and with only a few weeks to the new year, we might find out the answer to that question sooner than we thought!
