vince kaichan

i make music in lots of styles including chiptune, orchestral, jazz, pop, dance, and more.
currently in a footwork/juke-inspired phase.

i use tracker software such as LSDJ, openmpt, and most recently renoise for the majority of my music.

works

albums/EPs (13)

my original music

date	name	genre	info
2021 03 05	lost in time	footwork	made with renoise. tracklist: 1. 1000 lives 2. mesa 3. hollow planet 4. daybreak 5.basement blue sky 6. end of the world 7. dreams
2020 05 15	lost in world	footwork	made with renoise. tracklist: 1. where you go 2. eon (ago) 3. waiting for 4. nightmare 5. werk 6. alphonse 7. 9pm (bonus track)
2018 04 30	4MEN430 - DOUBLE TAKE	digital fusion	a collaboration with golgi, j yoshi, and Sinc-X under the name of 4MEN430. tracklist: 1. Return to the Boneyard 2. Overture to a Great Day 3. The Earth is a Hecatonicosachoron 4. Hello Goodbye 5. Blast Me Off 6. すべての欲望 / All Your Desire 7. Hyperspace Vortex 17 8. Multiversal Superhighway
2016 11 11	Midsummer Days	digital fusion, jazz	released on DESKPOP. tracklist: 1. Shangri-La Dreaming 2. Mirage 3. Cruising Deep Pacifica 4. Sunshower Meteorite 5. Harvest Moon 6. Hopscotch '97 7. Ice Tea Lemonade (Bonus Track)
2015 07 13	Power Tricks	chiptune, digital fusion	made with LSDJ, released on cheapbeats. tracklist: 1. Illjoy 2. Core Corrupt 3. Ignition 8 4. Drag Strike 5. Arc Electric 6. Stormsong
2015 04 30	Sunday Groove	digital fusion, jazz	released on cheapbeats. tracklist: 1. C Jones 2. F Phunk 3. Sideway Street 4. Soul Trekker 5. Hometown Dreams 6. By The Fireplace
2014 08 11	Yolanda	chiptune, latin	made with LSDJ, released on The Waveform Generators. tracklist: 1. Yolanda 2. Viverra 3. Novaton 4. Omiero
2014 01 25	Ilio	chiptune	made with LSDJ. tracklist: 1. Iremia 2. Kazan 3. Saraday 4. Dubpark 5. Syntomodial 6. By the Way 7. Sailboat 8. Iliova 9. Shiosai 10. Galaxies (Bonus Track)
2013 03 14	Rising	chiptune	made with LSDJ. tracklist: 1. Dusk 2. Rising 3. Latino Sango 4. Rose-Tinted Glasses 5. Walkie Talkie 6. Restless 7. Shadowdances 8. Dawn
2012 08 24	On Thin Air	chiptune	made with Sunvox. tracklist: 1. Northern Lights 2. Summit 3. Binary Lake 4. Floating on Thin Air
2012 05 27	Earthshine	chiptune	made with Sunvox. tracklist: 1. Earthshine 1 2. Earthshine 2 3. Lune 1 4. Lune 2
2012 03 13	Journey	chiptune	made with LSDJ. tracklist: 1. Magma Mountain 2. Dream Flight 3. Escape! 4. Island Breeze 5. Victory Flower Fields 6. Comms Relay 7. Farewell
2011 10 31	[PB053] Focal Point	chiptune	made with LSDJ, released on PxlBot. this was while i still called myself VCMG, before i had to switch to a different name. tracklist: 1. Introduction [2xLSDJ] 2. Waking Up in the Perseids 3. Surmounting the Highest of Peaks 4. Warp Speed 5. Focal Point 6. New Beginnings Past Old Endings, or How I Learned to Love Life 7. Stars and Skies Forever 8. At Peace (Bonus Track)

compilations (15)

compilation albums that i've appeared in

date	name	genre	track title
2021 02 01	STAFFCirc Vol. 7: Terra Octava	microtonal	Vince Kaichan - Ether
2018 12 07	ChipWINter Madness	chiptune	Vince Kaichan - Carriage Ride
2017 08 11	Chiptunes = WIN: Volume 6	chiptune, dance	Vince Kaichan - Mistral
2017 08 01	STAFFcirc vol. 3⇋: TERMINAL VICE	digital fusion, jazz	Vince Kaichan - Roll Those Dice!
2017 07 26	~ fleeting moments ~	digital fusion	Vince Kaichan - birb
2017 02 22	Balearic Beats vol 43 - Chipmusic sounds of summer	chiptune, drum and bass	Vince Kaichan - Unconditional
2016 06 06	STAFFCIRC vol. 2 - AI BOMB VARIATIONS	chiptune, digital fusion, latin	Vince Kaichan - Bomba da Mente Mecanica
2015 12 22	Bundle of WIN	chiptune, dance	Vince Kaichan - Rollerdisco Rumble
2015 12 17	DESKTAPE	digital fusion	Vince Kaichan - Sunset Riders
2015 08 13	STAFFcirc vol. 1	digital fusion, funk	Vince Kaichan - Pond Scunk
2014 09 1	Chiptunes = WIN: Volume 3	chiptune, digital fusion, jazz	Vince Kaichan - In The Stars
2013 07 15	Chiptunes = WIN: Volume 2	chiptune	Vince Kaichan - Iskloo Dandruff/Morningstar Express. made in LSDJ
2013 01 04	Weekly Treats 2013	chiptune	Vince Kaichan - Dog Days. made in LSDJ
2012 12 10	chipWINter	chiptune	Vince Kaichan - Midnight Snowflake. made in SunVox
2012 04 21	Chip for Cancer vol. 1	chiptune	Vince Kaichan - Neolectrical. made in LSDJ

commissions (2)

things i've made for other people as part of a larger project

date	name	genre	info	art (click to play)
2019 11 01	Gem Blenders Soundtrack	digital fusion, jazz	written for the Gem Blenders Kickstarter Campaign
2019 02 11	Breaking News! Intro	orchestral	written for a podcast series by octothorpic

misc (76)

various other songs i've done
may not be a complete list
some songs may be louder or quieter than others, please be careful!
if a song is broken or missing please contact me

date	name	genre	info	link
2020	gpop	pop	an instrumental that was supposed to have vocals over it, but i never got around to finding a vocalist
2020	scofflaws	electronic	a sketch made with some jungle samples
2020	second	hiphop	a beat made from a sample of a new orleans second line brass band
2019	a good time!	chiptune, dance	started this in Ableton at a friend's house, later transcribed it and finished it in renoise
2019	alleycat	dance	experimenting with some production stuff in renoise
2019	canyon junction	digital fusion	it sounded vast, so i put canyon in the title
2019	reflection	pop	production/mixing practice
2018	faith	electronic	this is fake gagaku
2018	fingerpainting	digital fusion, jazz	first song with renoise ever, using mostly builtin sounds
2018	Interplanetary Pigeon main bgm	chiptune, electronic	main bgm loop for Global Game Jam 2018
2018	moss line	digital fusion, folk	a song about trees
2018	pog	digital fusion, dance	2nd song using renoise, more of a study than a full song
2018	small world from up there	electronic	discovering how good the roland gigapack sample cd is
2018	The Jungle	dance	musing about living in a crowded, sweaty, shitty city that you can't help but love because of its humanity
2018	Yesterday Rain	digital fusion, jazz	a short mood sketch
2018	the Zubmarine Zone	dance	inspired by golgi's monkeyball music
2017	Coast Starlight	digital fusion	song about the time i took the amtrak sleeper car from los angeles to seattle with my family
2017	Cool Juice	digital fusion, jazz	i was inspired from reading the Jazz Theory Book by Mark Levine
2017	Cortex	dance	i listened to Violin Phase by Steve Reich for the first time and loved it so much i had to sample it and make a short jam
2017	crammin jammin [3HB]	chiptune, digital fusion, jazz	written during the 3-hour 'demoscene music competition at MAGWest 2017'. won 1st place
2017	cruiser [OHB]	digital fusion, jazz	my entry for a 1-hour battle on the #modulez irc channel. won 1st place
2017	electric mountain	digital fusion	my entry for round 1 of s3xmoditmania V. came in 2nd place
2017	geoconstruct 1998	digital fusion	my entry for round 4 of s3xmoditmania V. came in 1st place
2017	instruMENTAL main bgm	orchestral	in-game bgm loop for Global Game Jam 2017
2017	Jellyfish Floaters	digital fusion, jazz	a song for an abandoned music game idea i had about being a jellyfish drifting through the sea
2017	julaaeeaaee [OHB]	comedy	a 1-hour battle entry where we had to use samples from the infamous hhgregg commercial
2017	One Last Dance	pop	entry for the Spring Tracks VI competition on Battle of the Bits
2017	Raydancer	dance	a song for an abandoned music game idea i had. this is for a level where you play as a fast and sleek stingray
2017	Shakeshack Galaxy	digital fusion, jazz	a song about burgers in space
2017	Swashbuckler Saga	chiptune, digital fusion	my entry for the Wildchip != WIN competition at Battle of the Bits. came in 2nd place
2017	The VGDC Lounge	digital fusion, latin	a re-arrangement of UCI VGDC Theme Song in a latin bossa nova lounge setting
2017	UCI VGDC Theme Song	dance	written for gamedev club to use in promotional materials and branding
2017	Vectorspace Rebel	electronic	my entry for round 2 of s3xmoditmania V. tied for 3rd place
2017	Vengeance Stage 1 Boss bgm	digital fusion, rock	in-game boss bgm for a gamedev club game in 2017
2017	Vengeance Stage 1 Lava bgm	digital fusion, rock	in-game bgm for a gamedev club game in 2017
2016	adirondack	digital fusion	song from Midsummer Days that i ended up not including
2016	EDGELORD main bgm	digital fusion, rock	in-game bgm loop for a gamedev club game jam in 2016
2016	EDGELORD menu bgm	digital fusion, rock	main menu bgm loop for a gamedev club game jam in 2016
2016	Horizon	chiptune, rock	a song with an uninspired title
2016	Jasper Overworld Theme	orchestral	bgm loop for some friends' gamedev club project
2016	park bench with little mushroom	digital fusion, jazz	a song about a park bench with a little mushroom on a warm summer day
2016	Romanian Winter	electronic, drum and bass	an experiment in non-A440 tunings (the song is tuned to A460). partly inspired by a romanian drum n bass track that i liked a lot
2016	songbirds' playground	digital fusion	i wrote this one afternoon after watching some birds in the local park
2016	The Func	dance	written to celebrate going to therapy and successfully climbing out of a mild depression in fall 2016
2016	Visions of a Near Future	electronic	appears in openmpt as a demo track to show off the capabilities of the .mptm format
2015	angelwings	digital fusion	harmonic experiment with diatonic cluster chords
2015	Going Home	digital fusion	a song about homesickness written while i was studying abroad in japan inspired by undertale
2015	Gotanda Lights	digital fusion, jazz	a song about drinking alone in a tiny backalley bar in tokyo
2015	Lumine	electronic	written right after i came back to the US from japan as a goodbye to that chapter of my life
2015	Metropolis	digital fusion, jazz	inspired by the dense undulating waves of low-rise and high-rise buildings in tokyo
2015	Orbital	breakbeat	a failed attempt at a breakbeat track
2015	Solar System Smash bgm	chiptune, dance	in-game bgm loop for a gamedev club game jam in 2015
2015	Solitude	digital fusion, jazz	a song about feeling lonely in a foreign country
2015	untitled gameboy song	chiptune	written specifically for performing at Square Sounds Tokyo 2015 pre-party
2014	crystal ice caves	electronic	made for an unfinished video game development club project in 2014	no download yet
2014	Days of Future Past Present	chiptune	made in 1h30m for an informal competition. made with LSDJ
2014	Mambo Jambo	chiptune, latin	an outtake from Yolanda. made in LSDJ	no download yet
2014	Milky Way	electronic	performed live at freq.fest.v.5.0 in los angeles and also heard in the joystiq farewell podcast
2014	Nomu	digital fusion, rock	inspired by the winter/early summer morning fog in southern california
2014	oldskoolchip	chiptune	a little sketch imitating the classic amiga/demoscene era chiptune style
2014	Suntory	chiptune	made for a C64 demoscene competition but never submitted. made in SIDWizard
2014	The Wind and The Rain	electronic	written for Weeklybeats 2014. i didn't last very long before i dropped out
2014	Yosemite Valley	digital fusion, rock	thinking about grand nature
2013	Afterhours	chiptune	first successfully completed song on the C64. made in SIDWizard
2013	Celestial Bodies	chiptune, digital fusion, rock	a rock-style song. made in sunvox
2013	cyberwinter	electronic	messing around with the classic Amiga ST-xx sample packs
2013	Kinetic Synthetic	chiptune, dance	written as part of an unfinished 5-song live set with PQM and Dakstre. made in LSDJ
2013	treds vbk	electronic	a sampling experiment inspired by OK Ikumi. made in sunvox
2012	Dakstre	chiptune, dance	written on a high school europe trip. was supposed to segue into PQM. made in LSDJ
2012	Darkedge Overworld Theme	digital fusion	overworld bgm for a highschool game project	no download yet
2012	Drifting to Dreamland	chiptune	a song made in a very inspired day. made in sunvox
2012	electroblight	dance	my first song with openmpt ever back in 2012. it's not very good sorry
2012	Golden Lonely	chiptune, digital fusion	an old song about bittersweet sunsets
2012	Hazy Evening	digital fusion, jazz	my second song with openmpt ever. it's not very good either
2012	PQM	chiptune, dance	a dance song i wrote at 15 years old to be played live but i never did perform it live. made in LSDJ	no download yet
2012	Ultraviolet	electronic	a re-arrangement of a very old gameboy song from 2011

2021 apr 02	my album got reviewed in the chicago reader! Chicago producer Vince Kaichan steers footwork toward serenity on Lost in Time
2021 mar 08	added the ability to sort tables by date or name, ascending and descending. click on the column header to sort by that column in ascending order, click it again to sort by descending order
2021 mar 05	new album! lost in time, you can also find it under the 'albums/EPs' section below. if you buy it on bandcamp, your purchase will be donated to My Block, My Hood, My City, a nonprofit organization that helps underprivileged youth in chicago.
2021 mar 04	some friends said i should add an rss feed for these news posts so here it is. please let me know if anything isn't working correctly
2021 mar 02	added this little news feed to the site. most of the entries will just be website updates/music release announcements but i plan on eventually using it for blog posts (once i figure out what i want to blog about...)