Brave Wave Productions is a Japanese-based
record label founded in 2013. It specializes in
video game music artists, often those who were active during the
chiptune
Chiptune, also known as chip music or 8-bit music, is a style of synthesized electronic music made using the programmable sound generator (PSG) sound chips or synthesizers in vintage arcade machines, computers and video game consoles.
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era of the 1980s and 1990s. One of the stated goals of the label is to bridge the gap between Japanese and Western game music composers. They are known for re-releasing soundtracks of older video games for CD and vinyl, which were often out of print for many years, as well as producing fully original solo albums for some of their signed artists.
History
Brave Wave was founded in 2013 by Mohammed Taher. Taher originally started communicating with musicians while organising a small EP collaboration, but ultimately began to draw the attention of veteran chiptune artists such as
Keiji Yamagishi. At the time, Yamagishi had not worked on a video game in ten years. The first results of this were the 2013 album ''World 1-2'', which featured
Austin Wintory
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,
Akira Yamaoka and many others. From there, Brave Wave would go on to produce solo albums from these artists, such as Yamagishi's ''Retro-Active'' and
Manami Matsumae's ''Three Movements''.
Brave Wave Productions are also known for their restoration work, mastering and preparing the soundtracks of older video games for CD and vinyl re-release. The "Generation Series" includes major license titles such as ''
Street Fighter II
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'', ''
Shovel Knight'', and ''
Ninja Gaiden''. Their vinyl collection ''Ninja Gaiden Trilogy'' marked the first official release of the ''
Ninja Gaiden III'' soundtrack.
Notable artists
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Chipzel
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Harumi Fujita
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Takahiro Izutani
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Saori Kobayashi
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Manami Matsumae
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Tim McCord
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Yoko Shimomura
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Stemage
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Keiji Yamagishi
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Akari Kaida
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David Wise
See also
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List of record labels
References
External links
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Japanese record labels
Record labels established in 2013