Inverse Phase Explained

Inverse Phase
Birth Name:Brendan Becker
Birth Place:United States
Origin:Baltimore, Maryland[1]
Genre:Chiptune

Brendan Becker, known by his stage name Inverse Phase,[2] is an American video game composer[3] and chiptune musician, using Atari, Commodore, and Nintendo hardware. He also speaks and hosts workshops on video game music, chiptunes, and composing.[4]

Biography

Becker, born in America in 1979, claims to have had a typical childhood where he was obsessed with video games and Saturday-morning cartoons. While he was enrolled in a piano class at an early age, he did not keep interest due to attention span issues. However, his interest in computers, programming, and music led him to the demoscene. He soon began composing music with a music tracker for games written by his grade school friends, as well as various remixes and covers.[5]

In 2010, Becker received extensive media coverage for his NES parody of CeeLo Green's single, "Fuck You".[6] A month later, the soundtrack to the video game Super Meat Boy featured his song "Boss Burger N' Chips", a remix of the first and second level boss themes.[7]

In mid-2011, Becker announced that he had gone full-time with his music and was working on multiple game soundtracks.[8] Later that year, he released soundtracks to Super Smash Land and Shuttle Scuttle, handing out copies of the latter to MAGFest X attendees at a secret show shortly thereafter.[9]

In June 2012, he released Pretty Eight Machine, a tribute album of industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails' 1989 debut album Pretty Hate Machine.[10] [11] Inverse Phase had been able to raise $3,654 for making and promoting the album through the crowdfunding website Kickstarter.[12] Rob Sheridan, who is associated with Nine Inch Nails, tweeted about the album shortly after its release.[13]

While fulfilling kickstarter rewards for Pretty Eight Machine, Becker released Treachery in Beatdown City: Episode 1 EP,[14] the soundtrack to a game seeking funding on Kickstarter in 2014.[15] The kickstarter names Inverse Phase as the composer for the rest of the game, which was released in 2020. He also plans to tribute U2 as well as more Nine Inch Nails, which he claims to be one of his favorite acts.[16]

Discography

Video game soundtracks
Tribute albums
Original albums ("Biteration" series)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Music Inverse Phase. Bandcamp. August 9, 2022.
  2. Cee Lo's 'Fuck You' Gets Reimagined, Nerd-Style. Stinson, Elizabeth. Wired. September 28, 2010. March 9, 2013.
  3. http://vgmdb.net/artist/6534 Inverse Phase - VGMdb
  4. Web site: NJIT: Brendan Becker, CEO of MAGFest, the Video Game Music Festival, Will Visit NJIT On Feb. 12. Florida, Robert. n.d.. November 9, 2014. November 9, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141109141106/http://www.njit.edu/features/sceneandheard/brendan-becker.php. dead.
  5. Web site: Interview with Brendan Becker aka Inverse Phase, former head of MAGFest : The Pad Games. McMurtrey, Jason. June 6, 2014. November 9, 2014.
  6. Web site: Cee Lo's "Fuck You" As Performed By An Angry Nintendo NES. Golijan, Rosa. September 29, 2010. Gizmodo. November 9, 2014.
  7. Web site: Boss Burger N' Chips (Remix) – From Exclusives for Others by Inverse Phase. Inverse Phase. Inverse Phase (via Bandcamp). March 9, 2013.
  8. Web site: intervju med Brendan Becker aka Inverse phase. Ek, Robin. June 24, 2011. November 9, 2014.
  9. http://gamemusic4all.com/wordpress/2012/01/inverse-phase-shuttle-scuttle-ost-released/ Inverse Phase - Shuttle Scuttle OST released
  10. Web site: Inverse Phase . Pretty Eight Machine. Inverse Phase (via (Bandcamp). December 18, 2012.
  11. Web site: NIN-tendo: Nine Inch Nails' Definitive Album Goes Chiptune. Griffiths, Daniel Nye. . June 19, 2012. March 9, 2013.
  12. Web site: Nine Inch Nintendos? 8-Bit Nails? Something like that!. Inverse Phase. Inverse Phase (via Kickstarter) . March 9, 2013.
  13. Web site: untitled. Sheridan, Rob. Sheridan, Rob (via Twitter). June 15, 2012. December 18, 2012 . Pretty Hate Machine by @nineinchnails recreated, in its entirety, in 8-bit chiptune (by @inversephase): http://inversephase.bandcamp.com/album/pretty-eight-machine ….
  14. http://www.originalsoundversion.com/up-beats-in-a-beatdown-treachery-in-beatdown-city-ep-1-ost-review/ UP-BEATS IN A BEATDOWN – TREACHERY IN BEATDOWN CITY EP.1 OST (REVIEW)
  15. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nuchallenger/treachery-in-beatdown-city-a-tactical-beat-em-up-0/ Treachery in Beatdown City: A new way to beat-em-up! by Shawn Alexander Allen - Kickstarter
  16. Web site: Inverse Phase Discusses 'Pretty Eight Machine' and the State of 8-bit Music. Scoczynski, Fernando. March 24, 2014. November 9, 2014.
  17. Web site: Chipwin-Tern Spotlight: The Yamaha YM2612 & You! . March 17, 2016. September 7, 2017 . September 8, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170908065410/https://chiptuneswin.com/blog/chipwin-tern-spotlight-the-yamaha-ym2612-you/ . dead .

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