petriform - music

music

i'm a musician! i play live! i'll think of better sentences to put here later!

the flowchart

my discography has become complex enough over the years that it's hard to recommend a single starting point to people who ask, so i've made a flowchart. start here!

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chiptune

chipmusic has become my primary output these days -- mostly NES expansion stuff, to be specific, though I dabble in LSDj (Game Boy) and Furnace (other systems) as well. it's what I perform live the vast majority of the time. the most substantial portion of my canon resides here.

click the images to navigate to the bandcamp (or other) page(s) for the releases. major releases are highlighted in maroon.

Additional Verses
cover LP, 2025
an album of covers forged from inside the "Familial Verses" project files.

Familial Verses
LP, 2024
an EDM-inspired study of the Virtual Boy and Game Boy working in tandem.
welcome to a VB ❌ GB world.

...especially any of this
EP, 2023
a collection of tracks intended for 2018's "nothing is for sure," newly refurbished.

f-stop
EP, 2022
a small collection of tracks intended for 2021's "florence" but which didn't fit the concept.

florence
LP, 2021
alternative metal chiptune concept album about mortality, choice, and systemic failure.
seven years in the making; my most complete vision.

Petriform
compilation LP, 2020
eclectic collection of seven years of skill-flexing compo entries.
self-titled for a reason.

Dither Beach
LP, 2020
sunny pop punk w/ prog influences; a technically-minded update to the formula.
released immediately before the world changed.

nothing is for sure
LP, 2018
front-to-back pop punk victory lap. frontrunner for the distinction of "quintessential petri".

Don't Worry, You're Great!
LP, 2016
defiant positivity in the face of the worst. prototypical of the pop punk stuff that came after. more fast ska, more slow, pensive jams.

Veneer
LP, 2014
chip / drum & bass hybrid. unrefined, but some signature songs have aged gracefully.

assorted EDM (drum & bass, happy hardcore, trance)

believe it or not, i do (did?) more than just chiptunes. this used to be most of what i wrote, but chipmusic kind of took over. it happens.

click the images to navigate to the bandcamp (or other) page(s) for the releases. major releases are highlighted in maroon.

Relentless Eventful II
LP, 2022
took long enough.

Relentless Eventful
LP, 2012
packed to the brim with whatever I found myself writing at the time. a mainstay of my early shows.

Exposition
LP, 2010
the origin story. it shows.

folktronica / synth baroque pop or something

I really don't know what to call it other than that. listen and find out?

click the images to navigate to the bandcamp (or other) page(s) for the releases. major releases are highlighted in maroon.

Ultramarine
LP, 2017
pensive, highly vocal (including off-vocoder) depression tunes. contemporary with "Don't Worry, You're Great!" probably my most personal album.

Brown Plaid
LP, 2013
my first foray into this sort of thing, whatever this sort of thing is. the beginnings of vocoder town.