Mikel have opened up preorders for his second Pokémon series lofi arrangement album, Poké & Chill 2. The first Poké & Chill album was released on vinyl in 2019.
The release will be a single LP on purple translucent colored vinyl. It will be housed in a single-pocket jacket with artwork by Mikel.
It is priced at €27 and there is currently no release date estimate given. It can be preordered via Diggers Factory here.
Mana Wave Media are now taking preorders for a vinyl release of a new recreation arrangement of the soundtrack to Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire & Emerald titled “Ruby // Sapphire // Emerald”.
The release will be a 4LP set and will be available in two variants – a limited edition on red with black splatter, blue with red splatter, green with yellow splatter and orange with blue splatter colored vinyl, and an open edition on red, blue, green and orange colored vinyl.
It will be housed in a slipcase box set with new artwork by Sh0tze.
The open edition will be available as an open preorder from now and until the end of June, 2024. Both editions are priced at $120 and are scheduled to release in Q4 2024. It can be preordered via Mana Wave Media here.
EU folks can also preorder via Black Screen Records here. CA folks can preorder via Very Ok Vinyl here.
Silva Screen Records are releasing cellist Tina Guo’s video game music arrangement album “Game On!” from 2017 on vinyl. It features arranged music from The Legend Of Zelda, Final Fantasy VII, Chrono Trigger, World Of Warcraft, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Uncharted, Super Mario Bros., Pokémon, Journey, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Halo, Metal Gear Solid, Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and Tetris.
The release will be a 2LP on “polar” white colored vinyl. It will be housed in a jacket with art identical to its CD release with design by Paul Marc Mitchell and photography by Viktorija Pashuta.
It is priced at €38 and is scheduled to release in mid-May, 2024. It can be preordered via Silva Screen Records here.
Canadians can also preorder via Very Ok Vinyl here.
Curaga Records are ready with yet another preorder in their Video Game LoFi series of lofi hiphop arrangement albums and this time it’s music from the Pokémon series getting lofi’d on vinyl.
The release will be a single 180g LP on black vinyl. It will be housed in a holo-foil single-pocket jacket with artwork by Save Point and layout by Isa Alcántara.
It is priced at $28 and appears to be ready to ship. It can be preordered via Curaga Records’ Bandcamp here.
Firaga Records and Occult Cat Records are releasing the Pokémon arrangement album “VGM Essentials: Pokémon Remixed” on vinyl.
The release will be a single LP on black vinyl. It will be housed in a single-pocket jacket with artwork by Ines Merino and design by Isa Alcántara.
It is priced at $28 and is scheduled to release in mid-November, 2022. It can be preordered from Firaga Records’ Bandcamp here.
GameChops have launched a Bandcamp vinyl campaign for the lo-fi hiphop album “Chilltendo Deluxe”. The album features arranged music from the Pokémon series, The Legend of Zelda series, Undertale, Super Smash Bros., Chrono Trigger, Super Mario Bros, and Ōkami.
If successful the release will be a 2LP on yellow and turquoise translucent colored vinyl. It will be housed in a gatefold jacket with artwork by Jokabi.
The campaign runs from now and until June 2, 2022. It is priced at $35 and if successful it is scheduled to release in October, 2022. As of this post it has already reached it’s funding goal.
It can be backed via GameChops’ Bandcamp here.
Video game jazz musician insaneintherain have just announced that he’s releasing a selection of tracks from his upcoming Pokémon Diamond & Pearl jazz arrangement album “Sinnohvation” on vinyl. It will feature a selection of 6 tracks and is titled “Sinnoh Fusion Ensemble Selection”.
The release will be a single LP on blue and purple hand-poured vinyl. It will be housed in a single pocket jacket with artwork by Rachel EB. It will include a double-sided insert and is limited to 300 signed copies.
It is priced at $35 and is scheduled to release around March 20, 2021. It can be preordered from insaneintherain’s Bandcamp here.
Materia Collective have just announced that they will be releasing the Pokémon remix album, Poké & Chill, on vinyl. It is done by Mikel, who also worked on Zelda & Chill from last year.
The release will be a single LP on red translucent vinyl with smoke. It comes in a regular LP jacket with artwork by Bespa and Rozen. The first run of this release will be a pressing of 1000 copies.
It is priced at $25 and is scheduled to release in December, 2019. It can be preordered from Bandcamp here.
Last year Materia Collective started a Kickstarter campaign for the recording of a piano arrangement album of the Pokémon Red & Blue soundtrack and they are now opening preorders for non-backers.
The release is a 2LP on black vinyl. The records appear to be housed in a single-pocket jacket with illustrations by Nora Kristiansen and design and layout by Rozen. It will be a pressing of 500 copies.
People who backed the vinyl tier for the Kickstarter will receive a backer-exclusive version of this, but it has not yet been announced what the difference between the standard and the backers versions will be.
It is priced at $40 and is scheduled to release around September 1, 2018. It can be preordered now via Bandcamp here.
