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The Thirteenth Step is now Killhamster

For over a decade I have been producing music under the moniker “The Thirteenth Step,” a name I chose because it sounded kind of cool and had weird metaphysical implications. I bought a domain to go...

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Video Game Music

The other day for some reason I ended up with the Wikipedia article about Mega Man 2 open in my browser, idly reading when not doing other things. Since then I’ve had several of the game’s songs stuck...

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Beats By Satoshi

In case you don’t know, I occasionally write for Buttcoin, a site that lambasts Bitcoin and the horrifying community that has sprung up around it. For some reason the entire Bitcoin phenomenon is...

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Remix: David Steinlage – Duster

I found David through the “Reasoners” reddit community, where he had posted a link to download the project file for this track as an example of what could be done with Propellerhead’s Reason software...

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White Whale

Some time ago, Samantha (my fiancée,) asked me “why don’t you ever write any French house music?” The answer is “because I am awful at it.” This was before the latest Daft Punk record had dropped, so...

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Rewind: ReBirth

Before I discovered Reason, I somehow stumbled across Propellerhead’s other flagship product, the now-discontinued ReBirth RB-338. This software recreated a stack of legendary Roland instruments: the...

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Killhamster’s top remix albums

When I’m feeling stuck creatively, something that helps out fantastically is to pick apart someone else’s song and remix it. I fell into a bit of a funk recently and as a result have been focusing...

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Basement Tapes

As I’ve stated before, I got my introduction to creating electronic music by using the MTV Music Generator on a Sony PlayStation. I’ve recently come across some tapes containing tracks from this time...

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Net Neutrality Cartoons

I like political cartoons. Well, like is a pretty strong word. I subject myself to political cartoons. When it comes to Net Neutrality, the right has no fucking clue. Branco’s been stupid since 2010...

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The Worst Cartoons

As mentioned, I subject myself to political cartoons because I’m some sort of masochist. It’s a habit I picked up on slow work days, reading cartoons and commentary at the Something Awful forums. As a...

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Remix: Tomcraft – Like A Roller

This was another remix that I was unsure of how to start. Sometimes I go into these things knowing exactly what I want to do to a track: what I want to change, what sounds I’d like to use, how to...

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Killhamster on Facebook

Five reasons to follow Killhamster on Facebook: It’s  a great place to fill all your Killhamster needs! It’ll be a central location for everything related to the project, allowing you to keep up with...

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