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Victim Cache (Band)
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Named after a CPU cache (we're nerds), an electro indie rock duo with a focus on pioneering new styles and genres with an emphasis on integrating the chiptune sound with other styles of music.
Setting up the Portastudio in prep for band practice today!

And reminder, we just tossed out our latest single, Syringe! Check it out on victimcache.com!

#MadeOnTape #Cassette #DAWless
November 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
There is a bit of an irony in sharing this given the song's meaning, which the cover art also alludes to. So forgive the mild hypocrisy. Here's the artwork for our song which drops this Friday!

#CoverArt #Ektar100 #LargeFormat #FilmPhotography #ShootFilmBeNice
November 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
We haven't talked about our CD release of Chipsurf Pipeline in a bit, but it's a thing! We had to tweak things a bit (and will be updating the 10th Anniv release too) but I think it's basically there. So expect more news soon!

#ChipsurfPipeline #CD #Chipsurf #Chiptune #Surf #8bit
October 25, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I had to derack our mixer to flip some jumpers (again). Saw this horror show of wires and snapped a photo. This was mostly for a friend that hates wires. But thought I'd share it out to the world too. - Tim

#Wires #HorrorShow #AnalogGuts
October 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Behind the scenes for the Syringe cover art. Taken with a Chamonix 45F2 and Wolensak 150mm uncoated lens (which Tim hoped would pass more UV onto the film). BW sheets are drying now and color sheets are getting mailed to the lab today.

#BTS #Syringe #LargeFormat #FilmPhotography #UV
October 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Mixer setup for the mix/master of our next song, Syringe. We took the 2nd round of photographs for the cover art at band practice today too!

#Syringe #NewMusicSoon
October 13, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I was debating on sharing this as it may or may not be the official artwork for our song, Syringe and I don't want to spoil surprises.

Taken on my 4x5 camera with a 1950's lens and shot on HP5 film.

- Tim

#Syringe #FilmPhotography #LargeFormat #CoverArt
September 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Mixer pr0n. Finally getting around to adjust the aux bus config to be more suited for use as a studio, rather than live, mixer.

- Tim

#AnalogMixer #PCBs #Jumpers
September 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Learning how to do DDP Masters in Reaper

#Reaper #DDP #CD #CDMastering #ChipsurfPipeline
September 24, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Tape rawr! What could we be using it for!?

(Probably not hard to guess)

#ReelToReel #TapeBounce #MusicSky #ChipsurfPipeline
September 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
My new to me CD player arrived! Yes an actual CD player playing an actual CD (not just ripping one). It's fun!

(Probably foreshadows what we're planning as well)

It's Iris' Awakening album for the curious.

- Tim

#CDs #CompactDisc
September 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
And there we go! All our albums/singles are on music.victimcache.com. Bandcamp isn't perfect but it's better, in our view, than Spotify by leaps and bounds.

What about the physical releases? We're still looking into options for those too!

#SpotifyNo #BandcampYes
September 3, 2025 at 11:43 PM
No more Spotify at least for Chipsurf Pipeline. We're looking into the others too. We have a lot of thoughts on this (lots of folks do) but we're not cool with what Spotify is doing to artists (big and small) among other issues with distribution.

#Spotify #Nope
September 3, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I'm not saying this is what we're gonna do, but I always felt like a physical release of Chipsurf Pipeline deserved a full album and it would look pretty sweet on CD...

It really deserves to be on vinyl, I think, but one risky project at a time. - Tim

#CDs #ChipsurfPipeline #Chiptune #Chipsurf
September 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
John messing with the WaveBoy Tim built him, complete with the new envelope follower and realtime bitcrush features.

#WaveBoy #Modular #GuitarRig #Eurorack
August 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
A box came from Ukraine! What's in it!? We already dropped a hint. You'll hopefully find out soon-ish!
August 1, 2025 at 2:36 AM
We went DAWless at practice yesterday. Just piano, John's modular guitar rig, and vocals. I ended up using my Audio 4 DJ and Reaper to then record the multi-tracks so we can work on things in between practices. That took some work but I got there. - Tim

#Cassette #MadeOnTape #Portastudio
July 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
And assembled! I still need to check the phasing but after that I can start using to record my awful sax playing among other things! - Tim

#BumblebeePro #RM6 #RibbonMic
July 7, 2025 at 10:58 PM
My Bumblebee RM6 ribbon mic kit came in today woohoo! Never owned a ribbon mic, really excited to use this on all sorts of things! - Tim

#Bumblebeepro #RM6 #NewMic #RibbonMic
July 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
...here we go....

#BuckleUp
July 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
An irony in taking a Russian 16mm camera (the venerable K-3) to a protest about defending Democracy, but I really wanted to capture this Saturday on film.

We hope it remains peaceful but memorable and historical.

...hope I loaded the camera correctly... - Tim

#K3 #Krasnagorsk #16mm #Cine100
June 13, 2025 at 2:15 AM
What's time doing here? And how could it possibly relate to the band!? #WaitAndSee But it'll be a while.

In the meantime, new song should hopefully be out this week!

#Krasnagorsk3 #16mm #16mmCamera
June 10, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Splurged on a 10" reel of RTM SM911! I kept running out of my 7" reel while working on some of our masters. Plus it looks nice! 3 tape decks in one photo. I might have a problem. (Yes I know I didn't do a good job on the tape pack).

Our next song is coming soon!

- Tim

#Tape #TapeDecks #ReelToReel
June 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Mixing Time! Working on our latest Chipsurf song, D-Bug. Not shown is Tim's Tascam 32 R2R but don't worry it's there! We really enjoy using an analog mixer for mixdowns. This time we're also using some tube and an external compressor (for the noise drums).

#Mastering #NewSongSoon
May 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
We don't wanna make a habit of this, but we swapped our album cover for Demokra​¢​ide. Tim took this photo during the 50501 march a few weeks ago. Triggering? That's kind of the point.

victimcache.bandcamp.com/album/demokr...

#Bandcamp #Democracide #Vote #March #Protest
April 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM