Sonic Retro member, SeanieB is looking to make another great resource in the Sonic community in the form of a comprehensive and active Sonic music archive.

I’ve seen several pages stuffed into the side of less than awesome Sonic sites, collecting the music for the games, but generally unorganized, without album art/information or any real discussion of it at all.

Thus I came up with the idea to start a Sonic music archive, the go to place for Sonic tunes.

A place dedicated to the archival and discussion of Sonic tunes? Sign me up.

SeanieB is looking to launch the site within the coming months and needs the community’s support in filling the database as far as it can get. He is interested in MIDIs, VGMs, MP3s, and remixes. Check out the thread here to see what he is currently looking for.

Was your Christmas/Chanukah/Kwanzaa/Festivus sour? Weren’t quite as jubilant as these children and just want to burn down the North Pole? If so, then why not do so while listening to the promo release of Christmas Chaos?

A small sample of the full album, out in 2009, has been made available to the public for download. You can check it out at the above link.

The Christmas Chaos project is being headed up by Sonic Retro member Shadix. Details can be found here.

Musician Sebastian Tomczak, best known for his independent chiptune albums, has recently turned his attention towards the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis by creating a MIDI sequencer for the console along with a sound editor to work with. You can find more information and listen to a couple of examples of the sequencer at his blog.

Up C Down C Left C Right C ABC+Start is a Kent instrumental rock band playing lush soundscapes throughout their songs. The band’s name comes from Sonic the Hedgehog’s debug code: Up C Down C Left Right A+Start. I guess no one told them they didn’t have to hit B and C.

Check out their official site and Myspace. The band is playing throughout England this summer, so if you’re a Brit, be sure to give them a listen.