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You can buy Mega-Ran´s new album RNDM via bandcamp for $10,99.

Press release:

Phoenix, Arizona – July 7, 2015 – Random Beats is pleased to announce the release of a new music video for “Your Favorite Song” from Mega Ran’s upcoming album, RNDM. The new album–one of his most ambitious to date–is set to release on September 15, 2015 and will feature “Mighty!,” a collaboration with legendary Mega Man composer Manami Matsumae which will be featured during the credits of COMCEPT’s highly-anticipated title, Mighty No. 9. Another collaboration track on the album will feature Castlevania composer Michiru Yamane.

To celebrate the release of RNDM in digital, CD, vinyl, and NES cartridge formats, COMCEPT is also providing the first 999 customers who pre-order the album a free download code for the Mighty No. 9 soundtrack:

Pre-order RNDM on Bandcamp

“This is a dream come true,” comments Ran. “I’ve been working hard to land a videogame placement, and for this one to be the one, with a game and creator that I’m so close to, so inspired by, this is such a storybook tale. I’m really fortunate and I hope this is the first of many.”

While fans wait for RNDM and the Mighty No. 9 soundtrack to drop, Mega Ran has released a music video for his catchy parody track, “Your Favorite Song,” which prominently features his modded Famicom console in action as Ran raps about writing the one-hit-wonder to rule them all. The smooth musical backing by Tunesmith is accented with 8-bit sound programming and at one point, Ran even makes use of the Famicom controller’s microphone to sing the enduring chorus section.

“Your Favorite Song” Music Video on YouTube

“I’ve been using the Famicom in live shows since 2014 and looking to showcase it more in video and production, and I felt a song like this was the perfect time,” notes Ran. “The RNDM album represents a growth from Random to Mega Ran, and along the way, realizing the beauty in simplicity, that’s what I wanted the first set of visuals to convey. Wait ’til you guys hear the rest.”

Catch Mega Ran this weekend at San Diego Comic Con where he will be performing as a part of the festivities with Nerdist Industries on Friday, July 10 at 8pm.

Keep up to date with Mega Ran and learn more about RNDM and his contribution to Mighty No. 9 on the Random Beats website:

Random Beats Official Website

About Mega Ran
When LA Weekly named Random aka Mega Ran one of “Five Artists Who Will Be Big in 2014,” Ran instantly took a photo of the article and made it his default picture on Facebook and Twitter.

“It wasn’t to brag,” he said, “It was to keep the pressure on myself… I wanted to see it every day.” Pressure is no new thing for a man who spent his days teaching middle school, his evenings grading papers, and his late nights rocking stages.

In the past five years, Mega Ran has managed to run through barriers like Mario with an invincibility star, from placing music in television and videogames to touring with acclaimed hip-hop stars and playing thousand-person festivals.

“I’m on a mission to help bring hip-hop into a new frontier,” he says. With an unprecedented licensing agreement with gaming giant CAPCOM, and constant appearances on a variety of sites like VICE, Nerdist, The Verge, The Source and Game Informer under his utility belt, the mission is fully underway.