diff --git a/news/2024/2024-02-03-new-featured-artist-rocket-start.md b/news/2024/2024-02-03-new-featured-artist-rocket-start.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..d6cd814f8dcf --- /dev/null +++ b/news/2024/2024-02-03-new-featured-artist-rocket-start.md @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: "New Featured Artist: Rocket Start" +date: 2024-02-03 18:00:00 +0000 +--- + +There's a pun here about **Rocket Start** launching their career in our Featured Artists, but we'll let you work out the details. + +![](https://assets.ppy.sh/artists/400/header.jpg) + +Anyone who grew up with Nintendo will find something recognisable in **Rocket Start**'s sound. Inspired by video game soundtracks and a bunch of EDM artists like [Tokyo Machine](https://osu.ppy.sh/beatmaps/artists/276), [Nitro Fun](https://osu.ppy.sh/beatmaps/artists/299), and [S3RL](https://osu.ppy.sh/beatmaps/artists/9), **Rocket Start** is the mind behind a slurry of top-tier tracks. + +As of today, those tracks are officially part of osu!. + +**5** happy hardcore/electro house/upbeat bass tunes can be found on [**Rocket Start**'s Featured Artist listing](https://osu.ppy.sh/beatmaps/artists/400), all of which are pre-timed and *not* pre-mapped (that's your job). + +*Elite Storyboarder* [Shmiklak](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/5504231) gathered some mappers to create a map of [Sushi Blast](https://osu.ppy.sh/beatmapsets/2069690) for this announcement. Take a peek at that and everything else: + +