Archive for the 'chip tune' Category

First, happy new year, everybody. I wish you all the best for 2007 and the years to come.
I ran into this while messing around with my Debian install on my laptop and thought you guys would like it. Kohina is an internet radio station dedicated to computer music, with servers in Europe and the US. […]

I have a confession to make, this is an old podcast. But it was brought to my attention today on Small World Podcast. The episode, which originally aired on solipsistic NATION, goes into a bit of the history of chip tunes and synths.
Chiptune is music written in sound formats where the sounds are synthesized by […]

You guessed it, more Christmas music is here. Check out the release on Candy Mind. There is noise!
From the site:
For the first time ever the Candy Mind crew stands back to let Peppermint Pony and Bubblegum Octopus present their second Christmas compilation, featuring 24 artists and their view of what a perfect Christmas sounds like.

There are four new releases on the 8bitpeoples label. Go get them while they’re fresh. Each of the releases have a nice unique sound, so a download or two is definitely recommended. I am really enjoying She’s release, Pioneer. Here is a list of the new releases:

Coleco Music - Confessions in a Chatroom (8BP067)
Psilodump - […]

(photo taken from pixelefx.com)
News straight from the Lovely ComputeHer’s blog: there is an interview of her on PixelEFX. No catchy headlines here, just a good interview about her music and what she has planned as well as some personal questions. I think we can all agree, The best part has got to be her Gameboy […]

VH1 Game Break interviews the popular group YMCK: You Only Live Twice: Adventures in Game Culture. They discuss the usuals, what they like, how they got into it and the scene in Japan.
These guys are very talented, doing more than just make 8-bit music. They also DJ, remix, video, visuals, code plug-ins, and make music […]

8bit Peoples released their 50th album today, 8BP050. Technically this is not their 50th album released, but hey it is still a big deal. That’s because this two CD album contains works from 50 different chip tune producers! Go and preview all the tunes before you buy. In addition to that, a third “bonus disc” […]

Here is a neat video of a Nintendo DS being used as a MIDI controller, EFX board, and a sound module! It also has hardware support for Gameboy sound emulation. Awesome home-brew stuff here.

I can definitely see this taking off.

Yeah as if it was not annoying enough, here is some more Christmas tunes for you guys, just in 8 bit form from ComputeHer and 8 Bit Weapon. Check out the IGN page with the download links. Check it out.

Or just can’t get enough?
Here is a very nice discography of the 8 Bit Peoples label with links to the mp3, most of them released under a Creative Commons license. Along with the mp3s are the album covers for you to print out. Nice! They are small but still complete pixel art, so you can […]