8 Bit music

2012 Blip Festival schedule posted; Idiot Glee is here; Starscream playing Shea Stadium, changing name to Infinity Shred

Thrift-store electronics collide with dancefloor sensibilities as Blip Festival makes its long-awaited return to New York City. Produced by 8bitpeoples in association with The Tank and Live Nation, the Blip Festival 2012 finds Manhattan once again at the center of the chipmusic universe…

pics from Datapop 3 (a SXSW celebration of 8-bit music)

Ary Warnaar, guitarist for the New York chiptunes band Anamanaguchi, famously described 8-bit music as “the punk of electronic music.” It was hard to dispute that claim as Datapop 3…

2009 Blip Fest lineup & schedule -- music, films & workshops

REFORMAT THE PLANET is a feature length documentary which delves into the movement known as chip tunes, a vibrant underground scene based around creating new, original music using old video game hardware…

(an early) HOLIDAY MP3 MIX (to you, from brooklynvegan)

01. Parenthetical Girls – If it’s a time for Christmas (2:46) 02. Ween – Silent Night (1:40) 03. Andrew Dost (Anathallo) – Yeah, I Know, It’s Christmastime (2:04) 04…