Just added to the 8bitpeoples shop: acclaimed chipmusic documentary Reformat The Planet 2xDVD set, and Tristan Perich's second album-on-a-microchip, 1-Bit Symphony.

REFORMAT THE PLANET

Focusing on New York as a microcosm for a larger global movement, chipmusic documentary film Reformat the Planet maps out the genesis of the first annual Blip Festival, a four day celebration of over 30 international artists exploring the untapped potential of low-bit video game consoles. With floor-stomping rhythms and fist-pumping melodies, trailblazers of the chip music idiom descended upon Manhattan to pen a new chapter in the history of electronic music.



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TRISTAN PERICH: 1-BIT SYMPHONY

Tristan Perich's 1-Bit Symphony is an electronic composition in five movements on a single microchip. Though housed in a CD jewel case, 1-Bit Symphony is not a recording in the traditional sense; it literally "performs" its music live when turned on. A complete electronic circuit—programmed by the artist and assembled by hand—plays the music through a headphone jack mounted into the case itself.

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8bitpeoples is pleased to present the first in a monthly series of limited edition t-shirts designed by visualists on the chipmusic scene. This month's inaugural shirt is designed by 8GB and comes in your choice of CHARCOAL or ELITE RED. Only 25 shirts are available through 8bitpeoples, and once they are gone, they are gone for good.

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Blip Festival Tokyo is approaching! There is just over a month left until a seething mass of low-bit maniacs converges upon Koenji High in Tokyo, Japan to party for two days. The festival website has just been updated with additional information, including the performance schedule and ticket availability. Book your flights, prepare for ultimate victory.

Featuring performances by: 8GB, A.M.U, Bit Shifter, Goto80, Hally, Hip Tanaka. Ex, little-scale, M7Kenji, NO CARRIER, Nullsleep, Portalenz, Quarta330, Raquel Meyers, Sabrepulse, Saitone, Starpause, Stu, Trash80, and YMCK!

Visit http://tokyo.blipfestival.org for more details

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