Divag's first 8bitpeoples release is an innocent and refreshing Game Boy romp from start to finish. Listening to his Gameboy Tunes, it quickly becomes clear that this French chiptune rocker is pouring his heart out into his music. Experiencing the excitement you still had for things when you were a child, dreaming of fighting ninjas and big bosses, showing off your superpowers and not having a care in the world ... These are the things that Divag makes us think about with his debut release. The first of what we hope are many still to come.
The debut release from Amor Antiquita offers up six exquisite experiments in melody and harmony. Making use of both SID and NES soundsets within its framework, the album contains a wealth of both flagellant and comforting sounds. Each track has been carefully crafted for optimum listening pleasure, and may cause involuntary tapping of the foot, bouncing of the knee, and in extreme cases possible loss of bladder control.
Mesu is back and you're probably wondering what manner of chip-twisting electro weirdness he's bringing this time. Belle Isle Raceway is an homage to the now defunct Detroit Island, known for the oldest aquarium in the US and home to social gatherings of all types for many many generations. Italodisco fused with lo-fi funk bounces you along through most of the tracks, with Mesu's signature sounds of arpeggiated resonance there to guide you as always of course. In Belle Isle's future you might imagine a race of sorts ... blistering through the wasteland and shredding through the stratos. That just might be what it will look like, and this just might be what it will sound like.
Random's 8bitpeoples debut EP is a journey through emotions, melodies and rhythms. His simple but accurate style hits you with a tremendous Game Boy power - from the underwater adventure of "Searching for Atlantis" to the painful dream of "Grey Love" and the fragrance of spring expressed in "Nightflower". Random is surely one of the brightest young rising stars of the Game Boy scene. Chip dance boost! The path may be full of struggles, but in the end it's all very simple ... it's going to be a happy ending after all.
These modules are a complete defragmentation of my system.From the second I became self-aware my sensory units were bombarded with stimuli. To categorize and label these I devised a temporary subprogram to aid me in this process.I called it Shawl. The stream of input caused Shawl to expand continously. Eventually she grew beyond her preset parameters and bad blocks started appearing. I had to address this. Defrag is a year of processing human culture and emotions.To create my own expression.
The X-Dump are no strangers to 8bitpeoples. Two of their most dangerous members, Paza and Psilodump, have already displayed their ancient and majestic chip-skills in a pair of chart-topping releases for us. But this is it! The first full-scale attack of The X-Dump ninja collective, striking right at our black heart! Out of a cold, cold land come Skruvmejsel, Lithis, Din Stalker, and Dorothy's Magic Bag, joining up with Paza and Psilodump to once again make their machines sing and show you who is really boss!
The debut 8bitpeoples release from the legendary Johan "Role Model" Kotlinski, GameBoy programming god, the author of LSDJ,badass Amiga musician and generally one of the nicest guys ever around. Originally released on 3" CD on the fantastic Retinascan label, we are proud to provide 6 of his most classy dance hits for your enjoyment. Rock it!
Non-stop beats and tranced rhythms span all that is Nestek. From the tekked out Connekt and tranced up Way of The Highway, to the peaking Terminal On City and uberfunky Nestek, x|k pushes a single Nintendo Entertainment System to the edge of reason equipped only with Midines as his portal into the lower levels of the 2A03 multiverse.
In the spirit of synthpop and italodisco, Twilight Electric would like to invite you to dance to a brighter future. As Paul Mazzolini of Gazebo once said, "I lived my life on a razor blade. I never found escape in my empty shade." Feel the fresh beats and powerful synths. Escape the here and now - cut through to the future with Razor Blades!
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