By Peter Swimm, on April 30th, 2009  Via bad babelfishing:
????????? The first listen,
? ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? “Famicompo mini”???K->?????Self Control (K-> Remix)????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????Time Passed Me By (Kyonomori Remix)???????????? The label of France produced the first demo song, one of the pioneers of Japanese overseas for his release, and online competition “Famicompo mini” hosted by “K->” from the Self Control (K-> Remix) , to ensure the sound quality NES, leading to strong acoustic chiptune simulate the acoustic sound and electronic sound environment “??Keishiro Owl” by the Time Passed Me By (Kyonomori Remix), It is up to!
Indeed! I am not sure if I am ready for a world where chip and vocaloid intermingle so shamelessly (that slut!). Decide for yoruself on the new VORC RECORDS Myspacepageface.
By Peter Swimm, on April 30th, 2009 Missed this from earlier in the week, but GM4A has interviewed the II Netlabel. Some choice excerpts:
When you started your label, what were your initial goals and ideas for what you wanted out of your site?
R: We initially wanted Pause to be a team of musicians who exclusively released all of their music on Pause, essentially to use the site as a homepage on the web. It was going to be the place for this small group of artists to have all their music either available or linked to, blogs, and all sorts of information that people might care about. Ultimately we decided to go for a broader variety of releases and pass on the team idea, at least for the time being.
E: The idea was that we’d get more exposure if we made one website instead of as individuals. As Pause grows we get new ideas and set new goals. I guess now one of the main goals would be to find ways to generate some income, so we can treat our fans to more merchandise, gigs and what not. But for the time being, Pause is still just on the hobby level.
By Peter Swimm, on April 30th, 2009 Rugar is apparently behind this new NSF A DAY blog. From the about:
Every night, NES Gorilla runs cron so as to generate new NSFs for your pleasure.
Hey.. its at least better than half of whats on the 8BC front page :p.
By Peter Swimm, on April 30th, 2009 Chipflip tackles the tangled family tree of circuit bending. He writes:
But I also think that chipmusic and demoscene practitioners could learn a lot from the conceptual and noisy ways of sound art and circuit bending/”building”. It is funny how circuit bending, chip music, and the demoscene is sometimes presented as related to each other, even though they are so different. Chip music is (too often) about 4/4 happy bleep pop and using default samples of LSDJ. Demoscene music is (too often) about perfectionism and competition. Circuit bending is (too often) about tech-concepts and predictable noise.
Yea I have to say my favorite musical acts tend to be the artists that transcend the obvious ironies inherent in their platforms and become figures greater than their platforms. Think of People like Dan Deacon, Little-Scale, or Depreciation Guild. Once you make the journey into the world, and get over the novelty at the end of the day, you still have to create captivating and interesting music and art.
By Peter Swimm, on April 30th, 2009  8Bit today has a great interview with pixel pusher Helm. As with previous profiles, Sander gets deep into the philosophy and techniques of the artists he interviews.
An excerpt:
To make a more specific statement I’ll say that pixel art teaches the visual artist to respect the the foundational elements of their chosen genre of work. In pixel art you cannot go any smaller than a single pixel, and so anything you compose has to be made from this finite element, the atom of the digital display. Of course that’s all barring messing with cathode ray tubes in old televisions that displayed pixel art which could do half pixels and less (this inexact realm actually annoys me to think about and I’m very happy the high-tech digital displays of today show a single pixel in all its crisp and lucid beauty). This might seem like a limitation to the beginning artist, but I’ve found that too much freedom makes the artist fear their medium. If you can do anything, where do you start? Limitations breed innovations.
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