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.