At this point, there are enough chiptune Christmas songs out there to reclassify this as a sub-genre. Santacore? Jes-mo?
All jokes aside, Pixelmod Records has released an excellent little package to put you in the holiday spirit. 17 glorious songs from the likes of Goto80, 8BitWeapon, little-scale and more! The artwork is cuter than a puppy wrapped in a box under the tree and there’s even an interactive HTML Advent Calendar!
Get the goodies here!
After what seemed like an internet eternity (like 3 months?), the netlabel/posse 8bitpeoples are back in a big way with two (2) new releases from Nullsleep and minusbaby to whet your appetite for their imminent Blip.08 performances. Get them here.
In 2005, Bud Melvin contributed a cover of the Goldeneye theme to the now-defunct, Chicago-based recordlabel/magazine/collective, Terry Plumming. All issues and their corresponding music discs have been recently archived online. Check out issue #5:TINA for this marvelous Bud Melvin rarity.
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