Category: Chipmusic

Toons from various consoles.

  • Battle of the Bits proud to present Winter Chip IV

    winter-chip-iv_coverBattle of the Bits proud to present Winter Chip IV
    BotB and it’s resident BotBrs invites any and all to participate, listen and/or vote in BotB’s fourth annual Winter Chip competition.  As always, this year’s compo has added even more chiptune formats totalling at a balmy sixteen.  That’s right!!  16 different ways to share yer skillz in chip.  Each participant can submit an entry to each category if their heart so desires.
    Submission Deadline :: March 9th
    Voting will follow for ten days.
    Categories this year are :: heart-magic, brain-tech, bleep-squeeze, deep-tweak & oh-noes-my-pants!
    Results will be posted March 20.
    This is the first competition to be hosted by BotB’s new engine.  Over six months ago a great effort was initiated by lead developer puke7 to give BotB an actual framework to stand on.  This has successfully brought about reducing database call redundancies, decreasing load times, and making BotB not a complete pain in the ass to update.  All code was started from scratch again.  Old site features are still springing up.
    All n00bz!! =D/
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  • Chip o Muerte: 56KBPS launches

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    News from an interesting new Latin American Chip collective. Homeless Ninja Robots writes on teh 8BC:

    Here comes a new challenger: 56KBPS, a latinamerican chiptune netlabel, we are launching our site just today, and it’s packed with releases from mexican and brazilian artists:

    -Bon (LSDJ, Guitars, Vox)
    -Homeless Ninja Robots (NES)
    -pulselooper (LSDJ)
    -TheTheThes (Trippy-H)

    We focus on real hardware rather than software or emulation, and we dont promote just music, but plastic arts and literature as well.

    There are pending releases from:
    -Tigerchip
    -PopcornKid
    -Play Ninja Bit
    -Kealkowa

    Their ideological commitment to authenticity is bold, considering the difficulties people have obtaining hardware in Latin American countries. The basic democracy of chip music is that if you have a machine that can access the Internet, you have 100% of the tools you need to make a chip music song.

    This is an overwhelmingly positive development for introducing young and new voices to the international stage.

    But then again, one could make the argument that a limitation like hardware only will filter output to showcase the true heads and those who REALLY want to do it. The Price of democracy is that it becomes as easy to create and promote garbage as it is to promote brilliance.

    It will also be interesting to see how the collective promotes arts and literature, as chip music seems to have a tough time interacting with other aspects of the arts community.

    Anyways it will take me a few days to absorb all these releases, but this can only be good for the burgening Latin American chip music community.

  • Fatal Snipe “Fellowship” out on Ubiktune

    ubi006Ubiktune has forwarded us news of another release :

    For over the decade Fatal Snipe was bringing hard and powerful sound reaching the very limits of AY soundchip. “Fellowship” is the collection of the greatest Snipe’s hits consist of 7 all-time majors and 2 previously unreleased pieces (“Invitation” and “Fellowship (feat. Ahim)”). As a bonus there are guest remix of “Nothing 4 Stress” by Subway Funk and the short live record from Mogilev Breakdance festival.

    Great sound design and musicality, a good release to get you in the mood for the weekend. With this and their recent Stu Release, ubiktune is off to a great 2009.

  • Offworld on “The Lost Levels”

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    Have to agree that track 3 on their myspace is a much better track.  For the rest think 8bit hot chip esque white funk.

  • 8bitpeoples looking for Interns

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    This will be your actual workstation. Now with Slip/PPP!

    8bitpeoples seeks an intern to assist with day-to-day operations.
    From releasing music both physically and online, to spearheading the Pulsewave event series and the annual Blip Festival, 8bitpeoples’ activites have expanded and we could use another pair of capable hands to assist.

    Tasks include:
    • order fulfillment & shipping
    • communication with customers, vendors, and artists
    • assisting with event planning & logistics, both in NYC and elsewhere
    • website assistance & upkeep

    Past experience preferred but not essential; familiarity with the chipmusic scene and enthusiasm for moving it forward is a must.
    Time commitment: about 10-12 hours weekly, on-site in midtown Manhattan. Starts a.s.a.p.

    Interested parties, please send a brief e-mail to internships[at]8bitpeoples[dot]com detailing why you’d be a good fit. Include resume only if relevant.

    Thanks!