- YM2151Shield http://www.ooishoo.org/ym2151shield #
- A new ST-release from Syntax: http://dhs.nu/news.php?t=single&ID=695 #
- Nice 64 Speech Synth Roundup – http://chipmusic.org/forums/post/24338/#p24338 #
- Rob Hubbard’s music driver (C64) http://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/1488/rob-hubbards-music-driver-c64/ #
- Everdrive MD Flash Cart for SMS/MD/Genesis: http://store.kitsch-bent.com/product/sega-megadrive-genesis-flash-cart-with-sd-mmc #
- RT: @bleepstreet:Get Ur Bleep On <— La Belle Indifference just arrived in Beatport !!! http://bit.ly/cv5Dy2 #
- RT @dixie_nyu Revive the 8-bit game aesthetic AND fight malaria! The Playpower Hour is ON. Room 101. playpower.org #g4cfest10 #g4c #
- RT: @plgDavid: .plan (audio version) http://ploguechipsounds.blogspot.com/2010/05/plan-audio-version.html #
- Diskmags on Motherboard.tv: http://www.motherboard.tv/2010/5/26/diskmags-what-digital-journalism-looked-like-before-the-internet #
- And the Rhizome article we missed: http://rhizome.org/editorial/3520 #
- Last Armageddon, Famicom – 1990 http://pixelstyle.tumblr.com/post/635056154/last-armageddon-famicom-1990 #
Tag: BLEEPSTREET
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TCTD Links for 2010-05-26
- Winner of the SEGA Music Competition: Rush Coil: http://little-scale.blogspot.com/2010/05/winner-of-sega-music-competition.html #
- When chiptheft goes commercial: http://chipflip.wordpress.com/2010/05/25/oh-no-another-plagiarism/ #
- IWADON release set for July 23, 2010 http://bit.ly/9gMiNL #
- RT @tweetmeme I made a 28steps path from remote to trash80 #6dobs http://bit.ly/bMC63H #
- RT: @bleepstreet: Presents Diamonds & Dynamite, our aspiring bleepman candidate from the UK! http://bit.ly/bPe2hk #
- RT: @littlegptracker: New Hexawe compo: Deadline 21/6 http://bit.ly/ciqEQD #
- RT: @firebrandboy: My interview with On the Radar is online now http://bit.ly/9OO5i3 (@radar_scotsman) #
- RT: @Shocklee: 8-bit heroes: Ars explores the resurgence of pixel art http://ow.ly/1Powk #art #
- The chipflip chiptheft post just got more interesting: http://chipflip.wordpress.com/2010/05/25/oh-no-more-plagiarisms/ #
- sadnes – Sophie’s Basement – 052210 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaZcWxB0940 #
- And his wicked game cover: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am2ii340rWk #
- West Coast Wigout Announced: http://gamemusic4all.com/wordpress/event-calendar/west-coast-wigout-2-e3-show-gallery-nucleus-061510-2/ #
- RIP Midway. #
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La Belle Indifference – Get Ur Bleep On
La Belle Indifference are a duo from Copenhagen with two gameboys and one drum-machine. BLEEPSTREET Records presents their first digital EP release in true chip-stereo. Feel the new sound of lo-fi bitpop. Among their influences they list artists such as Lionel Richie, Kevin Blechdom, Steely Dan, ZZ Top, Dizzee Rascal, Barry Manilow, Tupac, Kraftwerk, David Hasselhoff & Rod Stewart.
via BLEEPSTREET Records
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TCTD Links for 2010-05-19
- Ok we are back.. but lost a few days news.. If your item is missing kindly resubmit! #
- RT: @gamesetwatch: SK8-bit http://bit.ly/bdYtyr #
- RT @chip_music: ChipMusic.org has a NSF player! Go upload or listen to a NSF! #
- RT: @firebrandboy: Uploaded my new track to #8bc http://is.gd/cdsrX #
- RT: @bleepstreet: \\\ La Belle Indifference – Dr. Ziltch ( Dr. Von Pnok ChipHall-Mix)… http://bit.ly/b3OKwR #
- Interview with Dr. Octoroc. https://web.archive.org/web/20160729160643/http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=9030497 #
- The Depreciation Guild Spirit Youth Reviewed: http://www.exclaim.ca/musicreviews/latestsub.aspx?csid1=143&csid2=870&fid1=46561 #
- #whyilovethetank Hanging with dragons, eagle eyeing minors, power cycling blown tweeters, blipping to packed houses and empty rooms TCTD<3 #
- Boston Chip acts profiled: http://www.breakthruradio.com/index.php?show=10306 #
- TCTD Frontpage logo has a nice update for summer fun. Thanks Keff! #
- SP Prosound is not so much about the sound, but obviating an adapter: #
- RT @speccynews Ziggy, new emulator for Windows featuring accurate multicolour and ULAplus support: #
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A lil chat with BLEEPSTREET
BLEEPSTREET the label founded by Johan Kotlinski and reborn as a digital netlabel late last year is back with a new release from La Belle Indifference, “Get Ur Bleep On”
Label head Daniel F. Wehleit sat down with our inbox and answered a few questions about BLEEPSTREET and their mission in bringing chip sounds to the masses.
TCTD: How did the decision to revive BLEEPSTREET come about?
Daniel: It was late 2007 after returning from a gig in Copenhagen with Goto80 & Stu at the 8bit Klubben party, I was performing live as Computadora with Dr.Drama on visuals, after that gig it just felt right for all of us to start a label together centered on the 8bit sound.
After pondering for a few weeks we wondered what Johan Kotlinski was doing with Bleepstreet, it came out that he didn’t have the time to continue with it so we just paid him a few million dollars for the company and in return he sent us a blue package with 42 vinyls. That’s how we started… shortly after, we gathered a small team and we started planning in a semi-chaotic way from a small room in Berlin. We all met again in spring 2008 and we started to prepare the relaunch of Bleepstreet that finally happened last October.
TCTD: What do you feel is the role of a commercial label in supporting and developing chip artists, who commonly release their material for free?
We wouldn’t call ourselves a commercial label because we are a small label, but yeah we use a traditional record label model and we now have a global digital distribution deal. We still think netlabels are a great way for artists to distribute their music but we feel that a better way to develop our artists is by distributing their music through commercial channels.
TCTD: What are some of the challenges in marketing chip music to the masses?
Bleepstreet is an electronic music label with roots in the classic C64 & Amiga scenes, so the spirit is all about using homemade software, data-hacking on old home computers and so on, but the sound is not only about chip music, it is also about electro, techno and crazy data pop. Some of the early Bleepstreet stuff was made on Amiga and doesn’t sound like chip style at all, we want to continue working under that concept and to explore the use of chip music as an element and not as a whole.
BLEEPSTREET has many exciting releases in the pipeline. Check out the official BLEEPSTREET site for more information about the label and its artists.