Comments on: Chiptune Rockstars: Videos from Blip 08, And What You Can Learn From the 8-Bit Scene

By: cyr3n

cyr3n — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 09:58:11 +0000

Chiptunes are hot and they’re created/enjoyed worldwide. Although this article focuses on the NYC crew there are a growing number of European artists who also tour.

To hear more chiptunes, hit up 8bitfm.com
..its a streaming radio station where people can make requests. Also swing by Pulsewave (if you live in NYC) its a cozy monthly chiptune venue. 8bitfm.com has a party calendar that shows events going on worldwide. Viva la chiptune!

By: Akira

Akira — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:41:04 +0000

Completely agreed with Goto80!

By: Salud

Salud — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:49:02 +0000

Chip music was a *turn-on* when it came out the C64 becuz u cud ROLL YER OWN baby. And it’s a GAS hearing it come round again. SALUD@

By: goto80

goto80 — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 10:19:57 +0000

this is a nice article, but please please – chip music is not all about new york and gameboys! there was a “global scene” long before this: the demoscene and micromusic.net. while i can understand that this is not relevant in this post, or in documentaries focusing on NYC (hehe), saying that the scene is global because NYC-people tour gives the wrong idea.

i think chip music has all to gain from some proper criticism. while we can use the DIY-buzzwords (subversing limitations of commodities, using the obsolete, openness) to get attention, most chip-people seem to be just downloading and running software. musically, there is far too many people that get away with bad music because it is made with a gameboy. it is just as bad as polishing up bad songs with mega-production, right? some listeners wouldn’t like the composition if it wasn’t made with squarewaves. chiptune has gotten a face and a sound (sometimes even a history), and it’s called gameboy pop.

hmm, this is a really bitchy comment. :) sorry to ruin christ’s mess! i agree that other ‘genres’ have lots to learn from chipmusicians, and you pinpoint them down pretty well! and also, i think a list of what has came to be the fringe of chip music, is a very good idea! i am doing similar efforts over at chipflip. there is people exploring sound chips and really incorporating it in the process of making and performing music.

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By: rhowaldt

rhowaldt — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:27:36 +0000

i think DJ Scotch Egg is the master of chiptunes. or of the gameboy. or not. i don’t know. but i’ve seen him live on lowlands festival (NL) and it was one of the sweetest things i have ever seen. and i am still in doubt as to whether he was greater than Sigur Ros, who i saw the day after i think. check out youtube for some great backstage footage as well.
at the end of the show, he wanted to do a crappy ass casio-keyboard version of Jingle Bells (with christmas-hat on), and his casio-keyboard stopped working. after fiddling a little he decided it was not going to work again, so he started just singing ‘jingle bells’, and the entire crowd followed. it was great.

By: Downpressor

Downpressor — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:54:21 +0000

gwenhwyfaer,

Thats a whole one more than mine.

By: cobb

cobb — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:14:26 +0000

What artists did bubblyfish say her work was informed by?? i didn’t recog the names she mentions and am always on the hunt for new glitchy-ambient yummies.

By: zenzen

zenzen — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:38:55 +0000

Does the movement have rules about equipment and recording like, say, the “Dogme 95″ movement does for film? I loved the videos and the energy, above. The sounds reminded me of my beginnings in electronic music, MusiCalc on the Commodore64(!). Is it uncool/heretical to make chiptunes using SID-chip vsts?

By: Omar Morsy

Omar Morsy — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:48:57 +0000

@Peter Kin “â€œchiptunes for people who donâ€™t like them”

I found this mix by MENEO that could actually help : http://tinyurl.com/9n9h24

And by the way, they where a-m-a-z-i-n-g.
2 gusy full of raw energy. I have to say their electro dancehall style with Bowiesque vocals gave the crowd something to remember, besides their nude trademark!