Chiptune articles

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  Super music bros: 'World 1-2' is an all-star collection of gaming's best musicians

  By Andrew Webster on April 23, 2013 12:30 pm + 10 comments

  "I'm just a video game music fanboy from Kuwait," Mohammed Taher tells The Verge. "This wasn't Continue reading…

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  Chiptune meets 4chan: Anamanaguchi vomits the 90s in its new 'Meow' video

  By Justin Rubio on January 9, 2013 03:14 pm + 33 comments

  Anamanaguchi, the chiptune band responsible for the Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game Continue reading…

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  Commodore 64 transformed into hybrid bass keytar

  By Louis Goddard on July 9, 2012 08:21 am + 7 comments

  The Commodore 64 has long been a staple of the chiptune and circuit bending scenes, but it's not Continue reading…

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  'Sword and Sworcery' remix album 'The Scythian Steppes' is now available

  By Sam Byford on June 20, 2012 10:40 pm + 8 comments

  If you've worn out the grooves on Jim Guthrie's fantastic soundtrack for Superbrothers: Sword and Continue reading…

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  PBS 'Off Book' looks at the influence of 8-bit games on art and culture

  By Andrew Webster on June 14, 2012 10:46 am + 4 comments

  You don't need to have grown up during the golden years of the NES and Atari to understand the Continue reading…

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  8-bit umbrella prototype makes music out of raindrops

  By Aaron Souppouris on June 2, 2012 03:11 pm + 12 comments

  German developer and musician Alice Zeppa has created an umbrella that detects rainfall and turns it Continue reading…

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  A chat with Omodaka, Blip Festival's masked master of futuristic A/V kabuki theater

  By Joshua Kopstein on May 31, 2012 12:41 pm + 1 comments

  Since 2001, Terada Soichi has been the enigmatic architect behind Omodaka, a potent mixture of Continue reading…

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  Radiohead's 'OK Computer' and 'Kid A' get an 8-bit reimagining

  By Sam Byford on May 21, 2012 10:53 pm + 33 comments

  YouTube user QuintonSung has seemingly one goal in life — to reinvent Radiohead's Continue reading…

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  Blip Festival 2012 lineup to include George & Jonathan, Bit Shifter, Omodaka, and more

  By Joshua Kopstein on April 3, 2012 03:14 pm + 6 comments

  In preparation for its upcoming 3-day event in May, Blip Festival has announced a partial lineup of Continue reading…

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  Da Chip releases second album of Daft Punk chiptune covers, streams it free online

  By Jamie Keene on February 22, 2012 08:47 am + 36 comments

  Creative collective Da Chip has released volume two of its chiptune compilation of Daft Punk covers, Continue reading…