8bitpeoples is an art collective centering around a love for, and a continued exploration of, the aesthetic of low-bit computing and gaming. Eschewing retro-fetishism in favor of forward-facing creative pursuits, where the adoption of forgotten technology is a deliberate aesthetic choice -- 8bitpeoples serves as a multimedia art collective, netlabel, "real" label, event curator / organizer, party-thrower, shit-kicker, and global subcultural hub, working to advance the efforts of musicians, sound artists, visual artists, and technology artists operating in these disciplines.
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Latest Releases
8BP087
Paza:
The Slaphappy Bee III EP
What is the difference between a modal and moduless window? Why do samuraj have long hair? Windows is so slow, but why? To slap happy bee, or not two III EP? That is the question! Teen Samurajs cutting hipster haircuts! The window of a chip, is in the whip of the hip. Never modulate the subconscious, beware of school. Provided with wings and/or antennae, unanimously, the bees agree, while hearing out these MP3s!
http://8bitpeoples.com/discography/8BP087
8BP086
Trash80:
Icarus
Dive onto the dance floor with a hybrid heart of NES bleeps and heavy beats. Trash80 has made his way back from exile with his long over due second EP Icarus – A modern chip-rock-techno-electro dance excursion. Push, climb, bite, crawl your way though the super galactic interstellar network of consciousness to rediscover one of next year's hottest releases to date.
http://8bitpeoples.com/discography/8BP086
8BP085
Firebrand Boy:
Songs for Cake
Firebrand Boy is Philip Cunningham. Since 2004, he has mashed up the sounds of a Game Boy, a Nintendo Entertainment System, a Commodore 64 and an Atari 7800 to create intelligent dance-pop with beautifully honed lyrics and vocals laced with vicious lashings of the guitar. Critically acclaimed as an unstoppable live act, Firebrand Boy is currently turning heads on the Scottish gig circuit, and is determined to take his brand of fired-up electronica-with-a-heat across the UK and beyond. Firebrand Boy gets the shakes if he does not eat enough, and his girlfriend thinks he is pretty high up on the autism spectrum. Somehow he's survived long enough for 8bitpeoples to release his long overdue Songs for Cake. Hopefully you'll survive listening to its silly pop charm.
http://8bitpeoples.com/discography/8BP085
8BP084
Yerzmyey:
FREAKuencies
It's a common misconception that ZX Spectrum 48K sound is generated solely by the Z80 chip, with the AY chip only being used by the more high-tech 128K models. This is not true. The first AY interfaces for 48K Speccys appeared around 1990. FREAKuencies was written entirely on the ZX Spectrum 48K (more specifically a Timex Computer 2048 - the American/Portuguese ZX48K clone) with AY interface. Sound-Tracker 1.1, a Polish music editor made especially for such configuration was used to create these chiptunes on a computer not much bigger than a calculator. Class is over, now go enjoy!
http://8bitpeoples.com/discography/8BP084
