0x7f, 8 Bit, 8 Bit Weapon, Anamanaguchi, Aonami, Bacalao, Bit Shifter, Bubblyfish, Bud Melvin, Burnkit 2600, Covox, Depreciation Guild, eat_rabbit, firestARTer, Glomag, gwEm and Counter Reset, Hally, Hey Kid,Nice Robot, Ladybug, M-.-n, Bud Melvin, Minusbaby, Neotericz, Nullsleep, Overthruster, Psilodump, Receptors, Role Model, Shrimps, Sidabitball, Stacy Superstix, David E Sugar, TB, Treewave, Voicegirl, Herbert Weixelbaum, Oliver Wittchow. Art by Bacalao, Mommy Was an Asteroid, Otromatic & Poke 1170 from The C-men
* EXCLUSIVE 12INCH SINGLE OUT NOW! * 15 TRACK CD OUT NOW!
on ASTRALWERKS.
"People grew up immersed in this stuff – that 8-bit, blippy sound speaks to them on a deep level. It’s taking back a pure and total part of our childhood and turning it into something crazy and new" – Mike Rosenthal, artistic director, Blip Festival, NYC in XLR8R magazine, November 2006
A labor of love, many years in the making, Astralwerks is pleased to present a various artist covers compilation, featuring interpretations of classic Kraftwerk songs, arranged primarily on lo-bit handheld gaming devices, vintage video game consoles and obsolete 8 bit home computers, revered for the rich and distinctive sound of their lo-bit microchips. This video game-influenced branch of electronic music, sometimes referred to as ‘chiptune’, ‘bitpop’ or just ‘8-bit’, has developed a flourishing international live scene, and is one of the first new genres of music to use the internet to its fullest advantage, with the advent of home-brewed synth cartridges and hacker influenced musical tools.
As one of the New York chip artists Glomag said in a 2004 Art Forum interview, "We've made Kraftwerk's phrase 'I'm the operator with my Pocket Calculator' more apt than ever”.
Conceived and compiled by long-time electronic artist and 8-bit composer Jeremy Kolosine(a.k.a. Receptors), the 8-BIT OPERATORS collection features some of the top 8-bit artists from North America, South America and Europe, a selection of the best musical innovators, and several of the inventors themselves.
01. Bacalao - The Robots (Die Roboter) - Switzerland
02. Glomag - Pocket Calculator - USA
03. Covox - Computer Love - Sweden
04. Role Model - Showroom Dummies - Sweden
05. Nullsleep - The Model - USA
06. David E. Sugar – Radioactivity - UK
07. Oliver Wittchow – Kristallo - Germany
08. 8-Bit Weapon – Spacelab - USA
09. firestARTer - Computer World (Computerwelt) - Germany
10. Neotericz - Electric Café - Argentina
11. Receptors - Trans Europe Express - USA
12. Herbert Weixelbaum – Tanzmusik - Austria
13. Bubblyfish - It's More Fun To Compute - USA
14. Bit Shifter – Antenna - USA
15. gwEm and Counter Reset - The Man-Machine (Die Mensch-Maschine) - UK
OUT NOW ! 8-BIT OPERATORS T-SHIRTS! ( Poke's 'AvatariBahn' silk-screen on black, blue or burgundy red Haines Beefy T!) $19.95 includes FREE shipping worldwide.
FREE BUTTONS with every T-Shirt order!
by Otro & Poke!
OTHER UPCOMING RELEASES :
8-BIT OPERATORS : "WANNA HLD YR HANDHELD" 8-Bit Beatles Covers album !! Stay Tuned!
SHOWS:
see above and the artist's pages for more UPCOMING SHOWS and other live info.
