Comments on: More 8-bit music?

Question: More 8-bit music?

mcsweetie — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 16:02:16 -0800

Request for music recommendations! I'm looking for more music similar to Beck's Hell Yes EP and bands like Treewave and old school Nintendo music, but not campy "hey, I sampled a video game!" type stuff like Richard D. James's Powerpill Pacman. You know, stuff that's true to the SID chip and isn't kitschy and maybe has some vocals. Whacha got?

By: Captaintripps

Captaintripps — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 16:11:37 -0800

I'm not sure if it's what you're looking for, but The Minibosses are the best in contemporary Nintendo music "covers." Their version of the music from Metroid is supremo.

By: Robot Johnny

Robot Johnny — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 16:15:05 -0800

8 Bit Peoples is pretty fun, and you can download all their stuff from their site.

Their Christmas album is particularly fun.

By: neustile

neustile — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 16:20:28 -0800

Join micromusic.net and you'll be fed for years and years...

By: cmonkey

cmonkey — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 16:34:32 -0800

Trash80, maybe?

By: cmonkey

cmonkey — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 16:40:33 -0800

Minusbaby is also pretty neat.

By: omnidrew

omnidrew — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 16:51:25 -0800

Check out the Super Madrigal Brothers.

By: Pretty_Generic

Pretty_Generic — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 16:52:35 -0800

Enjoy Mark VII.

By: picea

picea — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 16:52:45 -0800

I haven't heard too much of them, but what I've heard is good. Check out The Advantage.

By: .kobayashi.

.kobayashi. — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 16:53:32 -0800

Blip Bleep: Soundtracks to Imaginary Video Games. Ta da.

By: Jairus

Jairus — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 17:27:57 -0800

If you like the SID, you'll like Tarmvred - Viva 6581, which is a tribute to the Sidstation's MOS6581 chip.

By: neckro23

neckro23 — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 17:38:26 -0800

Mark VII is fantastic. Tarmvred I enjoy a lot as well, but it's quite noisy stuff.

I'd also recommend Little Computer People (somewhat Kraftwerky), if you can find it.

By: fionab

fionab — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 17:59:36 -0800

My Robot Friend?

By: Wolfdog

Wolfdog — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 18:37:49 -0800

386DX.

By: paulrockNJ

paulrockNJ — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 19:45:36 -0800

Mixel Pixel. I haven't heard much of them, but they might fit the bill.

By: box

box — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 20:49:58 -0800

Seconding the Minusbaby and 8bitpeoples. You might also enjoy some of the Ninja Tune stuff, though it's not precisely what you're looking for.

By: jtron

jtron — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 23:56:50 -0800

DesertPlanet.com is the name of a band that fits this bill.

And there's a Massive SIDplay Party Mix available over at Tigerbeat6 that is good and groovy all the way through.

By: hartsell

hartsell — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 08:16:42 -0800

Good recommendations... But let me add RATATAT to the list (mp3/review). They do SID + guitars in a hip-hop style. No vocals, but not strictly synth, and easy on the ears.

By: squidlarkin

squidlarkin — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 08:26:46 -0800

YMCK. Aside from the breathy Japanese vocals, I'm pretty sure all their sounds were sampled from the SID. Catchy as hell.

By: squidlarkin

squidlarkin — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 08:28:19 -0800

Correction: sampled from the Famicom. Your post had me confused.

By: Katemonkey

Katemonkey — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 12:33:21 -0800

I keep on mentioning them, but I gotta do it again.

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