Episodes
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Music Used:
- Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme
- Matthew Joseph Payne - Civil Disobedience is Civil Defense
Reference:
- Eliot Lash’s Visuals Setup - https://www.eliotlash.com/works/live-music-visuals
- Eliot Lash’s Game Music Visualizer - https://www.eliotlash.com/works/game-visualizer-1
- Max Capacity - https://linktr.ee/maxcapa.city
- Triggerboy - https://www.eliotlash.com/works/triggerboy
- Eliot Lash’s Games Portfolio - https://www.eliotlash.com/
- Tugboat (Jesse Novak) - https://archive.org/details/CDK030
- Slime Girls - https://slimegirls.bandcamp.com/album/as-if-youre-never-hurt
- Olde English - https://www.oldeenglish.org/
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Music Used:
Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme
dot.AY - Vibraslop
Reference:
- Square Sounds Melbourne - https://www.squaresoundsfestival.com/
- Karlheinz Stockhausen - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlheinz_Stockhausen
- Music Concrete - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musique_concrète](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musique_concr%C3%A8te)
- Henry Homesweet - https://x.com/henryhomesweet
- 10k Free Men and their Families/Tom Gilmore - http://10kfreemen.com/
- Girl Talk - https://www.girltalkmusic.com/
- Dan Deacon - https://dandeacon.com/
- Crystal Castles - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Castles
- Pictureplane - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pictureplane
- Kristy Dossor - [https://www.sifter.com.au/post/chiptune-is-an-instrument-not-a-genre-square-sounds-festival-2020](https://www.instagram.com/postitmandala/)
- Eugene Davoren-Britton - https://www.instagram.com/hyphencutlery/
- Little-scale - http://little-scale.blogspot.com/
- cTrix - https://ctrix.net/
- Sound Bytes - https://www.facebook.com/SoundBytesOz/
- Doshy - https://ra.co/dj/doshy
- Robert Parker - https://www.instagram.com/robertparkerofficial/?hl=en
- Tom Foolery and the Family Jewelry - https://tomfooleryandthefamilyjewellery.bandcamp.com/
- Jamatar - https://jamatar.bandcamp.com/
- Reception Festival - https://receptionfestival.com/
- Melbourne Chiptune Academy - https://chiptuneacademy.com.au/
- Avrilcadabra - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8OqqNTPR_s9TNIXiBZfOcg
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Missing episodes?
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Music Used:
Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme
Nestrogen - Making You Cry (feat. Dan Pantzig)
Reference:
- FL Studio - https://www.image-line.com/
- LSDJ - https://www.littlesounddj.com/lsd/index.php
- Famitracker - http://famitracker.com/
- Datathrash Recordings - https://datathrash.bandcamp.com/
- Cursed Hoof Studio - https://www.instagram.com/cursed_hoof_studio/
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Reference:
- The Blood Zone - https://thebloodzone.libsyn.com/
- Kitschfork - https://kitschfork.podbean.com/
- Meet Me In The Bathroom - https://www.harpercollins.com/products/meet-me-in-the-bathroom-lizzy-goodman
- OCRemix - https://ocremix.org/
- VGMix - https://vgmixarchive.com/
- MAGFest - https://www.magfest.org/
- Electronicon - https://knockdown.center/event/electronicon_2023/
- Equip - https://worldofequip.bandcamp.com/music
- Zan-zan-zawa-veia - https://zan-zan-zawa-veia.bandcamp.com/
- Problem Attic - https://lizryerson.itch.io/problem-attic
- Yume Nikki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yume_Nikki
- A Very Pokey Xmas - https://archive.org/details/pokey-xmas
- Let’s Play Life - https://ellaguro.blogspot.com/2024/03/lets-play-life.html
Music Used:
- Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme
- ella guro - Terrible Town
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Music Used:
Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme
Ultrasyd - Un croissant s'il vous plaît
(RIP Ultrasyd)
Reference:
- Bent Fest - https://twitter.com/bentfestival
- Chiptunes = Win - https://archive.org/details/chiptunes-win-discography-flac-lossless
- Kevin Saunderson - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Saunderson
- Juan Atkins - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Atkins
- Reel Big Fish - https://reel-big-fish.com/
- The Arrogant Sons of Bitches - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Arrogant_Sons_of_Bitches
- Bomb the Music Industry! - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomb_the_Music_Industry!
- Chipwrecked - [https://www.facebook.com/events/østerlars-bornholm-denmark/chipwrecked-chiptune-festival-2023/378372814467430/](https://www.facebook.com/events/%C3%B8sterlars-bornholm-denmark/chipwrecked-chiptune-festival-2023/378372814467430/)
- Infinity Shred - https://www.infinityshred.com/
- Anamanaguchi - https://anamanaguchi.com/
- Porter Robinson - https://porterrobinson.com/
- Bud Melvin - http://www.budmelvin.com/
- Tristan Perich - https://www.tristanperich.com/
- Depreciation Guild - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Depreciation_Guild
Episode Photo by Rick “Portroids” DeMint
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Music Used:
Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune theme
Boaconstructor - Ditch The Biscuit
Reference:
- Nanoloop - https://www.nanoloop.com/
- Ovenrake - https://ovenrake.bandcamp.com/
- Live Animals - https://weareliveanimals.bandcamp.com/
- Glooms/Turtlesaur - [https://gloomsmusic.bandcamp.com](https://gloomsmusic.bandcamp.com/)
- Electric Children/Circles - https://electricchildren8bit.bandcamp.com/
- Fighter X - https://fighterx.bandcamp.com/
- Piko Piko Detroit - https://pikopikodetroit.bandcamp.com/
- 8bitcollective - https://archive.org/details/Best_of_8_Bit_Collective-2006-2011
- TheBaseBit Recordings - https://thebasebitrecs.bandcamp.com/
- Pacific Noise Works - https://pacificnoiseworks.com/
- Square Sounds - https://www.squaresoundsfestival.com/
- Milano Chiptune Underground - https://www.facebook.com/MilanoChiptuneUnderground/
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Reference:
Eindbaas - https://eindbaas.org/
xyce - https://xyce.nl/
Men of Mega - https://menofmega.nl/
Superbyte Festival - https://ra.co/events/751982
Square Sounds - https://www.squaresoundsfestival.com/
Music Used:
Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme
RoccoW - Unbearable Thirst
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Reference:
Pulsewave - https://pulsewave.rip/
8bitcollective - https://archive.org/details/Best_of_8_Bit_Collective-2006-2011
Note! - https://note.bandcamp.com/
AdamGetsAwesome - https://archive.org/details/pax-2011-adam-gets-awesome-chiptune-concert
Chillbrave - https://chillbrave.bandcamp.com/
Music Used:
What Happened to Chiptune Theme - Space Town
GAMEFORM - Chillbrave
Portrait of Dannel Jurado by dr1p - https://dripontheinter.net/links
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Music used:
Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme
Dubmood - Solitude
Reference:
FastTracker 2 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FastTracker_2
Protracker - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protracker
Amiga - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga
Modarchive - https://modarchive.org/
Trax in Space - https://web.archive.org/web/20010418144833/http://www.traxinspace.com/
Rebels - Chipmusicdisk #1 - https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=3604, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSD8_C4cAHo
Schlager - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlager_music
Monotonik - https://www.simoncarless.com/monotonik-a-net-label-1996-200/
Micromusic - [micromusic.net](http://micromusic.net/)
Microdisko - https://www.discogs.com/fr/label/39227-Microdisko?page=1
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Music Used:
Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme
Nullsleep - Motion Map (Feel The Rhythm)
Reference:
8bitpeoples - https://www.8bitpeoples.com/
International Chiptune Resistance Tour - https://coolhunting.com/culture/the-internation/
Pulsewave -
Monotonik - https://www.simoncarless.com/monotonik-a-net-label-1996-200/
Micromusic - [micromusic.net](http://micromusic.net/)
VORC - http://www.vorc.org/
Blip Festival - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blip_Festival
M8 Tracker - https://dirtywave.com/products/m8-tracker
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Corrections: Micropalooza was actually started in 2003 instead of 2002 as stated in the episode. Apologies for the confusion!
Reference:
- Micropalooza - https://www.portlandmercury.com/music/2003/12/24/30443/wiggle-it-that-8-bit
- Dataport - https://www.instagram.com/dataportpdx/?hl=en
- 2 Player Productions - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_Player_Productions
Music Used:
- Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme
- Moon Talk - As We Were
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ReferencesMother’s Day (Film) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081186/Toxic Avenger (Film) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090190/OB-6 (Synthesizer) - https://oberheim.com/products/ob-6/Troma - https://www.troma.com/8-bit Punk (Wired article by Malcolm Mclaren) - https://www.wired.com/2003/11/mclaren/The Tank (NYC Venue) - https://thetanknyc.org/Mackenzie Wark (writer + scholar) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKenzie_WarkMagfest (Annual music and games festival) - https://www.magfest.org/Music UsedWhat Happened to Chiptune Theme - Space TownRoland & the Lamprey - Glomag
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References:
Daedalus Controllerism - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spa4emMwhOM
Liveness: Performance in a Mediatized Culture by Philip Auslander - https://www.routledge.com/Liveness-Performance-in-a-Mediatized-Culture/Auslander/p/book/9780367468170
Playing with Something that Runs by Mark J. Butler - https://global.oup.com/academic/product/playing-with-something-that-runs-9780195393620
Push: Software Design and the Cultural Politics of Music Production by Mike D’Errico - https://global.oup.com/ushe/product/push-9780190943318?cc=gb&lang=en
Music Used:
Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme
The Attic Bits - Command Line Fail
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Music Used:
Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme
minusbaby - Una Gran Parte de Tu Mente Rebanada
minusbaby - You Were Strong
minusbaby - Una Gran Parte de Tu Mente Rebanada (Live at Blip Festival 2011)
minusbaby - BIAS, Pt. 1
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Music used:
Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme
Awkward Terrible & Glowing Stars - George Jetson's Inflatable Cop
The Glowing Stars - Got It Bad
Matthew Joseph Payne - Pewter Handles
Matthew Joseph Payne - i think we're ready - cursed vibes (from audio log #25 2023_03_03)
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Music used:
Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme
Peter Swimm - Too Much!
Reference:
Pulsewave, a monthly chiptune event series in NYC: https://pulsewave.rip/
True Chip Till Death, a website chronicling all things chiptune: https://truechiptilldeath.com/
You can find Peter online at peterswimm.com.
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Music in order of appearance:
Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme
Wizwars - Right Back To You
Reference:
Blip Festival, formerly an annual festival centered around chiptune held in NYC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blip_Festival
Survey of the LA Chiptune scene and 8BitLA/Freq.Fest in particular: https://www.vice.com/en/article/gvqwk7/las-chiptune-scene-is-more-than-just-nerds-with-game-boys
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In this episode we mistakenly refer to the artist Lo-bat as Italian - Lo-bat is a Belgian artist. Apologies for the mistake!
Music in order of appearance:
Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme
Wizwars - Game Boy Rock!! (performed at Shizzfest 2 at the Trunk Space)
Wizwars - The Violator
Wizwars - I Am Wizwars (Real Los Angeles Chipthrash)
Wizwars - Requiem For A Broken Heart
Wizwars - Right Back To You
Reference:
Reformat The Planet, a documentary about chiptune and the Blip Festival in particular: https://reformattheplanet.vhx.tv/
LittleSoundDJ(LSDJ), a piece of music software written specifically for the Nintendo Gameboy: https://www.littlesounddj.com/lsd/index.php
ObsoleteFM, an event series and collective based in LA that was active during 2011: https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/pop-hiss/story/2011-07-01/saturday-obsolete-collectives-monthly-chiptune-showcase-in-downtown-l-a
Blip Festival, formerly an annual festival centered around chiptune held in NYC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blip_Festival
Survey of the LA Chiptune scene and 8BitLA/Freq.Fest in particular: https://www.vice.com/en/article/gvqwk7/las-chiptune-scene-is-more-than-just-nerds-with-game-boys
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Songs used:
Reformat The Planet (Space Town Sadboi Remix) - Bit Shifter
Artifice (On Your Lack Thereof) - Space Town Savior
Those Blinking Lights - Space Town Savior
Discovery - Space Town Savior