What Happened to Chiptune?

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

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

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

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

• References
  • Mother’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_Wark
  • Magfest (Annual music and games festival) - https://www.magfest.org/
• Music Used
  • What Happened to Chiptune Theme - Space Town
  • Roland & the Lamprey - Glomag

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⟨=en

Music Used:

Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme

The Attic Bits - Command Line Fail

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

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)

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.

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

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

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