What Happened to Chiptune?

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/

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

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/

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

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

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/

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

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&lang=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