Micromusic is a global community of bitmusic creaters, listeners, engineers, promoters, labels.... well alot of things really. What was originally thought out as being a simple community website to get hold of low_tech_musik produced by low_tech_producerz for lovers of computer generated tunes via the worldwideweb was developed fast into a highly complex websound_community_system using the latest internet technology. Yup, today Micromusic is an almost 10 year old massive hyper active community with tons and tons of cool stuff underneath its neat pixel skin. News, Bitradio, gig calendars, shop, links, downloads, graphics..... You name it.
If you register (free) at Micromusic.net you can get access to over 700 free downloads. So if youre curious about chiptunes, bitpop, picopop, ciruitbending, nintendocore and beyond. This is your new playground.
More more bitmusic............. French Divag blips from Paris doing outrageously nice Gameboy stuff. (some of it released on 8bitpeoples). You can download an entire album of Gameboy Tunes here (18mb zip. file) and another bunch of Gameboy tracks here (30mb zip. file). (rightclick+save as). You can also visit the Divag site for more individual downloads, bit graphics, and even Atari style tracks.
Tokyo based prince of darkness- Gameboy-Bit-dubstep producer/artist Quarta 330 (whom played blipfest 2006), has a 30 minute liveset for free download over at Spannered.
8itpeoples crewmember and blipfest 2008 performer Timothy Lamb aka Trash 80, has a whole page filled with his free downloads right here. His 2 8bitpeoples releases can also be downloaded for free here (Hologram ep) and here (Icarus ep.)
As promised, while passively celebrating the 2008 blip festival in New York. Im posting some links, chatter and downloads for all you interested in or curious about the world of bitmusic.
First- Im gonna kick you off with a link to virginia based Receptors and some free albums/tracks put up for free download via Last.fm. Receptors have previously played Blipfest in 2006, but also showcased at festivals like Iceland Airwaves and SWSX in Texas. Receptors is mainly run and directed by artist/producer Jeremy Kolosine, whom amongst many projects also is one of the guilty brains of the more commercially aimed bitmusic release - "8-Bit Operators - an 8-bit Tribute to Kraftwerk" released by Astralwerks/Emi.
Secondly- Heres a link to the Receptors + Weblabel ops releases that are for free download. Amongst those, Pharmacom doing bitversions of all the classics like beethoven, bach and haydn.
Third- i wanted you to have the chance to listen to a neat interview with Jeremy Kolosine, him talking about bitmusic/chiptunes including his involvement as executive producer on the 8 bit operators release - An 8bit tribute to Kraftwerk. Listen to that over at Npr by cliking here.
Originally i didnt feel like writing about this years Blip festival, mostly because of the fact that its just around the corner, and i cannot go. Have no time, have no money, and no chance in hell of convincing my boss that those days in New York across the planet from little ol' Denmark would be the perfect location for a company christmas get together. Ehhh.... Well, so me writing about it now, is pure therapy. I have to get it out my system someway, somehow. (And if possible i need someone to live it out for me and report back).
Blip festival is doing its 3rd annual run this december, 4 days straight, from the 4th to the 7th of december. It is undeniably the biggest bit-music event in our time, so far. Nearly 40 international musicians and visual artists occupying the sweet low-res cutting edge under the organization of Manhattan art organization THE TANK and legendary NYC artist collective 8BITPEOPLES.
To set the record straight, were talking hundreds of wonderful "geeks" and messed up indviduals performing, playing, modyfying and caressing/beating the living shit out of Nintendos, Gameboys, Amigas, Commodores (gaming consoles in general) or even homemade circuitry (and software), for the sake of creating ugly/cuddly bit tunes and art. Kinda gotta clue, but not quite sure what to think about that? Well, check this cheeky little promo from the documentary "BLIP FESTIVAL: REFORMAT THE PLANET" (Promo featuring Nullsleep. One of my favourite bit-peeps).
Got some money stashed away? Gotta rich pappy? Got the balls to rob a bank or.... Could you really just go? Then you really should. Atleast if you fancy bit-rock, nintendocore, New York and beyond.
I myself still havent come to reconcile with the fact that im not even closely enabled to go, but i will try to make the best of it. So, when Blip festival kicks off. I will to. Every day from the 4th to the 7th of december, i will gather up and post the best of the free Blip-related bit-music downloads my webhotel can muster. Hopefully we will all enjoy it.
In the meanwhile, please go and check out all the fantastic artists and activities blessing this years Blip festival. Furthermore, heres a group of audio excerpts, from festival related artists.
A bleeding mess, a pile of words, some downloads, fuzzy images, reviews, recommendations, observations and Scandinavian shit-talk, twisted and turned in a love for music, design and weird scandalous/fabulous behaviour. Like vegetarian food at Mcdonalds, intriguing, yet fascinatingly questionable. Superantonym.
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