H. Benjamin Petrie » geeky http://hbenjaminpetrie.com Wed, 25 May 2011 22:27:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 8-Bit Peoples http://hbenjaminpetrie.com/2009/08/01/8-bit-peoples/ http://hbenjaminpetrie.com/2009/08/01/8-bit-peoples/#comments Sat, 01 Aug 2009 10:18:44 +0000 Henry http://hbenjaminpetrie.com/?p=618 8 Bit Peoples
In a further act of promoting sites other than my own, and eliciting an even more specialist interest than the New Yorker’s literary podcasts, I would like to share 8bit Peoples with anyone who cares since, like all great things on the web, it’s free, and free music no less. Whether this music appeals or not is a different matter. As the title suggests it’s one of the geekiest genres of music: 8 bit music AKA chip-tunes, bitpop, Nintencore, Gameboy Music – Music made partly or entirely by modifying and sampling old videogame consoles to create a kind of beepy Electronica that occasionally blends into other genres such as pop or folk. The artists featured on this site are surprisingly diverse.

But you’ve already decided whether or not this is of interest to you. If you’re curious though, head on over to 8bitpeoples.com and check out the discography section. Like I said, the artists have put all there work on there for free. Personally I would recommend anything by Trash80, Random, Firebrand Boy or Mark DeNardo. And that’s all I have to say. I’ll write and post a story or something soon.

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