Bit-pop or 8-Bit

[Mister Pink]

I love game music. I've grown up with it. I've fallen in love with it. The other night I was watching a Japanese film. When they went into an arcade I heard the Sonic the hedgehog playing. I even knew it was the tune to the Starlight Zone level in the game. I haven't played Sonic in about 9 years but I still remember.

 

Now the label Astralwerks have a compliation of tracks covering the music of German electronic music pioneers, Kraftwerk. It's made of 8-bit style gaming music and old home computers. Sounds great.

 

Check out the track: Pocket Calcalator

 

Source

[liesofsilence]

Another site for 8bit music is http://www.8bitpeoples.com. Everything is free, under the Creative Commons™ license.

[Mister Pink]

Thanks Direct. I'll check it out now

[Tryst]

I love Kraftwerk.

I've fallen in love with alot of the stuff on 8bit peoples now

[Mister Pink]

 

Thanks Direct for putting me on to that site. It's great. The artwork is really good too.

 

GeneralTryst, if I can recomend some Kraftwerk to you should get,

 

Computer World

 

Tracklist:

 

1 Computer World

2. Pocket Calculator

3. Numbers

4. Computerworld..2

5. Computer Love

6. Home Computer

7. It's More Fun To Compute

 

this album was released in 1981. They were ahead of their time, making wholly electronic music in the mid seventies.