From the genius who brought you the MIDINES and 2 seminal releases on 8bitpeoples, comes a new album, released on mp3death, a label which has also released works by chiptune artists Gijs Gieskes, Overthruster, Firebrand boy, The Commodore 64 Orchestra and others in the past.
Those familiar with x|k’s (pronounced “kix”) music would know that it […]

From the wacky Superbutton label, comes the irreverently named PDF Format and his album “Alice Part One….”. This one has a really ‘happy’ vibe to it. Very cute, this wouldn’t sound out of place on a cartoon in any era. But its a short release, clocking in at 11 minutes (4 tracks).
“Alice Part One…” was […]

Our friends from Da ! Heard It Records have another release up their sleeve. Released in November, Digi-Dig is a chiptune release done by Swedish Artist, Goto80. Goto80, if you have not heard of him before, is a rather prolific chiptune maker that has “made well over 1 000 songs released on record labels or […]

Rock the Boulevard, Reach the Bourgeois by French Producer Computer Truck is an album crammed full of diverse musical styles.The album spans 2-step garage dance music, electro, mashups, glitch and ghetto while throwing in 8 bit instrumentation and adding a lo-fi factor to it all. The album is certainly a very interesting listen for those […]

We haven’t had any chiptunes on Gratisvibes for some time. Looks like I’m the resident 8-bit reviewer in here! Like Bitshifter, who I reviewed a couple of months back, Rabato primarily uses the Nintendo Game Boy to make some rocking tunes. However, where Bitshifter’s music sounds like it could easily belong in some the games […]

This album is literally what its album title says - 8 Bit Breakcore. Take 8 Bit music, throw in some breakbeat, you’ve got yourself 8-bit breakcore. This is my first exposure to 8 bit breakcore, so far most of the 8 bit music I’ve heard of emphasized using only 8-bit synthesizers for all the tracks, […]

With the chiptune/video game music scene in full revival - its difficult not be slightly intrigued as to why people would make music with such old and obscure technology. A good introduction for beginners would be Bit Shifter’s latest release on chiptune label 8bitpeoples.
Its a dizzying 15 minute romp through the 4 channel sound […]