8bitpeoples is an

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and

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centered in New York City that focuses on

chiptune Chiptune, also known as chip music or 8-bit music, is a style of synthesized electronic music made using the programmable sound generator (PSG) sound chips or synthesizers in vintage arcade machines, computers and video game consoles. The t ...

aesthetics, which is heavily influenced by vintage videogames. 8bitpeoples was founded in 1999 by Jeremiah "

Nullsleep Nullsleep (born Jeremiah Johnson October 7, 1980) is an American electronic musician and computer artist currently residing in New York City. In 1999 he co-founded the low-bit art collective 8bitpeoples, and has served as its lead director since ...

" Johnson and Mike "Tangible" Hanlon. It is run by Johnson and Joshua " Bit Shifter" Davis. Many artists who have appeared on 8bitpeoples have also appeared on compilations on other labels, most notably

Astralwerks Astralwerks is an American record label primarily focused on electronic music owned by Universal Music Group. Its material is distributed via Capitol Music Group in the United States. The label was founded in 1993 and, in its early years, featur ...

' 8 Bit Operators compilation, a collection of

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songs done in the 8-bit style. 8bitpeoples is also involved in the organization of the

Blip Festival The Blip Festival was a festival that celebrated chiptune music with musical performances, workshops, and screenings of movies. It was held annually starting in 2006 in New York City. In recent years, there have been international versions of B ...

, which features 8-bit musicians, often including those on the 8bitpeoples roster. They provide the vast majority of their releases for free via their website, including printable covers and inserts so that anyone can manufacture a hard copy of their releases.

Current members

* Bit Shifter * minusbaby * No Carrier *

* openBack * Otro * Random * Trash80 * Twilight Electric * x, k

Guest artists

* 505 * 8GB * A.M.U * Alex Mauer * Amor Antiquita *

Anamanaguchi Anamanaguchi is an American chiptune-based pop and rock band from New York City. The band has four members: lead songwriters and guitarists Peter Berkman and Ary Warnaar, bassist James DeVito, and drummer Luke Silas. Anamanaguchi combines dig ...

* Animal Style * AY Riders * Binärpilot * Bud Melvin * Cheapshot * Coleco Music * Commie64 * Coova * Cornbeast * Counter Reset * Damo * David Sugar * Divag * Dma-Sc * Doomcloud * Dorothy's Magic Bag * Drx * exileFaker * Firebrand Boy * Frank Fitus * Gijs Gieskes * Glomag * Gordon Strombola *

Goto80 Goto80 (born Anders Carlsson, 9 February 1981) is a Swedish music artist and researcher. He has been described as one of the key players between glitch and chipmusic, as well as an active demoscener. At the turn of the millennium he was one of t ...

* Gumshoe * * Handheld * I, Cactus * IAYD * Jellica * knife city * Kplecraft * Kris Keyser * L-Tron * Linde * lissajou * little-scale * Lo-Bat * M-.-n * Manic * Marcer * Mark DeNardo * Mesu Kasumai * Mr. Spastic * Paza * Phlogiston *

Psilodump Psilodump (born Simon Rahm on 15 December 1980) is a Swedish musician, DJ, and producer based in Stockholm. He has also released work under his real name and as Psilodumputer, Pushiro, and J.Panic. Biography Rahm began making music at the age ...

* Rainbowdragoneyes * Receptors * Role Model * Rugar * RushJet1 * Sabastian Boaz * Sabrepulse * Saskrotch *

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* Sievert * Snoopdroop * StarPause * Starscream * Stu * Tangible * Tao * Ten and Tracer * Tet * The 8bitpeoples * The Depreciation Guild * The J. Arthur Keenes Band * The X-Dump * Timbral * USK * Vim * Virt * Xinon * Yerzmyey * YM Rockerz * Yuppster * ZEN ALBATROSS

Compilations/Samplers

* ''Colors'' (8BP001) * ''Axel F'' (8BP028) * ''The 8bits of Christmas'' (8BP038) * ''8BP050'' (8BP050) * ''Blip Festival 2008: 32 Live Recordings'' (8BP100) * ''Reformat: A Tribute To Bit Shifter's Information Chase'' (8BP118)

References

External links

Official website

Mentions 8bitpeoples artists Nullsleep and Bit Shifter.

Coverage of Blip Festival
nbcnews.com – Play That Funky Music, Game Boy
– Mentions 8bitpeoples, contains brief interview with Bit Shifter
Name That Chiptune: The Growing Niche of 8-Bit Music
Review of Blip Festival, including Bit Shifter and Nullsleep’s performances
BBC Click: Webscape
Discussion of the 8bitpeoples website from the BBC show Click

Show Review of Nullsleep, Bit Shifter, and Mark DeNardo, owners of/artists on the 8bitpeoples label {{Authority control Record labels established in 1999 American independent record labels Electronic music record labels Indie rock record labels 1999 establishments in New York City

Current members

Guest artists

Compilations/Samplers

See also

References

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