As you may or may not be aware there is an entire scene of people demaking popular songs into 8-bit blips and bloops. While chiptunes, in general, have always attracted the most circuit-minded of ...

Haven't yet been introduced to the wonders that is the nascent chiptune scene? That's where Paul Owens' Reformat the Planet comes in, a documentary covering the growing 8-bit powered music style. The ...

Enjoy this for what it is: a bitchin' chiptune cover of the theme song to the nerdgasm, soft porn fantasy-fest that is HBO's Game of Thrones. And, yes that is a "keytar" with a Nintendo Entertainment ...

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For fans of Studio Ghibli anime, then Studio Megaane has started doing some great 8bit chiptune adaptations of various title songs from these movies and the results are glorious. If you are not ...

A man who created a licensed and legal chiptune tribute to the classic Miles Davis album Kind of Blue is stuck with a huge legal settlement because he can’t afford to defend against accusations that ...

The chiptune collective Da Chip has released its second volume of Daft Punk covers. The chiptune collective Da Chip has released its second volume of Daft Punk covers.

The Smiths, led by king of moping Morrissey, weren’t exactly known for their peppy, upbeat tunes. They made sad, somber music about not getting what you want and not having a stitch to wear, all ...

Musical genres often form an integral part of a wider scene, and typically this may include specific fashion brands, ...

Chiptunes are the fantastic, bleeping musical renditions of the soundchips of retro consoles past. Performers of the art overwhelmingly favour the various flavours of Game Boy, though there are those ...

I have to admit, chiptune is something I’ve only been really into for a very short while. That’s not to say I haven’t been familiar with it. I knew people still made 8-bit music using old consoles, ...

Remember in high school when mom pawned all your old video games ‘cuz you never played them anymore? Then, as soon as you got to college and first felt homesick, you ended up buying a used SNES and ...