8-bit Peoples 050

This is what it says on the ..er.. tin. A compilation of 50 tunes by 8-bit inspired chip tune artists to celebrate the 8-bit Peoples collective. Nearly all of the artists were unknown to me though a couple like the Depreciation Guild i had heard of before. The music is a mixture raging from indie songs that have a heavy influence of chiptune electronica to pure electronic music.

Some of it sounds like a crazy remix of the video games you used to play, 4mat's "vertical" is like that with its classic video game melody married to harder beats with Tugboat's "never enough" on a similar vein. Mesu Kasumai's "worm rider" has a melody that is almost pure 80s pop.

The Depreciation Guild's "kickle's processional" fits in well with their first album's more chiptune orientated shoegaze pop. Jeroen Tel's "alternative fuel" has a great pop hook and against is a video game inspired classic tune with a bit of 80s TV theme thrown in. Nothing can prepare you for Bud Melvin's "62 miles", chiptune bluegrass! It doesn't all work but there is some cool stuff on here, its bleeping great!