Here at Bitmob, we cover stories about chiptunes all the time, but this is the first time we've seen an 8-bit recording artist create his own instrument. A University of Florida senior named Mike ...

Last Friday, Tampa based punk and ska label Pinhead Records released a compilation of classic rock punk songs for free on their Bandcamp page. Now, punk compilations aren’t all that unusual or ...

Dr. Zilog is a self-described “electronica, experimental, death metal” group that, until today, I’d never heard of. That all changed when they released a chiptunes cover of Animal Collective’s “My ...

Ever owned a Gameboy? If so, unless your mom forced you to keep the volume off, you’ve probably heard chiptunes before. Also known as 8-bit music, chiptunes are songs made with the actual sound chips ...

Walking into Chris Mylrea's studio in Port Melbourne is like walking into a video game console museum. His desk is crowded with Sega Mega Drives, Commodore 64s and Nintendos of all flavours — and they ...

Audio has been moving steadily toward higher fidelity and resolution as components become cheaper and more advanced. If it ain’t 24-bit and 192kHz, many people simply aren’t interested. But this week, ...

It's a difficult task, finding a link among Kraftwerk, Muse, Daft Punk, and Miles Davis. However, the burgeoning phenomenon of 8-bit “chiptunes” music has created a connection across these genre icons ...

As popular as the Game Boy was for portable gaming ages ago, did you know it’s still popular as an instrument for those obsessed with the sounds of classic 8-bit gaming? But instead of wasting your ...

This article was taken from the August 2012 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by ...

Occasionally we like to direct your attention to some awesome music or videos that we come across, and today we bring you a rock chip-tune album called Diad. As that description suggests, this seven ...

If you were lucky enough to own one of the earlier game consoles, you may still remember those little bleeps that passed for music. Earlier technology was extremely limited in the way it could output ...