Afternoon world!
Well it doesn't matter if I just woke up, coz I only have till this Sunday till I start work again. Anyways Yesterday I was chilling, at Roger's Lounge, Bandung. Watched my boys Cronik and Purna Undead spin Drum N Bass plus Dub Steps all night long. Prior to leaving, I spoke up with my mate who is currently representing Bandung in the 8 bit music scene. What is an 8-bit music??
I remember those days when I was 4 or 5 years old, when my dad presented me my 1st set of microgenius game console. I had tons of cartridges and loads of games to bump to. All we had on our joysticks were four buttons at the right to navigate our moves and another four sorted alphabetically on the left for the fancy stuff. I couldn't complain back then since I enjoyed Contra, Street Fighter and Super Mario on the 2D platform.Years later, in this era where games are available on mobiles, PSPs and such I yet again came across with microgenius. This time around it was the music part of it being made into modern day ear candy. trust me, i was stunned the 1st time I heard this, but soon I was all good.
According to wikipedia, 8-bit refers to a style of electronic music inspired (and performed) by the sound of old computer consoles from the 8 bit era of video games. This also cross breeds with chiptune or chip music where you can expand your reading here.
This group I know in Bandung, is called Robochip and I've seen them performing life with Nintendos and mixers during hip hop gigs and such. Fadli who is one of the personnel from this outfit shared with me a free goodie from his crates and I guess it's time ya'all had your ears do the screening as well.
Download this 8-bit and Drum N Bass mash up - My Stuck (my first and try dnb)
Get connected to Robochip via http://myspace.com/robochip
I was partying to DnB last night, but this tune somewhat got me thinking...
Could I succumb a rap on 8bit??? I'd just have to figure it out myself soon!!
8-bitting,
MCN
