So, it’s not often that we actually have anything positive to say about Pitchdork here at Res, but since we were hot and bothered for this back when SXSW happened and the guys over at that other website were too busy taking pictures of freak folk acts and fresh up-and-comers like Michael Stipe, we’ll let their bandwidth get sucked and brag on ourselves for once again knowing what was cool WAY before they did.
Ladies and Gentlemen, the definitive (ok, and only) documentary on the New York chiptunes scene and The Blip Festival (so far) can be watched, in its entirety, here.
Congratulations to 2 Player Productions and we’re looking forward to that demo scene doc at which you’ve hinted!
A few of my favorite tracks from artists featured in the film:
Spontaneous Devotion — Random from “Bad Joke EP”* (if you are still wondering what this whole “chiptunes” thing is about, this is the answer– this recording is a gorgeous piece of electronic music, whether you think you like lo-bit music or not.)
Disorder (Joy Division Cover) — Glomag (this song is one of my favorite things ever to listen to on a sunny morning after some hardcore rain– it has that cinematic, end of movie hopefulness and the lyrics take on a whole different meaning in this version than the original.)
Nautilus — The Depreciation Guild from their album In Her Gentle Jaws (the Catherine Wheel of chipmusic– beautiful washes of guitars, dreamy rock songs, and… game systems? Definitely worth a listen and cued up in anticipation of sweater weather in my Autumn play list.)
*All 8bitpeoples releases are released under this Creative Commons License.
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