Robot Goes Here is an electropunk project of Dave Rand. After eight years playing in punk bands, Rand switched to laptop retro-chip sounds and a DIY approach. There’s a lot of interesting 8-bit style synth work on Robot Goes Here’s The Byte Is In My Blood, including chip-noise drums and arpeggios. It sounds like Rand… Read More Robot Goes Here – The Byte Is In My Blood
The Music of Kraftwerk, by the a group of lo-fi groups collectively known as the 8-Bit Operators, is more fun than any CD we’ve heard in ages. 8-Bit music is a fairly obscure genre of electronica. The 8-Bit operators, though, made a smart move, organizing many of the most influential 8-bit musicians together to create… Read More 8-Bit Operators – The Music Of Kraftwerk
Thomas Dolby has announced a new March tour, with shows in Northern California and Texas, including SXSW in Austin on March 15. Dolby is pioneering a new blend of instruments: high-tech electronica plus live jazz brass. His spring touring ensemble will feature real-time looping on a computer laptop, along with a three-piece horn section (the… Read More Thomas Dolby Plans March Tour with Jazz Mafia Horns
Puremagnetik has released Eight Bit, a selection of 1980’s SID chip samples. Recorded directly from an original 6581 SID chip (as manufactured in the Commodore 64 home computer), the Eight Bit library includes a unique palette of basses, leads and pads. Puremagnetik has captured the sonic qualities of the SID and reprogrammed them into the… Read More Puremagnetik Intros Eight Bit SID Library For Ableton Live & EXS
The Pink Noise Sessions, an EP from punk/electropop band A Kiss Could Be Deadly, reworks the eighties sounds of bands like Berlin but throws in punk and even goth elements to create something new. The group, made up of Lauren Baird – Vocals, Chris Qualls – Synthesizers, Programming, Tim Floyd – Guitar, Kelly Cairns –… Read More A Kiss Could Be Deadly – Pink Noise
ZTT Records has released Andrew Poppy on Zang Tumb Tuum, a 3 CD box set compiling classic recordings, unreleased and rare material commemorating the 20th anniversary of Poppy’s period with the label. One of the UK’s leading contemporary composers, Poppy arrived at ZTT in 1984 having studied under John Cage and founded the avant-garde collective… Read More ZTT Records Releases Andrew Poppy Retrospective
ElectroKraft.com has announced the resurrection of the 1980’s video game Space Invaders in a cool modular synth box called the Space*Synth. Using the original synth chip from the 1980’s video arcade game Space Invaders, ElectroKraft has captured the familiar, yet otherworldly sounds of classic video games. Tony Amendolare from ElectroKraft.com is creating experimental electronic instruments… Read More ElectroKraft.com Resurrects Sounds of 80’s with Space*Synth.
