Bitpop
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Bitpop is a type of electronic music, where at least part of the music is made using old 8-bit computers, game consoles and little toy instruments. Popular choices are the Commodore 64, Game Boy, Atari 2600 and Nintendo Entertainment System
Major publishers of bitpop are 8bitpeoples, Relax Beat & Bleepstreet Records. Examples of bands in the genre are Fairlight Children, Freezepop, Coleco Music, 1987, Anamanaguchi, Bodenständig 2000, Covox, FirestARTer, Receptors, 8 Bit Weapon, 8 Bit Betty, Firebrand Boy, David Sugar, Goto80, She, Mesu Kasumai, c64 Messiah, Thermostatic, The Hardliner, Huoratron, ComputeHer, MelBot, Teamtendo, Khonnor, Machinae Supremacy, Twilight Electric, Monster & Maskiner, Mr. Pacman, Pluxus, Pontonius, Mikron 64, Puss, Nintendude, Welle:Erdball, The Minibosses and PRESS PLAY ON TAPE.
Related to bitpop are groups that write chip music such as Bit Shifter, Nullsleep, Role Model,Micropupazzo, Covox, Virt, c64 Messiah, Commie 64, xik, YM Rockerz, Neotericz, Lo-Bat, AY Riders, Psilodump and dropdabomb.
Some related genres are Gamewave, Picopop, and electropop.
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Electronica |
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Big beat • Bitpop • Chip • Downtempo • Folktronica • Glitch • Indietronica • IDM • Leftfield • Nu jazz • Post-rock • Trip hop • Uptempo |
Other electronic music genres |
Ambient | Breakbeat | Drum and bass | Electronica | Electronic Art Music | Hard Dance | Hardcore | House | Industrial | Synthpop | Techno | Trance |