Talk:Bitpop
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It's interesting to note that the page mentions that "much bitpop is made in Britain" and then goes on to list 11 names, 5 of which are Swedish (Pluxus, Puss, GOTO 80) or have Swedish names (Monster & Maskiner, Slagsmålsklubben).
Also, don't Machinae Supremacy use a SIDstation and not a C64? (it's mentioned in the SID article) Plus their style is very different from the others listed here that I have heard, although they do play C64-covers. Oh yeah, and apparently they're Swedish too. :-)
I'll shut up now.
magetoo 14:19, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)
I finally removed "much bitpop is made in Britain" since no one argued it should stay.
magetoo 01:25, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
[edit] How is this different than chiptune
Isn't this just another name for chiptune? Redirect/merge anyone?--Geedubber 00:13, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
Chiptunes are music composed entirely on the hardware that is intended to play them back, i.e. the SID in the C=64 or Paula in the Amiga, bitpop is more conventional electronica that happens to make use of the old soundchips from legacy computers to provide a more distinct sound from every other electro act. So no; it's most definitely not another name for chiptune which as I said is purely produced using the soundchips of a single computer and often is left in the original format. Seek100 21:29, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
Isn't this just another term for gamewave? The descriptions are very similar, and the list of artists contain many of the same acts. Perhaps a merge is in order? — Gwalla | Talk 02:41, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] 8-bit (music)
I'm not a fan of the actual term bit "pop" as pop is just another expression for popular music. To my knowledge the electronica bands which are in the pop charts are like dance/trance/disco type. Perhaps this article ought to be changed to reflect pop music with bit influences. I think the content could be moved to 8-bit (music) as this covers all 8-bit music rather than just 8-bit pop music. Any thoughts?
