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8bitSF: Download the March Show Sampler

1. A_Rival - 8-Bit Pimp
2. ComputeHer - Sysop
3. crashfaster - Anthem (Live @ Knitworks)
4. glomag - 4Shame
5. starpause - charges
6. x|k - The Right Hue

• see also 8-Bit Pimp, The A_Rival CD Release Party, March 11, 2010, SF

Fenchurch at Bloc: Kelpe

small consolation prize for missing bloc: awesome (if short) podcast from kelpe.

epic google doc edit (autechre.ws set list)

Machine Soul: A History of Techno [1993] | DJHistory.com

(via @mariamouk)

RA News: Dadahack debut with TAP3

The album is as much a musical effort as it is a playful comment on technological advancement. In addition to being available for digital download, TAP3 is, as its name suggests, a cassette tape, but by no means a normal one–it also functions as a digital music player, so listeners can simply plug in their headphones and hear the album. This unusual presentation is meant to both embrace and reject the digital era, harking back to a time when music was confined to a physical existence within a hand-held product.

ok, this alone makes me want to buy it already, like a small art piece. i’m still looking for my original issue FM3 buddha machine in my mass of possessions.

• see also dadahack.com

“8-Bit Pimp”, the debut album of Chip-hop pioneer A_Rival, marks the first hip-hop album with original beats composed entirely using the sound chip of the Nintendo Entertainment System. Featuring collaborations with artists such as Random (Mega Ran), this album also bridges the gap between hip-hop and the burgeoning San Francisco Chiptune scene.

EXPLICIT CONTENT ONLY

This is the entire N.W.A. Straight Outta Compton album edited down into just the “explicit” content.

(via morgan)