Bitpop

Bitpop is a type of electronic music, where at least part of the music is made using old 8-bit computers or game consoles. Popular choices are the Commodore 64 and Game Boy. Two major publishers of bitpop are Relax Beat & Bleepstreet Records. Examples of bands in the genre are 1987, Covox, firestARTer, David Sugar, GOTO80, The Hardliner, Khonnor, Machinae Supremacy, Monster & Maskiner, Mr. Pacman, Pluxus, Pontonius, Puss, Slagsm?lsklubben and

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(The name is a pun on britpop and bit.)

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Related to bitpop are groups that write chip music such as She, YM Rockerz, and AY Riders.

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Some related genres are Gamewave, Picopop, and electropop.

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Computer: A computer is a device or for processing information from data according to a program — a compiled list of instructions. The information to be processed may represent numbers, text, pictures, or sound, amongst many other types....

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