Bit Shifter

【★ RELEASE】OUT NOW! Vol. 2 of the Maladaptive Strategies series compiling old non-album tracks. This one focuses on tracks made ~’03-’07 using the nanoloop software, and it's some of my favorite material out of everything I've done. Link in bio! Mastering: @treyfrey Artwork: @andimacka ① Bit Shifter: Science City Zero (2003 / 2024) ② Bit Shifter: Transmode Virus (2003 / 2024) ③ Bit Shifter: Flight Risk (2005) ④ Bit Shifter: Tea With Galactus (2005) ⑤ Bit Shifter: Bad Surge (2006) ⑥ Bit Shifter: Quick, Before It Melts (2003) ⑦ Bit Shifter: Chumming The Ocean (2004) ⑧ Bit Shifter: Science City Zero / Transmode Virus (Live On WFMU) (2005) ----- Bandcamp edition bonus tracks ----- ⑨ Bit Shifter: 120 Gigs Of Sodom (2006) ⑩ Bit Shifter and Meike Randow: Live Improvised Game Boy Collaboration (2003) ⑪ Bit Shifter: Four Sirius (2006) ⑫ Bit Shifter: Your Friends Seem Sensible (2007) ⑬ Bit Shifter: 20160124 (2016) Bandcamp edition includes bonus tracks (including a pounding impromptu 2003 nanoloop jam with @mitzi.tueddelband ), video collaborations with noteNdo ( @glitchaus ) and @roberthodgin , and a fully-designed 16-page liner notes .pdf booklet. Lots of hurdles & delays w this volume, & I'm very glad it's out. Special thanks to @treyfrey who mixed 4 songs & mastered the whole thing; @andimacka for the jaw-dropping artwork; & @praystation whose loaner OS9 G4 was critical in salvaging several old tracks' original sessions. This volume is special to me, it's some of the stuff I'm proudest of. This release series is inherently patchwork in nature, but nanoloop’s distinctive character lends Vol. 2 a surprising, unplanned cohesion. Feels like an album, by accident! #MaladaptiveStrategies · #chipmusic · #chiptune · #chiptunes · #chipstyle · #chipstylemusic · #chipsound · #micromusic · #nanoloop · #GameBoy · #GameBoymusic · #DMG01 · #DMG_01 · #8bitmusic · #8bit

★ PSA: I'm on Subvert, and just look how comfy I am. Subvert is a newly-launched cooperatively owned music platform, positioning itself not only as a successor to Bandcamp, but as a carefully thought out, well-considered model for cooperative ownership in general. They explain it better than I do, so follow @subvertworld and read up.

【★ GIG ALERT】 BROOKLYN NY • JUNE 12 · Don't sleep on this one — I'm psyched to be joining the lineup at this incredible BarCore (@barcorenyc ) × Organized Damage (@organizeddamage_official ) event, where I'll be slinging Game Boy thunder and rubbing shoulders with the likes of OTTO VON SCHIRACH (@ottovonschirach ), BASECK (@baseck ), VIXEN MAW (@vixenmaw ), DONNA SUMMER A.K.A. JASON FORREST (@jasonforrestftw ), DJ SKULL VOMIT, BODY NOSTRIL, INFANTA (@inf4nta ), RJ-11 (@rj_eleven ), STATAS (@statas_official ), & MIKE VIDEO PUNK (@vxpx.info ). It all goes down FRIDAY JUNE 12th at The Gutter (@gutterbar ), 200 N 14th St., Brooklyn, NY 11249 21+, 8:00 p.m. - 4:00 a.m. 🥱 $ 30.00 limited early bird tickets $ 35.00 advance $ 40.00 doors 🎟️ Ticket link in bio!

📆 ON THIS DAY in 2006 • the Information Chase EP was released into the wild via @8bitpeoples , in the form of six humble low-bitrate mp3s of shameless chipstyle powerpop. Over the years it's been released on smol CD, lorge CD, even lorger 12" vinyl, and I've had the distinct honor of performing some of its songs to audiences who, to my heartfelt amazement, have loudly sung along, despite there being no words. What could be more heartwarming than that? 🙏 Thank you to everyone who's ever downloaded it, bought it, enjoyed it in any form. 🙏 But I want to say thank you in particular to Jeremiah / @nullsleep , for giving this music a home and an audience on 8bitpeoples, for always supporting my music, and for being a true friend and fantastic companion in 20+ years of chiptune adventures. 🖤❤️ Happy 20th birthday Information Chase. 😮😵‍💫 And BTW, I may have some exciting further news to announce on this subject — so stay tuned. Lastly, in celebration of this milestone anniversary, I've set everything in my Bandcamp discography to pay-what-you-want. Link in bio. Thank you to everyone who's been along for any portion of this strange and wonderful ride. 🙏 ④ 📹: [credit unknown, my only credit for this video is "lhl" -- if that's you, thank you!] #chipstylemusic · #chipstyle · #chipmusic · #chiptune · #8bitpeoples

★ Happy two-year anniversary to MALADAPTIVE STRATEGIES VOL. 2, the second installment in an ongoing release series compiling old non-album tracks. This one focuses on tracks made ~’03-’07 using the nanoloop Game Boy musicmaking software, and it's some of my favorite material out of everything I've done. Abstract dancefloor bangers + two pop covers. Link in bio! Mastering: @treyfrey Artwork: @andimacka ① Bit Shifter: Science City Zero (2003 / 2024) ② Bit Shifter: Transmode Virus (2003 / 2024) ③ Bit Shifter: Flight Risk (2005) ④ Bit Shifter: Tea With Galactus (2005) ⑤ Bit Shifter: Bad Surge (2006) ⑥ Bit Shifter: Quick, Before It Melts (2003) ⑦ Bit Shifter: Chumming The Ocean (2004) ⑧ Bit Shifter: Science City Zero / Transmode Virus (Live On WFMU) (2005) ----- Bandcamp edition bonus tracks ----- ⑨ Bit Shifter: 120 Gigs Of Sodom (2006) ⑩ Bit Shifter and Meike Randow: Live Improvised Game Boy Collaboration (2003) ⑪ Bit Shifter: Four Sirius (2006) ⑫ Bit Shifter: Your Friends Seem Sensible (2007) ⑬ Bit Shifter: 20160124 (2016) Bandcamp edition includes bonus tracks, and a fully-designed 16-page liner notes .pdf booklet. This volume is special to me, it's some of the stuff I'm proudest of. This release series is inherently patchwork in nature, but nanoloop’s distinctive character lends Vol. 2 a surprising, unplanned cohesion. Feels like an album, by accident! #chipmusic · #chiptune · #chipstyle · #chipstylemusic · #nanoloop

❄️ Happy holidays from all of us here at B.S.H.Q. ⛄🩵

📆 ON THIS DAY in 2011 • Chaos Royale releases the album You Realize, This Means War, featuring the Chaos Royale / Bit Shifter collaboration track “Nympho Assassin.” Chaos Royale's trademark depth-charge bass, deathstep rhythms, and shearing noise are in full effect, and I think the raw Z80 synth tones contribute handsomely to the surging tornado.

🗓️ ON THIS DAY in 2003 • I'll never forget my excitement when the wonderful Stewart Anderson (@emotionalresponserecords ) released my very 1st album, the regrettably titled Life’s A Bit Shifter, on the legendary 555 Recordings of Flagstaff, AZ, where I found myself in some pretty fantastic company. The album even wound up being covered in Rolling Stone (thank you, Pat Blashill 🙏), and my mom made a little commemorative thing out of it. She was proud of her weird son's weird achievement. Thank you, mom. Anyway in observance of this album's TWENTY-SECOND birthday (😮) I've made all my digital releases pay-what-you-want on Bandcamp today. Link in bio. Worth mentioning that the Bandcamp edition of this album is gorgeously remastered by @mixedbystephen , and includes a bunch of bonus tracks, including the "mRNA Mix" of "March Of The Nucelotides" that's excerpted in this video. Thank you to everyone who's tuned in along the way, given this material (or any of my material!) a spin, and who's supported the project in any way whatsoever. Huge thanks in particular to Stewart Anderson of 555 Recordings, as well as to David Hornbuckle (of @hornbuckle Records) who released the album's 10-year anniversary deluxe cassette reissue edition in 2013. #555recordings · #555CD66 · #x_x001 · #chipstylemusic · #chipmusic · #chipstyle · #chiptune · #chiptunes · #GameBoymusic · #8bitmusic · #8bit · #nanoloop · #LSDj · #LittleSoundDJ · #DMG01

★ A couple of powerful new entries in the cassette collection. 🔊💪⚠️🚨 Props to @nullsleep for these two awesome releases and beautiful packaging / design. Long live physical media!

Last Friday (the Fourth of July), I found myself unshakably depressed by the theme of the holiday, particularly in light of the nauseating political developments immediately preceding. Around 1:30 that afternoon, I decided "fuck this, I need a break from this place," and credit-carded myself a ticket to Stockholm. 3½ hours later, I was on the plane. The destination wasn't arbitrary; friends there were throwing an event the following day celebrating the 25th anniversary of Little Sound DJ, Johan Kotlinski's bespoke homebrew software for turning the Nintendo Game Boy into a musical instrument / sequencer. I first learned about it in 2001, at the time immediately ordering a cartridge, and launching what I conceived to be a fun, obscure, amusing little musical side-project that nobody would ever hear. That little side-project wound up, to my own astonishment, growing legs, wheels, and wings, taking me around the world, broadening my horizons, opening my eyes, and putting me in the path of some exceptionally brilliant and talented people, some of whom I'm fortunate to also count among my close friends. It's no exaggeration to say that this homebrew software program that Johan wrote legitimately altered the trajectory of my life, enriching it in ways I could never have expected. My overnight flight got me to Stockholm early on the morning of the 5th. Checked in to my quirky accommodations, napped hard, went to the show. What followed was an amazing night of amazing performances, plus three more days getting to hang out and catch up with dear, wonderful friends, some of whom I haven't seen in 15 years or more. Was this spontaneous protest-trip financially irresponsible? Yes. Was it the correct course of action? Also yes. Anyway, here are some photos and videos. Most taken by me, except: ③: poster design by @nullsleep ⑭ & ⑮: @wakeboardtomte ⑯: @eat_rabbit ⑱: Edwin van Aalderen Thank you Johan Kotlinksi, and all of the amazing people I've been privileged to come to know in this vibrant, weird, wonderful subculture. Happy Little Sound B-Day!!

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