Gothenburg, that was fucking amazing. Thank you so much. Incredible night. 🙏🙏
Malmö, that was wicked. Thanks to @ess-m.bsky.social and the Lo-bit Club crew. What an amazing night. Still raging! @nullsleep.bsky.social is tearing it up.
Sweden speedrun tour with @bit.shifter.net kicks off tonight in Malmo
★ Happy 8th birthday to my ill-tempered, obdurate son, Closed System Blues. You are unfriendly and adversarial, but I stand with you without reservation. ☠️🥳
【★ GIG ALERT】 GOTHENBURG SE • 10 10 ’26 · We’re gettin’ the band back together! Teaming up with @nullsleep.bsky.social once again, off to Gothenburg for LO-BIT CLUB where we play alongside @sunnexo.moe, @kephf.bsky.social, & Carpet Eater. Tack så mycket to @ess-m.bsky.social! lo-bit.club/shows
【★ GIG ALERT】 GOTHENBURG SE • 10 10 ’26 · We’re gettin’ the band back together! Teaming up with @nullsleep.bsky.social once again, off to Gothenburg for LO-BIT CLUB where we play alongside @sunnexo.moe, @kephf.bsky.social, & Carpet Eater. Tack så mycket to @ess-m.bsky.social! lo-bit.club/shows
Periodic still-incredulous reminder that this exists (and it rips).
Bit Shifter@bit.shifter.net · 9mo agoIf you're a fan of Information Chase & have found yourself thinking ”OK but what if it were a metal album,” boy do I have the link for you. A few years ago, sublimely talented guitarist James Lam posted a metal version of the entire EP. I will shamelessly admit that I listen to this all the time.
Remembering the time back in 2011 when the Open Spark Project played “Reformat The Planet” on gigantic deafening dangerous Tesla coils. ⚡😨 youtu.be/XOu5zLAPTOE?...
【★ GIG ALERT】 QUEENS NY • JULY 22 2026 · Excited to be a late addition to this evening of experimental electronics, featuring Unfeeling, Melting Regular, and Corpse Dust. Presented by chthonicstreams.bsky.social at Fringe Records in Ridgewood. Hope to see you there. www.songkick.com/concerts/432...
【★ GIG ALERT】 QUEENS NY • JULY 22 2026 · Excited to be a late addition to this evening of experimental electronics, featuring Unfeeling, Melting Regular, and Corpse Dust. Presented by chthonicstreams.bsky.social at Fringe Records in Ridgewood. Hope to see you there. www.songkick.com/concerts/432...
@bit.shifter.net is mentioned in Vice's timeline "The Rise and Fall of the Hipster Music Era." As someone who was very much a hipster during this era, timeline seems pretty accurate lol. www.vice.com/en/article/t...
The Rise and Fall of the ‘Hipster Music’ Era, 2000-2014: VICE’s Definitive Timeline
An epic odyssey from (what they now call) Indie Sleaze: Part I to Future Islands on Letterman, with (nearly) no Mumford & Sons in sight.
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This month marks 20 years since the International Chiptune Resistance World Tour kicked off at a converted underground Victorian public toilet in London, and would subsequently take @bit.shifter.net and I through 20 cities in 9 countries over the next 4 weeks. ⚠️ THREAD INCOMING ⚠️
★ PSA: I'm on Subvert, and just look how comfy I am. Subvert is a new cooperatively-owned music platform, positioning itself not only as a successor to Bandcamp, but as a model for co-op platforms in general. They explain it better than I do, so follow @subvert.fm & read up! subvert.fm/bit-shifter
On this Bandcamp Friday, may I present A Brief Guide to the Wild, Expansive, Seemingly Infinite Discography of Bit Shifter, for those needing a little guidance. PLUS: everything is pay-what-you-want! Because I forgot to ever revert to regular pricing after the last time I set everything to PWYW! 💪
Bit Shifter@bit.shifter.net · 7mo ago★ FYI — this being Bandcamp Friday, I wanted to mention that in celebration of last week's 20th anniversary of Information Chase 🎂, everything in my Bandcamp discography is still set as pay-what-you-want. 🎊🙌🎉 Thanks to everyone who's ever given my tracks a spin. 🙏 bit-shifter.bandcamp.com
Presented in the quoted thread is A Brief Guide to the Wild, Expansive, Seemingly Infinite Discography of Bit Shifter, for those seeking a little guidance.
Bit Shifter@bit.shifter.net · 7mo agoIf shameless Game Boy powerpop is your thing, Information Chase is a good place to start. But here at B.S.H.Q. we pride ourselves on a diversity of offerings. For instance —
"Milli Vanilli" implies the existence of an entire measurement system that includes the centivanilli, the kilovanilli, and so on
Just one of many highlights from last night's awesome @nullsleep.bsky.social show at @wonderville.nyc. @minusbaby.bsky.social toasting over Nullsleep's mutant jungle. 🔥🔥 Such a fun night, full of great music and great people. 🤍💙
BOUNDARY EP OUT NOW + MERCH DROP HARDWEAR FOR APPROACHING THE EVENT HORIZON OF RAVE SEMIOTICS “Boundary” on digital / cassette 🎶 && “PLUR ANNIHILATION” T-Shirt 👕 && “Born to Track” Long Sleeve 🏁 BANG THESE TUNES!! THRASH THESE THREADS!! GET THEM HERE ⤵️ nullsleep.bandcamp.com PLUR✌️🙃
there's a thing I like to call "load-bearing assumptions", that you don't notice until they're suddenly gone (e.g the air you breath has oxygen in it). the post-ww2 order is a load-bearing assumption for basically the entirety of american life. trump took a sledgehammer to it in the last 90 days.
Will Stancil@whstancil.bsky.social · 7mo agoTrump has fully shattered the world we all grew up in. It’s a dramatic break from how things worked before, even compared to the Iraq War and other misadventures - the United States abruptly tumbling over a cliff and becoming literally more reckless and domineering than Putin’s Russia.
Presented in the quoted thread is A Brief Guide to the Wild, Expansive, Seemingly Infinite Discography of Bit Shifter, for those seeking a little guidance.
Bit Shifter@bit.shifter.net · 7mo agoIf shameless Game Boy powerpop is your thing, Information Chase is a good place to start. But here at B.S.H.Q. we pride ourselves on a diversity of offerings. For instance —
★ FYI — this being Bandcamp Friday, I wanted to mention that in celebration of last week's 20th anniversary of Information Chase 🎂, everything in my Bandcamp discography is still set as pay-what-you-want. 🎊🙌🎉 Thanks to everyone who's ever given my tracks a spin. 🙏 bit-shifter.bandcamp.com
Bit Shifter@bit.shifter.net · 8mo ago📆 ON THIS DAY in 2006 • 20 years ago! 😮 @8bitpeoples.bsky.social releases Information Chase, 6 mp3s of chiptune powerpop. It's since come out on CD & vinyl, & I've performed its songs to audiences who have loudly sung along, despite there being no words. What could be more heartwarming than that? 🙏
Happy 20th Anniversary (⁉️) to an absolute classic – still sounds as good today as the day it was released.
Bit Shifter@bit.shifter.net · 8mo ago📆 ON THIS DAY in 2006 • 20 years ago! 😮 @8bitpeoples.bsky.social releases Information Chase, 6 mp3s of chiptune powerpop. It's since come out on CD & vinyl, & I've performed its songs to audiences who have loudly sung along, despite there being no words. What could be more heartwarming than that? 🙏
📆 ON THIS DAY in 2006 • 20 years ago! 😮 @8bitpeoples.bsky.social releases Information Chase, 6 mp3s of chiptune powerpop. It's since come out on CD & vinyl, & I've performed its songs to audiences who have loudly sung along, despite there being no words. What could be more heartwarming than that? 🙏
★ Happy 2nd anniversary to Maladaptive Strategies Vol. 2, part of an ongoing release series collecting wayward non-album tracks. This volume offers abstract Game Boy dancefloor bangers, plus 2 pop covers for kicks. Some of my favorite stuff I've ever done. bit-shifter.bandcamp.com/album/malada...
Bit Shifter@bit.shifter.net · 2y ago【★ ICYMI】 A few months ago, I released Maladaptive Strategies Vol. 2, showcasing nanoloop Game Boy tracks made ~’03-’07. Genuinely some of my favorite material I've ever done. (link: bit.ly/3W4HASc) Going to do a mini-thread here w/ track-by-track notes & thoughts.
If you're a fan of Information Chase & have found yourself thinking ”OK but what if it were a metal album,” boy do I have the link for you. A few years ago, sublimely talented guitarist James Lam posted a metal version of the entire EP. I will shamelessly admit that I listen to this all the time.
BIT SHIFTER - INFORMATION CHASE (FULL ALBUM METAL COVER)
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I’m old enough to remember when winning the FIFA Peace Prize used to mean something.
