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 · 5mo 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 · 5mo 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 · 5mo 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 · 5mo 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 · 5mo 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 · 5mo 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)
YouTube video by AYA
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I’m old enough to remember when winning the FIFA Peace Prize used to mean something.
Reminiscing about “Science City Zero” (2003) · My approach to this track was atypical for me: fire up nanoloop with no preconceived idea, play around, see what comes out. The results were fascinating to me because they were so different from anything I’d made in other tools. youtu.be/DX_3BJSkGVY
Science City Zero
YouTube video by Bit Shifter - Topic
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2026 East Coast Tour dates confirmed so far … 02/28 Pittsburgh 03/01 Philadelphia 03/04 New Haven 03/06 Boston 03/07 NYC looking to add Providence on 03/05 (hmu!) hyped as fuck to see all of you ❤️
still looking to book shows in philly and providence – get at me! rest of the tour is coming together and will be announced soon ✌️
⊏𝗡⊐@nullsleep.bsky.social · 8mo ago⚠️ EAST COAST FRIENDS ⚠️ I’m looking to book shows in Providence, Philly, and Pittsburgh – early/mid March timeframe. Boston 3/6 confirmed, and NYC already in the works! BREAKBEAT HARDCORE / JUNGLE / FOOTWORK / CHIPTUNE HEADS ASSEMBLE hmu if you wanna make something happen!
❄️ Happy holidays from all of us here at B.S.H.Q. ⛄🩵 (Get this track, “Winter Wonderland,” and more at Bandcamp: bit-shifter.bandcamp.com/album/malada... )
📆 ON THIS DAY in 2011 • Chaos Royale (@lukechaos.bsky.social ) released You Realize, This Means War, with the Bit Shifter collab track “Nympho Assassin” as the album's closer. Unrelenting Chaos Royale bass & shearing noise, plus raw Z80 tones? Yes, please. chaosmusick.bandcamp.com/track/nympho...
Nympho Assassin (feat. Bit Shifter), by Luke Chaos
from the album You realize, this means war
chaosmusick.bandcamp.com
Hard to express how grateful I am to know that this li'l ol' EP still gets spun & played, and even moreso to hear that it motivated people to make music. A musician can't ask for more than that. Thank you sincerely.🙏🩶🤍💙💚🖤
Ed Herbers@herbersmusic.bsky.social · 8mo ago#NowPlaying: the awesomely-packaged Information Chase #vinyl by @bit.shifter.net This album was really influential in my teenage years and was definitely a catalyst for my own desire to write music.
🗓️ ON THIS DAY in 2003 • The legendary 555 Recordings released my regrettably-titled 1st album, Life’s A Bit Shifter. Thanks to all who've tuned in along the way. In celebration of the birthday, everything on my Bandcamp discography is now pay-what-you-want. 🙏 bit-shifter.bandcamp.com