Earlier this year, the Digital Culture Beat had the pleasure of attending the “8-bit Music Exhibit” for the Digital Studies Institute, planned by Toni Bushner and Norah Vulpes — a digital scholarship ...

Your retro-console has never sounded this good before! Featuring more than 15 original compositions by popular Japanese artists, 8-Bit Music Power Final puts chiptunes in your console, charming ...

The 8-Bit Big Band have won 2022's Grammy Award for Best Arrangement (Instrument and A Cappella) with their take on Meta Knight's Revenge from Kirby Super Star. The funky arrangement was written by ...

It’s an oft-stated but hard-to-believe statistic: The global video game industry generates more revenue than the music and film industries combined. With each passing year, a greater share of the ...

The 80s were the golden age of synthesizers in pop music. Hugely complicated setups that spared no expense were the norm, with synths capable of recreating anything from pianos and guitars to ...