Talk:Bitpop
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It's interesting to note that the page mentions that "much bitpop is made in Britain" and then goes on to list 11 names, 5 of which are Swedish (Pluxus, Puss, GOTO 80) or have Swedish names (Monster & Maskiner, Slagsmålsklubben).
Also, don't Machinae Supremacy use a SIDstation and not a C64? (it's mentioned in the SID article) Plus their style is very different from the others listed here that I have heard, although they do play C64-covers. Oh yeah, and apparently they're Swedish too. :-)
I'll shut up now.
magetoo 14:19, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)
I finally removed "much bitpop is made in Britain" since no one argued it should stay.
magetoo 01:25, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] How is this different than chiptune
Isn't this just another name for chiptune? Redirect/merge anyone?--Geedubber 00:13, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
Chiptunes are music composed entirely on the hardware that is intended to play them back, i.e. the SID in the C=64 or Paula in the Amiga, bitpop is more conventional electronica that happens to make use of the old soundchips from legacy computers to provide a more distinct sound from every other electro act. So no; it's most definitely not another name for chiptune which as I said is purely produced using the soundchips of a single computer and often is left in the original format. Seek100 21:29, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
Isn't this just another term for gamewave? The descriptions are very similar, and the list of artists contain many of the same acts. Perhaps a merge is in order? — Gwalla | Talk 02:41, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
I dunno, the majority of people are calling musicians like she and Anamanaguchi chiptune rather than bitpop. I also agree with the argument that 'bitpop' isn't really the best of words describing the music. Go look at the chiptune discussion page and you will see a proposed list with she (listed as pjat) and Anamanaguchi there along with more "traditional" artists using purely hardware like hally and aonami.. (IMO that list needs more added to it :p) 220.233.179.249 08:53, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
Well, as the term is used here in Sweden bitpop should be seen as a subgenre to Synthpop. That would make the term Gamewave necessary as it could include the use of 8-bit computers and vg consoles in music genres such as rock or orchestral. Sarnath 13:33, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] 8-bit (music)
I'm not a fan of the actual term bit "pop" as pop is just another expression for popular music. To my knowledge the electronica bands which are in the pop charts are like dance/trance/disco type. Perhaps this article ought to be changed to reflect pop music with bit influences. I think the content could be moved to 8-bit (music) as this covers all 8-bit music rather than just 8-bit pop music. Any thoughts?
And Gamewave will then be perceived as non-pop music with bit influences? Sarnath 13:49, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] List of artists
Removed a couple of names that goes under Chiptune. Sarnath 13:37, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Duplicate body
It looks like someone copied & pasted the body of the article, although there are a few minor differences between the two identical sections. Modul8r 20:36, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
