Various - 8-Bit Operators - The Music Of Kraftwerk


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Label: Astralwerks, ReceptorsMusic
Catalog#: ASW 71189, RCP02
Format: CD, Compilation
Country:US
Released:06 Feb 2007
Genre: Electronic, Pop, Rock
Style: Chiptune, Happy Hardcore, House, Space Rock, Techno, Minimal, Krautrock, IDM, Europop, Electro, Downtempo, Synth-pop, Experimental
Credits: Executive Producer - Jeremy Kolosine
Mastered By - Allan Tucker , Tom Ohmsen
Other [Project Manager] - Nick Clift
Other [Thanks To] - Errol Kolosine
Performer [Game Boy] - Bit Shifter , Bubblyfish , Glomag , Herbert Weixelbaum , Nullsleep , Receptors
Producer - Bacalao , Glomag , Johan Kotlinski , Oliver Wittchow , Receptors
Notes:A various artist covers compilation, featuring interpretations of classic Kraftwerk songs, arranged primarily on lo-bit handheld gaming devices, vintage video game consoles and obsolete 8 bit home computers ( such as Game Boys, Ataris, Nintendo systems and Commodore 64's ) now revered for the rich and distinctive sound of their lo-bit microchips. This video game-influenced branch of electronic music, sometimes referred to as ‘chiptune’, ‘bitpop’ or just ‘8-bit’, has developed a flourishing international live scene, and is one of the first new genres of music to use the internet to its fullest advantage, with the advent of home-brewed synth cartridges and hacker influenced musical tools.
The 8-BIT OPERATORS collection features some of the top 8-bit artists from North America, South America and Europe, a selection of the best musical innovators, and several of the inventors themselves.
Rating: 4.41/5 (22 votes) Rate It
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Tracklisting:

1 Bacalao The Robots (Die Roboter) (3:30)
    Written-By - Florian Schneider , Karl Bartos , Ralf Hütter
2 Glomag Pocket Calculator (3:54)
    Written-By - Emil Schult , Karl Bartos , Ralf Hütter
3 Covox Computer Love (3:41)
    Written-By - Emil Schult , Karl Bartos , Ralf Hütter
4 Role Model Showroom Dummies (4:00)
    Written-By - Ralf Hütter
5 Nullsleep The Model (3:57)
    Written-By - Florian Schneider , Karl Bartos , Ralf Hütter
6 David E. Sugar* Radioactivity (4:13)
    Written-By - Emil Schult , Florian Schneider , Ralf Hütter
7 Oliver Wittchow Kristallo (4:23)
    Written-By - Florian Schneider , Ralf Hütter
8 8 Bit Weapon Spacelab (4:54)
    Written-By - Karl Bartos , Ralf Hütter
9 firestARTer Computer World (Computerwelt) (4:26)
    Written-By - Emil Schult , Florian Schneider , Karl Bartos , Ralf Hütter
10 Neotericz Electric Cafe (4:04)
    Written-By - Florian Schneider , Karl Bartos , Maxime Schmitt , Ralf Hütter
11 Receptors Trans-Europe Express (4:02)
    Written-By - Emil Schult , Ralf Hütter
12 Herbert Weixelbaum Tanzmusik (3:58)
    Written-By - Florian Schneider , Ralf Hütter
13 Bubblyfish It's More Fun To Compute (3:52)
    Written-By - Florian Schneider , Karl Bartos , Ralf Hütter
14 Bit Shifter Antenna (3:48)
    Written-By - Emil Schult , Florian Schneider , Ralf Hütter
15 gwEm And Counter Reset The Man-Machine (Die Mensch-Maschine) (4:06)
    Written-By - Florian Schneider , Karl Bartos , Ralf Hütter
User Reviews:
skylt, Mar 22, 2008

I really enjoy this compilation and rate it higher than most Kraftwerk cover collections and the reason for this is that my understanding of Kraftwerks music is that they intended the music to be naturalistic and perfect and perhaps reflect the reality of the future. This compilation has recreated Kraftwerk tunes with "old" 8-bit tools to recreate the music in an from our perspective today old-school bleepy way - but this old school machinery is more modern than Kraftwerks original instruments...

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