Bit Shifter explores high-energy, low-bit music composed and performed on a Nintendo Game Boy. The result is an unapologetically fun foray into an evocative and distinctive soundset, executed on a console generally misperceived as being technically limited. Made possible by Oliver Wittchow and Johan Kotlinski's respective home-brew Game Boy musicmaking programs Nanoloop and Little Sound DJ, Bit Shifter's music adopts and subverts the playfulness inherent in the familiar Game Boy soundset, repurposing it into the service of novel idioms. Based in New York City, Bit Shifter has performed over one hundred shows worldwide, having recently circumnavigated the planet in a 20-date world tour with fellow chiptune compatriot Nullsleep.
Information Chase (8BP059)
Life's A Bit Shifter
(555 Recordings CD)
555CD55
(555 Recordings CD) 8BP050
(8bitpeoples 2xCD+MP3) The 8bits of Christmas
(8bitpeoples MP3) 8-Bit Operators
(Astralwerks CD) "Pocket Calculator" (Glomag Mega-Mix)" / "The Robots"
(Astralwerks 12") Christmasasaurus Vol. 2
(Candy Mind MP3) GB
(Intikrec CD) Remuzik
(Intikrec CD) Anime Toonz Volume 2
(Jellybean CD) Anime Toonz Volume 3 [Lemon Edition]
(Jellybean / Nemesis CD) Anime Toonz Volume 3 [Lime Edition]
(Jellybean / Nemesis CD) Maladroit Shares Capslock With Bit Shifter
(Ketacore 12"/MP3) Lumptronic 6 ...
(Lumpen Media Group 2xCD) Gully Gotham Grit • Volume 1
(Mirex 12") Ctrl-N
(Modsquare MP3) Boy Playground
(Relax Beat CD) Sonic Acts XI - The Anthology Of Computer Art
(Sonic Acts / The Wire DVD) Chipolitiks Vol. 1: 1984
(Toilville MP3) Yard Magazine Issue 2 CD Project
(Yard / SDE CD)
