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Bit Shifter @bit.shifter.net · 11/04/2026

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.

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"Milli Vanilli" implies the existence of an entire measurement system that includes the centivanilli, the kilovanilli, and so on

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Bit Shifter @bit.shifter.net · 08/03/2026

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. 🤍💙

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⊏𝗡⊐ @nullsleep.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

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✌️🙃

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 06/03/2026

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.

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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.

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“What I want,” you say, ”is music that’s dancefloor-friendly, but sounds like a pissed-off R2-D2.” Boy, you are not going to believe this. Maladaptive Strategies Vol. 2's abstract dance music once prompted a showgoer to remark "I didn't know Game Boys could sound like that!" Try ”Science City Zero.”

Science City Zero, by Bit Shifter

from the album Maladaptive Strategies Vol. 2

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Or maybe you're not sure quite what you want — and that's OK! We offer a grab-bag cross-section of Bit Shifter material, in the form of Maladaptive Strategies Vol. 1, which boasts tuneful innocence, abstract beats, and indulgent covers. Case in point: Kraftwerk’s “Antenna,” Game Boy style.

from the album Maladaptive Strategies Vol. 1

Antenna, by Bit Shifter

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Or perhaps you prefer expansive, moody, even disagreeable music, at turns melancholy and furious, all improbably performed on a child's toy & lent a thunderous sheen by audio warlock @lukechaos.bsky.social . We've got you covered — the 2018 album Closed System Blues. Give “The New Normal” a spin.

The New Normal, by Bit Shifter

from the album Closed System Blues

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You're someone who likes innocent, yet scrappy tunes, but also likes weird, noisy, beat-driven soundchip experiments. "Where can I turn," I hear you say. Why, my debut album, the regrettably-titled Life’s A Bit Shifter, of course. Here, try “March Of The Nucleotides (mRNA Mix).”

March Of The Nucleotides (mRNA Mix), by Bit Shifter

from the album Life’s A Bit Shifter

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If 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 —

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★ 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

Cover artwork for the Bit Shifter EP titled Information Chase.

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Bit Shifter @bit.shifter.net · 28/02/2026

Hahaha! That gig was so fun, and such a privilege. I'm glad you enjoyed the show. 🙏 Wasn't that cartridge's first time doing that to me! Don't know what it has against me. 😆

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Thank you so much Doc! This is high praise coming from you. 🙏

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8bitpeoples @8bitpeoples.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Happy 20th Anniversary (⁉️) to an absolute classic – still sounds as good today as the day it was released.

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PPS: in celebration of Information Chase's 20th anniversary, I've set everything in my Bandcamp discography to pay-what-you-want. Thank you to everyone who's been along for any portion of this strange and wonderful ride. 🙏 bit-shifter.bandcamp.com

Screenshot of Bit Shifter's Bandcamp discography, featuring five releases -- Life’s A Bit Shifter, Information Chase, Closed System Blues, Maladaptive Strategies Vol. 1, and Maladaptive Strategies Vol. 2

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And I want to say thank you in particular to Jeremiah / @nullsleep.bsky.social, for giving this music a home and an audience on 8bitpeoples, for always supporting my music, and for being a true friend and fantastic companion in 20+ years of chiptune adventures. 🖤❤️

Jeremiah / Nullsleep & I, posing for a photo in Chicago. Photo by Liz McLean Knight.

Jeremiah & I hanging with VORC mastermind and chiptune superstar Hally.

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Happy 20th birthday to Information Chase, and thank you to everyone who's ever enjoyed this li'l EP in any form, physical or digital. 🙏 PS: I may have some exciting further news to announce on this subject. Stay tuned…!

Thumbnail graphic like the one used on the 8bitpeoples website in early 2006, with the cover art from the Bit Shifter EP Information Chase, in a pixelated faux-jewel-case border.

Three different physical format editions of Information Chase -- a 3" mini-CDR, a 5-inch clear-substrate CDR, and two pressings of 12" vinyl.

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