Good Geek Music To Dance To

 

Ever heard of Chiptunes?  If not then I highly suggest checking out this awesome documentary about it over at pitchfork.tv.  Pitchfork is only hosting the video for this week only though, so you should check it out as soon as you can.  The documentary is about the creation and the history of the chiptunes scene in New York City, and it has interviews with a number of the artists involved in the scene.

 

Basically, chiptunes are electronic songs that are made using the sound chips from old video game consoles.  More often than not the songs are made using a hacked original Game Boy.  The songs have a great 8 bit feel to them.  They sound like dance versions of the old NES games we played as kids.  Remember how catchy and happy the Super Mario theme song is?  Well imagine something that catchy plus a dance beat and you have an idea what the songs sound like.

 

To learn more about chiptunes, check out the page about it on Wikipedia.