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Bit Shifter @bit.shifter.net · 6d

⚠️ Alert: utterly unique chiptune maestro Snoopdroop detected in this sector ⚠️

Bit Shifter @bit.shifter.net · Sep 13

Reminiscing about the time I had the opportunity to remix one of my favorite bands, late-'70s synthpunk pioneers the Units. Here's my remix of their seminal track “Warm Moving Bodies.”

Warm Moving Bodies (Bit Shifter Skyscraper Cell Remix)

YouTube video by The Units - Topic

youtu.be

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Bit Shifter @bit.shifter.net · Sep 11

For the brave:
bit-shifter.bandcamp.com/album/closed...

Closed System Blues, by Bit Shifter

10 track album

bit-shifter.bandcamp.com

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Bit Shifter @bit.shifter.net · Sep 11

Happy 7th birthday to my youngest and most mean-spirited son, 2018’s Closed System Blues. You’re a terror but I’m proud of you anyway. 🖤

Cover art for the Bit Shifter album Closed System Blues. Graphic design by Andrew Macfarlane / vaporstack

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Bit Shifter @bit.shifter.net · Sep 9

To the kind folks who recently* ordered merch from my Bandcamp page ( *except not really that recently anymore), I really apologize for the wait. Got sidelined by some moving-target health issues (thankfully not serious and now nearly resolved). Am back in action & intend to get these out this week.

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Bit Shifter @bit.shifter.net · Aug 29

I happened to see the article, I'm just glad he seemed to like it! Played hacky sack with him once in Bologna Italy. I don't do that for just anyone. All hail DJ Scotch Egg. 🤘

The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · Jun 10

Listen to the music we played DJ Scotch Egg in his Invisible Jukebox interview in The Wire 497.

Featuring Shitmat, Hrvatski, Bit Shifter, Stockhausen, Seefeel and many more.

www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...

Invisible Jukebox mix: DJ Scotch Egg - The Wire

Listen to the music we played DJ Scotch Egg in his Invisible Jukebox interview in The Wire 497

www.thewire.co.uk

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Bit Shifter @bit.shifter.net · Aug 24

😆

Bit Shifter @bit.shifter.net · Aug 23

#IncreaseABand

Weezest

Bit Shifter @bit.shifter.net · Aug 23

#IncreaseABand

Gigadeth

Kurt Busiek @kurtbusiek.bsky.social · Aug 23

#IncreaseABand

The Police With Next Year's Budget

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Bit Shifter @bit.shifter.net · Aug 23

#IncreaseABand

Gigadeth

Kurt Busiek @kurtbusiek.bsky.social · Aug 23

#IncreaseABand

The Police With Next Year's Budget

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Bit Shifter @bit.shifter.net · Aug 22

Follow @damage-band.bsky.social , cowards

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Bit Shifter @bit.shifter.net · Aug 22

So I joined a band recently. Not chiptune-related, FYI. Synthesizer punk act called Damage. Originally existed from the early ’80s into the ’90s. They’ve reformed, enlisted me, & we’ve got an LP release show 9/18 in Brooklyn @ Main Drag Music. Here’s “It Just Won’t Pass” from a recent Orlando gig.

It Just Won't Pass - Live

YouTube video by Damage - Band

www.youtube.com

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Bit Shifter @bit.shifter.net · Aug 22

😆 it's OK, I didn't get any on me

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Bit Shifter @bit.shifter.net · Aug 22

🙏 This means a lot coming from you!

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Damage @damage-band.bsky.social · Jul 24

NYC ★ THURS. 9/18 at @maindragmusic.bsky.social! • Join us for the release party for the new LP 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. Get your tickets & spread the word!

We'll be joined by Giggle The Ozone (eclectic avant-pop/rock) & Maxx Klaxxon (stark 3D A/V synthpop experience).

maindragmusic.com/collections/...

Flier art promoting the September 18th Damage album release show at Main Drag Music in Brooklyn, NY. Text reads: UNSUNG ’80s SYNTH-PUNK PIONEERS / DAMAGE / MODERN WORLD LP RELEASE PARTY / WITH SPECIAL GUESTS / GIGGLE THE OZONE / MAXX KLAXON / DJ SET BY JOE LIVINGSTON (ATLANTA / SAN FRANCISCO) / SEPTEMBER 18TH · 7:30 PM · $15.00 / MAIN DRAG MUSIC / 50 S. 1ST ST · BROOKLYN NY 11249

Live performance photo of Damage; image depicts Damage's three members, one on drums and two playing Moog Liberation synthesizers. Photo by Jim Leatherman.

A group of aging punks who may or may not be the band known as Giggle The Ozone, playing pool while the world smolders outside the window.

Artist photo of premier synthesist Maxx Klaxon.

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Bit Shifter @bit.shifter.net · Aug 22

🙏 Thank you my friend!

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Bit Shifter @bit.shifter.net · Aug 22

Follow @damage-band.bsky.social , cowards

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Bit Shifter @bit.shifter.net · Aug 22

So I joined a band recently. Not chiptune-related, FYI. Synthesizer punk act called Damage. Originally existed from the early ’80s into the ’90s. They’ve reformed, enlisted me, & we’ve got an LP release show 9/18 in Brooklyn @ Main Drag Music. Here’s “It Just Won’t Pass” from a recent Orlando gig.

It Just Won't Pass - Live

YouTube video by Damage - Band

www.youtube.com

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Bit Shifter @bit.shifter.net · Aug 5

Ignore, I'm venting and saying nothing new. Needed a void to shout into.

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Bit Shifter @bit.shifter.net · Aug 5

Bootlicking flag-wavers for authoritarianism want to foster a fundamentally inhumane world. Why? Because they eagerly capitulate to largely made-up fears, and then seek to sublimate their abject cowardice into "action" in the form of bringing harm to others. It's pathetic.

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Bit Shifter @bit.shifter.net · Jul 31

Will my pulling my stuff hurt his bottom line? Obviously not even remotely. I already hated his incredibly artist-hostile wealth-extracting business philosophies; him now taking that wealth and dumping it into weapons development takes it into a whole other sphere. I'm not going to participate.

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Bit Shifter @bit.shifter.net · Jul 31

Finally took all my music down from Spotify, or at least all of it that I directly control. As you've heard, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek invested ⅔ of a BILLION dollars into military technology company Helsing SE (of which he is also a chairman) with a focus on AI applications. Yeah, no thanks.

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Bit Shifter @bit.shifter.net · Jul 14

Likewise, great to see you too! Hope we can cross paths again sometime soon.

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Bit Shifter @bit.shifter.net · Jul 13

Thank you Johan Kotlinksi, and all of the amazing people I've been privileged to come to know in this vibrant, weird, wonderful subculture. Happy Little Sound B-Day!!

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Bit Shifter @bit.shifter.net · Jul 13

Was this spontaneous protest-trip financially irresponsible? Yes. Was it the correct course of action? Also yes.

Li'l ol' me, smiling a lot more in Stockholm than I ever do back home in New York.

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Bit Shifter @bit.shifter.net · Jul 13

My overnight flight got me to Stockholm early on the 5th. Checked in to my quirky hotel, napped hard, went to the show. What followed was an amazing night of amazing performances, + 3 more days getting to hang out and catch up with dear friends, some of whom I haven't seen in 15 years or more.

Eat Rabbit whipping the crowd into a frenzy

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