说到8BIT相信诸君必定是常常看到或者听到。所谓的CHIPTUNE也就是由老式家用电脑、录像游戏机和街机的芯片（也就是所谓的CHIP）发出的声音而写作的曲子。

CHIPTUNE可以由游戏机中的声音处理芯片发出，也可以由SID芯片（著名的C64），而现在有许多音乐人使用GAMEBOY来制作，当然当然现在很多软件也可以制作（虽然笔者认为这样的声音不够纯正）。随着计算机技术的进步制作CHIPTUNE也比最初要使用MML要进步了太多，尽管大家制作的方法不同，不过也形成了一群专注于CHIPTUNE的音乐人。因为CHIPTUNE起源于日本，CHIPTUNE在日本自然是群众基础大大的有，日本玩CHIPTUNE的音乐人甚多，笔者就比较有特色的简略介绍。

日本虽然是起源之地，但是由于日本亚文化在全球巨大影响力，英美澳欧都涌现出了一批优秀的CHIPTUNE音乐人。先说笔者最爱的saskrotch，笔者认识他是起源于《Crunchy Records Compilation 2008》这张怪异又赞到不行的合辑（到现在仍旧是笔者心目中的CHIPTUNE TOP1 )，由厂牌CRUNCHY RECODS发行，（BTW,诸君可以去他们的WEB上完全免费DOWN各种他们LABEL的专辑： http://www.crunchyco.com/releases/ 请叫我雷锋蓮火子）虽然saskrotch在整张合辑里只有一首，但是暂停/人声/BASS反拍/速度变化把一首（和最炫民族风一样）的4/4拍曲子搞得高潮迭起，可见此君对乐曲节奏把握技术的高妙（同时也可以在soundcloud上搜索到saskrotch）。saskrotch一扫CHIPTUNE给人的刻板印象：可爱，复古。游戏化。在他手下的CHIPTUNE变得更加成人化，注重对速度变化的精准掌控，CHIPTUNE带上了有些扭曲残忍的可爱感。与日本CHIPTUNE音乐人的风格明显不同。
下面就逐一列举一下全球的8-Bit知名DJ （下一贴）

8-bit电子乐DJ，出生在英国伦敦，资深8-bit制作人，年少时酷爱电子游戏，是个地地道道的游戏王。
个人邮箱：hello@shirobonmusic.com
Shirobon是一位来自英国伦敦的芯片音乐/电子音乐家。他把视频游戏机的声音和合成器的声音混合在一起做音乐！他的风格是众所周知的未来主义和旋律，并保持一个沉重的节奏！

Electronic musician from London, England.Make music using video game consoles and stuff。Shirobon is an Chiptune/Electronic musician from London, England. He makes his music blending the sounds of video game consoles and synths! His style is known to be futuristic and melodic and maintaining a heavy rhythm!

Dubmood

8-bit电子乐DJ，1985年出生在瑞典。
Dubmood是一位生活在马赛的跨流派瑞典芯片音乐家，1996年在modarchive上推出了他的第一首芯片曲子。从那以后，他一直在为各种各样的集团创作芯片音乐。
自2004年以来，他一直在现场表演，无论是作为一名电子DJ还是在Chipmusic livesets，无论是单独还是在不同的联盟中。作为一个重要的灵感来源和几支新兴的chiptune乐队对chipmusic的介绍，Dubmood在chipmusic社区的存在是强烈的感受。作为一个老手和文体先锋，杜伯穆德现在不仅赢得了新艺术家的尊重，而且被更知名的主流演员公认为优秀的制片人和混音师。

Dubmood is a crossgenre Swedish chipmusician living in Marseille who put out his first chiptunes on modarchive back in 1996. Since then he has been composing chipmusic for various crackgroups but residing with the infamous Razor 1911, described by the FBI as the oldest software piracy ring on the internet.
Since 2004 he has been performing live, both as an Electro DJ and at Chipmusic livesets, alone and in different coalitions. Mentioned as a vital source of inspiration and the introduction to chipmusic by several emerging chiptune bands, Dubmood's presence in the chipmusic community is strongly felt. An old hand and a stylistic pioneer, Dubmood now not only earns respect from new artists, but is also recognized by more well-known mainstream acts as an excellent producer and remixer.

Chipzel

80后 8-bit电子乐DJ，国籍：北爱尔兰，8-bit DJ女王。
Chipzel是Niamh Houston的别名，Niamh Houston是一位独立的北爱尔兰芯片音乐家，她沉迷于使用游戏男孩来创作充满活力、旋律优美的舞曲。Chipzel把原来的8-bit音效变成了疯狂的重击，让80后的人群都变成了“狂吠的疯子”，她的作品将复古和现代相结合，仿佛回到了“任天堂”的游戏时代。

Chipzel is the alias of Niamh Houston, an independent Northern Irish chip-musician who indulges in the use of Gameboys to create energetic, melodic dance tracks. Through taking the original 8bit sound and manipulating it into something frantically hard-hitting, Chipzel has seen crowds of all ages turn to “raving loons”, taken right back to their days of retro gaming.

Treyfrey




8-bit电子乐DJ，国籍：美国费城，宾夕法尼亚州。
TREY FREY Lo-Fi Dance Music... TREY FREY Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Lo-Fi Dance

Sabrepulse



原名 Ashley Charles， 8-bit电子乐DJ，国籍：英国伦敦。
萨布伦是阿什利·查尔斯，一位伦敦的音乐家，他热衷于用新老技术创作各种电子音乐，最著名的是任天堂游戏男孩和现代音序器。他在布莱普街（BLEEP STREET）发布了80多张的唱片，并在欧洲、美国、日本和南美的100多个现场活动中演出。

Sabrepulse is Ashley Charles, a London based musician with a passion for creating diverse electronic music using old & new technology, most notably Nintendo Gameboys & modern sequencers.He has released records via BLEEP STREET, 8BITPEOPLES and has performed at over 100 live events across Europe, USA, Japan & South America.

Teminite




原名 Sam， 8-bit电子乐DJ，国籍：英国德文郡。
山姆是制作电子音乐的人，他是以为优秀的电子音乐艺术家，来自英国德文郡，他的作品是与众不同的混音天堂。
Sam is the one make electronic music, and also mixed tracks with many excellent artists such as Different Heaven He is from Devon, Britain

Xilent

8-bit电子乐DJ，国籍：英国。
西伦特的《选择我2》（Choose Me II）已经风靡一时了。在他首次发布《选择我2》（Dubstep）后不到两年的时间里，一位新的天才出现了，西伦特很快就成了低音文化中最受欢迎的名字之一。从一个相对不为人所知到成为世界上最受欢迎的电子制作人，这段时间很短，很容易让人忘记，直到2011年，赞恩·洛在英国广播公司第一台的节目中接拍了《Choose Me II》，让西伦特成为了他的“下一个”《炒作艺术家》这首歌将继续登上Beatport Dubstep音乐排行榜的榜首（连续三个月位居前五名），并与Skrillex、Feed Me、Porter Robinson和Nero一起入围Beatport音乐奖“2011年度最佳Dubstep音乐排行榜”。

Xilent’s has been meteoric in the extreme.At just under two years since his debut Dubstep release ‘Choose Me II’ marked the arrival of a serious new talent, it’s easy to forget that it was only back in 2011 when ‘Choose Me II’ was picked up by Zane Lowe on BBC Radio 1 making Xilent his ‘Next Hype’ artist with the track going on to top the Beatport Dubstep chart (remaining in the top five for over three months) and being made a finalist in the Beatport Music Award’s “Top Dubstep Track of the Year 2011′′ alongside Skrillex, Feed Me, Porter Robinson and Nero.

‘Choose Me II’ has now had over 3 million plays on YouTube and will forever be remembered as the track that brought Xilent to the world’s attention and the start of his world spanning bass odyssey.With such a landmark release, a follow up was always going to difficult, however with his 2012 releases ‘Touch Sound EP’ and ‘Ultrafunk EP’ creating waves of new fans across dance floors,Xilent has also become a much in demand remixer with everyone from Katy Perry (who personally signed off on his mix), Ellie Goulding and Ed Sheeran to Sub Focus, Hadouken! and Excision queuing up to get his take on their latest releases.

His original tracks and remixes also continue to be featured heavily in the sets of the worlds biggest DJ’s with artists such as Skrillex, Knife Party and Flux Pavilion all being long term supporters.2013 was even more exciting for Xilent. With DJ bookings now taking him around the world and rumours of a late 2014 debut album in offing, it is no wonder many are tipping him for true greatness in the coming months.

Fantomenk

8-bit电子乐DJ，国籍：瑞典。发行公司：Simon Norberg
风格：Electronic, minimal, retro音乐融合Konami, Capcom, Nintendo等的游戏元素，复古和现代的电子音乐结合了忍者的气味。一股不可抗拒的力量存在于范多明克的旋律和节奏之间。活力和新鲜是这位艺术家作品的代名词。

Retro and modern electronic music combined with the scent of Ninja.An irresistible force lives between Fantomenk’s melodies and rhythms. Energy and freshness are the keywords of this work by the swedish artist. You will listen to his tracks one after another, without stop moving your head and you feet. Let’s call people, it’s time to party.

Crystal Castles




风格: 8bit / 实验（Electronic/Experimental)
地区: Canada(加拿大)Alice Glass
成员aliceEthan Kath

Crystal Castles 的挑逗是忽冷忽热的，但却持久深刻。伴随着女主唱冰冷而桀骜的声线，犹如红色纤细指甲划过玻璃，刺痒你柔软的心脏，钻进你每一个毛孔；亦若寒风凌烈万物萧条之中，破旧的列车激进地循环，远方滑稽而狼狈的树木，却在吟唱物极必反定律，掠夺着你神经的理智面。

以混沌喧闹的现场，率真、感性又忧郁的作品而闻名的Crystal Castles在2008-2013年间发行了其备受称赞三部曲专辑。而他们第三张专辑《III》 同时成为了Tumblr和Hype Machine的2013年度最佳专辑，也被NME杂志评选为年度第四。2015年，Crystal Castles在新成员Edith Frances加入后发行了两首单曲，“Frail”和“Deicide”，并在2016年发行了第四张专辑《Amnesty (I)》。专辑中的12首歌，正如我们所期望的那样，体现了他们在音乐氛围上的尝试。哥特电音的颂歌和失真的电子乐，电影场景般的合成音和层叠的噪音，HipHop和trap混搭的synth pop，都在这张专辑里奇妙地统一融合，而又兼具各自特色和趣味。
这支来自加拿大多伦多的电子乐队一男一女两人阵容，恰到好处的分工和互补，完美演绎Synthpop（合成器流行）和Witch House（女巫浩室）风格。他们的音乐可以说是“新意识主义”，冷静的合成器出色的混音，迷漫唱腔叠加的威慑力，使Crystal Castles在西方国家的火爆程度无人能比，在光怪陆离电子圈中也能保有一份独一无二。

Crystal Castles在2008-2013年发布了三张广受好评的专辑。上一张专辑《III》获得2013年Tumblr 和Hype Machine最佳专辑奖项，及nme年度最佳专辑第四名。2015年，随着新成员EDITH FRANCES的加入，他们发行了单曲《Frail》及《Deicide》。
Crystal Castles近期发布了《Femen》以及《Concrete》的视频首映，紧接着带来了新的单曲《Char》，继续延续了2012年广受好评的专辑《III》的风格。伴随着EDITH FRANCES尖锐的而迷幻的人声，其美妙的电子摇篮曲显得既强有力又温柔，毋庸置疑《Char》将Crystal Castles的精髓完美的展现到了极致。