Green Tone Bits

The fifteenth Green Tone Bits session is just a few days away.
Double yay!

Mark your calendars: Friday, 18 June 2010, from 22:30 to 02:00 GMT and… Saturday, 19 June 2010, from 18:00 to 20:00 GMT.
Mark your calendars: Saturday, 19 June 2010, from 18:30 to 20:00 GMT and… from 22:30 to 02:00 GMT.

This session is yet another special event: like those cool vinyl records, it’s a double-sided session. Also, unlike the previous sessions, this one won’t take place on a Friday, but on a Saturday.
So, to sum up: there will be two sessions on June 19.

A-Side will be a shorter session, taking place at Projecto no.1. And before you ask…

“Project no.1 is an temporary artistic laboratory that aims to simultaneously integrate a workspace , cultural manifestations and also a experimental bakery.”

in Projecto no.1 blog

We were kindly invited to provide the soundtrack to the colour+food experience (an artistic experience based on food and food colouring - and you can expect green-coloured food, of course), part of the Experimental Bakery of Projecto no.1.

Projecto no.1 is located at Rua da Atalaia 31, 1200-037, Lisbon [map] - former place of the Lisbon Lomography Embassy, right in the heart of Bairro Alto.

B-Side will be taking place at Ogâmico [map], our headquarters, starting at 22:30.

As usual, both sessions will be streamed to the website (and you can listen to the sets live) and we’ll load your mp3 player with the previous sessions’ playlist at both events as well.

With a double-sided session, you have even fewer excuses to miss it! See you soon!

Blips, blops and pixel blocks - that’s session #14 in a sentence right there.

Like we said before, session #14 was all about chiptune music. Still, there was room for lots of different moods: there were rock-infused 8-bit tunes, some seriously dancefloor friendly tracks and über cool cover versions (Blondie, Foals and even some old videogame classics such as Tetris, Sonic and Zelda).

We had a full house and the atmosphere was great. As promised, there were old NES games hooked up to a projector - and, with some geekery, the games were played with a pair of sleek Nintendo Wii controllers. Good times!

So go ahead and download session’s #14 playlist - and quench your 8-bit thirst. 60 songs, more than three and a half hours of chiptune music - it will surely be enough to make you  want to jump over mushrooms, eat some Pac-dots and rescue the princess.

(to find out more about a certain label, artist or song, click the links below)

1. Jan Turkenburg and his pupils of the Geert Grote School - In My Spaceship @ Confort Stand
2. Rico Zerone - Empty Beach @ Ubiktune
3. Coda - Beach in the Sky @ Ubiktune
4. MmcM - Dream Day @ Ubiktune
5. Alex Mauer - Gentle With The Hand @ Ubiktune
6. A smile for timbuctu - i skwee you skwee we skwee for an ice skwee @ Coucou Netlabel
7. Mr. Spastic - Funktify @ 8bitpeoples
8. Fluxxin - Teachers (Daft Punk Cover) @ Je deviens dj en 3 jours (via ccNeLaS)
9. Mahamajama - Funk 101 (You Will Not Disagroove) @ 8bitcollective
10. Noby - Billie Jean (Michael Jackson Cover) @ Noby (via YouTube)
11. Derris-Kharlan - Mirrors @ Game Boy Australia
12. Disasterpeace - Ensis @ Pause
13. Dauragon C. Mikado - Everything Is Gone @ CalmDownKidder Records
14. Alex Mauer - NM @ Pause
15. EvilWezil - Veridis Quo (Daft Punk Cover) @ Je deviens dj en 3 jours (via ccNeLaS)
16. Rico Zerone - Spheredivers @ Pause
17. Linde - Galileon @ 8bitpeoples
18. Lutin - Don’t Fade Away @ Coucou Netlabel
19. Robot Science - You Are A Person @ Robot Science (via Bandcamp)
20. Animal Style - Outer Trace @ 8bitpeoples
21. Maskinoperatör - Battledroids @ 8bitcollective
22. Mesu Kasumai - After Mars @ 8bitpeoples
23. Kush - FadeinFadeout Part 1 @ Coucou Netlabel
24. Syphus - Freedom (Cover) @ Syphus
25. Ultrasyd - Lonesome Robot @ Coucou Netlabel
26. Sloopygoop - Green Hill Zone @ Electro Dreams
27. Ultrasyd - £uCk!t @ Coucou Netlabel
28. Vincenzo - Summer Thing @ Ubiktune
29. Freezedream - Happy Sixty Four @ Game Boy Australia
30. The J. Arthur Keenes Band - Colour Television @ ChipMusic.org
31. Random - Micawber’s Moan @ 8bitpeoples
32. Expect Delays - I’m Coming Home @ Coucou Netlabel
33. Flashrape - Crimewave (Crystal Castles Cover) @ 8bitcollective
34. Coleco Music - Time Goes By So Quickly @ 8bitpeoples
35. Lamborghini - Vendetta @ Sociopath Recordings
36. Rabato - We Are All On Drugs @ Pterodactyl Squad
37. J. Arthur Keenes Band - In The Doorway @ CalmDownKidder Records
38. Nullsleep - On Target @ 8bitpeoples
39. Microman - The end of game @ Coucou Netlabel
40. Star City Secrets - PixelHero @ 8bitcollective
41. Je deviens dj en 3 jours - JW86 takut Wewegombel @ Pterodactyl Squad
42. Bit Shifter - Reformat The Planet @ 8bitpeoples
43. MisfitChris - Asteroid Night Opening Theme @ ChipMusic.org
44. minusbaby - São Roque (Bella/Boa) @ 8bitpeoples
45. Lego Bit Boy = 2NROBOT - Kilometr Ot Planety @ Lego Bit Boy (via Internet Archive)
46. Dr. Zilog - Kids (MGMT Cover) @ Dr. Zilog (via MySpace)
47. Dr. Zilog - Heart of Glass (Blondie) @ Dr. Zilog (via MySpace)
48. chipznbitz - hardtris @ 8bitcollective
49. Hiroshi - Alice Practice-d (Crystal Castles Cover) @ 8bitcollective
50. Noah Petrie - Hummer (Foals Cover) @ 8bitcollective
51. Derris-Kharlan - My First LSDJ @ 8bitcollective
52. AndyExpandy - supermegapowerup @ Game Boy Australia
53. Disasterpeace - Jump Error @ 8bitcollective
54. Thank Fuscia - There’s A Gameboy In My Pocket @ Sociopath Recordings
55. Starscream - Rise of Space @ 8bitpeoples
56. Anamanaguchi - Flora/Fauna @ 8bitpeoples
57. The Depreciation Guild - Butterfly Kisses @ The Depreciation Guild
58. Firebrand Boy - This Frozen Man @ 8bitpeoples
59. Derris-Kharlan - Zelda Medley @ 8bitcollective
60. Embrace The Impact - Farewell (Pt.2) @ Embrace the Impact (via Bandcamp)

Download all songs (in a zip file)

• Direct (fast)
• Internet Archive mirror (not so fast)

The next Green Tone Bits session is less than a week away - it won’t be another theme session, but it will be special as well. So mark your calendars: June 18 and June 19 (bet you didn’t see *that* coming). Details to follow very, very soon - stay tuned!

The fourteenth Green Tone Bits session is just a few days away. Power-up!
Mark your calendars: Friday, 28 May 2010, from 22:30 to 02:00 GMT.

Session #14 will be one of a kind - it will be totally dedicated to a more specific genre that has already been featured in pretty much all the playlists since our first session.

*drum roll*

Chiptune: 8-bit, Bitpop, Nintendocore, Picopop, Micromusic… That’s what Session #14 will be all about.

We’ll be paying tribute to classic video games - and to all artists (bands, musicians, etc.) who were inspired by them to create awesome, memorable tracks.

As a bonus (pun intended), there will be a couple of classic video games setup at Ogâmico [map] -  the usual place - for you to play. Do you remember Super Mario Bros., Pac-Man or Tetris on a Nintendo console?

Dress code? 8-bit Tie optional, of course.

As usual, we will be loading our previous sessions’ playlists to your MP3 player, if you want to (iPod, pen drive or anything in between).

If you really can’t warp yourself (again, pun intended) to Ogâmico, listen to the live streaming of the DJ set, right here on the website.

See you there!

The recap of our previous session is late, but not forgotten. Please be assured we haven’t been sipping piña coladas by the beach (sadly!), but have been very busy (among other things, venturing into the dark corners of the interwebs in search of the best free music so you can enjoy it).

We are always considering doing “theme sessions”, and session #13 was already based on more specific moods and genres: ambient, jazzy, glitch, micro-house and minimal techno. A different selection than you are used to listen to from us, but still loads of fresh and top quality tunes.

Let’s cut to the chase: here’s sessions #13 playlist and download link.

(to find out more about a certain label, artist or song, click the links below)

1. Jan Turkenburg and his pupils of the Geert Grote School - In My Spaceship @ Confort Stand
2. Fabrizio Cacciamali - Caustic Bijoux @ Astorbell
3. Offtopic - Tu @ Trimsound
4. krill.minima - Projektor @ Thinner
5. Don Moy - Moy or Less @ Cyan Recs.
6. Sven Laux - Warren Knows Them Too (Humeka Remix) @ Miniatura Records
7. Keinzweiter - Mircoobee @ Trimsound
8. Fax - Abordo @ Cyan Recs.
9. markus masuhr - funcktion @ Insectorama
10. Just Two Ordinary People - Ice Cream Or I Scream (Sven Laux Remix) @ spontanMusik
11. Tom Ellis - A-S-D-F @ Archipel
12. The Soulstatejazz Band - Hard Of Hearing @ Trimsound
13. Ekkis - 390 degrees with ease @ Trimsound
14. Mathis Johnsen - A una nariz *Insel auf Ton Interpretation* @ Auflegware
15. Keinzweiter - Moriaan @ Trimsound
16. Humeka - Summer Ends (Keinzweiter Remix) @ Miniatura Records
17. Erdbeerschnitzel - Distanztanz @ Tim Keiling
18. Tom Ellis - Done In @ Alt Recordings
19. Tilman - shaking around the corner @ Tilman (via Last.fm)
20. Tone Def - Remember @ Alt Recordings
21. grau - miles @ INQ
22. marsmellows - ohmydear @ Insectorama
23. max cavalerra - resize your mind @ Broque
24. Du Sant - Dulces Momentos (Grau Remix) @ Kreativa Records
25. humeka - The Sound @ [LesIzmo:r] (via Internet Archive)
26. sr.click - tamagotchi @ INQ
27. Thomas Marlow - Madeira @ Auflegware
28. PHVSR - Schnittgrößen @ Modularfield
29. Garry Grand - A night in Frauenneuharting part two @ Broque
30. The Soulstatejazz Band - Human Does @ Trimsound
31. Blue Swerver - Before Its Over @ Blue Swerver (via Jamendo)
32. Plaistow - Aki’s Apple @ 12rec.net

Download all songs (in a zip file)

• Direct (fast)
• Internet Archive mirror (not so fast)

And the best part of writing a late recap? The next session is less than a week away! That’s right, session #14 will be taking place on May 28 (that is, next friday - as we write this). See you then!

The thirteenth Green Tone Bits session is just a few days away. Yay!
Mark your calendars: Friday, 30 Abril 2010, from 22:30 to 02:00 GMT.

Daylight saving time started, earthquakes struck and volcanos erupted - but we are still ready for the next Green Tone Bits session!

Stop for a refreshing drink at Ogâmico, stay for the whole night or - if you really can’t make it - tune in to the live streaming on the website. It sure will be more fun than spending your friday night watching the telly.

And don’t forget to share the word to your friends who are in desperate need for some fresh new tunes.

As usual, we will be loading our previous sessions’ playlists to your MP3 player, if you want to (iPod, pen drive or anything in between).

See you soon!