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Bitpop is a type of electronic music, where at least part of the music is made using old 8-bit computers or game consoles. Popular choices are the Commodore 64 and Game Boy. Two major publishers of bitpop are Relax Beat & Bleepstreet Records. Examples of bands in the genre are 1987, Covox, firestARTer, David Sugar, GOTO80, The Hardliner, Khonnor, Machinae Supremacy, Monster & Maskiner, Mr. Pacman, Pluxus, Pontonius, Puss, Slagsmålsklubben and Welle: Erdball
(The name is a pun on britpop and bit.)
Related to bitpop are groups that write chip music such as She, YM Rockerz, and AY Riders.
Some related genres are Gamewave, Picopop, and electropop.
Downtempo/IDM Sub-Genres:
Acid jazz
Balearic Beat
Bitpop
Chiptune
Electro clash
Electropop
Minimal Electronica/Glitch
Nu jazz
Trip Hop (aka The Bristol Sound)
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