blink in eight bits

We talk about 8-bit tunes a lot on this site, most of them falling under the category of bitpop. For reference, here’s the Wiki definition of what bitpop is.

Bitpop is a type of electronic music, where at least part of the music is made using old 8-bit computers, game consoles and little toy instruments. Popular choices are the Commodore 64, Game Boy, Atari 2600 and Nintendo Entertainment System.

Everyone seemed to love that Blink-182 vs Jay-Z mash a few days back so I thought I’d put together a taste of BlinkBit! To give you some personal history, Blink-182 is my favorite band of all-time and even though Animal Collective, Daft Punk, and Black Moth Super Rainbow among others are the loves of my life no one can ever touch the holy grail trio that is Blink. This holds true for a good part of us FMLY bloggers and if you’re “feeling this” the same way then rad.

On Buddha, Blink unveiled their cover of the Screeching Weasels’ “The Girl Next Door” which is definitely a favorite tune of ours. Malaysian 8-bit dance party, mikrochip no32, has been kind enough to hit us up with a cover of Blink’s “The Girl Next Door” that I can’t stop rocking out to. Listen to this and more rad mikrochip no32 tracks via 8bitcollective.

Blink-182 – The Girl Next Door
mikrochip no32 – The Girl Next Door (Blink-182 CVR)

“Feeling This,” the first single off of Blink’s last album was definitely one of the hottest music videos I had ever seen at the time – I’m sure a few girls threw themselves in jail to get a taste of that. The UK’s Breakbeat Heartbeat has provided an awesome RMX/CVR of Blink’s “Feeling This” and has even more great tunes on his page which I highly recommend checking out.

Blink-182 – Feeling This
Breakbeat Heartbeat – Feeling This (Blink-182 RMX)

And finally, I present to you “The Rock Show” like you’ve never heard it before. Big ups to ColeTrain for putting together this totally awesome remix/cover, we can’t get enough of it!

Blink-182 – The Rock Show
ColeTrain – The Rock Show (Blink-182 CVR)

8bit video cover of “Dammit” after the jump, and some of my favorite 8bit covers below.

Anamanaguchi – So Bored (8bit Wavves cover)
Unicorn Dream Attack – Monkey Gone To Heaven (Pixies Cover)
Unicorn Dream Attack – l00m3r (My Bloody Valentine cover)
8bit Betty – Reading Rainbow theme
nordloef – Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division cover)

For more 8bit music, artists, and information please refer to 8bitcollective.