56KBPS Records celebrates its 5th anniversary with Format.DF, a compilation album where we present music from the first edition of Format DF, the biggest Chiptune festival to date in Latin America, that took place in Mexico City in November 2013, plus many tracks from our friends in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala and Spain.

“Almost two years ago, two or three chip musicians and a couple of Chiptune backers/aficionados met in a small apartment located in the heart of Mexico City thinking over what the future of the Mexican scene would be like. Gecko, one of the veterans, came up with this phrase: “It’s 8bit time!” Someone else muttered: “Chido-Chip”*. Almost two and a half years ago I received an email from Chema Padilla, founder of 56kbps Records, whom I met sometime later in a pizza place. He described his record label, he talked about an international art collective: “Chipotle Collective”. “We almost have no activity in the real world” he concluded. Almost a year ago, inside a room decorated with books and old consoles, five members of Chipotle Collective were worried to death. Long-distance calls. -“Are you coming then Alex Powrs?” -“Sure thing”. Plane ticket money, the list with the names of the musicians, savings… Suddenly, organizing a festival didn`t seem like something completely impossible: “FORMAT DF”. Almost ten years ago (ten years ago!) I used to stick my cassette tape recorder to the TV speakers hoping to capture a fragment of the soundtrack of Megaman III. The end result was less than good but I listened to it anyway. Some time ago, said time ago, Numbers, names, images, dates… The memory (and a hyperlink) remains with us so we can keep going.”

In honor of the exciting announcement at this year’s E3 conference that EarthNight (a rogue-like runner game for which I’m composing an entire soundtrack!) is coming to PS4 in the not-too-distant future, I’m releasing this celebratory three-song EP. This mini-album also serves as a preview of my next full-length release. It features an early multi-instrumental version of “Truce,” the song from the trailer announcing the game’s release, a Game Boy-only version of live favorite “Little Computer People,” which will be in the game AND on my next album with some extra instrumentation, and the brand new “Astronaut High School,” which will be exclusive to this EP and the EarthNight soundtrack.

Three songs, my third release, in honor of E3… 3P.

‘Lost Tapes 1’ is a compilation of zabutom’s early work during 2000-2005 from various demoscene releases, cracktros and chipdisks. Made with a wide variety of platforms spanning oldschool MS-DOS trackers, C64 and NES, it showcases an equally diverse spectrum of emotional and technical visions.

The album includes 12 of my best tracks for 2014 and it includes an interactive episode of Dark and Darko!

In this game you will be able to visit Carf’s world! Walk around in my new studio, read background info about my projects and help Devion test his latest invention, the VST! After surviving Devion’s test you will be able to visit the release party of the album, talk to tons of my friends and fans and listen to the full album in-game!

Few things as instantaneous and powerful as a beam of light. It flies before us at an astounding velocity; but, at the same time, it leaves a trace of awe and the warmth of its traveling rooted in our hearts, just like good music. Turbo Luminescence is one of those albums which won’t allow our feet to rest from the very beginning. Speed is the premise on this record, not in that sense of haste and untidiness, but in its purest form of life, joy and motion.

Prolific and long-standing lo-fi musician and artist goto80 has been releasing his own brand of glitched, lo-res beats and imagery since 1992. His new album, Files In Space is released in June 2014 via Data Airlines delivering 58 solid minutes of jazz, pop, IDM, electro and chipmusic in a low-resolution melting pot of brand new material. Goto80’s expansive back catalogue ranges across over 20 years and sees releases on some of chipmusic and electronica’s most respected labels alongside audio-visual collaborations and work with such notable artists as Raquel Meyers, Dan Brännvall, The C-Men and Entter. As well as being a prominent researcher and blogger in the demoscene, chipmusic and text art communities, Goto80’s musical, academic and artistic works have seen him perform and exhibit at a range of high-profile events including Transmediale, MOMI in New York, Gogbot, Mapping Festival, Blip Tokyo, Hultsfred Festival and hundreds of other locations around Europe, the USA, Australia and the Middle East. Files in Space’ 13 tracks of low-resolution electronica echo Goto80’s signature style whilst simultaneously traversing some unfamiliar territory. Ranging from the 80’s tinged funk stylings of Space Bromance right the way to the franticly unpredictable and distinctly platform-game-esque sound of Furniture Adventures and the near 12 mniute SID-funk opus of Mega Amiga, Files in Space marks a defining moment in Goto80’s already impressive and extensive career with what promises to be one of the most talked about lo-fi electronic releases of 2014.

Record single composed for Gameboy in September 2013, inspired by and derivative artwork taken from “Sweet Home”

Presenting Zabutom - New Beginnings (DATA028). A new 6 track EP by Zabutom including a Dubmood remix

“All good things EP” is an exclusive release by Zalza for the Chiptune+Charity 5 bundle. It includes a mix of specially composed new, glitchy versions of Zalzas chiptune tracks ‘Stal Mormor’, ‘C64 Attack’, ‘Big Momma’, ‘Afternoon Pr0n’ as well as two brand new tracks ‘Disco-overy’ and ‘Flying Cars and Hoverboards’.

As promised in bonus #2, Chema64 will be live streaming a performance on this page below on Wednesday July 16th at 7pm PST.