Daft Punk is playing on my Game Boy

July 31, 2009 6:13 PM

Do you like Daft Punk? Do you like 8 Bit tribute albums? Then you'll probably dig Da Chip, a Daft Punk tribute album.

Quasi-related: Daft Punk has also been tapped to make 24 original tracks for the upcoming Tron sequel. Here's a preview from a Comic-Con event.

posted by hellojed (21 comments total)

Oh yummy! Good find!
posted by soft and hardcore taters at 6:20 PM on July 31 [1 favorite]

I don't know... I think of Daft Punk's music as barely above 16-bit...
posted by wendell at 6:20 PM on July 31

This was randomly mentioned in the comments of another FPP. I've been enjoying it ever since!
posted by azarbayejani at 6:25 PM on July 31

Do you like Daft Punk?

YES

Do you like 8 Bit tribute albums?

YES

Then you'll probably dig Da Chip, a Daft Punk tribute album.

FUCK YES!
posted by threetoed at 6:28 PM on July 31 [5 favorites]

Nice title.

Man, I could barely recognize "Around The World", but it was still great!
posted by orme at 6:37 PM on July 31

This is my new favorite thing. Thank you.

Now, let me go send it to all my friends (I sent it automatically to my boyfriend -- barely even clicked the link before copying and pasting).
posted by darksong at 6:37 PM on July 31

So this is what the kids are listening to these days.
posted by America at 6:46 PM on July 31

I don't know... I think of Daft Punk's music as barely above 16-bit...

You say that like it's a bad thing.

*mashes 3 fat square PCM oscillations together with some LFO and makes all the speaker cones go wobbly*
posted by loquacious at 6:54 PM on July 31

Yay, finally new Daft Punk music. One thing to thank Disney for...
posted by LSK at 6:56 PM on July 31

If these 8-bit covers are your thing, then keep your eyes on the 8bitcollective Collaborations and Releases forums.
posted by robcorr at 7:07 PM on July 31 [1 favorite]

If you like Daft Punk, you might be interested in learning more about their samples.

If you like chiptunes, you're probably looking forward to Kind of Bloop.
posted by box at 7:10 PM on July 31

Amazing.
posted by glaucon at 7:12 PM on July 31

I like nullsleep. And Commie 64.

Also if you like 8-bit mashups and remixes someone did one of Axel F that's actually interesting. There's one remix on the comp that's like some kind of crazy fucked up opiod space lounge music.
posted by loquacious at 7:14 PM on July 31

You might dig minusbaby, loq.
posted by box at 7:29 PM on July 31

What threetoed said. This rocks.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 8:24 PM on July 31

Weird comment thread on that blog. Obviously it's fake, but it also seems like it might be staged by the blog author. I have no problem with this, but it's definitely odd.

Anyway, as much as I dig the whole lsdj sound, it took me awhile to warm up to these tracks, but they're pretty solid once you give them awhile. Just forget about what the originals sound like and try to appreciate them as unique songs.
posted by feloniousmonk at 9:33 PM on July 31

Alright, I am officially impressed. Make sure you check out Digital Love. It totally sold me.
posted by feloniousmonk at 9:38 PM on July 31

Daft Punk. 8-bit sound. Life is good.
posted by The Ardship of Cambry at 9:52 PM on July 31

It seems loquacious is referring to the "Ten and Tracer - The Heat is On" version from this Axel F comp.

And here is a buttload more 8-bit albums. Bonus, NSFPepileptics.
posted by metaplectic at 10:55 PM on July 31

Second bonus.
posted by metaplectic at 11:01 PM on July 31

Yup. Fantastic. I heard of this via Metafilter's Own rstevens on twitter a few weeks back, but I never got around to posting it. Glad it made its way up here.
posted by sleeping bear at 12:58 AM on August 1