Eat Bit People
Ever wonder why Alex Mauer’s trilogy of NES chiptunes is called “Eat People”? Check out this interview over at Igloo Magazine.
Excerpt: ” I’m not really interested in chiptunes crossing into the mainstream, but it wouldn’t bother me if they did as long as it didn’t misrepresent what is going on in the chip scene. I think Anamanaguchi is good… but I’d rather see them put their guitars down and just hit play on the NES controller and stand there. (Laughs.) Not that they aren’t good or anything, it’s just that I’d rather be able to hear the NES by itself. Personally, if I was really good at playing, I’d rather make some nerd in the back of the room happy than get the whole room jumping up and down.”
April 15th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
“I’d rather make some nerd in the back of the room happy”
I could have sworn you actually said “cry”, not “happy” – but oh well.
April 17th, 2010 at 9:38 am
Ooh, a Gameboy release, finally an album I have the hardware to play it on! (never owned an NES
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April 21st, 2010 at 12:41 am
I have an imaginary game inspired completely by Eat People 1-3. I had no idea that it was one of AM’s first. Still one of my favorite collections of songs ever.
July 18th, 2010 at 3:55 pm
Mystery solved! I always did wonder, when I downloaded Eat People, why in the world the album title was referencing cannibalism….