Europe in 8 Bits

Aug 3 2014 N/A 1h 16m
Documentary

The stars of Europe's ascendant chip music movement demonstrate the repurposing of old videogame and home computer hardware like Nintendo's GameBoy and NES, Atari's ST, and Commodore's Amiga and C64 into tools by which they have created a new sound, a modern tempo and an innovative musical style.

Plot

"Europe in 8 bits" is a documentary that explores the world of chip music, a new musical trend that is growing exponentially throughout Europe. The stars of this musical movement reveal to us how to reuse old video games hardware like Nintendo's GameBoy and the Commodore 64 to turn them into a tool capable of creating a new sound, a modern tempo and an innovative musical style. This is a new way of interpreting music performed by a great many artists who show their skills in turning these "limited" machines designed for leisure in the 80s into surprising musical instruments and graphical tools. It will leave nobody indifferent.

Written by

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Directed by

Javier Polo Gandía

Cast

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Production Countries

Spain

Production Companies

Turanga Films

Languages

Deutsch, Català, Français, Español, English

Awards

2 wins & 1 nomination

Scores
# of Votes
128
Average Rating
7 out of 10
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