Based in New York City, Bit Shifter explores high-impact, low-res music produced using primitive synthesis as a deliberate aesthetic choice. Adopting a distillation of the less-is-more philosophy, Bit Shifter operates with a standard Nintendo Game Boy as a means of exploring the aesthetics of economy, pushing minimal hardware to its maximum.

He is also in it for the lolz.

Co-administrator of the 8bitpeoples collective & label, and co-founder & co-curator of the international Blip Festival event series, Bit Shifter has released music on Hymen, Astralwerks, Mirex, 555 Recordings, and Ketacore, and has been fortunate enough to perform extensively around the world.

"Hypervigilance" From Closed System Blues, Data Casualty ℗ & © Bit Shifter · Maximum R&D (ASCAP)

"The Butterfly" From Closed System Blues, Data Casualty ℗ & © Bit Shifter · Maximum R&D (ASCAP)

"Strange Comfort" From Bit.Trip Flux Original Soundtrack, Gaijin Games ℗ & © Bit Shifter · Maximum R&D (ASCAP)

"Easy Prey" From miwak twelve, Hymen Records ℗ & © Bit Shifter · Maximum R&D (ASCAP)

Bokusatsu Shoujo Koubou: "Boys'n'Shoujos Kingdom (Shoujoligarchy Mix)"Bit Shifter remix From Bokusatsu Shoujo Koubou: Bokusatsu Shoujos Kingdom, Mob Squad Tokyo ℗ & © Bokusatsu Shoujo Koubou

Units: "Warm Moving Bodies (Skyscraper Cell Mix)"Bit Shifter remix From Units: Connections (Warm Moving Bodies — The Remixes), Opilec Music ℗ & © Units · Let's Go Music / Very Safe Music (BMI)

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CLOSED SYSTEM BLUES · NEW ALBUM, OUT NOW



Mixed and mastered by Luke Chaos
Artwork, layout, and design by vaporstack (andrew macfarlane)

Available via download, streaming, and on compact disc.

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New items — high-quality die-cut 3" vinyl stickers featuring the skull / electrical bolts motif, and hot off the presses, new shirts featuring the logo remixed & surgically altered by vaporstack (andrew macfarlane).

Come get them on my upcoming Japan mini-tour, and if you're unable to make it, they'll be available for mailorder via my Bandcamp page once the tour is concluded.