http://bit.shifter.net
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 laughs.

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.
Audio
"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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Announcements

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.

• Bandcamp
• Spotify
• SoundCloud

CDs are also available at the following fine stores:

• Rough Trade in Brooklyn NY US · 64 North 9th St., Brooklyn NY 11249 US
• Bitropolis in Utrecht NL · Oudegracht-Tolsteegzijde 294, 3511NX Utrecht NL
Merchandise


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).

Available for mailorder via my Bandcamp page.
Selected Discography
Bit Shifter: Closed System Blues
2018 09 10 · x_x003 • Data Casualty · digital & CD
2019 06 24 · DATA0084 • Data Airlines · cassette
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Bit Shifter: Information Chase EP
2013 06 18 · x_x002 / 8BP059 • Data Casualty / 8bitpeoples
2006 02 27 · 8BP059 • 8bitpeoples
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Bit Shifter: Life's A Bit Shifter
2013 12 19 · x_x001 • Data Casualty · digital
2013 12 19 · HORN-010 • Hornbuckle Records · cassette
2003 11 24 · 555CD66 • 555 Recordings · CD
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The Shortsleeves: Volume 1
2014 06 03 · digital & cassette
Bokusatsu Shoujo Koubou: Bokusatsu Shoujos Kingdom
2012 04 30 · MSTCD013 • Mob Squad Tokyo · CD
Units: Connections
2011 07 31 · OPCM LTD CD 002 • Opilec Records · 3×CD + mp3
Units: Connections (Warm Moving Bodies — The Remixes) EP
2011 07 31 · OPCM UN EP 10-2 • Opilec Records · digital
Various Artists: miwak twelve
2009 06 18 · ¥777 • Hymen Records 2×CD
Various Artists: 8-Bit Operators
2007 02 06 · ASW 71189 • Astralwerks · CD & digital
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