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.

"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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T-shirts now available for mailorder! New hexagonal skull emblem, printed in white on high-quality black men's & women's Gildan Extra Cotton t-shirts. Ships internationally. Available through the Bit Shifter Bandcamp page.