'Paranoid', by Black Sabbath in 8-bit

I Wanna Hld Your Handheld, Vol 1

From 8-bit Operators:

Conceived and compiled by long-time electronic artist and 8-bit composer, Jeremy Kolosine (a.k.a. Receptors), the 8-BIT OPERATORS collective features some of the top 8-bit artists from North America, South America, Asia, and Europe, a selection of the best musical innovators, and several of the inventors themselves.

Other than being somewhat strange - the vocals make me think a ghost has invaded the computer - the album is really, very cool. Even if some of the tracks aren't very good (I'm looking at you, 'Come Together'), overall Handheld is definitely more interesting than plenty of other Beatles tribute records I've listened to in the past. I'm especially digging the 8-bit versions of 'For the Benefit of Mr. Kite!' and 'Sgt. Pepper's'.

You can stream the entire album online right now, and I think - but I'm not sure - that you can download it as well. In addition, one of the contributing bands - Anamanaguchi - has an album (and a web site!), which you can stream online or purchase on iTunes. You can go to the site to pick up the album, 'Dawn Metropolis'.

It's pretty good, if you can get into 8-bit music. And I, loyal readers, most certainly can. It sounds like the soundtrack to 'Megan Man 2' mixed with 'The Killers'.

[I Wanna Hld Your Handheld, Vol. 1]

Mario Paint - Weezer "Pork and Beans"

It's a sort of gimmick to translate songs to media like this, but for some reason I'm really impressed by them, so I'll continue to include them on the blog, and I hope you continue to enjoy them. This particular song - in case you don't recognized it - is "Pork and Beans" by Weezer, from their "Red Album".

If you want to see more of this sort of thing, here is a list of other songs I found:

• DragonForce - 'Through the Fire and Flames'
  
• the 'One' solo from Metallica's 'And Justice' album
  
• Slayer - 'Raining Blood'
  
• Metallica - "Master of Puppets"
  
• The White Stripes - "Seven Nation Army"
  
• Muse - 'Knights of Cydonia'
  
• Europe - 'The Final Countdown'
  
• Coldplay - "Viva la Vida"
  
• Thriller, by You-Know-Who.
  

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• Metallica - 8-Bit 'Fade to Black' from 'Ride the Lightning'
  
• Kind of Bloop - an 8-bit tribute to Miles Davis
  

Kind of Bloop - An 8-Bit Tribute to Miles Davis

If you've ever wondered what an NES game would sound like if scored by Miles Davis, well now's your chance. The result is 'Kind of Bloop', an 8-bit tribute to the jazz king's seminal album. So far, you can only preview the album over at Kind of Bloop.com, but it should be available for purchase (for a modest $5) on August 20. Count me in!

With that in mind, I just launched a project I've been dreaming about for years. The idea is Kind of Bloop, an 8-bit tribute to Miles Davis's Kind of Blue, one of my favorite albums of all-time. I've always wondered what chiptune jazz covers would sound like. What would the jazz masters sound like on a Nintendo Entertainment System? Coltrane on a C-64? Mingus on Amiga?

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