TIMELINE

A timeline of chipmusic and demoscene music, software, hardware, culture and its precursors. See below for delimitations. Please e-mail suggestions and corrections. Thanks to Otro, C-Men, Nils Dittbrenner, Yonx, 8 Bit Weapon, Rambones, Role Model, Göran Sundqvist, herv, Rosa Menkman, Low Res Records, Davros, Johnny Billquist, Spot, Paradox, Lazerbeat, tlr, Team Doyobi, Dr Ops, Jellica, Yuppster …

1951

• LIVE: The CSIR Mk1 (CSIRAC) computer publicly performs real-time generated digital music. By Geoff Hill in Sydney. reconstruction source
• LIVE: The Ferrati Mark 1 computer played music at University of Manchester, UK. source + recording

1956

• LIVE: Push Button Bertha, algorithmic (pop music) composition by Douglas Bolitho and Martin Klein. source

1957

• LIVE: Illiac Suite by Hiller & Isaacson. Algorithmic composition performed by a string orchestra, recorded in 1967. Similar approaches later made by e.g Xenakis, Koenig, Stockhausen. source + source
• SOFT: MUSIC I for IBM 704 by Max Mathews. 1ch triangle, only pitch control. source + source

1958

• SOFT: MUSIC II for IBM 704 by Max Mathwes. 4ch wavetable. source + source

1959

• LIVE: SARA (the computer) performs music in Stockholm, Sweden. source: correspondence with Göran Sundqvist

1960

• SOFT: MUSIC III software for IBM 7094. By Max Mathews. source

1962

• REC: V/A – Music From Mathematics (LP @ Decca). Listen here and here. info. source source

1964

• LIVE: PDP1-music made by Bill Ackerman, Dan Smith, et al. Additional hardware and software by Peter Samson. samples + source
• SOFT: Harmony Compiler for PDP-1 by Peter Samson. 4ch squarewave. He supposedly made lightpen-controlled GUI-software for the TX-0 earlier. chipflip

1966

• LIVE: IBM 1403 line printer performs “Mungu Ibariki Afrika” for Tanzanian exchange students in Västerås, Sweden. By Roy Brandhill. source

1968

• SOFT: Vercoe MUSIC 360 for IBM 360. Modified version of MUSIC IV. source
• SOFT: Graphic 1 by Max Mathews and L Rossler: draw, copy, erase and edit notes with a lightpen, and store them. source
• LIVE: Partita For Unattended Computer at Queen Elizabeth Hall. By Peter Zinovieff. Not computer-generated sounds, but the first live-generated computer composition (human interaction was also possible). Used the PDP8 computer. sources: here + ‘what the future sounded like’

1969

• REC: Jean-Claude Risset – Mutations. source
• REC: John Cage & Lejaren Hiller – HPSCHD / String Quartet no. 2 (LP @ Nonesuch). Digital compositions, digital sound played with tapes. source + source
• SOFT: MUSIC V for IBM 360. By Max Mathews. Fully written in Fortran. source

1970

• HARD/SOFT: GROOVE “hybrid” system for DDP-224 for modular programming and realtime performance. Screen to draw waveforms. Mainly non-digital sounds. source1 2 3 4
• HARD/SOFT: MUSYS for PDP-8 by Peter Grogono et al. Text-based sequencer for external devices, interactive in real-time. source + Manning, P: Computers and Music Composition. (1980)
• REC: V/A – Voice of the Computer: New Musical Horizons (LP @ Decca) source

1971

• HARD: The Muse by Triadex – digital music syntheszier and (deterministic) algorithmic composer. source
• SOFT: Chowning FM synthesis for PDP-10. source
• SOFT: ST-programs by Iannis Xenakis,

1972

• MEDIA: HAKMEM released, documenting various hacks at MIT, including some audio (e.g item 145 and 168).

1973

• SOFT: Music 11 by Barry Vercoe for PDP-11. Music progamming language, forerunner to Csound. Real-time audio synthesis and processing, etc. source

1974

• SOFT: Generative music routine in 45 bytes (for Altair 8080?), by Paul Mork source

1975

• SOFT: Alpha-numeric music with amplitude control introduced for Altair 8080 by Malcolm Wright. source
• SOFT: Richard Wilson’s Music Compiler for PDP-8 (?). Polyphonic (4 channels?). Uses AM-radio. source
• SOFT: Sound Synthesis Program (SSP) by Gottfried Koenig. source
• LIVE: Steve Dompier makes the Altair 8080 play music using an AM-radio. source It was probably the first time an amateur made it, but was apparently made before.

1977

• (SOUND)CHIP: Atari TIA/Stella (Atari VCS, 2600, 7800). 2ch PSG. source: Dittbrenner, N: Soundchip-Musik, p.37
• HARD: The Samson Box. Add-on for the PDP10. source
• SOFT: UPIC by Iannis Xenakis. Sequencing custom-made waveforms. source

1978

• REC: V/A – D21 In Memoriam D22 (LP @ Kraftdata AB) download + info Recordings from 1967 and 1970.
• REC: V/A – First Philadelphia Computer Music Festival. download + info
• SOUNDCHIP: SN76477 (ABC80) 1ch. source + source + source

1979

• SOUNDCHIP: Atari Pokey (Atari 400/800, XL/XE, 5200, arcade). 2-4ch PSG. source: Dittbrenner, N: Soundchip-Musik, p.37
• SOUNDCHIP: AY-3891x/YM2149 (Spectrum 128, Intellivision, MSX, Vectrex, Amstrad CPC 464, Atari ST, arcade) 3ch PSG. source: Dittbrenner, N: Soundchip-Musik, p.37

1981

• SOUNDCHIP: VIC6560 (Vic20) 4 PSG. source

1982

• SOUNDCHIP: SN 76489 AN (Colecovision, IBM PCjr, Sega Master System & Mega Drive, etc) 4ch PSG. source: Dittbrenner, N: Soundchip-Musik, p.37
• SOUNDCHIP: SP0256 (common for speech synthesis like Currah). Year not confirmed. source: viznut
• SOUNDCHIP: MOS 6581 SID (Commodore 64 and followers) 3ch PSG. source: Dittbrenner, N: Soundchip-Musik, p.37

1983

• SOFT: Muzix81 Composer for ZX81. Prototype for trackers (duration-based), albeit it’s a CV-sequencer. manual

1984

• C64: Sampled sound effects appear in the games like Space Taxi.
• (SOUND)CHIP: 2A03 (Famicom/NES) 4/5ch PSG. source: Dittbrenner, N: Soundchip-Musik, p.37.
• (SOUND)CHIP: TED 7360/8360 (C16/116/Plus4) 2ch square/noise. source
• SOUNDCHIP: uPD1771C (Epoch SCV) 1ch. source + source
• SOUNDCHIP: YM 2151 OPM (MSX, arcade, various japanese computers). 8ch FM. source: Dittbrenner, N: Soundchip-Musik, p.43 info
• SOUNDCHIP: YM 2203 OPN (various japanese computers, arcade) 3ch PSG, 3 channel FM. source: Dittbrenner, N: Soundchip-Musik, p.43

1985

• SOUNDCHIP: Paula 8364 (Amiga) 4ch PCM. source: Dittbrenner, N: Soundchip-Musik, p.50

1986

• C64: Releases explicitly called demos appear by e.g Triad and 1001 Crew. Previous works made by Flash Cracking Group, Jeff Minter, Anthony Crowther and Ben Daglish.
• C64: Single-channel delay: Supercan by Lars Hård (02.20), or more obviously Hysteria (#3) by Fred Gray in 1987. discussion
• C64: Multispeed: Michael Winterberg, Martin Galway (Yie Ar Kung Fu II title, Terra Cresta, Short Circuit). Probably made previously (Starquake). discussion
• C64: Hard Restart: Rob Hubbard’s Zoids. discussion
• SOFT: Soundmonitor by Chris Hülsbeck. The first tracker ever? (cmp Muzix81)
• SOUNDCHIP: YM 3526 OPL (Arcade, etc) 9ch FM. source + Dittbrenner

1987

• ATARI: Demoscene establishes on the ST. source
• C64: First game music with samples: Arkanoid. (Hülsbeck’s Bad Cat made earlier, but released later) source
• C64: two-channel sample routine simultaneous w/ SID voices, by The Banana/TEK. csdb
• SOFT: Soundtracker (Amiga) by Karsten Obarski. Standard-setter for trackers. source
• SOUNDCHIP: NEC HuC6280 (PC-Engine) 6ch wavetable/PCM, optional: 4ch wavetable/PCM + 1ch FM + 1/2 ch noise. source: Dittbrenner, N: Soundchip-Musik, p.50
• SOUNDCHIP: YM 2413 OPLL (arcade, MSX) 9ch FM. source: Dittbrenner, N: Soundchip-Musik, p.43
• SOUNDCHIP: YM 2610 OPNB (Neo-Geo, arcade) 3ch PSG, 6ch FM, 2ch PCM. source: Dittbrenner, N: Soundchip-Musik, p.43
• SOUNDCHIP: YM 3812 OPL2 (Arcade, AdLib/Soundblaster) 9ch FM. source + Dittbrenner

1988

• DEMO: Byterapers Copy Party (first demo competition?) source: Polgar:Freax, p.38
• SOFT: SIDmon (Amiga) by Reiner van Vliet. Probably first softsynth Amiga program. source: Kotlinski, J: Amiga Music Programs 1986-1995
• SOUNDCHIP: YM 2612 OPN(2) (Sega Mega Drive) 6ch FM (incl. 1ch PCM) source: Dittbrenner, N: Soundchip-Musik, p.43
• SOUNDCHIP: SAA 1099 (Sam Coupe, CMS, Soundblaster) 6ch

1989

• C64: PWM sample playback. according to rambones
• (SOUND)CHIP: Ricoh DMG System (Gameboy and followers) 4ch PSG. source: Dittbrenner, N: Soundchip-Musik, p.37
• (SOUND)CHIP: Mikey (Atari Lynx I+II) 4ch square and other waveforms. source

1990

• SOUNDCHIP: Sony SPC-700 & DSP (SNES) 8ch wavetable/ADPCM. source: Dittbrenner, N: Soundchip-Musik, p.50

1991

• SOUNDCHIP: RF5C164 (Sega Mega CD etc) 8ch PCM. source
• SOUNDCHIP: YMF 262 OPL3 (Soundblaster Pro, etc) 19ch FM. source + Dittbrenner

1992

• REC: Osdorp Posse – Osdorp Stijl (CD @ Djax Records) Amiga/Protracker + MCing. source + e-mails
• REC: Osdorp Posse – Roffer Dan Ooit (MCD @ Djax Records) Amiga/Protracker. source

1993

• REC: Neophyte – Protracker E.P. (12″/CD @ Rotterdam Records) Amiga. source
• REC: Neophyte – The Three Amiga’s E.P. (LP/CD @ Rotterdam Records) Amiga. source
• REC: Osdorp Posse – Vlijmscherp (CD @ Djax Records) Amiga/Protracker. source

1994

• REC: Cybermouse – Surprise Attack EP (12″ @ Fischkopf) Amiga hardcore MODs originally released for the diskmag Neurowaver 1992/1993. source
• REMIX: Mouse On Mars – Uah & Die Maus auf Mars (Ec8or remixes) (LP @ Too Pure) info source
• SOUNDCHIP: SPU aka CXD2922Q (Playstation) 24ch ADPCM. source

1995

• REC: Nasenbluten – 100% No Soul Guaranteed (2×12″ @ Industrial Strength) Amiga. source
• REC: Osdorp Posse – Afslag Osdorp (CD @ Djax Records) Amiga/Octamed, Sound Canvas for bass. source
• REC: Taciturne – Potpurri (12″ @ Fischkopf) Amiga. youtube. source: Davros
• REC: V/A – The Best of the Amiga Scene (CD) source
• REC: V/A – The Electric Family – Mariopaint (LP/CD @ Irdial Discs) SNES Mariopaint. source
• SOUNDCHIP: YMF 278B OPL4 (Arcades, etc) 43ch FM/samples. source

1996

• REC: Christ of Noise – Hardcore From A 1200 (12″ @ Radikal Groov). source
• REC: Osdorp Posse & Nembrionic – Briljant, Hard & Geslepen (CD @ Djax Records) Amiga/Octamed + Sound Canvas + Nembrionic. source

1997

• REC: Christ of Noise & David Lagon – Amiga Tools Industry vol.1 (12″ @ Provision). hardcore. source + source
• REC: Christ of Noise & David Lagon – Amiga Tools Industry vol.2 (12″ @ Provision). hardcore. youtube + source + source
• REC: Christoph de Babalon – If You’re Into It I’m Out of It (CD/LP @ Digital Hardcore Recordings) Amiga. source
• REC: The Horrible Plans of Flex Busterman – The Horrible Plans of Flex Busterman (2×12″ @ Digital Hardcore Recordings) Amiga500+C64. source
• REC: Venetian Snares – Fake:Impossible (MC, not on label). Amiga. source: Davros
• SOFT: Gameboy sequencer programmed in BASIC by Sebastian Burdach. source

1998

• REC: Christian Morgenstern – Sexy World 1-4 (12″ @ Kurbel). Amiga MOD-chiptune (Sexy World 2) source
• REC: Venetian Snares – Spells (MC, not on label) Amiga. source: Davros
• REC: Venetian Snares – Subvert! (MC, not on label) Amiga. source: Davros
• REC: V/A – Spectrum EP (12″ @ Plastic Raygun). Spectrum. Ft2-chip. source
• SOFT: Gameboy Camera with the music program Trippy-H. source

1999

• REC: Bodenständig 2000 – Maxi German Rave Blast Hits 3 (LP/CD @ Rephlex). Atari ST. source
• REC: Nanoloop – 01 (7″ @ XXC3). Gameboy. source
• REC: Nintendo Teenage Robot – We Punk Einheit! (CD/LP @ Digital Hardcore Recordings). Gameboy Trippy-H. source
• REC: Role Model – Wiping Out (CD @ Bleepstreet). Amiga Musicline. source:kotlinski
• SOFT: Nanoloop – Gameboy sequencer by Oliver Wittchow. source

2000

• HARD: Pushpin (Gameboy MIDI-slave) made, but not released. source
• MEDIA: Video Computer System by Lobo and Golden Shower wins the MTV Brasil Video Music Awards.
• MP3: Tero – Pako (Commie) C64. archive.org
• REC: Ewmyren – Saker Som Går Sönder (CD @ Bleepstreet) Amiga OctaMED. source:kotlinski
• REC: It & My Computer – Eat My Computer (12″ @ Invasion Planete). Amiga500+DX7+etc. chipflip. source
• REC: Klangstabil – Sprite Storage Format (12″ @ Ant-Zen) Gameboy+Misc. source
• REC: Klangstabil – Gioco Bambino (12″ @ Mhz) Gameboy+misc. source
• REC: Team Doyobi – Push Chairs For Grown Ups (12″/CD @ Skam). Amiga500. source
• REC: Tero – First Blood (12″ @ Rikos). C64. source
• REC: V/A – Micro_Superstarz 2000 (CD @ Domizil) source
• REMIX: Paleface – Back to Square One (Tero C64 remix) (CD @ BMG) source
• REMIX: Dr.Robotnik – Retro Electro (C64 Retroteroremix) (12″ @ Rikos) source
• SOFT: Musicbox (Gameboy tracker by Black Box?) source!?

2001

• REC: 386DX – The Best Of (CD @ Staalplaat) source
• REC: 6955 – 6955 (LP @ 555 Recordings) source
• REC: 8-Bit Construction Set – 8-Bit Construction Set (12″ @ Beige, C64/Atari) source
• REC: Bud Melvin – 657,644 (CD) source
• REC: Goto80 – Papaya EP (7″ @ Bleepstreet) C64. source
• REC: Mark 4 – SUM-3(AA,r6)x4 (Crank Satori/Disco Bruit CD) Gameboy Nanoloop. Possibly wrong year? source
• REC: Psilodumputer – Full Of Sid EP / Microcompo Remixes (12″ @ Domizil). Remixes by Paza, Sami and Drop Da Bomb. source
• REC: Puss – We Are Puss (CD @ Pusstracks) Gameboy LSDJ. source
• REC: Team Doyobi – Cryptoburners (CD/LP @ Skam) Amiga 500. source
• REC: Team Doyobi – Demons To Diamond (7″ @ Skam) Amiga 500.
• REC: Tero – Bombs Away (7″ @ Rikos) C64. source
• REC: V/A – C-SID Musique (LP @ Erkrankung Dursch Musique). “mostly pure sid” / 8bitweapon source
• REC: Virt – FX EP (Monotonik) source
• SOFT: Carillon Player – Gameboy tracker by Aleksi Eeben source
• SOFT: Little Sound DJ – Gameboy software by Johan Kotlinski. source
• SOFT: Live Loops – Gameboy Advance software by Chris McCormick. source

2002

• DEMO/ART: Origami Digital – probably the first gallery exhibition with demos info
• MP3: Glomag – Naught (Slapart) source
• MP3: Glomag – The Axis and the Alloy (Kikapu) source
• MP3: Nullsleep – Depeche Mode Megamix (8bitpeoples, Gameboy) source
• MP3: Nullsleep – The Gameboy Singles 2002 (8bitpeoples) source
• MP3: Rugar – My Girl, the Princess (8bitpeoples, NES) source
• MP3: Virt – FX 2.0 (Monotonik) source
• REC: Brotha P Touch (V/A) – C64 SID 6581 Massive (CD Tigerbeat6) source
• REC: Cow’p – Africa (CD @ 19-t, Gameboy) source
• REC: Cow’p vs Kema Keur – Cow’p vs Kema Keur (12″ @ ADAADAT) Gameboy. source
• REC: Farbror Blå – Jorden Runt Med Farbror Blå (MC @ Johnny Bråttom). Gameboy LSDJ. source
• REC: Goto80 – Bushrunner (7″ @ Penpal, C64) source
• REC: gwEm – Cold War Angst EP (12″ @ Preromanbritain). Atari. source
• REC: Role Model – En Tyst Minut EP (7″ @ Bleepstreet) Amiga. source
• REC: Team Doyobi – DF0:BAD (12″ @ Skam) Amiga500.
• REC: V/A – Nanoloop 1.0 (CD @ Disco Bruit)
• REMIX: Little Computer People – Little Computer People (Tero C64 Remix) (CD/12″ @ Psi49net) source
• REMIX: Radio Dept., the – Bad Reputation (Rugar Mix) (CD @ Slottet, NES) source

2003

• MEDIA: Malcolm McLaren hypes “8-bit punk”. source
• MEDIA: Puss nominated in Swedish grammy Awards (club/dance) source
• MP3: Overthruster – xGBxHCx (20kbps). Gameboy LSDj. source
• MP3: V/A – The 8bits of Christmas (8bitpeoples) source
• REC: 6955 – On the 1’s and 0’s (CD @ 555 Recordings) source
• REC: Bit Shifter – Life’s a Bit Shifter (CD @ 555 Recordings, Gameboy) source
• REC: Covox – Final Mission EP (7″ @ Rebel Pet Set, Gameboy) source
• REC: Mmfan316 – Dot Matrix With Pop Music (CD @ 555 Recordings, Gameboy) source
• REC: Puss – Master & Slave (7″ @ Pusstracks) Gameboy: LSDJ. source
• REC: Tero – Cracker’s Revenge (LP @ Rikos) C64. source
• REC: V/A – Boy Playground (CD @ Relax Beat, Gameboy) source
• REC: V/A – Heavy Rotation (CD @ Polygame Records) source
• REC: V/A – Hot Gameboy Music (CD @ Plag Dich Nicht) source
• REC: V/A – Join the Party (pic-12″ @ Müller Music) with Gwem, Tobiah, Puss, Der Tante Renate. source
• REC: V/A – VGM Mixtape #8 (CD @ No Sides) source
• REMIX: Koro Osanogo – Mini Klik (Role Model remix) (12″ Relax Beat) First LSDJ-song on vinyl? source
• REMIX: Tim Koch – Obatem By Night (Goto80+Extraboy Remix) (CD @ Aural Industries) C64+misc source

2004

• HARD: Midines (NES midi-slave) released?
• MP3: DMG Plantlife – The Dumbass Techno Techno EP (20kbps) source
• MP3: AY Riders – ZX Spectrum is Alive (8bitpeoples) source
• MP3: Overthruster does about 20 releases, much of it soundchip-based e.g 4 bit Sludge n Bass, Meth Date Dance, Vociferous Reiteration, Plays the Gameboy, Namelessly Evil. Download, info.
• MP3: Paza Rahm – Ninjani Diskus (8bitpeoples) source
• REC: Bodenständig 2000 – Hart Rockende Wissenschaftler (12″ @ Feed the Machine) Atari ST. source
• REC: Firestarter – Wuppertal EP (MCD @ Retinascan) Gameboy. source
• REC: Firestarter/Plemo – Randale/Die Hintergründe (7″ @ Audiolith) source
• REC: gwEm/Kingkas – Den of Rock EP (7″ @ Preromanbritain) Atari ST. source
• REC: Lo-Bat – Game Boy (MCD @ Retinascan/8bitpeoples) Gameboy LSDJ. source
• REC: Pharmacom – Bloxx (MCD @ Retinascan). source
• REC: Phriz-B – Pulsing Quiche Gas (CDr @ Go Away Recordings). Amiga: 8 channel OctaMED. source
• REC: Sputnik Booster & The Future Posers – Better Living Through 8-Bit Technology (MCD @ Retinascan) source
• REC: Teamtendo – Miss EP (12″ @ Deco) source
• REC: Teamtendo – We EP (12″ @ Institubes) source
• REC: Tree Wave – Cabana EP (CD @ Made Up Records, C64, Atari2600, 286, epson-printer) source
• REMIX: Siemers – Inter Pares (remixes by Naughtyboy, Pharmacom, Lo-Bat, Sabastian Boaz, Hyperkut, Firestarter, etc) (Retinascan 2004) source
• REMIX: Sophie Rimheden – Strange (Puss Remix) (CD @ Mitek) source

2005

• C64: Dekadence – PICO! New waveforms invented by resetting/restarting the noise waveform periodically. dl
• MP3: Divag – Gameboy Tunes (8bitpeoples) source
• MP3: DMG Plantlife – Drastic Measures (20kbps) source
• MP3: DMG Plantlife – The Great Mystery of 8-bit Flora (mp3death) source
• MP3: Goto80 – Bravo (Candymind) source
• MP3: Goto80 – Contech (8bitpeoples) source
• MP3: Random – Happy Ending After All (8bitpeoples) source
• MP3: Rushjet1 – Sounds of the 2A03 (8bitpeoples) source
• MP3: x|k – Nestek (8bitpeoples) source
• REC: 8 Bit Weapon – The EP (CD @ Intellivision Music) source
• REC: 8 Bit Weapon – Vaporware Soundtracks (CD) source
• REC: Covox – Delete the Elite (CD @ Socom/Shanshui) Gameboy LSDJ. source
• REC: DJ Scotch Egg – KFC Core (CD/10″ @ ADAADAT) source
• REC: Goto80 – Commodore Grooves (CD @ Rebel Pet Set) C64, Amiga, Gameboy. source
• REC: Mini Melodies – If I Never Come Home Again (CD @ NRKO) C64, vocals. source
• REC: Paza – Janin Tendo Data Risotto (CD @ Ninjani Diskus) source
• REC: Pharmacom – I Am GBsequenced (business card-CD @ Here is my Card Records) Gameboy. source
• REC: Receptors / Mommy Was an Asteroid – Controller Array EP (7″ @ ReceptorsMusic) source
• REC: Role Model – A New Fragrance (CD @ Retinascan/8bitpeoples) source
• REC: V/A – Schubfladen #1 (7″ @ Musikfladen/Pingipung) source
• REMIX: Bodies Without Organs – Open Door (Covox Correction) (CD @ Capitol Records) source
• REMIX: Beck – Hell Yes (Remix EP) – remixes by Paza and 8-Bit (Interscope Records) source
• REMIX: Beck – Girl (Remixed by Paza) source

2006

• REC: 8 Bit Weapon – Vaporware Soundtracks 2.0 (CD) source
• REC: Bodenständig 2000 – Hart Rockende Wissenschaftler (12″ @ Feed the Machine) source
• REC: Bubblyfish – Peripheral v.1.2.2 (CD @ Retinascan) source
• REC: David E. Sugar vs Ears – David E. Sugar vs Ears EP (12″ @ Brikabrik) source
• REC: David E. Sugar – Coin-Op Rocker EP (12″ @ C Side Trax) source
• REC: Firebrand Boy – Orange (7″ @ Pale Fox) source
• REC: V/A – 8BP050 (2CD @ 8bitpeoples) source
• REC: V/A – GB (CD @ Intikrec) source
• REC: Yoav Gal & Yael Kanarek – Bit by Bit, Cell by Cell – Music For Soprano & Atari 800XL (CD @ Innova) info chipflip

2007

• MP3: Cuomo, Jim & Divag – Significant Bits 2007 (Pigeon Music) source
• REC: Alex Mauer – Vegavox (NES-cartridge) First cartridge release?
• REC: Bodenständig 2000 – Uber Album (LP @ Storage) source
• REC: DJ Scotch Egg – Encyclopedia of Hardcore Chiptune (CD @ De-Fragment) source
• REC: DJ Scotch Egg – Scotch Hausen (CD/12″ @ ADAADAT/Wrong Music/Very Friendly) Gameboy. source
• REC: Goto80 – Made On Internet (CD @ Pingipung) C64, PC. source
• REC: Mommy Was an Asteroid – Jumpin Jack Flashcart (CD @ Retinascan) LSDJ, Nanoloop 1.3. source
• REC: Sulumi/USK – As Vivid as Your Lips (CD @ Bedzoo) source
• REC: V/A – 8-Bit Operators (CD @ Astralwerks) source
• REC: V/A – Getsumen Toheiki Mina: Chiptune Collection (CD @ Mina) source
• REC: V/A – The Low Times of Hi-Fi (10×3.5-floppy @ Pharmacom Records). source

2008

• C64: Mixer, SounDemon, THCM – Vicious Sid. 4 channel 8-bit sample replayer. Also plays audio with the graphics chip Vic. info+dl
• REC: Davros vs Unibomber – The Final Amiga 500 Battle (2×12″ @ Noizetek) Amiga500+Octamed 1.8. source
• REC: Unicorn Dream Attack – Love Bits (CD @ Little Bit Records) source
• REC: USK – Dot Matrix Melodiator (CD @ Shanshui) source

2009

• REC: Dispyz – Raverblood EP (7″ @ Radio Graffiti) Amiga OctaMED. source
• REC: Jonas R Kirkegaard – Quiet Works For Cello & Commodore 64 (memory stick, no label). source
• REC: Stagediver – I (7″ @ Radio Graffiti) Amiga OctaMED. source

About the list

The purpose of this list is to make a timeline of important/pioneering objects, works, and events relevant for chipmusic and the demoscene mainly until 2005.

MUSIC > Primarily releases with music composed using a computer where the sounds are generated by sound chips, secondly music that sounds similar or is important to the list for other reasons. This means a subjective exclusion of e.g ’synthesizer music’ (also with sound chips), early digital/analogue experimental music, most purely VST-produced music, DIY-releases, compilations. Remixes are included especially if a chipmusician remixed a mainstream artist.

OTHER > Performing music with computer peripherals, live performances, media coverage, soundchips and other hardware, awards, demoscene history, and a small selection of software. Excluded are for example arcade soundchips (OKI), extension soundchips (SCC), and soundchip-based synthesizers.

Related Timelines:

• 120 years of electronic music

Look into, Music:

• AMIGA: vdd.E and valium, John Dark e.g. this, neophyte, Bloody Fist / Deadgirl (Nasenbluten, Xylocaine, Syndicate, Embolism) + possibly Rage Reset and Junkalator, patric catani, eq8or, christoph de babalon, Aphrodite + Urban Shakedown (.med), nation 12, bomb the bass (..), christian morgenstern (stuff, bio, video for ‘lydia on the edge of panic’, member of covert action on amiga, hawaii blue, sexy world, night of the living death), 16-bit,
• LABELS: Micromusic, Relax Beat, GDTK, 8bitpeoples, retinascan
• C64: welle:erdball, next life, Commodore 64 Orchestra
• GAMEBOY: mark denardo, Gameboyzz Orchestra Project, Bud Melvin: Business Card CD Single mini-CDR (Sick Sick Sick), Nanzabukun: Game Boy Inspirat CD, Cow’p / Kema Keur: Cow’p Vs. Kema Keur 12″ (Adaadat), Gameboymusicclub Vol. 2 CD, Hot Gameboy Music CD (Plag Dich Nicht), DJ Scotch Egg – Drumized, DJ Scotch Egg – Scotch Chicken/ Scotch Party, Quarta330, logic bomb: house of zombie ninja @ retinascan (chip?),
• ATARI: gwEm And The Gwemettes: Frank Sinatra / FYMW 7″ (Shitkatapult)
• MISC: Alex Mauer: 9999 CD (II), Tristan Perich: 1-Bit Music audio circuit in CD jewel case (Cantaloupe)
• MEDIA: otaku sweden go go!
• PIONEERS: JIM CUOMO! + Spoils of War (“Spoils of War was primarily a saw-tooth kind of band”), Gottfried Michael Koenig: Which were computer performed? Terminus 1, 2, X and Funktion [color]?,
• bitshifter’s: ali my love, animal style, arcadecoma, bacalao, blasterhead, Bokusatsu Shoujo Koubou, burnkit2600, chromix, Jonny Classic & The Classic Johns, disasterpeace, dis*ka, Fan Club Orchestra Japan, hey kid nice robot, Kplecraft, Restart, SCSNiPPETS, Seed A.I., Starscream, Sulumi, TB, Timeheater, Matt Wand, M1dy / Bokusatsu Shoujo Koubou: Jappanoize Vol 1 12″ (Dualkore), Getsumen Usagi Heiki Miina Kyarakutaa Korekushon, Kill Club #001 CD (Shanshui),
• OVERTHRUSTER, Utabi – Machurian Candy / Chipped plastic, GTO/Tricky Disco I THINK were using amigas for some of their work,, 2007: REC: 8-bit – We Sold Our Souls (CD @ Ninjastar Records), 2004: REC: 8-bit – You Ain’t No Robot Bitch (CD @ Ninjastar Records) source, 2002: REC: 8-bit – 8-bit (CD @ Ninjastar Records) source, the gas man (idm-ish), zombie flesheater (breakcore): Pippilina, mikron 64, Blasterhead (recordlabel?), a boy and his sid, räuberhöhle, Pharmacom, Paza, sputnik booster, dropdabomb: 3chnls4bit @ retinascan (list as stu…?), sulumi: what releases are chip?, david sugar – chipmusic releases?, http://resetgeneration-site.arena.n-gage.com/downloads/soundtrack.jsp - may2008
• REC: V/A – Input 64 (2xLP @ Enduro/L’Age D’Or) source, 8bit Rockers@Bunker, welle erdball, YMCK, Lektrogirl, Lektrogirl – I Love My Computer (LP @ Rephlex) source ?

Look into, misc

• HARD/SOFT: MUSICBOX by Knut Wiggen (1972?)
• HARD: Atari Video Music – is it digital, or…?
• SOFT: Dpysnd, sound editor for PDP-10 (197x) by Bill Schottstaedt. 
• HARD: 1977: Systems Concepts Digital Synthesizer (SCDS), built by Peter Samson for CCRMA, signal generating and processing elements all executing in parallel, and capable of running in real time. There are 256 digital oscillators, 128 signal modifiers (filters, reverb, amplitude scalers), a scratch-pad memory for communicating values between processing elements, and a large memory for reverberation and table storage. source