Kind of Bloop: An 8-Bit Tribute to Miles Davis →
Andy Baio is using Kickstarter — “a funding platform for artists, designers, filmmakers, musicians, journalists, inventors, bloggers, explorers…” that he is on the board of — to raise money for an 8-bit reinvention and 50th anniversary commemoration of Miles Davis’s “Kind of Blue” album.
What would the pioneers of jazz sound like on a Nintendo Entertainment System? Coltrane on a C-64? Mingus on Amiga? For years, I’ve wondered what “chiptune jazz” would sound like, but there are only a tiny handful of jazz covers ever made.
To satisfy my curiosity — and commemorate the 50th anniversary of Miles Davis’s “Kind of Blue” — I’ve asked five brilliant chiptune musicians to collaborate and reinvent the entire album in the 8-bit sound.
He’s also blogged about the project here.
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