Pretty Eight Machine is a tribute album by Inverse Phase, released on June 14, 2012. It features 8-bit covers of the 10 songs from Nine Inch Nails' 1989 debut album Pretty Hate Machine.[1][2] The album was crowdfunded via Kickstarter. $3,654 was raised by 162 people for the production.[1][2][3][4] The album was recorded on 8-bit systems arranged to the sound bytes of games and consoles, such as Metal Gear 2 and Castlevania 3.[5] The sound configurations include SID/6581 (Commodore 64), POKEY (Atari 8-bit computers), straight 2A03 (NES), SN76489 (Master System), LR35902 (Game Boy), and OPLL (MSX-MUSIC or Japanese Master System).[6][7] The album artwork is based on Pretty Hate Machine's 2010 album artwork by Rob Sheridan.[3] Trent Reznor and Rob Sheridan responded positively to the album.[7][3]
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Released | June 12, 2012 | |||
Genre | Chiptune, electronic | |||
Length | 48:41 | |||
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Track listing
editAll songs written by Trent Reznor and performed by Inverse Phase.[8]
No. | Title | Original name | Length |
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1. | "Head Like I/O" | "Head Like a Hole" | 4:59 |
2. | "Atarible Lie" | "Terrible Lie" | 4:38 |
3. | "Downloadin' It" | "Down in It" | 3:46 |
4. | "SYNCtified" | "Sanctified" | 5:49 |
5. | "Something You Didn't Ever Have" | "Something I Can Never Have" | 5:54 |
6. | "Kinda I Want 2A03" | "Kinda I Want To" | 4:33 |
7. | "SID" | "Sin" | 4:03 |
8. | "That's What I Chipped" | "That's What I Get" | 4:28 |
9. | "The Lonely Byte" | "The Only Time" | 4:49 |
10. | "Token Ringfinger" | "Ringfinger" | 5:42 |
References
edit- ^ a b Hartmann, Graham (June 15, 2012). "Nine Inch Nails album 'Pretty Hate Machine' gets an 8-bit makeover". Loudwire. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
- ^ a b Griffiths, Daniel Nye (June 19, 2012). "NIN-tendo: Nine Inch Nails' Definitive Album Goes Chiptune". Forbes. Archived from the original on June 24, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
- ^ a b c Hartmann, Graham (February 11, 2013). "Inverse Phase discusses his 8-bit Nine Inch Nails tribute 'Pretty Eight Machine'". Loudwire. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
- ^ Pretty Eight Machine on Kickstarter
- ^ "Pretty Eight Machine is an 8-bit remix of a NIN record". Destructoid. June 15, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
- ^ "Nine Inch Nails get 8-bit treatment 'Pretty Eight Machine'". June 15, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
- ^ a b Murphy, Lorraine (June 18, 2012). "Pretty Eight Machine: Nine Inch Nails get an 8-bit tribute". The Daily Dot. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
- ^ Pretty Eight Machine on Discogs
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