better in 8 bits

a few songs i have been listening to incessantly for the past few days:

i am a sucker for computer singing, guys! i love vocoders. so obviously i am all about a song in which a report robot is trying to wish a boy happy birthday, but can only utter the words from its environmental report: "don't drink the water, it's poisonous for you".

HOAP - Report on Planet's Drinking Water 332-A - Birthday Song by PDF Format

how bout more vododers? yes! this song sounds so sweet and upbeat with a hint of emotional reserve. i'm still trying to suss out all the lyrics, but it seems to be about a being named disastertron, and, er, people who live in an asteroid and get all their food from a space kangaroo.

Lullatwerp by Disastertron (collaboration between Spambot and Disasterpeace)

and oh my goodness i am in love with henry homesweet. i had heard one or two songs of his before, but i found his page on 8bitcollective and i LOVE like every song of his on there. just loads of gorgeous gameboy tracks. he squeezes so much emotion out of those wee little blips and bleeps. there is something hypnotic about Tradgic But Magic (depsite the misspelling), and i just want to listen to it on repeat forever. and then Simple Pleasures starts off sort of slow and sweet, and just ramps up into this mass of happiness and hopefulness and gah, i love it.

Tradgic But Magic by Henry Homesweet
Simple Pleasures by Henry Homesweet

thanks, 8bit collective!