| Pretty Eight Machine | ||||
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| Studio album by Inverse Phase | ||||
| Released | June 12, 2012 (2012-06-12) | |||
| Genre | Chiptune, electronic | |||
| Length | 48:41 | |||
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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. The album was crowdfunded via Kickstarter. $3,654 was raised by 162 people for the production. 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. 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). The album artwork is based on Pretty Hate Machine's 2010 album artwork by Rob Sheridan. Trent Reznor and Rob Sheridan responded positively to the album.
Track listing
All songs written by Trent Reznor and performed by Inverse Phase.
| 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
- ^ Hartmann, Graham (June 15, 2012). "Nine Inch Nails album 'Pretty Hate Machine' gets an 8-bit makeover". Loudwire. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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