Take 8-bit gadgets (old computers, handheld games, Nintendos, etc), record those blips and bleeps, and string 'em together to make sweet, sweet music -- and you've got the genre known as bitpop. Or ...

The best thing about electronic music is its limitlessness. Having thrown aside the sonic limitations of rock’s overdone guitar-bass-drums combo, synthesizer music can sound like virtually anything.

If you've never heard of the Australian indie bitpop band 7bit Hero, then get them on your radar now. These guys are a band and developer in one, and as such are experimenting with some very cool ...