Chiptunes + 80s Music = ‘8-bit 80s’ Super Power Club

If you love ‘80s music and agree that every­thing sounds bet­ter chiptune-ified, you’ll love this  8-bit 80’s  EP from an out­fit called  Super Power Club.

It’s a chip­tunes trib­ute album to some of the biggest 80s hits, which have all been given a totally rad 8-bit makeover.

Here’s the track­list, which quite frankly, rules:

• Take On Me   (8-bit trib­ute to A-ha )
• I Ran    (8-bit trib­ute to Flock of Seag­ulls )
• Don’t You Want Me   (8-bit trib­ute to The Human League ) 
• Smooth Crim­i­nal   (8-bit trib­ute to Michael Jack­son )
• Mr. Roboto  (8-bit trib­ute to Styx )
• Into the Groove   (8-bit trib­ute to Madonna )
• Cars    (8-bit trib­ute to Gary Numan )
• Bil­lie Jean    (8-bit trib­ute to Michael Jack­son )
• Sweet Dreams   (8-bit trib­ute to Eury­th­mics )
• Eye of the Tiger   (8-bit trib­ute to Sur­vivor )
• Straight Up   (8-bit trib­ute to Paula Abdul )
• Walk Like an Egypt­ian   (8-bit trib­ute to Paula Abdul )

I was impressed to see Styx and The Human League rep­re­sented. All of the songs sound pretty kick­ass as chip­tunes, but my favorite track has to be “Bil­lie Jean.” It’s just an awe­some song period. I can’t help but imag­ine an 8-bit Michael Jack­son danc­ing on some pix­e­lated light-up tiles every time I hear it.

I’m not sure how I’ve neglected to blog about Super Power Club yet since I’ve had them on my “8-Bits of Awe­some” playlist in Spo­tify for a cou­ple of months now. I don’t know who exactly is behind Super Power Club because it’s one of Vit­a­min Records many trib­ute projects (the same com­pany that does those awe­some string quar­tet trib­utes to pop­u­lar bands).

I assume Super Power Club are a “them” because hey, it’s a club! What­ever the case, they’re def­i­nitely one of my favorite ran­dom dis­cov­er­ies. The Super Power club project also has a few other chip­tunes trib­ute EPs that pay homage to mega pop hits like Lady Gaga’s Paparazzi and mod­ern rock songs like Coldplay’s Viva La Vida.

If you have Spo­tify, you can lis­ten to the 8-bit 80’s album right here . It’s also avail­able on Ama­zon and iTunes .

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