Pretty Eight Machine

Pretty Eight Machine
Pretty Eight Machine
Studio album by Inverse Phase
Released	June 12, 2012
Genre	Chiptune, electronic
Length	48:41
Inverse Phase chronology

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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.^[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]

Track listing

All songs written by Trent Reznor and performed by Inverse Phase.^[8]

No.	Title	Original name	Length
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

^ ^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

External links

Pretty Eight Machine on Bandcamp

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[loudwire1-1] Hartmann, Graham (June 15, 2012). "Nine Inch Nails album 'Pretty Hate Machine' gets an 8-bit makeover". Loudwire. Retrieved May 1, 2013.

[forbes-2] 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.

[interview-3] Hartmann, Graham (February 11, 2013). "Inverse Phase discusses his 8-bit Nine Inch Nails tribute 'Pretty Eight Machine'". Loudwire. Retrieved May 1, 2013.

[4] Pretty Eight Machine on Kickstarter

[5] "Pretty Eight Machine is an 8-bit remix of a NIN record". Destructoid. June 15, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2013.

[6] "Nine Inch Nails get 8-bit treatment 'Pretty Eight Machine'". June 15, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2013.

[dot-7] Murphy, Lorraine (June 18, 2012). "Pretty Eight Machine: Nine Inch Nails get an 8-bit tribute". The Daily Dot. Retrieved May 1, 2013.

[8] Pretty Eight Machine on Discogs

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