Spring 1982. The American computer company Commodore releases the first really potent home computer, which impressed the growing computer community  with technical specifications like 64 Kilobytes Ram or an 8 bit processor with separate graphic and sound chip units: The Commodore 64. This device opened a whole new world for home computer users, it became the world's most popular and successful home computer in the 80ties and still holds that title today. The reason was not only a separate cutting edge graphic accelerator that enabled high resolution gaming and fluent scrolling, but also the unique SID sound chip which was equipped with modern sound effect generators and the capability of a three track polyphonic playback. The result was a new synthetic sound aesthetic which also made the C64 one of the first stand-alone synthetic music production devices.

This unique sound kept ringing in the memory of Austrian Stefan Poiss, founder and singer of Mind.In.A.Box. . He was intrigued by the catchiness and the different sound-design of early computer game classics like "Lightforce" or "Last Ninja 3". By the age of 12 he started his first Stepps to compose music on its own on the C64, and even wrote his own sequencer music software for the Commodore to put tracks together himself with more ease.

Fast forward to 2009: Mind.In.A.Box just finished their successful album trilogy "Lost Alone", in which they redefined electronic music sound design themselves. Their version of Techno Pop gains them sublicenses and successful releases in North America as well as in Russia and built them a respectable fan base on their own.

Due to the media's overwhelming feedback of the shortly upcoming album "R.E.T.R.O", Dependent and mind.in.a.box have also decided to release the heavily praised title "8 Bits" as a single.

It will only be available in a highly limited edition through Mail Order and on Dependent Webshop. It contains 3 alternate versions of the title track "8 Bits",  including a club version, and an additional revised B-side. The second part of "Last Ninja" can also be found on the single, whilst the others are present on the album.

The single will be available from the 8th of march.

Bandmembers:
Stefan Poiss (Musik, Gesang)
Markus Hadwiger (Texte)

Genre:
Electro / Electronica / Industrial

Year of foundation:
2002