8BitWave Trio

29/10/2025

As you may know (or maybe you don’t 😄), our drummer plays a live kit — but it’s an electronic one. 🥁
The bass and the Spectrum aren’t exactly acoustic either…

That means we can rehearse entirely on headphones — no angry neighbours, no noise complaints, just pure groove. 🎧

Here’s a short video showing the difference between
👉 what we hear while playing
vs.
👉 what everyone else hears.

So… what do you think about electronic drum kits?
Are they “real” drums or not? 👀

20/10/2025

Looks like the materials for our album have leaked… into the real world! 😅

Unlicensed cassette copies have been spotted —
apparently people are dubbing tapes at home again, copyright be damned.

If you happen to get your hands on one of those “albums”…
well, go ahead and give it a listen.
The guys put their hearts into it. ❤️🎶

16/10/2025

We often wonder — where do our tracks fit best? 💭
Sure, you can dance to them 💃 or blast them in your headphones while waiting for the bus 🚌…
But we might’ve found the perfect combo:
🎮 Play retro games — 🎧 listen to 8BitWave Trio.

https://www.youtube.com/live/AcDKyRMnK1c?t=3990s

Tested and approved by the legendary streamer SincLair — it looks awesome, plays great, and everyone’s loving it! 👾🔥

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15/10/2025

🚀 A wild mix of eras is happening here! ⚡️

An AI from 2025 teams up with a human from the 80s to write code for the Z80 CPU — born sometime in the prehistoric age of computing (who even remembers anymore? 😄).

That code gets saved to a cassette tape, loaded into a ZX Spectrum NEXT (yep — brand new retro tech!), and then travels through a modern audio mixer, into Cubase, YouTube, smartphones… and finally — straight into your ears. 🎶👾

So tell us — when were you born? The 90s? 00s? Maybe even the 10s? (We’re letting the 5-year-olds grow up a bit before we recruit them 😜)

05/10/2025

🎛 Step into the 80s with 8BitWave Trio!

Our debut track “The Dream Machine” comes to life with footage from the BBC drama Micro Men (© 2009 BBC) — a story about the pioneers who gave the world the ZX Spectrum.

Under these visuals, the bass sounds fatter, the drums hit sharper, and the whole track radiates that unmistakable 80s energy. ⚡️

👾 Dive into the sound and feel the nostalgia:
🎬 YouTube 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT7axvyxFiM

🎧 SoundCloud 👉 https://soundcloud.com/8bitwave-trio/8bit-wave-the-dream-machine
💽 Bandcamp 👉 https://8bitwavetrio.bandcamp.com/track/the-dream-machine

Step into the 80s with The Dream Machine by 8BitWave Trio. Footage from the BBC drama Micro Men (© 2009 BBC) enriches the track with a punchier sound and an ...

04/10/2025

These days 8BitWave Trio are away from home — in the heart of one of Europe’s great musical capitals.

We’ve found ourselves in a city where one of the greatest composers and piano virtuosos once lived and left an enduring legacy — a true pioneer of program music (not to be confused with programmable music!).

The city’s atmosphere — and even the interiors of the hotel where we’re staying and working — are sparking new ideas and inspiring future projects.

🎶 Can you guess where we are?

01/10/2025

🎶 Our first release is here! 🎶

First loves are never forgotten. For us, it was the ZX Spectrum — the computer that turned beeps and pixels into whole worlds of imagination.

Years later, we’ve grown into programmers, designers, musicians… but the Spectrum is still part of who we are.

🎶👾 Our debut single is a tribute to the magic — where it all began.

💾✨ This music is born from that legacy: 8-bit bleeps, retro grooves, and live instruments meeting in the present day.

YouTube 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC5xiE1A564
SoundCloud 👉 https://soundcloud.com/8bitwave-trio/8bit-wave-the-dream-machine
Bandcamp 👉 https://8bitwavetrio.bandcamp.com/track/the-dream-machine

Come listen — and let the nostalgia boot up again.

24/09/2025

✨ 🔥 Teaser Drop! ✨

We’re excited to share a first glimpse of our debut single: “The Dream Machine.”

A tribute to the legendary ZX Spectrum and the creators who turned code into magic.

The teaser carries a piece of the atmosphere — and a short cut from the track itself. 🎶

Close your eyes, and let the dream begin.

🔥 Full release coming next week!

14/09/2025

From tape decks to game carts, we found our people (and their vintage computers) last night. 🎶🕹

Last Friday, 8BitWave Trio visited the local retro video game night - keyboard bleeps, CRT glow, and chiptune chatter everywhere.

Highlights: booting up an Altair 8800 using its front-panel toggles (connected to a monitor, not a printer!) and trying out a Vectrex—the vector-display home console.

Feeling inspired, we’re back to polishing our first release.

P.S. Did you know Super Mario Bros. turns 40 this month?

28/08/2025

19/08/2025

From sketch ➡️ to print ➡️ to action!

Our new 8BitWave Trio stickers: designed, hot off the press, and ready to be stuck everywhere 🚀✨