What Happened to Chiptune?

About What Happened to Chiptune?

What Happened to Chiptune is a podcast about the rise and fall (and rise?) of the chiptune scene where I (Space Town) will be interviewing former and current members of the worldwide scene about their experiences, stories, and histories with chiptune.

Publisher

Space Town

Category

music · music · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

9 Sept 2023

Latest episode

8 Aug 2025

Latest episodes

24 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   8 Aug 2025

   Christophe Richard

   we’re back with a new episode featuring christophe richard, otherwise known as arrel_ci and note! christophe is a musician and visualist based in austin, texas, but i’ve known of christophe for a VERY long time as he was active at the same time that i was most active during the heyday of nyc chiptune (while i was on the other side of the country). here we talk about artist identities changing over time, navigating the nyc chip scene as both a musician and later an event organizer, and as always, what happened to chiptune

2. 

   25 Jun 2025

   Noah Lemen

   Musician Noah Lemen discusses the New York City chiptune scene from 2013 to 2018, including the challenges of using LSDJ and the reasons for leaving the genre in this interview.

3. 

   10 Jun 2025

   back again (for real this time)

   The host discusses the reasons behind the podcast's extended hiatus and provides insight into the production process.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

10 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

16 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 31 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

31

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

77

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

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