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Just give him an old PC and a screwdriver… Pixelh8 has recently made music with the classic computers at Bletchley Park in the UK

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Cover of Pixelh8's new album

Cover of Pixelh8’s new album “Obsolete?” (Hidden Youth Records UK)

Cover of Pixelh8's album

Cover of Pixelh8’s album “The Boy with the Digital Heart” (Hidden Youth Records UK)

Matthew Applegate, aka Pixelh8, is a leading light of the “chiptune” scene – music made using vintage home computers. Now he is embarking on his most ambitious project to date, holding two concerts consisting of music made on some of the oldest and rarest computers in the world at the UK’s …

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