arottenbit | Time To Kill Records

Country: Italy
Style: 8bit Sludge Techno

Line-up:
Otto – Programming

Bio:
Described as “Atari Teenage Riot playing Melvins”, arottenbit is an electronic music project that collides sludge metal heaviness, hardcore punk energy, and raw techno violence through the most unlikely of instruments: a 1989 Nintendo Game Boy salvaged from the trash. What began in 2008 as the vision of Alessandro “Otto” Galli (FOH sound engineer for Messa, Deafheaven, Pallbearer, Truckfighters, Bongzilla, Fuoco Fatuo) has grown into a singular force at the intersection of extreme music and chiptune chaos.

From 70 to 240 BPM, arottenbit channels the disorienting energy of late-night afterparties, the aggression of punk, and the weight of sludge, proving that in the spirit of punk you don’t even need a “real” instrument to create devastating sound.

Performing solo with his Game Boy or with hardcore drummer Guido Montanarini (Paradise Lost, Implore, The Secret), arottenbit has shared stages with Melvins, Atari Teenage Riot, The Body, Melt Banana, Author & Punisher, Full of Hell, and more. His reputation is built on relentless live performances and unforgettable appearances at festivals like Roadburn 2022 and Hellfest 2022.

He also organized the world’s largest DIY 8-bit festival, Milano Chiptune Underground, at the legendary Macao squatin Milan (drawing over 2,000 attendees) and toured Europe and the UK three times supporting Master Boot Record(Blood Music, Metal Blade Records). All of this achieved without releasing a single album, fueled purely by the intensity of the live experience and underground word of mouth.

Discography:

You Don't Know What Chiptune Is (Album - 2024 – Time To Kill Records)

 

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