Celebrating Black Chiptune Artists for Black History Month
We are a collection of chiptune lovers that wanted to celebrate and highlight Black chiptune artists during the month of February, which is recognized as Black History Month.This Friday, February 6th, 2026, Bandcamp is waiving their fees from all sales and musicians on the platform will receive, outside of credit processing fees, more of your purchase to support them.Most of these performers are on Bandcamp, a service to purchase music and merchandise from artists directly to support them. Bandcamp may not be a perfect platform, but does provide independent artists with significantly more revenue than streaming services could possibly provide, even outside of Bandcamp Friday. As changes to the most popular streaming services happen, at this time, many niche performers, such as chiptune artists are not receiving any royalties for their work and even worse, are being copied and having their work stolen by genAI (generative artificial intelligence). Bandcamp has made their stance clear that no genAI is allowed on their service. Outside of direct support (i.e. giving money directly into the hands of these artists), this is one of the most effective ways to support independent black artists directly and keep the music going.If you are catching this after February 6th, the next Bandcamp Fridays for 2026 will be:
• March 6th
• May 1st
• August 7th
• September 4th
• October 2nd
• November 6th
• December 4thThis is not meant to be an exhaustive list as chiptune artists aren't all necessarily on Bandcamp. We're more than happy to add more artists!To be clear, we are not affiliated with Bandcamp. Our solidarity is to the chiptune makers and lovers -- and ensuring that artists, especially Black artists, get their due support.
D&D Sluggers
Based out of Wilmington, South Carolina, Tim White (aka Soultron)'s one man band D&D Sluggers, hits you with beautiful singing along with his chiptune tracking and guitar playing. Something for the pop garage band lovers.
Cassidini
Aaqil Abdullah (He/They), working under the name Cassidini, is a composer, a musician, and above all an artist working through the medium of sound. He equally enjoys finding the limits of what sounds instruments can naturally produce and splicing together field recordings to make something entirely new. He is always looking forward to the next collaborative opportunity to bring any film, game, or other form of media to life.
ThatAndyGuy
Andy (he/him) is a digital fusion artist with a focus on KORG Gadget from Alabama that also does speed runs.
Senpi aka Senpee
Musician, artist, mathematician, SenPi does it all. She offers the use of her music for free with credit to her YouTube.
DINAARI
Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, DINAARI (they/she and it's pronounced "din-are-ee") is a video game composer, cartoonist, performer, advocate, cook, Pokémon trainer, creature lover, and film enthusiast who is available for to be commissioned to make music!
Fyütch
Fyütch is Grammy-Nominated music and social justice artist, educator and content creator promoting racial equity and liberation. While not exclusively chiptunes, his Fyüsion tapes are master fusion works with his lyrics and chiptune
Auxcide
Auxcide is a chiptune artist residing in Carlisle, PA who uses two Gameboy SPs running LSDJ as well as various synthesizers, drum machines, samplers, and effects processors controlled by a 3rd Gameboy SP.
SYLCMYK
SYLCMYK (or Sylvester Draggon Jr.) is currently living in Kyoto, Japan and is still releasing music.
Storm Blooper
Based out of Philadelphia, Storm Blooper aka Chris De Pew (they/them) composes lo-fi music with old hardware deemed "useless." Harnessing nothing more than a few Gameboys, they slap down hard grooves and generate addicting melodies everyone can sing along to.
Rekcahdam
Splitting time between Virginia and Japan, Rekcadam is a composer, game maker, and hacker.
Adrian Shegstad
Formerly known as Zantilla (he/they) is a digital fusion composer, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and music educator.
amateurLSDJ
From the Bronx, amateurLSDJ (he/him) performs on portable devices such as his trusty Gameboy and m8 trackers. Recently released his long awaited album Tabula Rasa and performed at main stage at MAGFest
SoundSync5000
SS5K has been making covers and original chiptune music in all manners of programs with a preference for NES sounds.
Commissions are open as of this writing - details in Linktree!
Dauragon
From the District of Columbia, Dauragon is an electronic musician using the simple, small sounds of old hardware to create large, banging, melancholy soundscapes meant to wrap around you like the ghostly warmth of a long forgotten memory. Dauragon aims to create music that rattles your heart along with your bones. Dauragon is gonna crush this rotten world with his own two hands
SkittlesBeats
SkittlesBeats (he/they) is a story writer, music maker, journalist, video game player, and supporter of others via editing, event planning, and being a source of strength to friends in need.
Aramis616
Aramis616 is a hip-hop recording artist hailing from Grand Rapids, MI. He got into music at a young age, but had no idea he would eventually become an artist himself until he reached middle school. What started off as a simple hobby, ended up turning into a deep passion that he could not let go of.
Apsychalypse
From Boston, Apsychalypse describes himself as, "a lone, one-man wizard of an electronic composer who has emerged from nothingness to provide an all-new viewpoint on musical greatness unlike anything one’s ever experienced and/or witnessed."
As for his music, it's mostly covers but his live shows must be seen to be believed as he hits you with amazingly energetic vocals that he hasn't recorded... yet
alisongrace
alisongrace (she/her) is a young songwriter / producer working for video games with a combination of DAWs and guitar skills and a recent contributor to the T4T Celestial Circuit album benefiting trans non profits
Crezno
Crezno may have dropped off the radar, but there's no denying he has an extensive body of work in chip tunes and loved his high quality rips.
DeeManVG
Representing both Trinidad & Tobago and the District, DeeMan is a composer and video game developer. At this time, he's only got one track on bandcamp but we included his Ko-Fi if you're enjoying his soundcloud
s0nlxaftrsh0ck
From New York, Sonix is a gamer/husband/father that loves to tinker around with music both DAWs and handhelds, programming, DIY projects, and system admin stuff at home.
Mega Flare
Mega Flare began as a chiptune composer in 2011 and has gone on to explore different types of music.
Soulox
Coming to us from Oakland, using a full on Amiga trackers to bring about jungle beat rave music. What a blast from the past for music made today using OctoMed!?!
Muscises
Muscises (pronounced MOO-SIGH-CIS) is a composer based out of Florida using multiple trackers for multiple genres
Lomo
We are actively looking for Lomo because he showed up for open mic at Chipspace and played a fantastic set with an electric flute! If you have info, please reach out!
Zenkomani
Houston Texas based chiptuner. No Bandcamp could be found at this time, but check out his Soundcloud!
Deffy
Deffy is a young musician and programmer that thinks about music theory the way other people breathe. No Bandcamp could be found at this time but here's his soundcloud
Honorable mentions - Sammus and Megaran
Both are top tier performers in their fields of nerdcore but have occasionally used Chiptune backing tracks. While not solely chiptune performers, we'd be remiss if we didn't acknowledge them
We are absolutely NOT affiliated with bandcamp and any trademarks belong to their respective owners. All photos by Ami Moregore unless otherwise credited but that's not the important part. Please support these musicians!