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A brief musical history of videogames

Monday, November 17, 2008

Their debut EP was described as "'The Dark Side Of The Moon' for the Nintendo generation" and featured song titles such as 'Game Over' and 'The Endboss Theme', so it's no surprise to learn that UK band The Lost Levels love them some 8-bit.

Now animator Steve Jones has beautifully encapsulated how the band bridges the old and new skool in his impressive clip for single 'Easy Sheets', and in the process has brought them, and himself, to a much wider audience.

Four months in the making, it follows fictional game character Enzo as he escapes his 8-bit origins and travels through videogame history, right up to the simulated reality of today's game worlds.

Download "Easy Sheets" from here for free, but check out their MySpace to hear the Blur-ish space-oddity "Take it All" and the stoner-friendly epic "Game Over".

BONUS LEVEL:
Steve Jones' graduation piece for uni...