Nilof is two kids from Stockholm who combine c64 blips and beeps with driving and bruising techno. Their song “Be Kind Rewind” (one of my favorite films btw) encapsulates their sound rather well.

Be Kind Rewind

I didn’t have that much to say about Goto 80 (they don’t like MySpace, click to see – so try here as well) when I posted one song back in 2005. I’ll try to elaborate a bit more now. Goto 80 is one of these swedish dj driven 8bit or c64 bands. They elevate the music you remember from 80′s video games to a more danceable, more complex level but usually staying within the framework of the basic sound. On Goto 80′s new record, Made On Internet, for the German label Pingipung, they break out of the mold by adding mc’s, guest artists and a more layered sound. In fact by the end of the song “Happy Daze” it builds to such a cacophony that you’d swear you’ve got multiple files playing at once. On “Error Energy” Anders Carlsson (Goto 80) adds his own vocals to the beeps, blips and whirs making the track more conducive to the dancefloor but maybe less conducive to contemplative listening.

Happy Daze
Error Energy

More 8bit Swedish goodness courtesy of 8bitpeoples.com below:

Ohne Zuschlag – Din Stalker
Comsten – Goto 80
Science Fiction Man – Dorothy’s Magic Bag

P.S. Swedesplease Radio Player:

The Swedesplease radio widget is back. This time it’s being brought to you by this cool Facebook app that let’s you stream your favorite mp3 blogs right from your Facebook page. Here’s the homepage and be sure to add Swedesplease and Songs:Illinois to your favorites. Btw the player is accessing old tracks because of our url change but should be up to date later this week so keep an eye on it.

I can’t quite get the story straight about Pandaland. It appears that this is the soundtrack to an actual video game. Could be hoax however and there is no game, since the game site is down. Either way as you no doubt now know I’m a fan of Swedish c64-style electronica. This stuff sounds great. Here’s a couple from Pandaland.

Panda Tivoli