- Kpist (band)
Kpist is a Swedish electronic rock band from
Umeå noted for releasing music heavily influenced by video games and video game culture. Their name is short in Swedish for "kulsprutepistol", which translates as "submachinegun".Several of their more popular tracks are tributes to gaming, while using gaming terminology to touch deeper matters. For example, their 2002 release "Enemies of Silence" featured a track named "C64", a reference and tribute to the classic computer
Commodore 64 , which also talks about independence, freedom and control, with such lines as "I know it makes you sick that your movements are controlled by a joystick."Some songs were used in the 2002 movie "Livet i 8 Bitar".
Discography
* "Voltage Controlled", 1997
* "Enemies of Silence", 2002
* "C64", 2002External links
* [http://www.releasemagazine.net/News/news0208b.htm Release Magazine] , article on the upcoming release of Enemies of Silence, August 2002
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