Trash80

{{for|the computer|TRS-80}} {{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=February 2022}} {{BLP primary sources|date=September 2013}} }} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Timothy Lamb | image = EEF 2011 - Trash80 (5501617802).jpg | caption = Trash80 at the Electronic Frontier Foundation's 21st birthday party in February 2011. | image_size = | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = Timothy Robert Lamb | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1979|3|05}} | death_date = | origin = San Diego, California | instrument = | genre = Electronic | occupation = Musician | years_active = | label = 8bitpeoples | website = }} '''Trash80''' is a micromusic/bitpop project from '''Timothy Robert Lamb'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/894466317 |title=AT TEH DISKO |website=ASCAP |publisher=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers |access-date=October 31, 2024}}</ref> (born on March 5, 1979{{citation needed|date=September 2013}}), a pioneer of independent Game Boy music. He has published several songs online under a Creative Commons license (BY-NC-ND) under the Trash80 and Tresk banners. Whereas many Trash80 songs are ambient soundscapes featuring the use of Game Boy sounds, Tresk songs feature simple piano lines. Most prominently, Lamb's music has been featured on the soundtrack of the real-time strategy game ''Darwinia''.<ref>[http://www.introversion.co.uk/darwinia/extras/soundtrack.html Darwinia Soundtrack] at Introversion Software</ref>

The name "Trash80" is a reference to a slang term for the Tandy / Radio Shack computer model (now defunct) TRS-80 (model 1/2/3/4/4p).

In 2003 the EP ''Hologram'' was released.<ref>[https://www.8bitpeoples.com/products/520170-trash80-hologram Hologram] at 8bitpeoples</ref> and in May 2008 the EP ''Icarus'' was released.<ref>[https://www.8bitpeoples.com/products/520270-trash80-icarus Icarus] at 8bitpeoples</ref>

In the Fall of 2008, Trash80 unveiled the ArduinoBoy, a relatively cheap and easy-to-assemble device that allows MIDI synchronization with a Game Boy running the proper software. As the name implies, it is based on the Arduino open-source microcontroller.<ref>[http://code.google.com/p/arduinoboy/ ArduinoBoy Project] at Google Code</ref>

== Dirtywave M8 ==

In April 2020, Trash80 opened Dirtywave LLC,<ref>[https://dirtywave.com/ Dirtywave LLC]</ref> a company dedicated to the development of a hardware tracker called M8. It is a spiritual successor to the LSDJ tracker for the Game Boy, which was most commonly associated with the chiptune scene.

Dirtywave announced pre-orders for the M8 in April 2021.<ref>[https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2021/04/05/dirtywave-m8-mobile-tracker-now-available-to-pre-order/ "Dirtywave M8 Mobile Tracker Now Available for Pre-Order"] at Synthtopia.com</ref>

The tracker is well received by synthesizer enthusiasts.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OTIawRHr3A "Dirtywave M8: Unboxing and Hardware Review"] via allmyfriendsaresynths on YouTube</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMxDGkXlb0k "Dirtywave M8 Tracker - Introduction"] via Red Means Recording on YouTube</ref> As of early 2023, Dirtywave produced several batches of M8 devices, all of which quickly sold out. New batches have been produced every six weeks during 2025 <ref>{{Cite web |title=Discord - Group Chat That’s All Fun & Games |url=https://discord.com/channels/709264126240620591/1374034374214946916 |access-date=2025-10-02 |website=Discord}}</ref> An updated version, the [https://dirtywave.com/products/m8-tracker-model-02 model 02], has been released with positive reviews.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dirtywave M8 Model:02 |url=https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/dirtywave-m8-model02 |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=www.soundonsound.com}}</ref>

== External links == {{commons category|Trash80}} * {{Official website|http://www.trash80.net}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090228080731/http://www.8bitpeoples.com/artist/trash80 Biography]

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Category:American electronic music groups Category:1979 births Category:Living people Category:8bitpeoples artists