# Trash80

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{{for|the computer|TRS-80}}
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{{BLP sources|date=February 2022}}
{{BLP primary sources|date=September 2013}}
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{{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.
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| 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](/source/San_Diego), [California](/source/California)
| instrument      = 
| genre           = [Electronic](/source/Electronic_music)
| occupation      = Musician
| years_active    = 
| label           = [8bitpeoples](/source/8bitpeoples)
| website         = 
}}
'''Trash80''' is a micromusic/[bitpop](/source/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](/source/Game_Boy_music). He has published several songs online under a [Creative Commons](/source/Creative_Commons) license ([BY-NC-ND](/source/Creative_Commons_license)) under the Trash80 and Tresk banners. Whereas many Trash80 songs are ambient soundscapes featuring the use of [Game Boy](/source/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](/source/real-time_strategy) game ''[Darwinia](/source/Darwinia_(computer_game))''.<ref>[http://www.introversion.co.uk/darwinia/extras/soundtrack.html Darwinia Soundtrack] at [Introversion Software](/source/Introversion_Software)</ref>

The name "Trash80" is a reference to a slang term for the Tandy / [Radio Shack](/source/Radio_Shack) computer model (now defunct) [TRS-80](/source/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](/source/8bitpeoples)</ref> and in May 2008 the EP ''Icarus'' was released.<ref>[https://www.8bitpeoples.com/products/520270-trash80-icarus Icarus] at [8bitpeoples](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Music_tracker) called M8. It is a spiritual successor to the LSDJ tracker for the Game Boy, which was most commonly associated with the [chiptune](/source/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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