YouTube channel Nordischsound has been doing something remarkable with a three-voice SID chip and a 1980s Commodore 64, and their chiptune reimagining of Depeche Mode’s “Everything Counts” is the latest proof that the synth-heavy DNA of classic synthpop translates with uncanny precision into 8-bit territory, the iconic melody and bass lines rendered in the raw, characteristic crackle of vintage chiptune with every note earning its place across just three channels.


