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Re:Playdate pre-orders begin in July by 2ndseq on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @02:43PM (#27439176)
This is something well understood in the electronic music space. The limitations of the equipment can define entire genres of music. The programmer in me is very excited about doing some dev work on a limited platform.
Re:Playdate pre-orders begin in July by chris_st on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @12:27PM (#27449833)
Indeed. I really love the Kind of Bloop[0] album, an 8-bit tribute to Kind of Blue[1] by Miles Davis (often cited as the best-selling jazz record of all time). Example song here[2].

[0] https://kindofbloop.com [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kind_of_Blue [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSCObIXDCJc