// Albums
17 releases exploring different genres and stories.
Zoot Suit Riots
June 1943, Los Angeles. U.S. servicemen - sailors and Marines - charter taxicabs and cruise into Mexican-American neighborhoods. They drag kids out of
Dark Tide
On January 15, 1919, a poorly-built molasses tank in Boston's North End exploded, unleashing 2.3 million gallons of molasses in a 35 mph wave that kil
Distros
The story of Linux told through its distributions. Each track profiles a major distro - its founder, philosophy, triumphs, and struggles. Arranged chr
Jolene
Everyone knows the song. A woman begs Jolene not to take her man. But no one ever asked Jolene's side.
The Wizard
Thomas Edison is remembered as America's greatest inventor. This album remembers what he actually did.
Surrender
*Surrender* is bitwize's foray into synth-pop territory, channeling the spirit of Carly Rae Jepsen's *Emotion* (2015). Twelve tracks exploring differe
SubSeven
The complete history of Sub7, the remote access trojan that shaped early 2000s hacker culture. From a Romanian teenager teaching himself Delphi in Win
Compound Interest
Compound Interest traces the arc of internet fraud from its almost-comedic origins to its current incarnation as a human rights crisis. The album open
Clyde
The saga of Clyde, a koala with chlamydia who refuses to accept responsibility for his actions. Set to Irish folk music - tin whistles and fiddles sco
THE SCENE
The warez scene from inside - the honor code, the competition, the art, the fall. This isn't an album about piracy. It's about a subculture built on a
Whatever It Takes
"Whatever It Takes" is a narrative concept album based on the true story of the **2019 eBay cyberstalking scandal** - when a Fortune 500 company's sec
Merge Conflict
"Merge Conflict" is a concept album documenting the legendary flame wars, beefs, and drama of the Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML). Each track represe
DEB + IAN
A narrative album tracing the life of Ian Murdock (1973-2015), the visionary who founded Debian at age 20 and gave the open-source world one of its mo
Miles From Yesterday
A country album about distance - the miles between where you are and where you've been, between who you are and who you were. Songs of love, loss, mem
Emily
A love letter in album form. *Emily* captures the warmth, comfort, and quiet joy of love through the lens of coffee shop indie folk - the kind of musi
A Ska-liday Christmas
A loud, fast, chaotic 90s style ska punk holiday album. Brass blasts, offbeat guitars, Doc Martens stomps, and frantic mall season mayhem. This is Chr
Connection Lost
"Connection Lost" is a concept album serving as a digital eulogy - mourning what the internet and tech culture used to be before corporate enclosure,