Ten Thousand Free Men & Their Families

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Ten Thousand Free Men & Their Families
Origin Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sydney, NSW, Australia
Genres Electronic music, chiptune, punk
Instrument Nintendo Game Boy
Years active2007–present
MembersThomas Gilmore
Website 10kfreemen.com

Ten Thousand Free Men & Their Families (also known as 10k [1] or 10kfreemen [2] ) is a musical project of Sydney based Game Boy music composer and performer Thomas Gilmore, [3] who began writing music with the Nintendo Game Boy in 2007. [4] Shortly after in 2008, Gilmore and Dot.AY from Brisbane started a blog documenting and promoting Australian chipmusic called GameBoyAustralia. [5] In early 2011, Gilmore and Eugene Davoren-Britton launched a vinyl-only chipmusic label called Sounds Legit. [6] The name for Gilmore's project was inspired by the A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible webcomic of a similar title. [7] Gilmore currently performs live vocals in a hardcore punk style that transcends the regular boundaries of chipmusic, [8] to form a style of music that Gilmore calls "chipunk". [9] In March 2016, after a period of silence from the act, a live band manifestation of Ten Thousand Free Men & Their Families played at Square Sounds Festival Melbourne. [10]

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Discography

Ten Thousand Free Men & Their Families has released many recordings with netlabels in the past, but the discography listed on his website only includes releases that were released physically. Gilmore has stated this is because his physical releases are a huge departure from his previous work that he now considers to be demos. [11] Both MKE OR BRK [12] and Another [13] were stocked by 8bitpeoples, a prominent chipmusic label. [14] The Rite Now single was later stocked by the Milwaukee-based label, Radiograffiti. [15]

Solo Releases

EPs

  • MKE OR BRK (2010, Independent CD)
  • Another (2010, Independent CD)

Singles

  • Rite Now (2011, Independent 5" Vinyl) [16]

Compilations

Web Releases and Demos

References

  1. ↑ Submission, Artist. "Square Sounds Festival Focus: Ten Thousand Free Men & Their Families Band". The Music. Archived from the original on 20 January 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
  2. ↑ 10k's official Myspace page Retrieved 20 August 2010
  3. ↑ Smith, Jessie (11 September 2008). "Ten Thousand Free Men, Their Families...and their Game Boys". Music Feeds. Archived from the original on 22 August 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  4. ↑ "Ten Thousand Free Men & Their Families | Listen and Stream Free Music, Albums, New Releases, Photos, Videos". Myspace. Archived from the original on 20 January 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
  5. ↑ GameBoyAustralia blog entry [ usurped ]
  6. ↑ Sounds Legit Archived 3 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine label website stating who holds copyright
  7. ↑ A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible, 10,000 FREE MEN AND THEIR FAMILIES 12 November 2004
  8. ↑ little-scale blog post, 6 June 2010
  9. ↑ True Chip Till Death article "Another EP", 18 June 2010
  10. ↑ Square Sounds Festival Website [ permanent dead link ] Accessed March 2016
  11. ↑ True Chip Till Death Archived 17 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine article "MKE OR BRK", 1 March 2010
  12. ↑ 8bitpeoples webstore Archived 26 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine MKE OR BRK item
  13. ↑ 8bitpeoples webstore Archived 26 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine Another item
  14. ↑ "digicult article about 8bitpeoples". Archived from the original on 22 July 2011.
  15. ↑ "Radiograffiti webstore". Archived from the original on 27 March 2012.
  16. ↑ Game Boy Australia entry "Rite Now 5" limited vinyl" [ usurped ] posted Thursday, 12 May 2011
  17. ↑ Discogs entry "Various - (Triskaidekaphobia) 13,000.00 Milliseconds"
  18. ↑ OzProg online store Archived 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine item Porgfest 09 CD
  19. ↑ 8bitpeoples online store Archived 25 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine V/A - Reformat: A Tribute To Bit Shifter's Information Chase item
  20. ↑ sleepmakeswaves Bandcamp page Archived 20 January 2025 at the Wayback Machine accessed March 2016
  21. ↑ Glitch City release list Archived 11 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine featuring 0.999... = 1
  22. ↑ Glitch City release list featuring Archived 11 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine The Pokémon Song
  23. ↑ Glitch City release list [ permanent dead link ] featuring GV01
  24. ↑ "CalmDownKidder, CDK002 release page". Archived from the original on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
  25. ↑ Glitch City release list Archived 11 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine featuring PixlCrushr/TTFM+TF
  26. ↑ Game Boy Australia post - "Friends" [ usurped ] 10 April 2008
  27. ↑ Glitch City release list Archived 11 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine featuring GV02
  28. 1 2 "Aus Chip Directory listing". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
  29. ↑ Free Music Archive Blip Festival 2011-Ten Thousand Free Men & Their Families
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