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Throughout his high school years, Johnson spent increasing amounts of time working with computers, coding BASIC programs with his younger brother, following the demoscene, and exploring the web. It was during this time that he met Mike Hanlon in an Internet chatroom – together the two would go on to found 8bitpeoples.

Johnson graduated from the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science at Columbia University in 2003, where he studied computer science and music. He uses Game Boys and NES consoles to create music.

His early works bear little resemblance to the style and direction that his music would later take. Wooden Polyurethane Papers, his first release, is a silly and playful collection of loosely constructed songs with a penchant for raw waveforms, simplistic synths, and low-quality samples. He followed this with Click Bleep Click, a 3-track EP consisting of much more complex compositions that tend toward bittersweet melodies, processed videogame samples, and field recordings from around Manhattan. This is an interesting entry within Nullsleep's discography as it shows a very different direction that could have been pursued, but was instead apparently abandoned. With his next two releases on 8bitpeoples, Hello World and The Gameboy Singles 2002, Nullsleep focused once again on playful simplicity. The latter of these two was his first release to be composed entirely on the Game Boy (using the LSDJ tracker) and marks the beginning of his period working exclusively with videogame hardware.

In September 1999, Johnson began studying at Columbia University in New York City. Around this time the idea for 8bitpeoples was born out of an IM conversation he had with friend Mike Hanlon. The idea for the group centered on forming a collective of like-minded musicians, who were inspired or influenced by the aesthetics of early videogames and were interested in offering their music for free through digital distribution. Johnson put together their first website and hosted it on the desktop computer in his university dorm room. Early on he established himself as the driving force behind the group, acting as organizing and directing 8bitpeoples, while also actively contributing as an artist.

Wooden Polyurethane Papers (8bitpeoples, 1999) Click Bleep Click (8bitpeoples, 2000) Hello World (8bitpeoples, 2001) The Gameboy Singles 2002 (8bitpeoples, 2002) Depeche Mode Megamix (8bitpeoples, 2002) Electric Heart Strike (8bitpeoples, 2007) Unconditional Acceleration (8bitpeoples, 2008) Shadowtravel (Radiograffiti, 2013)

Colors (promo, 8bitpeoples CD, 1999) Axel F (8bitpeoples MP3/CD, 2002) Retork (Enough Records MP3, 2003) VGM Mixtape #8 (NoSides Records CD, 2003) The 8bits of Christmas (holiday album, 8bitpeoples MP3, 2003) Sonic Rec Room (Codek Records CD, 2004) Dirty Soundtrack Vol.2 (d-i-r-t-y.com MP3, 2004) Microdisko Vol.01 (Microdisko CD, 2005) GB/V.A. (Intikrec CD, 2005) 8BP050 (8bitpeoples 2xCD, 2006) 8-Bit Operators: The Music of Kraftwerk (tribute compilation, Astralwerks Records, 2007) Getsumen To Heiki Mina Vol. 4 (Aniplex CD) Getsumen To Heiki Mina Chiptune Collection (Aniplex CD)

Nullsleep (born Jeremiah Johnson October 7, 1980) is an American electronic musician and computer artist currently residing in New York City. In 1999 he co-founded the low-bit art collective 8bitpeoples, and has served as its lead director since its inception. He is best known for his high-energy Game Boy pop songs.