Ten Thousand Free Men & Their Families
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Ten Thousand Free Men & Their Families | |
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| Origin |  Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| Genres | Electronic music, chiptune, punk |
| Instrument | Nintendo Game Boy |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Members | Thomas Gilmore |
| Website | 10kfreemen |
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]
