Normally Trixie brings you all the hot chiptunes jams, but since she’s off being important, I figured I’d step up to plate this time.
Maybe you’ve noticed the banner added to the top of our site about a month ago? Well that’s Blip Festival, and it starts…. TONIGHT!
It’s international mayhem of the chiptunes variety; taking Game Boys (DMGS), Ataris, Nintendos, 8-bit emulator VSTs, Commodore 64s, Nintendo DS’s (and just about anything else you can think of), our stalwart adventurers hack, slash and tweak the hardware in ways mere mortals thought impossible, creating the most epic music you’ve heard in a long long time (or at least since you beat Metroid for that first time).
It starts tonight with full on mayhem, and continues for 4 days until the final level Showdown on Sunday. The Brooklyn half of Res is heavily involved in the chiptunes scene, and let me just tell you that the past two nights of non-official events have already been insane beyond belief. Tickets can be purchased here!
This year the journey takes place @ The Bell House in Park Slope
The Bell House
149 7th Street
Brooklyn NY 11215 US (map)
And now.. the MEGA POST (there’s echo on that, fyi)
Nullsleep | New York, NY, USA | Performs: Saturday night at 11:20 PM
Nullsleep - “Supernova Kiss”
LINKS: 8BP Profile | nullsleep.com
USK | Fukuoka, Japan | Performs: Sunday night at 10:00 PM
USK - “Shanghai Moon”
LINKS: USK on 8bp | usk.cc
minusbaby | New York, NY, USA | Performs: Friday night at 12:00 AM
minusbaby - “Minha Caipirinha É Ótima (Very, Very)”
LINKS: minusbaby on 8BP | minusbaby.com
Glomag | New York, NY, USA | Performs: Friday night at 11:20 PM
glomag - “4shame (8bc 48 hour challenge)”
LINKS: glomag.com
Trash80 | Los Angeles, California, USA | Performs: Sunday night at 10:40 PM
Trash80 - “At Teh Disko”
LINKS: Trash80 on 8bp | trash80.net
Bit Shifter | New York, NY, USA | Performs: Friday night at 11:20 PM
Bit Shifter - “Hexadecimal Genome”
LINKS: Bitshifter on 8bp | bit.shifter.net
Animal Style | Philadelphia, PA, USA | Performs: Friday night at 8pm
Animal Style - “Bit Scrape”
LINKS: Animal Style on 8bp | MySpace
Mr. Spastic | New York, NY, USA | Performs: Saturday night at 8:40 PM
Mr. Spastic - “Ichi Ni San Cuatro”
LINKS: Mr. Spastic on 8bp | mrspastic
Role Model | Stockholm, Sweden | Performs: Friday night at 10:00 PM
Role Model - “Boy Afraid”
LINKS: Role Model on 8bp | Website
Anamanaguchi | New York, NY, USA | Performs: Sunday night at 9:20 PM
Anamanaguchi - “Fast Turtle”
LINKS: Anamanaguchi on 8bp | MySpace
Stu | Basel, Switzerland | Performs: Saturday night at 12:00 AM
Stu - “AUCR”
LINKS: Stu on 8bp | Website
Not enough? Check out 8bitpeoples for over 89 quality creative commons releases! RSVP on Going or Facebook and then purchase tickets here. Blip Fest is also brought to you by The Tank, so swing by and check out what other events those crazy kids have going on.
Ok… lets dance!
Blip Festival 2008: The Promo from Richard Alexander Caraballo on Vimeo.
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OH EM EFF GEE IT’S MOTHERFUCKIN’ TONIGHT, AHHHHHHHHH!
YESSSSSSS! I might miss it because I am listening to all these tracks though. :P
DAMMIT I WANNA BE THERE
I will be there on Saturday night… BUT I DON’T HAVE TICKETS! I hope this won’t sell out.