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04
December
2008
tags: Mr. Spastic, minusbaby, Role Model, USK, Stu, Anamanaguchi, Blip Festival, Animal Style, 8bitpeoples, Nullsleep, Bit Shifter, glomag, trash80, Mp3.

Blip Fest 2008 Mega Post!

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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

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Nullsleep - “Supernova Kiss”
LINKS: 8BP Profile | nullsleep.com

USK | Fukuoka, Japan | Performs: Sunday night at 10:00 PM

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USK - “Shanghai Moon”
LINKS: USK on 8bp | usk.cc

minusbaby | New York, NY, USA | Performs: Friday night at 12:00 AM

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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

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glomag - “4shame (8bc 48 hour challenge)”
LINKS: glomag.com

Trash80 | Los Angeles, California, USA | Performs: Sunday night at 10:40 PM

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Trash80 - “At Teh Disko”
LINKS: Trash80 on 8bp | trash80.net

Bit Shifter | New York, NY, USA | Performs: Friday night at 11:20 PM

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Bit Shifter - “Hexadecimal Genome”
LINKS: Bitshifter on 8bp | bit.shifter.net

Animal Style | Philadelphia, PA, USA | Performs: Friday night at 8pm

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Animal Style - “Bit Scrape”
LINKS: Animal Style on 8bp | MySpace

Mr. Spastic | New York, NY, USA | Performs: Saturday night at 8:40 PM

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Mr. Spastic - “Ichi Ni San Cuatro”
LINKS: Mr. Spastic on 8bp | mrspastic

Role Model | Stockholm, Sweden | Performs: Friday night at 10:00 PM

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Role Model - “Boy Afraid”
LINKS: Role Model on 8bp | Website

Anamanaguchi | New York, NY, USA | Performs: Sunday night at 9:20 PM

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Anamanaguchi - “Fast Turtle”
LINKS: Anamanaguchi on 8bp | MySpace

Stu | Basel, Switzerland | Performs: Saturday night at 12:00 AM

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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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20
July
2008
tags: 8GB, Aliceffekt, trash80, The Tank, Pulsewave, videos, 8bitpeoples, Mp3.

Massive Cheaptoon Update

Oh, hai guise… Ok, ok, ok. First of all, I’m not going to do the usual “…trixie shows up and apologizes for not posting for three months” thing because, honestly, I’ve been busy working on my life long dream of being the female, short, blonde, American version of Tony Wilson, and that’s why you haven’t seen me in awhile. I’m still working hard bringing people new music, I’ve just kind of limited my scope to the “live” and “NYC” part of that job. You guys wouldn’t believe how hard it is to jump on to Res and write a post after sending ten thousand emails to coordinate people playing shows or after a successful show with a few beers in my stress-related-ulcerated stomach.

BUT… The “day job,” as they’re called because it’s what you DON’T want to do and not because of the time it takes place, has ended and I am doing the “making cool stuff happen” thing full time, so now I have the chance to come back to you guys with some really sick music. In the spirit of my new position at The Tank, NYC’s stronghold for 8-bit, here’s a whole slew of chip music that I’ve been enjoying this summer.

First off, trash80’s absolutely brilliant Icarus EP* has been the soundtrack to this summer– lush, sexy, sundrenched Balearic-bit for those who dream of an alternate reality Ibiza where Nullsleep and Bit Shifter hold court like Sasha and Steve Lawler once did at Space. Like all 8bitpeoples releases, it is free for download and sharing under Creative Commons, so follow that link and grab it.

Despite technical difficulties as a result of him overpowering the house system during his set at May’s Pulsewave, he kicked off my summer with an ear to ear smile stretched across my sweaty face. Here’s 2Player Productions’ rather disorienting video of “Missing You” from that night:


Trash80 @ Pulsewave in NYC, 05.24.08 (1/1) from 2 Player Productions on Vimeo.

Though “Missing You” seems to be the universally sanctioned hit from the release, “Sodium Sonet” is actually my favorite.

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Sodium Sonet Extended - trash80

On the other side of the spectrum from trash80, I’ve been digging the 8bit + sparkling speedcore hybrid side project of industrial artist Aliceffekt. Called MALICE, it’s the sonic equivalent of grinding metal against metal to shoot dazzling sparks– one part hard and savage bass line to one part silver-filigreed synth lead, it’s definitely an exciting first entry into chiptunes and I’m looking forward to how this project progresses (as well as a super-secret OTHER side project of lush, melody-driven IDM that Resonator will probably be lucky enough to preview in the coming months).

MALICE

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Malice - L
(Note: The ID3 tags for this release come up with a bunch of Japanese stuff, so you may not be able to find it in iTunes by typing “MALICE.” To preserve the integrity of what the artist wants, however, I didn’t change the ID3 tags. Go blame them.)

MALICE is also available for free here. I definitely recommend downloading the entire album, as each track is mixed into the other so it’s hard to really listen to one on its own without hearing the tail end/beginning of another.

And finally– Argentina’s 8GB is pure, full on, hands in the air dance-till-you-can’t-move insanity. If you missed his set at Pulsewave’s 2nd Birthday back in March where his set rocked so hard that he caused a black-out, here’s a sample of what you can expect when he returns this month! (More on that coming later in the week– look out for it, because it’s going to be BONKERS!)


8GB live @ Pulsewave - New York - march 2008 (8/9) from Kiken Corporation (????) on Vimeo.

*All 8bitpeoples releases are released under this Creative Commons License.

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