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  PAX East 2011: Three Days of Chiptune Concerts Await You!

  March 11, 2011 | Jayson Napolitano | Comments Off on PAX East 2011: Three Days of Chiptune Concerts Await You! Share this PAX East 2011: Three Days of Chiptune Concerts Await You!

  

  If you rolling into PAX East today, then hopefully you managed to find your way to the MAGFest-hosted Jamspace for the first chiptune concert of the 3-day event. Boston8Bit has gathered all the local talent as well as those flying in for the event for 3 days of festivities, including not only three days of concerts featuring Bit Shifter, Glomag, and our very own Zen Albatross, but also a presentation on the history of chip music and a Q&A session to be held tomorrow, Saturday, March 12, 2011. The concerts will be held daily in the jamspace from 11am-2pm EST (sorry if you already missed today’s performance), with Zen Albatross’s presentation scheduled for tomorrow at 10am.

  Hit the jump for the artist roster for each of the three performances, and be sure you get over to the jamspace to hear these sets if you’re at PAX East! (more…)

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  Get Your Bleep On: Blip Festival 2009 Recordings Online At Free Music Archive

  January 27, 2010 | Joshua Kopstein | 1 Comment Share this Get Your Bleep On: Blip Festival 2009 Recordings Online At Free Music Archive

  

  For three chilly days in the frigid month of December, the 4th Annual Blip Festival brought an energizing warmth to The Bell House in Brooklyn, NY; and with it, a massive international gathering of artists, musicians and fans, all celebrating their passion for the purity and power of lo-fi visuals and sound. Anyone who attended will tell you that there is no substitute for being smack dab in the middle of the largest chipmusic event in the entire world. But there is hope yet for the poor souls who couldn’t make it, because the fine folks over at The Free Music Archive are providing us with the next best thing: High-quality live recordings of 11 performances from Blip Festival 2009, with more on the way.

  Originally broadcasted live on the air by local independent radio station WFMU, this extensive collection now available on Free Music Archive features the complete recorded performances of nearly a dozen Blip Festival artists, including Nullsleep, Bit Shifter, minusbaby, Je Deviens DJ En Trois Jours, Chromix, Trash Can Man, Psilodump and much more. Now you can re-live your favorite Blip moments, share them with family, friends and foes, or simply keep yourself sated until Blip Fest ’10.

  Were you part of the exuberant rabble that attended this year’s Blip Festival? Which were your favorite acts? Share your most memorable Blip Fest experience in the comments below.

  [Photo by Benjamin Mason]

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  The Good, The Bad & The Game Boy: Glomag’s New Album + Live Blip Fest Recordings

  January 15, 2010 | Joshua Kopstein | 3 Comments Share this The Good, The Bad & The Game Boy: Glomag’s New Album + Live Blip Fest Recordings

  

  New York’s Blip Festival, the world’s largest and most esteemed chip music event, may have already saddled up and rode into the sunset, but chiptune auteur Chris Burke (aka Glomag) has made sure that fans will find plenty glittering audible gold in the cold months that follow. His newest album, Roland & The Lamprey, which begins with a Game Boy and guitar cover of Ennio Morricone’s famous Spaghetti Western diddy, “Ecstasy of Gold,” was released as a free download on chiptunes netlabel 8bitpeoples following the festival’s conclusion in December. From the undeniably infectious beats of “Ice Me Nine” and “Disco Nostromo” to the dark and catchy discord of “Bad Therapy,” Glomag’s latest offering fuses high energy fist-pumping anthems with complex and stylish vocal pop.

  And just in case you missed seeing him live at Blip Fest, you can now also download recordings of Glomag’s entire live set, courtesy of the Free Music Archive. With this and even more solid stuff on the way, I’d say that chip music is off to pretty good start in 2010, wouldn’t you? Have a listen after the jump. (more…)

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