New York chiptune artist Haeyoung Kim makes 8-bit and experimental music under the name Bubblyfish. The classically-trained, Gameboy-wielding Kim has brought her live performance to places as varied as Comic-Con and The New Museum – and now, to Soundcheck’s live broadcast from the Re:Mix Lab at Chelsea Market.
Toy Company is a series of 8bit/lo-fi techno music parties happening in Montreal organised by a few artists of the local chiptune scene. This comp is to help raise funds for future events.
Noise Channel — This show will explore the chiptune culture. It will showcase the latest and most cutting-edge chip artists, with classics and arrangements thrown in for variety. Jake ‘virt’ Kaufman will occasionally take emails from listeners and answer questions about the technical aspects of making chiptunes. Airs every Thursday night from 10pm-11pm on Arecibo Radio.
About the host — TrueStar – Kris Kaufman, alchemist, yarnsmith, puggle-walker. She has, through countless years of travel and trials, been possessed of tremendous zeal for the sound of the NES; of the C64; of the X68000; As one might savor a good wine, so she sips from the gem-encrusted chalice of chiptune luxury. She curates a vast collection of works by the unspeakably powerful wizard-bards of our lands, and of those across the mighty sea.
The next show (Oct. 20th) will be a Blipfestival Tokyo special and the week after Jake ‘virt’ Kaufman will talk about his trip to Japan and performing at Blipfestival Tokyo.
I/O OCT 3 2011 – KNIFE CITY | PETER SWIMM | ZEN ALBATROSS | DA PANTZ