Tag: Bit Shifter

  • GamesTM Piece on Chip Music

    Syphus writes

    So an interview I did a while ago for a journalist got heavily used in his rather good GamesTM piece this month. Normally when I give an unsuspecting journo about 50 times more than they ever wanted to hear about my own tedious interests, I end up seeing a three word platitude lazily dribbled onto the page…but this guy did a great job and used nearly everything I had to say across the entire article :D Also featuring everyone’s favourite Bit Shifter (Josh)

    Download a scan of the article here! Nice TCTD Plug!

    gamestm_syphus_3

  • Nanoloop 2008 Comp

    The LLOPS Are in your MIND
    The LLOPS Are in your MIND

    Not the biggest Nanoloop fan, but this comp has a amazing lineup.

    “OUT FINALLY!

    with 22 tracks from (among others): Glomag, Bit Shifter, nordloef, Big-Chip, Zombectro, Albino Ghost Monkey, Je Deviens DJ en 3 Jours, (and Hidden Village might *I* add) etc. etc. multiple versions of the artwork are available, so print which ever you prefer… cover 7 designed by JDDJ3J, the rest by e.s.c.”

    Download it here: http://www.soundcollapse.org/nanoloop/nanoloop2008.zip

    Discuss it here:

  • Sure it has a heart..

    A noble, but failed attempt to kick chip in the mental ass.
    Good times, and Dirty Tile.

    But does chip music have a brain? I asked that question a few years ago on election day 2004  with the Toilville compilation 1984: Chipolitiks vol 1. The compilation, an attempt to showcase a new approach to how chip music might be made, had an amazing amount of creative depth, featuring the following lineup:

    1<Mathletes – “The Price of Eternal Vigilance is Endless Struggle”.  endless

    2<Karawapo – “Distance”. distance-1984

    3<K9D and JONKIE- “Get Married”. gm-usa

    4<Random – “Guards”.

    5< Mark Denardo- “Drafted”. drafted-1984

    6<Cube-C- “What the Hell is Freedom”.

    7<Bud Melvin- “Forgiveness”. bud_melvin-1984

    8<Anonymouse- “Christmas 1984”. christmas1984

    9< Bit Shifter- “White House Ejector Seat”. bit_shifter_-_white_house_ejector_seat

    All Artwork by D. Mauro

    Many auspicious events on there, Mathletes is actually me, before I started releasing even fewer tracks under my own name, A Bit Shifter vocal rack, a rare version of a later OMAC track by Mark Denardo. And it was received equally well, but here four years later has the comp has little impact on the chip scene, and is mostly forgotten.

    Chip music is probably the most democratic of electronic music scenes. Most of the hardware needed to make the music can be fished out of the trash for free, and anyone with a net connection can share and be given equal opportunity to have the work be appreciated by anyone else, anywhere in the world. If you are perhaps a little older, you might remember when it was rare to hear of a band unless they were lucky/talented enough to be signed to one of the label fiefdoms, or managed to put on a show in your town. Yet this potential for worldwide distribution is diminished by perhaps an over saturated user base, an “too many chefs in the kitchen: factor where people are as concerned with how they are perceived, as the music they are attempting to comment on.

    Some of you may counter that the chip scene is quite intellectual, what with its careful exploration of the infinite possibilities of the limited, and novel approaches at doing more with less. Others may say they prefer the fun fancy free chip scene that is max posi and filled with brightly lit chip parties.  Either way its something to consider, especially for those who do not “outgrow” the genre but wonder if deeper intellectual pursuits are possible as the scene grows, or if stupid is the new smart.

    A week or so ago I made a call for some new political songs to add to the mix above, and got the following tracks. I realize it was very short notice, and thank those that did respond! As we stand on the edge of perhaps one of the most important US elections in my lifetime, it is important to think about certain issues that affect us all. Feedback or tracks you have worked on are welcomed in the comments

    subway sonicbeat – em brasilia tempo nublado subway_sonicbeat-em_brasilia_tempo_nublado

    sparkyboy – i believe obama sparkyboy-i-believe-obama

    tristendo – change dream machine change_dream_machine

    Feel free to post links to your own music in the comments!

  • 8Static Philly was lovely

    The birds are real.
    The birds are real.

    Last weekend, the Philadelphia area was blasted with what is hopefully the first in a series of regular chip shows under the 8STATIC name. The event, at a yoga studio felt like being in a big (and awesome) living room.

    The lineup included Graffiti Monsters, Cheap Dinosaurs, Animalstyle, glomag, BitShifter and the stunning visuals of VBLANK, NO CARRIER, Voltage Controlled and noteNdo.  Additionally there was a screening of the documentary “Reformat the Planet”

    The media coming in from this event is as impressive, with shots from the flickr stream, and the following videos on the Cheap Dinos youtube.

    b00DaW also provided some bootlegs of some of the artists performances as well. Check them out:

    mark_denardo_-_live_at_8static_philadelphia__10-18-2008_ Mark Denardo and Grafitti Monsters

    cheap_dinosaurs_-_live_at_8static_philadelphia__10-18-2008_ Cheap Dinosaurs

    glomag_-_live_at_8static_philadelphia__10-18-2008_ Glomag

    bitshifter_-_live_at_8static_philadelphia_10-18-2008_incomplete Bit Shifter (partial)

  • PULSEWAVE 10.25.08 Rom Flier

    Show info

    The new ROM flier from NO CARRIER and featuring a hilarious Halloween medley by Baron Knoxburry is online for this months Pulsewave show. This months show is a special mash up of chip stars and famous rock band, and should be a good opportunity to indoctrinate the unsuspecting neophyte in your midst.

    Darkness falls across the land. The midnight hour is close at hand. Creatures crawl in search of blood, to terrorize your neighborhood. And whosoever shall be found, without the soul for getting down, must stand and face the hounds of hell, and rot inside a corpse’s shell…

    2 Player Productions is proud to host a very special Halloween Pulsewave! Bust out your costume one week early and come party with us at AlphaBeta as esteemed members of the New York chiptune crew perform as other bands! That’s right. All covers, all night long. For one night only, the raw power of the Nintendo Entertainment System and Nintendo Game Boy will be harnessed to summon the spirits of Ian Curtis, Glenn Danzig, David Gahan, and Rivers Cuomo! Ok, so only one of those guys is actually dead but if the others were, their ghosts would be there too. Throw in live, Halloween-themed visuals, a costume contest, some killer raffle prizes, and a VERY special MYSTERY PERFORMER and you’ve got a Saturday seance that can’t be missed!

    Anamanaguchi as WEEZER
    Glomag as JOY DVISION
    Nullsleep as DEPECHE MODE
    Bit Shifter as THE MISFITS
    ++FULL SET by MyStErY PeRfOrMeR++

    Live Visuals: NO CARRIER + VBLANK

    – Costume Contest (w. prizes)
    – Hardware Raffle: Enter to win a Commodore64 or ProSound-modified, Glow-In-Dark Game Boy w. backlit screen…!