Tag: Blip Festival

  • Blip Riots

    We will be spending the next few days over at the TCTD BLIP FESTIVAL BLOG. For those who cannot attend, there is always VENT FEST
    From left to right, Akira, Herr_prof, PDF
    From left to right, Akira, Herr_prof, PDF

  • Mike Rosenthal on Blip Fest at BBC Radio

    Stay with me people.
    Stay with me people.

    The BBC podcast “Pods and Blogs” features an interview with Blip Festival and Tank organizer Mike Rosenthal. Its a pretty good interview to play for you mom that doesn’t get too technical and still remains accurate and informative.

    Listen.

  • Blip Festival Workshops Announced

    Gowanus Uwanna
    Gowanus Uwanna

    12 06 • Saturday
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    12:00 noon – Surrealtime 2: 8-bit Demo Show with Andy Voss
    • Phoenix (MindCandy DVD, Hornet PC demo archive) returns to showcase the latest and greatest demos on Atari 8-bit, C64, Vic-20, ZX Spectrum, and more. New this year will be demos made on homebrew 8-bit hardware and the DTV joystick, delving a little into the “circuit bending” phenomenon.  You’ll be amazed by the visual effects and music that can be wrestled out of primitive hardware.
    1:00 p.m. – 2A03 Workshop :: Crash Course in FamiTracker with Baron Knoxburry
    • A one hour adventure through FamiTracker’s abilities to program the Nintendo Entertainment System’s 2a03 audio chip.  Baron Knoxburry shall expound upon the qualities and limitations of each voice, how to build instruments, explore all the effects commands, and try to maintain an open forum for discussion in the process.  And for anyone who thinks they know it all already — there will be a one hour competition starting 10 minutes before this workshop begins, so you can compete with the Baron of Knoxburry as he tries to teach a class! These fresh tracks, programmed within an hour, will be played back during the final 10 minutes so we can hear a variety of different styles.
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  • Blip Festival Schedule Announced

    Nullsleep till Brooklyn
    Nullsleep till Brooklyn

    And TCTD will be there day by day, live blogging the audio bacchanalia. More after the jump!
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  • Blip Festival 2007: Video Collection Teaser

    Blip Festival 2007: Video Collection Teaser from 2 Player Productions on Vimeo.

    “Live performance video compilation featuring one track from each of the 32 performers at the second annual Blip Festival, held in New York NY in 2007, and curated and organized by 8bitpeoples and The Tank.

    The Blip Festival showcases artists adopting and repurposing familiar but forgotten hardware – such as the Commodore 64, the Nintendo Entertainment System, the Atari game console and home computer line, and the Nintendo Game Boy – exploring their untapped potential and unique aesthetic character as musical instruments and motion graphics workstations.

    In addition to the 32 videos, this collection features a bonus disc packed with interviews, music videos, photos, and more.

    The DVD will be available for purchase at this year’s Blip Festival (Dec 4 – Dec 7) and online following the conclusion of the event.
    blipfestival.org

    Produced, filmed, and edited by 2 Player Productions
    2playerproductions.com
    Music: “Retro Attivo (Jonkie Screw)” – The Hardliner”