June 2010
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Boston 8-Bit Featured In The Boston Globe →
Our good pals Chris, James and Lydia from BOSTON 8-BIT made headlines today in the Boston Globe. Check it.
The three principals of Boston8bit.com are surprised by the immediate enthusiasm they’ve encountered online and, more importantly, at their shows (the last three showcases all sold out). Even more surprising, they say, is the community they’ve helped to create — almost by accident....
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The Nintendo 3DS Is 19th Century Tech On Steroids →
2010 is a strange and wonderful year for videogames. After years of innovative stagnation catering to a money-printing casual market, Nintendo, who made waves in 2006 with the motion-controlled Wii, is once again running the show this week at the E3 games expo in Los Angeles. Their new portable system, the Nintendo 3DS, is offering portable 3-D gaming with no glasses required. It might seem like...
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Lo-Fi Art Showcase Embraces Chiptunes,... →
The new ‘Playlist’ gallery in Brussels is exhibiting chipmusic and experimental lo-fi art installations from heavy-hitters like Nullsleep, NO CARRIER, enso and more.
Check it out on MOTHERBOARD.
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Cheese 'N' Beer Kicking Off Summer Chiptune Tour
My allies at chiptune netlabel Cheese ‘N’ Beer are gearing up for their summer tour, which will be summoning massive overseas chiptune acts to tear apart venues in New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts. Zombectro and Cream In All Moustache will complete the French trifecta spearheaded by Blip Festival ‘09 headliner Je Deviens DJ En 3 Jours and reinforced by a solid lineup of...
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Magical Game Boys: Demystifying The Live Chiptune... →
I haven’t been playing live shows as a chiptune artist for very long compared to some of my peers, but nearly every time I do, people ask me the same question: “What are you doing with that thing!?” They’re referring of course to my Game Boy, the world-famous portable gaming system that chip musicians have re-purposed as a self-contained 8-bit synthesizer.
For many of these artists, the Game...