ZEN ALBATROSS

☁ ✈ New drone demo to mark the end of 2014

214 seconds; 214 more reasons to fear the sky

▃▅▇ INCOMING GIG ▇▅▃ I’m performing at Kick.Snare in Brooklyn, with vaporstack returning on visuals. Additional sets by knife city (Luke of Anamanaguchi), FORE, and NorvisJr.

[NYC] 11.14.14 // KICK.SNARE @ Branded Saloon
ZEN ALBATROSS, knife city, FORE, NorvisJr, vaporstack, BKLYN!ZULU

Friday, November 14, 2014
9PM
603 Vanderbilt Ave, Brooklyn, NY
21+ | $10
RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/1476871579259595/

#NYC INCOMING: I’ll be performing at HACKERS ON PLANET EARTH on 7/18 with Futurestack on visuals.

Part of two nights of concerts with additional sets by minusbaby, Bubblyfish, Amigos Poderosos (solo project of José from Balún), and more. Maybe a surprise duet with Robot Snowden?

July 18-19
11pm - 2am
@ Hotel Pennsylvania
401 7th Ave, New York, NY
ALL AGES - $10/night, $15 both nights

More info at http://x.hope.net

[NYC] 03.22.14 // PULSEWAVE @ LaunchPad
Zen Albatross w/ Note!, Binarpilot, and Batsly Adams

Saturday, March 22, 2014
Doors 8 PM; Open mic 8:30 PM
721 Franklin Ave, Brooklyn, NY
$10 • All Ages • BYOB
RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/761956720482464/
Live broadcast: http://clip-stream.net/

Spring, sprang, sprung. These dope beats will help you ring in the vernal equinox and shake you out of your winter hibernation. Let’s get wild !

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ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶) NOTE!

Note!, the alias of Christophe Richard from Brooklyn, New York, explores music through a lo-bit aesthetic and aims to prove that even the simplest square waves and white noise can be textured and crafted to create something far greater than the sum of their parts. Oh and you can dance to it. But bring extra AA batteries, please. http://note.bandcamp.com

\( ﾟヮﾟ) BINÄRPILOT

Originally from the future, Binärpilot has gained underground notoriety for his support of piracy and outspoken criticism of the music industry. In fear of his work being corrupted by the pursuit of monetary rewards, he releases all his music for free and has stated he will continue to do so forever. True to this, all of his equipment and releases are paid for with donations from fans. http://binaerpilot.no

(⊐•̀⌂•́)⊐ Visuals by BATSLY ADAMS

electrical engineer by day – NES / genesis homebrew developer by night – hired goon 24hrs (ask for rates) http://www.batslyadams.com

Newly excavated sonic relic from days gone by

Some sonic prophecy for your doomsday listening pleasure ~*

♬ ✈ Helping kick off the monobomb records ROUTE XIX tour this weekend in San Francisco with minusbaby, crashfaster, Trash80, + more. They’ll also be making stops in Cupertino, San Jose, Portland, and Seattle.

8bitSF and monobomb records are proud to present the Route XIX West Coast Tour, a collection of the finest artists in chip music. Our San Francisco stop is ground zero, with an absolutely massive lineup to keep you dancing and rocking all night long!

ALL AGES!

Tickets available NOW: http://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2012/08-26.html

Trash80 (los angeles) [http://trash80.com/]

Trash80 captivates and entrances with his blend of soaring dance anthems and flawlessly executed club beats.

minusbaby (new york) [http://minusbaby.com/]

minusbaby smashes his love for type, patterns and limited palettes into a unique visual and musical language that pushes the boundaries of the art of bass (and how it moves asses).

crashfaster (san francisco) [http://crashfaster.com/]

crashfaster combines the gritty chip sounds of the Gameboy and NES with hard-hitting rock and synthetic and human vocals to form a completely original hybrid synth-pop-rock experience.

Zen Albatross (new york) [http://zenalbatross.net/]

Brooklyn’s Zen Albatross has explored & exploited the waveform synthesis capabilities of antiquated computer systems. His fearful obsession with technology as an ideological weapon is equaled only by his love of American craft beer.

Slime Girls (san jose) [http://slimegirls.bandcamp.com/]

Slime Girls are a distorted pulsewave assault of gameboys, guitars and energetic drums. Sometimes fast, lush and loud punk rock, other times melancholy surf jams, sometimes ever danceable ska, yet always tied together with an electronic wash of melodic chip music.

Matthew Joseph Payne (oakland) [http://matthewjosephpayne.bandcamp.com/]

One half of the unstoppable chiptune act The Glowing Stars, Matthew Joseph Payne creates a sound all his own with his chamber-chip-doom-folk solo project.

DJ sets by

TRΛCER (san francisco) [http://tracervision.com/]
&
Mr. Smith (san jose) [http://www.facebook.com/thedjmrsmith]

≈*≈Thx for the ROMemories≈*≈

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Next week I’ll be playing two shows during the 2012 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. These lineups are absolutely stacked with amazing performers, thanks in large part to friend and monobomb compatriot crashfaster, so if you’re in town for the conference, be sure to check them out:

8bitSF presents POW: Indie Music & Developers Collide
Tuesday, March 6th @ 8:00pm
Tickets: http://www.dnalounge.com/ calendar/2012/03-06.html
$8 advance/$12 door/$5 with GDC Badge
21+

RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/151961534920931/

In honor of the 2012 Game Developer’s Conference, 8bitSF [http://8bitsf.com/] is proud to present POW, a celebration of the indie spirit. POW is a colossal night of sound + vision, and features performances by some of the best acts in both gaming and chip music as well as demo tables and presentations by indie developers Polytron [http://polytroncorporation.com] (FEZ), Muteki Corporation [http://mutekicorp.com/] (Dragon Fantasy), Open Emotion Studios [http:// www.openemotionstudios.com/] (Revoltin’ Youth), Yobble
[http://yobble.me/] (Air Guitar) and more!

Live Performances by:

VIRT aka Jake Kaufman [http://virt.bandcamp.com/] (Retro City Rampage, Bloodrayne: Betrayal)

Freaky DNA aka Leonard J. Paul [http://videogameaudio.com/] (Retro City Rampage, NBA Jam 2010)

Disasterpeace [http://disasterpeace.com/] (FEZ)

minusbaby [http://minusbaby.com/] (BIT.TRIP FATE, Phone Story)

crashfaster [http:// crashfaster.bandcamp.com/] (Dragon Fantasy)

The Glowing Stars [http:// theglowingstars.bandcamp.co m/]

Zen Albatross [http://zenalbatross.net/]

A Rival [http:// blog.planetskill.com/]

8-BIT DOPE: GDC Edition
Friday, March 9th @ 9PM
MIST Ultra Club
316 11th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103

$12 At the door $9 w/ GDC pass

RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/349686438394918/

The return of our big GDC underground party. Some the hottest 8-BIT acts from SF and around the world, mixed with thick, aggressive electro, enhanced by eye melting light & pop visuals. Hosted by DOPE, crashfaster and 8bitSF.

featuring performances by…

Trash80 (8bitpeoples, LA) - Dreamy melodies & driving dance anthems

minusbaby (monobomb, NYC) - Equatorial beats, ass-rattling bass and progressive grooves

crashfaster (monobomb, SF) - High-energy electro pop layered with moody robotic vocals

dj medic (DOPE, SF) - Nu-disco to electro to giant robots, a tight mix of pop, flow and education

Zen Albatross (monobomb, NYC) - Infectious beats and marching, apocalyptic sonic destruction

E.N. Cowell (monobomb, SF) - Dirty, teeth-rattling electro house filtered to crunchy perfection

Space Town Savior (SD) - Massive, trance-inspired, dance floor smashers

Starpause (hexawe, SF) - Manical IDM beats meet lo-fi electro sleaze in a robot porno

Lighting and Visuals by FUTURE WEAPONS and VJ duplesiX

For a taste of what these kids are bringing to your ears, check out our rundown:
http://dope415.com/8-bit-dope-the-revenge-of-chipscene