WE WILL BE PLAYING AT THE
BLIP FESTIVAL 2007 !!!
NOVEMBER 29 - DECEMBER 02
at EYEBEAM ATELIER
540 West 21st Street | New York NY 10011
presented by THE TANK and 8BITPEOPLES
Manhattan art space The
Tank and New York artist collective 8bitpeoples
announce the Blip Festival 2007, a four-day music and multimedia event
taking place in New York City November 29 through December 2, 2007. Focusing
on the modern artistic exploration of primitive video game and home computer
technology and featuring 40 musicians and visualists from around the world,
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.
The festival's nightly concerts and daytime screenings, workshops, and presentations
are supplemented by B I T M A P : as good as new, an adjunct visual art
exhibition, held at acclaimed Brooklyn gallery vertexList .
The Blip Festival 2007 offers a fascinating cross-section of the chiptune musical
aesthetic and related low-bit visual art, in an explosive event taking place
at the epicenter of the creative world.
ARTISTS and SCHEDULE
[a] = audio
[v] = video
THURSDAY November 29th, 2007
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08:00 pm Alex Mauer [a] • No Carrier [v]
08:40 pm Neil Voss [a] • Otro [v]
09:20 pm 8GB [a] • Otro [v]
10:00 pm Gijs Gieskes [a][v]
10:40 pm NrGiGa [a] • noteNdo [v]
11:20 pm Paza [a] • kiken.corporation [v]
12:00 md Saskrotch [a] • Voltage Controlled & No Carrier [v]
12:40 am Lo-bat. [a] • Voltage Controlled [v]
FRIDAY November 30th, 2007
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08:00 pm Bubblyfish [a] • noteNdo [v]
08:40 pm Loud Objects [a][v]
09:20 pm minusbaby [a] • noteNdo [v]
10:00 pm Rugar [a] • No Carrier [v]
10:40 pm Nullsleep [a] • Voltage Controlled [v]
11:20 pm Virt [a] • Voltage Controlled & Otro [v]
12:00 md Hally [a] • Otro [v]
12:40 am Anamanaguchi [a] • kiken.corporation [v]
SATURDAY December 1st, 2007
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08:00 pm Markus Schrodt [a] • Voltage Controlled [v]
08:40 pm Mark DeNardo [a] • No Carrier [v]
09:20 pm The Depreciation Guild [a] • No Carrier [v]
10:00 pm Tree Wave [a][v]
10:40 pm Bit Shifter [a] • Otro [v]
11:20 pm Bokusatsu Shoujo Koubou [a] • Voltage Controlled [v]
12:00 md Bodenständig 2000 [a][v]
12:40 am Huoratron [a] • kiken.corporation [v]
SUNDAY December 2nd, 2007
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06:00 pm Postal_m@rket [a] • Otro [v]
06:40 pm 6955 [a] • noteNdo [v]
07:20 pm Glomag [a] • noteNdo [v]
08:00 pm Yes, Robot [a] • kiken.corporation [v]
08:40 pm Firebrand Boy [a] • kiken.corporation [v]
09:20 pm gwEm & Counter Reset [a] • Voltage Controlled [v]
10:00 pm Sabrepulse [a] • No Carrier [v]
10:40 pm Blasterhead [a] • Otro [v]
For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit the Blip Festival 2007
website.
http://blipfestival.org
Blip Festival on Myspace
http://myspace.com/blipfestival
OUT NOW
V/A: 8BP050 2xCD + mp3
8bitpeoples
Dedicated to new advances with old machines, 8BITPEOPLES celebrates its 50th release with 8BP050, a special 50-artist compilation capturing the current exciting moment of radical and explosive evolution in the chiptune scene.
A milestone release, showcasing the best of the scene worldwide, including a third free disc released in MP3 format, available through the 8BP050 website , where you can also preview and buy this amazing chipmusic compilation.
Tracklisting:
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DISC 1 (CD)
01. 4mat: Vertical
02. David E. Sugar: Temper Temper
03. Nullsleep: Supernova Kiss
04. Bubblyfish: From Inner Shadow to Outer Shadow
05. x|k: You're Warm
06. Rabato: Simachip
07. gwEm & Counter Reset: Disco Snax (06 EQ)
08. Vim: Finger on the Pulsewave
09. Saitone: Sadboy
10. Random: Downstairs
11. TouchBoy: Beatbox Racer (Edit)
12. USK: Lo-bit Gangstar
13. Pepino: Faster Than Time
14. Aonami: Namnbass
15. YMCK: Carving the Rock
16. Anamanaguchi: Blackout City
17. Kplecraft: Ujitori
18. David Kristian: Plankton Comes Alive
19. Hally: A Tribute to Kyohei Sada (2006 Edition)
20. 6955: Punching Machine Data 002: Cabin Attendant
21. Mark DeNardo: Karate Suit
22. Mesu Kasumai: Worm Rider
23. Tugboat: Never Enough
24. Receptors: My Satellite
25. Rugar: Töm Mina Joggers Från Snö
