DUBCRT has been cracked!
In 2016 we released DUBCRT – a C64-cartridge with interactive audio and PETSCII-visuals, as well as a Bandcamp-release with remixes. The cartridge had some hidden features, among them a remix-mode where all the songs could be severely decomposed.
Yesterday, it was cracked by the notorious C64-group Triad so now it’s free for download. Not only is it free, but there is documentation and a +3 trainer that gives you instant access to the remix mode, as well as cheats in the sort-of-hidden game. And of course, a crack intro.
Das ist alles gut! That’s exactly what we were thinking when we gave the DUBCRT to them. It means that DUBCRT has been transformed into something else.
From object to software. The original DUBCRT software-on-hardware is a pretty unique object that we spent quite some time to research and design.
From commercial to free. DUBCRT is still for sale (a new batch was just made) but Triad has now set it free.
From art to crack. This is no longer an art work that we made, but a crack that Triad made. They were the ones to set it free and “improve” it so on CSDb the praxis is to give all the credits to the crackers.
This means that DUBCRT has been lifted out of some kind of music/art world, into the scene! I’ve always been intrigued by the border between scene and non-scene, and played around with it before. In fact, I’ve spent quite some time on researching CSDb for an academic article that should be published in a journal later this year. How does CSDb work as a collective memory machine? But I’ll get back to you on that.
Now enjoy free data and kick out the jamz.
Exhibition in Hong Kong w/ PET.CORP
Some documentation from the exhibition by PET.CORP and me at Spaceblanket in Hong Kong. Photos by 69.mov and videos by nickoletsgo (except for shirbum and the robot).
More info and documentation at PET.CORP’s site.
The Art Happens Here: Net Art Anthology
The art happens here: Net art anthology is a book from Rhizome about net art from 1982 to 2016. I’ve contributed with a text about Eduardo Kac‘s Minitel works in the 1980’s. It’s a shortened version of When Net Art Outlives the Net.
Human Sacrifice Beta
Come on down to internet2008 to hear an early version of Human Sacrifice (from Shirbum).
Or play it right here, hotlinked from the lövely archive.org.
Live in Hong Kong w/ PET.CORP
Me, the robot and PET.CORP will do an audiovisual live set at Spaceblanket in Hong Kong on March 2! It’s part of an exhibition by PET.CORP and it also involves a celebration of our Shirbum album+shirt project.
More info here.
Live Jam with Kodek
Here’s a video of me and Kodek performing at Erica Synths Garage last weekend (about 68 minutes in). It definitely has its moments, thanks to zero preparations. Don’t miss the performances by BR Laser and Jacob Remin earlier in the same clip! Okay?
Vop2-Video
Check out this video for Vop2 by Anders Hattne – my long-time friend in Amiga-muscles and siamese EBM. The song is from my new Shirbum shirt/album that will make you new friends in no time!
- Get the full Shirbum (shirt + 23 songs)
- Or be budget-fresh and go for Shirbum Light (15 songs for download)
Live Stream @ Erica Synths Garage, Riga
I’m playing at Erica Synths Garage in Riga this Friday. It’ll be a C64-improv most likely spaced out chill out techno dub, and probably together with a magic mystery guest.
Ben Rasinger and Jacob Remin are also performing and the whole thing starts at 18.00 CET. The stream is here and more info is here.
Satori – Amis Cope (Amiga demo)
Zden is notorious in the demoscene for his consistent output of abstract/glitch/noise-inspired demos, mostly for PC. Last weekend he released his first Amiga demo, Amis Cope. It uses my music (a recording of a song mostly using the C64). It runs on old Amigas (ECS/OCS) with extra RAM and an FPU (eg a Vampire graphics card), or newer Amigas with accelerator cards (060).
Up Rough Megamix 1
Here’s an hour of hot Amiga megamixing by Spot, Qwan, Syphus, Teis, Varthall and me. Up Rough Megamix 1! You can download it and run into on your Amiga 1200, or check the video below. It was shown for the first time 10 years ago, but there were some “technical problems” that required 10 years of fixing. You know how it is.