Photos from Philly
Marjorie Becker (aka Chiptography) took some photos at 8static fest. Good times, with crazy singalong actionz to heal the wounds.
For those who don’t know, Marjorie has a very impressive collection of photos from chip-related events.
dubCRT on Groupees
Now you can get DUBCRT and a bunch of C64-games for as little as 2 moneys! RETURN Magazine has bundled 7 games together with (the audio-portion of) DUBCRT.
Get it here (throughout November).
Looking for the actual cartridge? Shareware Plus are making new ones that will be available in the phuture.
Interview & Review
I was interviewed in the C64 diskmag Vandalism News #66, talking about USA and defMON and DUBCRT and 80864 and camels and other things.
Oh and btw, Chipwin did a review of 80864 saying that even if it’s house music, it’s pretty decent. Alright then.
8static Festival, Philadelphia
Hey, I’m coming back to Philly soon to play the 3-day 8static Festival, which is one of the biggest chip-events in USA nowadays, I think? People like Cheap Dinosaurs, Saskrotch, fearofdark, Danimal Cannon and Nullsleep are playing. Check the full line-up here.
My First Battle of the Bits Contribution
I’ve been a member since I was a wee little lad running in the fields of glory. But I never submitted a track. Until now. So here is my first contribution to Battle of the Bits – the not enough known chip community that has outlived most of the other ones.
It’s an Amiga song, built around a short loop that my brother made back in his Amiga days. There’s no real ending to the song, because it’s supposed to loop – like all the Amiga chiptunes in the 1990’s did.
Essay for Rhizome about videotex art
I wrote a text for Rhizome’s Net Art Anthology. It’s an online exhibition that just started, and will go on for two years to show old and new net art.
I was asked to write about Reabracadabra, made by Eduardo Kac in 1985. It’s made for videotex, an early network technology sort of like a two-way teletext that was successful pretty much only in France, with the Minitel.
It’s a fascinating (and forgotten) technology, and I’m glad Rhizome helps to bring this forth. I for one am going to keep on digging into the videotex world at t3xtm0.de if not somewhere else.
Live in Austin (last week)
Somehow I forgot to blog about the show in Austin that I took part in for Halloween. After a successful indiegogo campaign, they raised enough money to bring me over from California and Colorado, take down the wrestling ring in a beer brewery, and throw a great party!
I have upcoming shows and talks in Philadelphia, Montreal, Waterloo, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, and New York. Will try to be a bit more informative about those..
V/A: Rhythmus Records Presents…
I have a little soft reggae song (!?) on this compilation from Rhythmus Records, along with artists like Monodeer, dkstr, Firedrill and KeFF. Get it on Bandcamp.
I guess the idea for this song was to make 1990’s mainstream reggae, in some sort of chipstyle. Good idea, right?
Videohaters video
This is a video recording of Videohaters, a video song out now on 80864.
80864 out now!
My new album, 80864, presents 2 years of experiments with the TR-808 and C-64. It’s out on 12″ floppy style vinyl, cassette and for download. If you buy the vinyl you also get 7 bonus tracks digitally. I think at least half of the vinyls and cassettes have already been pre-ordered, so don’t be lazy! Read more about it here.
Bandcamp for downloads, vinyls and cassettes
Spotify for streaming