1000$ Pages 9 Years Later
This video presentation of Olia Lialina’s Vernacular Web theory includes some snippets from Animal Romantics, aswell as from the current state of goto80.com. Both designed by Raquel Meyers. Also mentioned in the videos is the fact that goto80.com was listed at 1000$ pages in 2005. Ok yeäh!
The video was made by nomeat studio.
Files in Space – Now on CD!
For those of you who missed the cassette that sold out way too fast – Files in Space is now available on CD! Packaged into a 5.25″ floppy with iLKke‘s design, this is one not to miss!
> Get it at Bandcamp (or stream it)
> Listen to the 5-minute summary
> More info
Chippendales Complete Discography
In 1999 I released a song for Chippendales, a group of Amiga composers releasing – you guessed it – chipmusic. Now all the songs have been recorded and put on Soundcloud: part 1 and part 2 (above).
This is basically what chiptune used to mean in the 1990’s: sample-based bleepy pop music made on Amiga or PC. This era is often forgotten in histories of chipmusic, because it doesn’t fit with the current definition of chipmusic based on PSG soundchips (more about that in my thesis).
Chippendales may or may not have had legal troubles with Chippendales.
Strøm Festival, Copenhagen
Next week I’m playing at Microdisko in Copenhagen, which is back in business again! Their event is part of the larger Strøm Festival and features Hector Rottweiler (DK), Vault-101 (DK), TR Kirstein (DK), Tradework (DK), Mischa Pavlovski (DK), La Belle Difference (DK) and me.
Happy Pop for Weekly Treats
Japanjul_prv is a cover of a Japanese christmas song that I made for a compilation many years ago. It might be around in some hard drives, as it was released in a Pingipung christmas thing once. But here it is again, more easily available.
It’s released at Weekly Treats, as Superbyte (a festival I’m playing in Manchester in September) is putting stuff out there this week. It’s bound to be a good festival with people like Zabutom, Jellica, Steve, Kodek and many others are playing there. Don’t miss out!
Dissing Dubstepin & Housen on Finnish TV
At the Finnish H2Ö-festival I was interviewed by the national public service news. And they included a little quote with me saying that there’s too much house and dubstep influence on chipmusic. Clearly a matter of national interest! Check the clip here while you can, around 9 minutes in.
Really great festival, don’t miss out next year! I only used Amiga and C64 this time, which I haven’t done for probably 10 years. Oh and btw, the same Finnish TV-channel will start hosting the teletext art museum MUTA in August.
Yet Sound Machine – The Book
Yeti Sound Machine was a performance for kids that me and Raquel Meyers did in Paris earlier this year. This is the book with some of the PETSCII graphics from the show. Get it at Lulu.
> Also check out her teletext book, Thread of Fate
Dear Data mix for Ouiedire
A 60-minute mix with music I like, released at Ouiedire. It’s got a bit of everything, from the 50’s on to today. A lot of it was made with lo-fi gear. There’s IDM and ambient made with Gameboy Advance, italo and pr0n-funk and nipple rave made with Amiga, skweee and indie pop made with Gameboy, 1950’s computer music, and assembler rap, MacGyver beats, acid, organ orgasms, top gun chip, atari war propaganda, and so on. Yeah, and the bits of 50’s Swedish computer sounds are from an obscure Datasaab recording…
Check the full playlist and listen.
> Check the other mixes at Ouiedire.
Interview @ Ongaku
There’s an interview at Ongaku where I reveal some of the thoughts and secrets with my latest album, Files in Space. The cassettes sold out quickly, but there’s more stuff coming soon. More about that later.
Meanwhile I prepare my new set for this weekend’s H2Ö in Turku, Finland. Lots and lots of Amiiiggaaa elekktrånikk foonkk!
Boomerang Boy
Here’s the game Boomering Boy, made in 72 hours and using my music.