Update your calenders! July’s 8static is Saturday, July 18th. There was a scheduling conflict, so it will no longer be the 11th, as advertised on the most recent fliers. Sorry for any inconvenience!
June 11th, 2009 by NO CARRIER
June 9th, 2009 by NO CARRIER
Next month 8static is proud to host Starpause for his first ever Philly gig!
Haven’t checked out his latest release on 8bitpeoples? What are you waiting for?
Click here to grab it for free!
Starpause will be joined by Animal Style and ARY on stage, with visuals by CHiKA! Check the sidebar on the left for links!
June 2nd, 2009 by NO CARRIER
This weekend at 8static we have a very special guest, Tonylight.. straight from Milan, Italy. You may have seen him at Blip Festival 2008 in NYC, but this is his first performance here in Philadelphia!
Saturday, June 6th, 2009
7PM • FREE workshop / 8PM • show
$8 / $5 with flier • All Ages
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» Tonylight [Milan, Italy]
http://www.tonylight.it/tonylight/tonylight.html
Antonio Cavadini a.k.a. Tonylight lives and works in Milano, Italy. As a musician and explorer, he has been fascinated by 8-bit music since the beginning and joined the community. He plays the Game Boy and old computers like NES and Atari ST since 2001. Due to the simplicity of the applied tools, he finds lightness and freshness in the 8-bit scene. Especially he likes the project micromusic.net, a community where he finds friends with similar interests.
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» A_Rival [Los Angeles, CA, USA]
http://www.myspace.com/arivalwt
8-Bit chiptune rapper from the NES 2A03 scene. Some of the raps are serious, others really aren’t. You figure out which ones are which.
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» Cheap Dinosaurs [Philadelphia, PA, USA]
http://www.myspace.com/cheapdinosaurs
Dino Lionetti is Cheap Dinosaurs. Ex-Chromelodeon and Sprite Slowdown. LSDJ + Nord Lead.
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» Chromix [New York, NY, USA]
http://www.myspace.com/chromix
Chromix has been creating dancefloor-friendly electronic music for over 10 years. Put a Gameboy in his hands and he is a force to be reckoned with. Be prepared for dancing, screaming and probably more than a little headbanging.
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» Enso [Philadelphia, PA, USA]
Enso, also known as Alex Bond, is Philadelphia’s finest pixel pusher.
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» Open Mic & Visuals
Each month 8static features an open mic and visuals session where you can show off your best new stuff. Bring your 1/8th inch output-able audio device or your RCA output-able video device, plug in, and rock out.
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» FREE workshop at 7:00pm
glitchNES - Soft Circuit-Bending on the NES - glitchNES is an open source software project by NO CARRIER (Don Miller) for the Nintendo Entertainment System. This software causes graphical glitches similar to hardware circuit-bending. In this workshop Miller will explain the inner-workings of the NES PPU (Picture Processing Unit) and how it can be abused and exploited to create stunning patterns and effects.
May 4th, 2009 by NO CARRIER
Full show information is below, but check out the exclusive clip of Reformat The Planet 1.5 by 2 Player Productions:
Come out early at 7pm for the FREE screening of Reformat The Planet 1.5, then stay for the show!
Saturday, May 9th, 2009
7PM • FREE screening / 8PM • show
$8 / $5 with flier • All Ages
» Alex Mauer [Philadelphia, PA, USA]
http://www.headlessbarbie.com
Alex Mauer draws influence from an 80’s childhood to create complex themes on a number of soundchips and synthesizers. He has been releasing music for free over the internet since 1996 and in 2007 started selling music playable on NES cartridges.
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» Void Vision [Philadelphia, PA, USA]
http://www.myspace.com/voidvision
Void Vision is a Philadelphia-based project with a frequently morphing and experimentally-minded setup. The music itself is inspired by the obscure side of the 80’s new wave and post-punk scenes, but branches out stylistically into a myriad of directions. Sonically and visually, they make an attempt towards the dramatic and eccentric, and flirt with dark, morbidly humorous themes. They are currently exploring the 8-bit and Coldwave genres, and obsessively collecting more gear than they know what to do with, while they work on recording material for their first release, and will be planning more shows in the near future.
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» Go Motion [New York, NY, USA]
http://www.myspace.com/gomotionmusic
Paul Owens, co-founder of 2 Player Productions and director of the acclaimed documentary Reformat the Planet, puts aside the camera and picks up a Nintendo Game Boy as Go Motion, making music that sounds like the score to a really fun movie. He’s also recently contributed to and co-produced the first two releases on Hemlock Records, Fade to Fall and Seasonal Affective.
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» NO CARRIER [Philadelphia, PA, USA]
http://www.no-carrier.com
NO CARRIER, or Don Miller, is an educator, programmer, and live visualist living in Philadelphia. He reprograms nearly obsolete videogame and computer hardware for use at live music events and installations. He primarily codes for the Nintendo Entertainment System and the Commodore 64, creating visual works that incorporates both new and recycled symbols and patterns. His work simultaneously speaks to the emerging DIY technology culture, and the reminiscence of a generation raised on interactive media technologies.
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» Open Mic & Visuals
Each month 8static features an open mic and visuals session where you can show off your best new stuff. Bring your 1/8th inch output-able audio device or your RCA output-able video device, plug in, and rock out.
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» FREE screening at 7:00pm
“Reformat the Planet 1.5″ explores the last two years of chipmusic in New York, exposing fans of the original Reformat the Planet documentary to the intensity that was Blip Festival 2007 and 2008. This new documentary piece shines a spotlight on the ever-crowding Pulsewaves, the growth of the chip music scene in Philadelphia, and the arrival of the next generation of chip musicians to the 8bit scene. Runtime: 40 minutes.
http://www.2playerproductions.com/
April 11th, 2009 by elektropionir
Hi everyone. If you can’t make it to the show you can still wistfully watch it live at the webcast below or you can go directly to the ustream channel for 8static.
April 6th, 2009 by NO CARRIER
Saturday, April 11, 2009
7PM • FREE workshop
8PM • show
open mic and visuals before the show!
$8 / $5 with flier • All Ages
» minusbaby [New York, NY, USA]
Since 1999, he has come to prominence in the chip music scene with a foundation in New York City and the 8bitpeoples, of which he is a longtime member. Inspired by a recent residency in Brazil, minusbaby recouped his technique and scope to prepare and produce a new mission: the propagation of a unique brand of chip music largely informed by 1960s samba and boogaloo, 1970s Krautrock and Música Popular Brasileira, 1980s No Wave, hip-hop and electro, and 1990s shoegaze and post-techno. Always keen on collaboration, he is currently working with Def Jux Records’ turntablist, DJ Big Wiz [Aesop Rock, El-P, Mr. Lif], Trackmasters producer, The ARE [Lil’ Kim, De La Soul, K-Otix] and a newfound interest in video performance.
» Balún [New York, NY, USA]
Balún is an electro-acoustic pop outfit whose sound and influences can most easily be spotted in bands like Ulrich Schnauss, the Icelandic group Múm and Scottish wizards Boards of Canada. Their sound is one of soft and sweet rhythmic sound collages- simple guitar riffs, subdued glitchy beats and sounds of bells, strings and accordian accompanied by Angelica’s child-like dreamy singing. Her singing is reminiscent of the type of quiet, low voiced song a child absent mindedly sings to herself while engrossed in drawing or making a princess’ crown out of field flowers. The product of the soundscapes created by Balún is one of nostalgia, or better yet, daydreaming. It’s music to listen to when you’ve realized you’ve wandered into an unfamiliar place but you don’t mind that you’re lost.
» autoscroll [Philadelphia, PA, USA)]
autoscroll combines lives instrumentation with classic video game systems. autoscroll is made up of members of Animal Style, Cheap Dinosaurs, Chromelodeon, and Brown Recluse Sings.
http://profile.myspace.com/autoscroll
» VBLANK [Philadelphia, PA, USA]
VBLANK is a live media project by Wil Lindsay. Wil Currently lives and plays in Philadelphia, where he teaches Interactive Media at the University of the Arts and Philadelphia University. He is currently serving as the resident artist for Philadelphia’s “The Hacktory” , and creates visual work that can be seen regionally and throughout the country.
» Open Mic & Visuals
After the workshop, before the show!
Beginning in April 8static will feature an open mic and visuals session where you can show off your best new stuff. Bring your 1/8th inch output-able audio device or your RCA output-able video device, plug in, and rock out.
» FREE workshop at 7:00pm
“Electronic Purism - Back to the Basics - 8 bit is Decadent: 1 bit Music in Early Computers” by Dr. Rolf Lakaemper
http://knight.temple.edu/~lakaemper/