8static

Minusbaby, Bubblegum Octopus, Chip’s Challenge, VBLANK

suidroot — Thu, 10 May 2012 02:42:30 +0000

This month we are kicking off Blip Festival week with another exciting 8static at PhilaMOCA. This is another month of amazing artists! Chip’s Challenge from Rochester, NY are coming down to treat you with their pop punk sounds with a 8-bit twist. Next Bubblegum Octopus will melt your face with their frantic spazzpop sound that will bounce you off the walls! The deep strong beats of minusbaby will get your booty shaking, with the rest of Philadelphia. Finally VBLANK will be slinging the pixels on the screen behind the music.

This month’s workshop features Marjorie Becker, also known as Chiptography! She’ll be giving a presentation about her years experience documenting chip music performances as the Blip Festival’s unofficial photographer. She’ll also have copies of her first photography book, Blip Festival | New York City | Five Years available for pre-order!

Don’t forget to come early to sign up for the open mic spaces are limited!

Also this month we have a very special raffle featuring one of only two custom shelled DMGs provided by Kitsch-Bent! Pictures of this awesome new shell can be found here!

Spread the word on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/events/303925183017673/

Trash80, Shawnphase, Disassembler, Visualicious

pixls — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 21:38:31 +0000

This month, 8static’s lineup is going to seriously blow some minds. For our second show at PhilaMOCA we’ve got some serious talent for you all. If you’ve seen him playing at the open mics lately you’ll know that Disassembler brings serious bass, and danceable grooves. He’ll be treating your ears to his unique brand of Nanoloop beats. Also playing this month is Baltimore’s Shawnphase, who takes a different view on things with real rocking jams. With a metal influence and chip medium his awesome tunes are not something to be missed. Third up is a legend both in 8static history and in chip music. All the way from the west coast, after having seen Tokyo and Melbourne, Trash80 is coming to Philly. His last performance in Philadelphia, back in November of 2009, is still spoken of in hushed voices as one of the greatest performances that 8static has ever seen. And keeping your vision entranced, Visualicious will be providing her unique digital stylings. If you’ve seen her visuals you know it’s unlike any other! This is not a show you want to miss!

Before the show gets started, at 7pm we’ll be having a workshop with Dino Lionetti, of Cheap Dinosaurs, who will be talking about how to write chip music with odd time signatures. The Open mic follows immediately, with limited spots, so come early to sign up!

Knife City, B4kn, Kill3r Whale, Jean Y. Kim

pixls — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 01:21:50 +0000

Poster by Jean Y. Kim

After much planning and preparation, we’re getting ready for our first show at the new location, PhilaMOCA! To get things started at this awesome new place we’ve got an awesome lineup for you. You might know one of the members as Ro-Bear, and you might have thoroughly rocked out when he played in August, but don’t be confused, this month Kill3r Whale is playing 8static. With just the right balance of pop-punk and EDM Kill3r Whale is one of Philly’s finest new acts. Another familiar face this month is half of George and Jonathan, known previously only as Jonathan Baken, B4kn is going to be bringing some of his unique brand of danceable-but-rocking chipmusic. Our third musician this month, Knife City is returning to play, and not only that he’s going to be releasing his long awaited EP, so get ready to dance your butts off! On visuals all night Jean Y. Kim will be dazzling your eyes with her unique glitched out style.

There’s no workshop this month so get here at 8 pm to sign up and play the Open Mic.

Last 8static at Studio34 is tomorrow!

animalstyle — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:40:39 +0000

The last 8static at Studio34 is tomorrow! Set your reminders, notifications, alarms, cyberalerts-NOW! For those of you coming at 7pm, the workshop will be a recap of all the previous 8statics at Studio 34 with photographer Ben Mason. He’s photographed just about every 8static since it’s inception and we think he’s done an amazing job photo archiving the event with his distinct style. We’re moving to PhilaMOCA (12th and Springarden) next month (permanently), so we will be reminiscing some awesome Studio34 highlights through Ben’s photos. Do not miss this one! Also, from 8pm to 9pm is open mic so don’t forget to bring your portable chip creation devices! The full lineup for this month is:

D&D Sluggers, SKGB, Note! with visuals by Animal Style

LAST SHOW AT STUDIO 34: Note!, SKGB, D&D Sluggers, Animal Style

pixls — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:31:29 +0000

Poster designed by The Dutchess

Well this is unexpected. After three years who ever thought we’d be moving? But we are, so we went ahead and made our last show at Studio 34 a really awesome show! D&D Sluggers, an upstart chip music band from North Carolina is making their way up to Philly and bringing with them their own brand of upbeat chiprock, which is sure to please. SKGB is making a return to the 8static stage, after all, what kind of blowout would it be without a Philly performer. After spending many months studying performance art and tea making in the Himalayas he is returning and bringing with him all kinds of new lessons learned about the dark arts of Drum’n'Bass. Note! has finally made his way onto an 8static lineup. After shaking booties at every show he’s played, finishing to immense cheers and cries for more, he’s coming to 8static, armed with bassy, dancehall-influenced beats (and the occasional dub horn). It’s a good thing this is our last show here because after this set there might not be a floor left to dance on. Animal Style will be providing the visuals for this show, coming with his trademark tripped out genesis stylings, ready to please eyeballs and hype your minds.

This month we will also be having a raffle with prizes supplied by Kitsch-Bent!

Composer’s Package:

GB Smart Cart 64 [EMS]
2 Sets of DMG buttons
2 Sheets of LSDJ Stickers

Modder’s Package:

Triwing Screwdriver
Capacitor Replacement Kit
3 sets of DMG buttons
2 sets of mGBz
LEDX3 backlight kit
2 Sheets of LSDJ Stickers

Raffle tickets are like $1 for 1ticket, $5 for 8tickets, $10 for 14tickets

As always remember to RSVP and we’ll see you there!

Burnkit 2600, Graffiti Monsters, Kool Skull, and enso

pixls — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:53:23 +0000

poster designed by enso

This month 8static is going to blow you away! Burnkit 2600 is making their way down from Connecticut to make you dance to their circuit bent beat. Graffiti Monsters is making a return to throw down some outlandish jams and rock out. And coming all the way from the west coast is Kool Skull who will be treating your ears to some real Los Angeles chip thrash. On visuals, Philly favorite enso will be making a return!

The workshop this month comes from our own Paul Weinstein also known as Chipocrite! He’ll be giving a talk on how to perform live chip music, and even give you the opportunity to work with LSDJ’s live mode!