Trash80 at Blip 2008 by Brana V.

Tonight we have the final 8static of 2009 – featuring music from Trash80, Glomag, & Animal Style – and visuals by Enso & Dan Winckler!

We’re taking off for December, due to the holiday (Blip Festival), but we’ll be starting strong in 2010 on January 9th.

Look for updates over the sites and new lineups soon.. and see you tonight!

IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) is the largest engineering professional organization in the US, promoting the advancement of technology related to electricity. It publishes IEEE Spectrum, a monthly magazine for “technology innovators, business leaders, and the intellectually curious”. 8static was just featured in their consumer electronics section with a narrated slide-show about chip-music. Check it out!

In just a couple of weeks we will celebrate the one year anniversary of 8static at Studio 34! Once again we are proud to be apart of this year’s Design Philadelphia. We have a killer lineup for you: Bud Melvin from New Mexico, Bit Shifter from NYC, the home-town heroes autoscroll (featuring members of Animal Style and Cheap Dinosaurs), and nonfinite from Wisconsin! Visuals by Philly’s own NO CARRIER and VBLANK!

If that’s not enough – stick around for a FREE all night all-ages afterparty at Pi Lam (just down the street) with NYC’s Anamanguchi and minusbaby, and Philly’s DJ Billy W. from Robotique at Kung Fu Necktie – with all night visuals by Enso!

All this for just $5 with a flier. If you don’t have one, get it below. Print them out and bring your friends. Don’t miss it!

Click here to download the Fall 2009 flier!

Esther M. Klein Art Gallery
3600 Market Street | 215-966-6188 | www.kleinartgallery.org

September 19 – November 7, 2009

READY > RUN

Opening Reception: Saturday, September 19th, 5pm-8pm
Followed by 8static (chip music party) at Studio 34, 8pm-11pm | www.8static.com

Ready>Run exhibition explores “chiptune” or chip music culture. It is a general term for music and visual art created by using early video game hardware like Nintendo NES, Game Boy, Atari, or Commodore 64 systems. Ready>Run focuses on chip music as an emerging genre as it continues to challenge and reflect the identity of contemporary art on an international level.

Alex Bond / enso
Richard Caraballo / minusbaby
Jeff Donaldson / noteNdo
Jeremiah Johnson / Nullsleep
Wil Lindsay / VBLANK
Joey Mariano / Animal Style
MET-Lab @ Drexel University
Don Miller / NO CARRIER
Paul Slocum
Dan Winckler

Here’s an amazing video from 2PP to get you in the mood for the next 8static! If you missed July’s edition of 8static, or what to relive it, click below:

Starpause @ 8static in Philadelphia, 07.18.09 from 2 Player Productions on Vimeo.

We feel bad for you if you missed August’s 8static! :( However, we got another great lineup for September! :)

Instead of a pre-show workshop on site this month, there is an extra special gallery opening of art related to the chip scene at the Klein Art Gallery. This show is called Ready>Run. More information can be found on the events page. This starts at 5pm.

Following the opening head to Studio 34 for 8static! This month features Nanoloop astonishment champion and Game Boy magician Lissajou from Jacksonville, FL. Don’t miss this dapper don of the DMG in his first ever Philadelphia performance!

Like guitars and chip music? We do! That’s why we’re proud to have Pause Records frontman and Kind of Bloopin’ Disasterpeace in town from Boston, MA.

You’ve seen his visuals before at 8static, but now you’ll experience the audiovisual assault of NYC’s noteNdo! He’s here to play one last set of Game Boy music and NES visuals before he moves to Berlin!

On visuals all night we have Philly’s own VBLANK! Expect new chips and graphics from Philly’s vintage visual expert.

Get psyched! Also, see picture of Lissajou below so you can recognize him at 8static: