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:

This month 8static is proud to present a special four musician lineup consisting of Covox (Sweden), Nullsleep (NYC), Oxygenstar (CT), and Ro-Bear (PHL).

Covox touches down in the US the day before and starts his tour right here in Philadelphia at 8static!

Nullsleep returns from his worldwide Disaster Fetish tour in time to destroy 8static a second time!

Oxygenstar, who previously played open mic and drums for minusbaby, is back for a full set!

Finally, Ro-Bear, long time 8static open mic’er and up and coming Philly artist, makes his debut performance!

Visuals will be provided by Paris Treantafeles, an 8static regular we’re happy to have back!

8static is coming up next weekend! If you haven’t got one, print the flier in this post and bring it in for reduced admission.

The free workshop starts at 7pm, followed by open mic, then the main show!

See you next Saturday!

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!

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!

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]

http://enso.tumblr.com/

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.

http://www.no-carrier.com/