May 2011
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Blip Festival 2011: May 19-21: Chip Tune Mayhem
If you’ve never experienced the sound of a Game Boy being blasted through a PA while a world-class visual artist projects their work on a wall, now is the time to rectify that situation. The 2011 Blip Festival (Fifth Anniversary NYC Edition) starts this Thursday, May 19th. From May 19th—21st the international chip music scene will converge on New York City for presentations, tutorials, and...
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Bit Shifter: Reformatted by Lightning
“Your Music! Played through Lightning!” is the seductive siren call of the Open Spark Project, a “fun-loving group of people” who play music through Tesla Coils (pictured above).
Bit Shifter’s anthemic “Reformat the Planet” was super-heated and blasted through the air today. It’s a mesmerizing viewing experience—like a laser-light show, but it...
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Spring Spawned A YNGMNSTR Records
Chattanooga, TN art collective Young Monster are launching their record label YNGMNSTR Records with a 7” by Big Kitty, promising “mystical folk gem[s]” on both sides. The TTSCC Internet Musical Sound Research Facility investigated this claim and found that Big Kitty does indeed specialize in “mystical folk gems” that invoke a feeling of “Moonshine...