NOVEMBER 12, 2009
AUGUST 30, 2009
JUNE 26, 2009
~ starpause
PARTIES FEATURING LOW-TECH MUSIC FOR HIGH TECH PEOPLE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA:
WE ARE:
PAST GUESTS:
SIMILAR PARTIES:
- 8Static (Philadelphia)
- Lo-bit Playground (Tokyo)
- Microdisko (Stockholm/Oslo)
- Pulsewave (NYC)
- Toy Company (Montreal)
VIDEO JOCKEYS:
- lux lucidus
- paris treantafeles
- xtra man
LOCAL ALIGNMENT:
- 1amsf
- 20goto10
- 5lowershop
- 8bitsf
- BArCMuT
- blasthaus
- circuitry audio
- dalycity
- hexadecibel
- lostscience
- lovetech
- sfema
- wayfar
BOUNDLESS RESPECT:
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so mad about this. tell you what pros want: blue tooth in the pad instead of having to dongle it to another pad! and nintento can’t play coy, they’re not showing off that HOT DONGLE ACTION in the money shot …
Black Classic Controller Pro scheduled to hit the States this April for $19.99 (White version available, too). The new pad still hooks into the Wii Remote but now includes grips at the bottom and improved shoulder buttons.
~ starpause
Steaming hot shit. But it’s hot. I’ve done my job.
~ starpause
MAGFEST 8 PSEUDO-DOCUMENTARY: A_Rival's (drunken) highlights!
MAGFest is just too awesome. Here is a video we put together showing what we did the whole weekend, at least whenever our camera’s memory card wasn’t full. Enjoy!
~ arival
MAGFest ROCKED. Hardcore. Being the sole chiptune act on the main bill, I had to make sure I hit ‘em where it hurts. Here’s us performing the last song in our set to the screaming MAGFest audience (we love you!!!!). At the end you see us interacting with the awesome attendees.
~ arival
get creative with nintendo ds!
last weeks databeez party at dnalounge was a blast but now i’m spending a nerdy saturday night at home catching up on emails from the tour so far and the number one question i’ve been hit with is what software to run on nds?! this what i’ve got on my are fore, ymmv and you can always hit remain calm’s (mostly) comprehensive list of ds music apps
protein from gorgull makes use of the ds microphone, letting you record vocal snippets, play them back and “scratch” them. sk1 meets turntables meets handheld game console!
it’s not homebrew but ds10 is an impressive emulation of the classic korg ms10 synth. ds10+ addresses a few of ds10’s shortcomings and ads 4 more channels if you have a fancy dsi. got to plug it here: check out the diplodocus mp3death compo tracks made with ds10 the week it was released! and also the ds10 dominator release from mp3death!
colors from collecting smiles isn’t for audio … but it’s still awesome! video-jockey frame-farmers take note: after you’ve painted your image you can export a movie of it. i prefer using colors with a stylus on nds to colors with my fat finger on iphone.
last but not least, what we databeez had running on the nds units at our lecture (for giant robot at the japanese american national museum) was gb electric drum inside of pogoshell on a f2a cart. convoluted, but edrums worked just fine in that set up compared to muddy and stepgirl which were dropping notes.
and remember … what ever you’ve got sitting around … it’s likely you can find some music soft for it … and it’s likely you can get some raw, chippy synthesis out of it! so explore, search, and have fun!
~ starpause
SF: don't miss DATA BEEZ this thurs, nov 12th
Advance tickets are still available! Order now to save some $$$!
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minusbaby [New York, NY, USA] • http://www.minusbaby.com
Paris Treantafeles [New York, NY, USA] • http://www.parisgraphics.com
Trash80 [Los Angeles, CA, USA] • http://trash80.net
starPause [San Francisco, CA, USA] • http://www.starpause.com
crashfaster [San Francisco, CA, USA] • http://www.crashfaster.com
Daniel Rehn [San Diego, CA, USA] • http://www.danielrehn.com
Fx6Ex6 [New York, NY, USA] • http://www.fx6ex6.com
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Chip music - an avenue of audio and visual exploration for artists choosing to adopt vintage video games as a deliberate, aesthetic choices - has enjoyed enormous success for over a decade on the East coast with world-class events the Blip Festival, Pulsewave and recent newcomer, 8static.
For the first time ever, Data Beez is spreading those same addictive, low-tech sounds across the West coastand signals an evolving movement and sets a precedent for the future of chip music on the West Coast.
~ crashfaster
