On Saturday September 4th in ITHACA, NY, Dj CUTMAN returns to WildFire Lounge for a night of rock-awesome chiptunes and dance heavy video game remixes. If you’re in upstate don’t miss this killer show.
Flyer by the one and only MC Death Bear.
More info on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=100728366654457
On August 7th 2010 Chip-Con International had their first event, REBOOT, a concert at Little Field, NYC featuring five rock-awesome chiptune artist and one killer VG.
The show featured DEADBEATBLAST, Smiletron, Chromix, I, Cactus, and IAYD, with live visuals by Invader Bacca.
We attended the show, and it was very cool. It was a great experience to meet some of my Chiptune Heros (please Harmonix, don’t make this into a game) and see them throw down live.
I’m consistently blown away by the raw power and crunch behind the DMG Gameboy. Other artists used tools like laptop computers, effects pads, and PSPs.
REBOOT was the first in a series of international chiptune concerts. To get an idea of what when down, check out this video courtesy of DEADBEATBLAST.
THIS SATURDAY AUGUST 14th in BALTIMORE, MD:
The biggest and best collection of video game culture you will find this summer, Bit Gen Gamer Fest is a rock concert/art show exclusively dedicated to the world of gaming. Come see 12 of the biggest names in the video game music scene rock out, appreciate some pixelated art work, and play games to your hearts delight on full arcade cabinets and a Wall of Consoles with every gaming system you can imagine.
Featuring Powerglove, The Protomen, Makeup & Vanity Set, Entertainment System, The Megas, The OneUps, Year 200X, This Place is Haunted, Ultraball, The X-Hunters, Rare Candy, Armadillo Tank with M.C. Brentalfloss and Dj CUT MAN spinning all night.
GO TO BIT GEN GAMER FEST on FACEBOOK, MYSPACE, or BITGENGAMERFEST.COM
Big news for Dj CUT MAN and MC DEATH BEAR, this weekend they headed down to Baltimore, MD to attend OTAKON, the east coast’s largest Anime and Japanese Culture festival (attending approximately 30,000 people.) The convention is named after the Japanese word Otaku which is used to refer to people obsessed with Japanese animation (anime), Japanese comics (manga) and Video Games.
This was a big milestone for Dj CUT MAN, as it was their largest live performance yet. Dj CUT MAN played his new mixtape, DUBTROPOLIS (available soon via SoundCloud), a collection of Dub-Step influenced Chiptune songs, a sub-genre known as ChipStep. A last minute addition of this track by UK chiptune artist Monster! Monster! proved to be a worthwhile addition. MC Death Bear became a true Master of Cerimonies that night, hyping the crowd and providing vocal interludes and shout outs throughout the set.
The music Dj CUT MAN spun was a comprised mostly of chiptune compositions from the 8BitCollective and 8BitPeoples communities, websites devoted to providing their independently created music for free download. Later in the set, Dj CUT MAN featured the music of bLiNd, a top-tier Video Game Remixer and trance/dance producer known from the groundbreaking video game remix website OCREMIX.
MC Death Bear has been creating art for Dj CUT MAN for months, and is responsible for the killer flyers for the series of shows at Ithaca’s own Waffle Frolic. Dj CUT MAN has created three full-length mix albums so far and his fourth is expected soon. Stay tuned for more.
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