This weekend was Philadelphia’s second annual 8Static Festival featuring some of the best chiptune musicians on the continent. Acts include Gameboy heavyweights Danimal Cannon and Trey Frey, and chiptune pioneers Trash80 and Cheap Dinosaurs. A personal highlight of mine was Radlib, who closed out day one.
A huge Chiptune show was held at this year's MAGFest. The show featured some of the hottest chiptune performers, including Danimal Cannon, Trey Frey, and Jake "Virt" Kaufman. Chiptune netlabel Chiptunes = WIN teamed up with the crew from Philadelphia's Chiptune event 8Static to host a Chiptune concert on MAGFest's…
Philadelphia's 8Static has been providing monthly installments of chiptune and lo-fi music shows for almost seven years, and this week the collective is throwing their 3rd annual festival, set to take over Philadelphia for three days of high-volume, low-tech, electronic music. Full lineup and details are available on the festival website and Facebook…
Live chip music preview by emily k feder Melt away that winter chill at 8static on February 9th!! This month we will bring you four amazing performers; all debuting new material live at this show!! Scene chameleon, Doomcloud, may perform under many different monikers, but this time he will be…
