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Are you guys excited about the Blip Festival Tokyo? For those of you who are, we've got an interview with one of the artists who will be playing during the shows dates of October 22-23rd, 2011. His name is Kenji, or better known as "M7Kenji." A mobile app designer, M7Kenji has played in two Blip Festivals alongside visualists like NoCarrier, Raquel Meyers, and Visualiscious. I'm not done yet, Kenji has also worked on many Flash, Android, and iPhone apps as well as aided in the design for numerous events in and around Japan. Quite the profile, if it has whet your appetite, then read on to see what M7Kenji has had to say about his style, influences, and more: More »
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Presented by 8bitpeoples, the second annual Blip Festival Tokyo brings a hard-hitting group of low-tech musicians and visualists to Japan to lay down an arresting distillation of the energy & spirit of the global chipmusic underground. ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ More »
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With hairpins jabbing into my brain, an assistant director yelling "Hold the noise!" and a vegan Rice Krispie Treat sitting on the edge of my keyboard that may have actually been a prop, I'm writing this from the set of an independent film—a project that never would have found me if it hadn't been for video games. More »
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Last week we brought you the sad story of chiptune artist Andy Baio and his run in with the legal system over an album cover. Opponents of current copyright laws will no doubt then get a smile out of this. More »
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And you thought it was impossible to improve on Rebecca Black's TGIF anthem "Friday"? You were so very, very wrong. [BlameThank Gary Whitta for finding this] More »
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Chiptune connoisseur and tech guru Andy Baio released an album last year called Kind of Bloop, an 8-bit tribute to Miles Davis' jazz masterpiece Kind of Blue. Yet despite receiving permission to cover the songs, Baio still found himself in court. What gives? More »
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It's hard explaining why syndicated dance party shows like American Bandstand and Soul Train were compelling television, unless you grew up in that analog era that predated VCRs, cable TV (in some stubborn households) and goddamn for sure the Internet. More »
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Blip Festival 2011 starts... tonight! Never mind that it's almost tonight. If you like chiptunes, if you want to hear music that bleeps and bloops rather than hums and sings, if you like lo-fi electronica, or if you just want to increase your odds of bumping into Kotaku columnist Leigh Alexander, go to the festival. More »
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St. Louis instrumental hip-hop duo Safety Words have combined two of my favourite things in the world: Nintendo music and the Wu-Tang Clan. Check it out here, and check them out here. More »
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The man behind chippy video game crossover greats like the Jersey Shore RPG, Dr. Horrible's Sing-along Game and the best console war fight ever is assaulting your nostalgia with a new project, chiptunes remakes of 80s themes and jingles. More »
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You've heard the theme to Bowser's castle from Super Mario Bros. But have you heard it remixed in kind of a hip-hop way and officially commissioned by Nintendo as part of the Pictobits soundtrack? More »
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by Leigh Alexander The notoriously insular and fickle Brooklyn music scene has had its doors blown off, and the culprit is – NES sound chip music? More »
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So iPhone games have, to date, been largely disappointing. Let's forget iPhone games for a minute, then, at look at an iPhone synth that lets you create your own 8-bit soundtracks. More »
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Imminent chiptunes compilation project Kind of Bloop asks "What would the pioneers of jazz sound like on a Nintendo Entertainment System?" We'll find out soon, when the 8-bit homage to Miles Davis' popular album releases. More »
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After teasing us with half of the tracks for his holiday themed, carol filled chiptunes release 8-Bit Jesus, blip-master Doctor Octoroc drops the whole damn thing on us. You can download (and donate!) right now. More »
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Some developers send holiday cards, fancy gaming cards, to us this time of year. But not Foundation 9, they send their own holiday album of not just Christmas music, but 8-Bit Christmas music. More »
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Chiptunes artiste Doctor Octoroc has assembled nine MP3s filled with Christmas joy, each packed with retro 8-bitty goodness. With titles like "Ryu the Red Nosed Ninja" and "Super Jingle Bros.", how can you resist? More »
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Bitboxer DJ Scotch Egg got a little face-time in the New York Times Arts section over the weekend thanks to his ability to blend the 8-bit sounds of the Gameboy with "noise music." More »
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Blip Festival, a four-day celebration of music made with vintage game systems, returns to New York City on Thursday with 40 artists and musicians from the US, Japan, Europe and South America. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=327177&view=rss&microfeed=true Chiptuner Alex Mauer has released his new album "Vegavox" in a genre appropriate format. His 8-bit album's worth of hits comes packed on an NES cart for extra authenticity. The chiptune phenomenon may be on its way out, but this creative effort demands to at least be heard in sample form. More »
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If you live in Savannah, Georgia best put down your Mint Julip and head on over to Telfair's Jepson Center for the Arts for a chance to catch chipsician Bubblyfish lay down her groovy GameBoy tunes. More »
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