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Not So Secret Now, Secret
Enter the lo-fi world of Chip Music...
Chip Music is the latest discovery that got the OneMusic team foaming at the mouth, but first, let's clear this up - it is not something that you listen to while you nibble on your cod and spill gravy on your jeans, oh no.
Chip Music is a new musical genre currently bubbling away in many a bedroom and basement club around the world. Put simply, it's music that is made using the old skool music chips from games consoles such as the Atari ST or the Gameboy.
We first came across this insane manner of music making through DJ Scotch Egg , whose storming track 'Tetris Wonderland' had both the ravers and the geeks frugging away on the dancefloor. They knew the tune, it was the theme from Tetris, they'd never seen it played straight off an actual Gameboy, with added glitch and crazy wires poking out the side!
We dug deeper, much deeper, and we discovered a whole new scene breaking through - it was very similar to when you lift up a stone and find a family of ants underneath, you sort of new they'd be there, but you had to check didn't you?
Our most recent unsigned artist David Sugar informed us that he's got a whole album coming out in May, made completely on 8-bit kit. Daedelus informed Huw Stephens out in Texas that he's got a penchant for breaking open kids toys, licking his finger and electrocuting himself on the circuit boards until it sounds good. Then we made the ultimate discovery... in Poland.
You heard me. Poland. It turns out that there is in fact an orchestra based there that make music on Gameboys and have toured the world's electronic music festivals doing so. The nattily titled Gameboyzz Orchestra is comprised of 6 members, who all sit round and perform their 8-bit concertos on the much laughed at Gameboy Advance.
There's loads more to be found about this scene if you dig hard enough, so here's some relevant links to get you started:
Links:
How to:
Start your own night
Promote live gigs
Choose Music Software
Gallery:
OneMusic's Wrong Music Special
See DJ Scotch Egg and friends in action!
Other links:
Gameboyzz Orchestra - www.gameboyzz.com
DJ Scotch Egg - www.djscotchegg.com
David Sugar - www.davidsugar.com
Nanoloop Sequencer - www.nanoloop.de
Little Sound DJ - www.littlesounddj.com/lsd/
MicroMusic - www.micromusic.net
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