Chip Tune Marching Band@BentFest, on Make

The Chip Tune Marching Band, which I helped organise in Newcastle and Helsinki, has gone to New York for Bent Fest without me (while I’ve been living it up at Breakpoint :). Jamie Allen (lecturer in the department I work for) and Kazuhiro Jo put this idea together and are doing the workshop wherever they can.

Yes, I hear you cry, there are no actual ‘chiptunes’ involved, per se. The phrase is attention-grabbing, though, and reflects the fact that people are making crazy chip-style noises with squarewave generators, and it’s all terribly good fun.

Having said that, if you look closely at the video on the Make article, you’ll notice a surprisingly high ratio of chip-musicians to regular people: Cerebral Scars, Goto80 and, of course, myself :D

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/04/handmade_music_bent_edition_-_tonig.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/3756589[/vimeo]

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One Response to “Chip Tune Marching Band@BentFest, on Make”

  1. Sean Stephenson Says:
    November 29th, 2009 at 9:52 pm

    Hi Syphus,

    I’m working on an academic style paper for a post-graduate music history course, and have chosen to write on chiptunes. I’ve been in contact with an artist named Alex Yabsley AKA Dot.ay who suggested that you might have some articles/writings/papers that would be great reads. If you have any .pdf’s or even just want to chat some time (I’m sure that you’re super busy) please let me know. If you do have time, however, I also have a short interview questionnaire that I’d love to have you fill out. Thanks for anything and everything!

    Sean Stephenson



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