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8.19.16 ~ LIVE at LWLVL Festival in NYC ~

Two days of lo-bit music, art & interactive work.

More Info ➠ http://lwlvl.com

Tickets ➠ http://lwlvl16.brownpapertickets.com

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ZEN ALBATROSS - 「SIGINT」

New EP now available on 8bitpeoples and Bandcamp — “an imperfect anthem for our contemporary dystopia”

➟ http://www.8bitpeoples.com/products/561942-zen-albatross-sigint

➟ http://music.zenalbatross.net/album/sigint

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「MESS WITH THE BEST, DIE LIKE THE REST」

Excited to announce I'll be performing at the HACKERS 20th Anniversary party on 11/13 in NYC, with visuals by Outpt + Paris.

Tix on sale now: http://hacktheplanet.party

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//PHILADELPHIA: I look forward to running brute-force attacks on your eardrums at 8static Festival, October 15 - 17.

I'll be premiering a set of brand-new material + more surprises TBA. Very excited to be playing on this killer lineup with Bit Shifter, Ultrasyd, Random, Bud Melvin, Alex Mauer, Trey Frey, and many more.

▶ Tickets available here ◀

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Performers

Chipocrite [PHL] Trey Frey [PHL] Mega Ran [AZ] Das Mörtal [MON] Bit Shifter [NYC] Random [SWE] Ap0c [PHL] Ovenrake [PHL] SHRIMPS [ROC] Glomag [NYC] L-Tron [NYC]

Cheap Dinosaurs [PHL] NML STYL [PHL] Marshall Art [CAN-RUS] Storm Blooper [PHL] ZEN ALBATROSS [NYC] Ultrasyd [FR] Oxygenstar [CT] Inverse Phase [BAL] Mail Order Monsters [DET] fuckjazzforaminute [NYC] Bud Melvin [NM] Little Paw [ROC] Alex Mauer [PHL]

Visualists

NO CARRIER [NYC] Ohhinaifu [DET] PixelSeed [BAL] SBTHREE [ROC] Melesul3 [MON] Kevin Gondek [CHI]

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☁ ✈ New drone demo to mark the end of 2014

214 seconds; 214 more reasons to fear the sky

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▃▅▇ INCOMING GIG ▇▅▃ I'm performing at Kick.Snare in Brooklyn, with vaporstack returning on visuals. Additional sets by knife city (Luke of Anamanaguchi), FORE, and NorvisJr.

[NYC] 11.14.14 // KICK.SNARE @ Branded Saloon ZEN ALBATROSS, knife city, FORE, NorvisJr, vaporstack, BKLYN!ZULU

Friday, November 14, 2014 9PM 603 Vanderbilt Ave, Brooklyn, NY 21+ | $10 RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/1476871579259595/

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#NYC INCOMING: I'll be performing at HACKERS ON PLANET EARTH on 7/18 with Futurestack on visuals. Part of two nights of concerts with additional sets by minusbaby, Bubblyfish, Amigos Poderosos (solo project of José from Balún), and more. Maybe a surprise duet with Robot Snowden?

July 18-19 11pm - 2am @ Hotel Pennsylvania 401 7th Ave, New York, NY ALL AGES - $10/night, $15 both nights More info at http://x.hope.net

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[NYC] 03.22.14 // PULSEWAVE @ LaunchPad  Zen Albatross w/ Note!, Binarpilot, and Batsly Adams

Saturday, March 22, 2014 Doors 8 PM; Open mic 8:30 PM 721 Franklin Ave, Brooklyn, NY $10 • All Ages • BYOB RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/761956720482464/ Live broadcast: http://clip-stream.net/

Spring, sprang, sprung. These dope beats will help you ring  in the vernal equinox and shake you out of your winter hibernation. Let’s get wild !

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ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶) NOTE!

Note!, the alias of Christophe Richard from Brooklyn, New York, explores music through a lo-bit aesthetic and aims to prove that even the simplest square waves and white noise can be textured and crafted to create something far greater than the sum of their parts. Oh and you can dance to it. But bring extra AA batteries, please. http://note.bandcamp.com

\( ﾟヮﾟ) BINÄRPILOT

Originally from the future, Binärpilot has gained underground notoriety for his support of piracy and outspoken criticism of the music industry. In fear of his work being corrupted by the pursuit of monetary rewards, he releases all his music for free and has stated he will continue to do so forever. True to this, all of his equipment and releases are paid for with donations from fans. http://binaerpilot.no

(⊐•̀⌂•́)⊐ Visuals by BATSLY ADAMS

electrical engineer by day – NES / genesis homebrew developer by night – hired goon 24hrs (ask for rates) http://www.batslyadams.com

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Newly excavated sonic relic from days gone by

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Some sonic prophecy for your doomsday listening pleasure ~*

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♬ ✈ Helping kick off the monobomb records ROUTE XIX tour this weekend in San Francisco with minusbaby, crashfaster, Trash80, + more. They'll also be making stops in Cupertino, San Jose, Portland, and Seattle.

8bitSF and monobomb records are proud to present the Route XIX West Coast Tour, a collection of the finest artists in chip music. Our San Francisco stop is ground zero, with an absolutely massive lineup to keep you dancing and rocking all night long!  ALL AGES!  Tickets available NOW: http://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2012/08-26.html

Trash80 (los angeles) [http://trash80.com/] Trash80 captivates and entrances with his blend of soaring dance anthems and flawlessly executed club beats. minusbaby (new york) [http://minusbaby.com/] minusbaby smashes his love for type, patterns and limited palettes into a unique visual and musical language that pushes the boundaries of the art of bass (and how it moves asses). crashfaster (san francisco) [http://crashfaster.com/] crashfaster combines the gritty chip sounds of the Gameboy and NES with hard-hitting rock and synthetic and human vocals to form a completely original hybrid synth-pop-rock experience. Zen Albatross (new york) [http://zenalbatross.net/] Brooklyn’s Zen Albatross has explored & exploited the waveform synthesis capabilities of antiquated computer systems. His fearful obsession with technology as an ideological weapon is equaled only by his love of American craft beer. Slime Girls (san jose) [http://slimegirls.bandcamp.com/] Slime Girls are a distorted pulsewave assault of gameboys, guitars and energetic drums. Sometimes fast, lush and loud punk rock, other times melancholy surf jams, sometimes ever danceable ska, yet always tied together with an electronic wash of melodic chip music. Matthew Joseph Payne (oakland) [http://matthewjosephpayne.bandcamp.com/] One half of the unstoppable chiptune act The Glowing Stars, Matthew Joseph Payne creates a sound all his own with his chamber-chip-doom-folk solo project.  DJ sets by  TRΛCER (san francisco) [http://tracervision.com/] & Mr. Smith (san jose) [http://www.facebook.com/thedjmrsmith]

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≈*≈Thx for the ROMemories≈*≈

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Next week I'll be playing two shows during the 2012 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. These lineups are absolutely stacked with amazing performers, thanks in large part to friend and monobomb compatriot crashfaster, so if you're in town for the conference, be sure to check them out:

8bitSF presents POW: Indie Music & Developers Collide Tuesday, March 6th @ 8:00pm Tickets: http://www.dnalounge.com/ calendar/2012/03-06.html $8 advance/$12 door/$5 with GDC Badge 21+

RSVP:  https://www.facebook.com/events/151961534920931/ 

In honor of the 2012 Game Developer's Conference, 8bitSF [http://8bitsf.com/] is proud to present POW, a celebration of the indie spirit. POW is a colossal night of sound + vision, and features performances by some of the best acts in both gaming and chip music as well as demo tables and presentations by indie developers Polytron [http://polytroncorporation.com] (FEZ), Muteki Corporation [http://mutekicorp.com/] (Dragon Fantasy), Open Emotion Studios [http:// www.openemotionstudios.com/] (Revoltin' Youth), Yobble [http://yobble.me/] (Air Guitar) and more! Live Performances by: VIRT aka Jake Kaufman [http://virt.bandcamp.com/] (Retro City Rampage, Bloodrayne: Betrayal) Freaky DNA aka Leonard J. Paul [http://videogameaudio.com/] (Retro City Rampage, NBA Jam 2010) Disasterpeace [http://disasterpeace.com/] (FEZ) minusbaby [http://minusbaby.com/] (BIT.TRIP FATE, Phone Story) crashfaster [http:// crashfaster.bandcamp.com/] (Dragon Fantasy) The Glowing Stars [http:// theglowingstars.bandcamp.co m/] Zen Albatross [http://zenalbatross.net/] A Rival [http:// blog.planetskill.com/]

8-BIT DOPE: GDC Edition Friday, March 9th @ 9PM MIST Ultra Club 316 11th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103

$12 At the door $9 w/ GDC pass

RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/349686438394918/

The return of our big GDC underground party. Some the hottest 8-BIT acts from SF and around the world, mixed with thick, aggressive electro, enhanced by eye melting light & pop visuals. Hosted by DOPE, crashfaster and 8bitSF.

featuring performances by...

Trash80 (8bitpeoples, LA) - Dreamy melodies & driving dance anthems

minusbaby (monobomb, NYC) - Equatorial beats, ass-rattling bass and progressive grooves

crashfaster (monobomb, SF) - High-energy electro pop layered with moody robotic vocals

dj medic (DOPE, SF) - Nu-disco to electro to giant robots, a tight mix of pop, flow and education

Zen Albatross (monobomb, NYC) - Infectious beats and marching, apocalyptic sonic destruction

E.N. Cowell (monobomb, SF) - Dirty, teeth-rattling electro house filtered to crunchy perfection

Space Town Savior (SD) - Massive, trance-inspired, dance floor smashers

Starpause (hexawe, SF) - Manical IDM beats meet lo-fi electro sleaze in a robot porno

Lighting and Visuals by FUTURE WEAPONS and VJ duplesiX

For a taste of what these kids are bringing to your ears, check out our rundown: http://dope415.com/8-bit-dope-the-revenge-of-chipscene

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[NYC] 2.3.12 // BinAural Visual @ Vaudeville Park - n0izmkr + Invaderbacca, paris + outpt, Zen Albatross + Chromacle

I'll be doing an audiovisual drone/noise performance this Friday at Vaudeville Park in Brooklyn. This will be all-new, mostly improvised material in collaboration with SaraBee on cello and Chromacle on visuals. Details below:

## I/O Chip Music presents

BinAural Visual @ Vaudeville Park February 3 2011 730pm $7 n0izmkr + invaderbacca http://nicolecarrollmusic.com/ http://invaderbacca.tumblr.com/ n0izmkr performs structured improvisational noise sets, incorporating circuit bent instruments, handmade synthesizers, custom midi controllers, environmental samples, and a contact mic orchestra. invaderbacca sees the colors that nobody sees. his approach to visualizing the sounds surrounding him is almost sonic itself in nature, whether he’s creating frenetic glitchnes sets or his own spasmodic video blasts. outpt + paris http://outptandparis.com/ outpt+paris present drum & space: an audio/visual performance telling the story of a future space traveller as she looks to trade the safety of her home world for the furthest regions of the universe. the set is a high energy mix of analog beats, digitized vocals, and coordinated visuals. zen albatross + chromacle http://zenalbatross.net/ zen albatross creates colossal obelisks of sound using antiquated computer consoles. for this performance, tape loops and improvised electronics expand and disintegrate the usual rhythmic constructs into a surreal stream of carefully sustained drones and noise. the set will be accompanied by sarabee on cello and chromacle on visuals. Vaudeville Park 26 Bushwick Ave (corner of Bushwick and Devoe St) Brooklyn, NY 11211 L train to Graham Ave Google Map: http://brk.to/o9a RSVP vaudevillepark.org ##

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