Game Boy Australia

Pselodux - City Fighter Jacky in Poke World

2010-01-25T15:34:00.003+11:00

I love these pleasant surprises!
The wider Australian chip community and I have only recently stumbled upon this artist because he played at the Soundbytes 6 open mic. Pselodux is a Melbourne based artist who writes what he calls computer game electro. From all reports the open mic went well so hopefully be seeing more of this guy.

Pselodux has an album available for download on his bandcamp. The tracks are very much SNES (16bit) sounding made in Buzz tracker I believe (tell me if I am wrong), with a strong VGM/prog feel. I am really enjoying it hope you do too!

&amp;amp;lt;a href="http://pselodux.bandcamp.com/album/city-fighter-jacky-in-poke-world"&amp;amp;gt;Tabs For Harold by Pselodux&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt;

SoundBytes! Sunday 24/01/2010

2010-01-10T15:32:00.002+11:00

Can't be bothered waiting any longer for Celsius to post this so......

Think about it. What could be better than spending a Sunday afternoon in a sunny beer garden knocking back some beers with mates?
How about when the music is some of Australia's best live chip and it's free to get in?!

The first Soundbytes Sunday Summer Session is being held Sunday 24/01 from 3pm and sees another amazing line-up playing a Summertime beer garden session @ The Penny Black in Sydney Rd Brunswick

Lineup:
M-.-n
10K Free men & Their Families
Derris-Kharlan
Maddest Kings Alive
godinpants

We've also got an open mic planned, which will not only feature new artists, but some of the guys who have played previous Soundbytes too. It's a Sunday afternoon, right before a public holiday and the venue is massive so there wont be as much danger of getting heat stroke trying to watch a set with 50 odd people crammed into a tiny room (aaaah, relief!). Oh and Sangria. Mmmm Sangria.

More detailed (well, wordy) info on our website http://dpadproductions.blogspot.com/200 … pears.html or follow us @soundbytesoz on twitter

PS. The venue is All Ages friendly in it's capacity as an eating establishment as well as a bar, but behave yourself under 18's or else you'll probably be asked to come back with your Mum to keep an eye on you

Poster coming soon...

Quoted from a SoundBytes post on chipmusic.org

Godinpants: World War Whale

2009-12-29T17:24:00.004+11:00

Get it while it's fresh from the sea! Godinpants: World War Whale, consisting of eight marvelous whalecore tracks.

Chipstyle Reggae Dub from Tapes in Melbourne

2009-12-28T22:22:00.001+11:00

One of the reasons this blog was started was to keep track of and inform the entire Australian Chip community when an event or release is happening...

UK Chip dub artist Tapes from legendary label Jahtari .. Has been in Australia for the last month and actually played a show in Brisbane that I didn't know about until it had already happened

SO I am letting the whole Melbourne crew get a good amount of time to know to check this guy out

15th Jan full details here

M-.-n in Brisbane with AndyExpandy and Dot.AY

2009-12-24T12:12:00.005+11:00

2010 is shaping up to be an amazing year for us.

The first gig is M-.-n all the way from Belgium in Brisbane with Dot.AY and AndyExpandy. Sure to be a night of Lo-Bit dance mayhem, currently organising decorations to pixelate and diststort the whole of Clubhouse (empire corner bar) on Thursday 14th of January

amazing!!

Facebook Event

Last.FM Event

Myspace Event

8bc Event

Video of little-scale and Rosa Menkman live @ Blip Festival 2009

2009-12-21T19:50:00.001+11:00

Video footage courtesy of cTrix.

10k, cTrix and Maddest Kings Alive Blip Festival 2009 Open Mic Videos!

2009-12-18T02:02:00.003+11:00

On all accounts the Australian scene completely dominated the open mic session. It is so great that the international Chip community got to see what we do. Such diverse styles all containing so much passion and soul. I am so full of Aussie pride I may just start wearing a flag as a cape - Dot.AY

The following is an excerpt of the Open Mic report from the Blip Blog

High points were Paris/Nocarrier’s dancehall groove, 10,000 Free Men’s frenzied performance of “Bitchwhipped”, Note!’s synced DMG’s and Fenris’s wierd glitchy PSP tune. A special mention should go out to Ctrix’s absolutely epic house track which was probably by far the most well received tune of the evening. Pray this dude releases it and plays live more as soon as possible.

BabyCastles / CDM Handmade Music Wrap Up

2009-12-18T02:01:00.000+11:00

Last night I played / hung out at the inaugural launch of the indie arcade BabyCastles at a Create Digital Music 'Handmade Music' event. I just wanted to thank Peter Kirn for the opportunity.

ROAR @ Billboard the Venue CHIP SIDEROOM!

2009-11-17T22:53:00.006+11:00

Sunday, November 29 2009! Doors Open: 1pm and close at Doors Close: 11pm.

There are some great bands in the main room, although obviously you should come for the chip show!

Main Room:

2:00pm - 2:40pm - Dive Into Ruin
3:00pm - 3:40pm - Toehider

4:00pm - 4:40pm - Tim McMillan Band
5:00pm - 5:40pm - super FLORENCE jam

6:00pm - 6:40pm - Gun Street Girls

7:00pm - 7:40pm - Twelve Foot Ninja
8:00pm - 8:40pm - BEHIND CRIMSON EYES
9:00pm - 10:00pm - Rook
10:20pm - 11:00pm - Pirate

Chip Room:

2:40pm - 3:10pm - Ten Thousand Free Men (Sydney)
3:40pm - 4:10pm - Maddest Kings Alive
4:40pm - 5:10pm - Derris-Kharlan
5:40pm - 6:10pm - Emergency! Emergency! (Sydney)
6:40pm - 7:10pm - cTrix
7:40pm - 8:40pm - Celsius [DJ set]

Thanks to Mike and Alex from Birdsrobe for letting me book the side room.

Email me for tickets, get my contact details by clicking here and then contact.

Here is the last.fm event and the official page.

cTrix and Maddest Kings Alive LIVE RRR Fm + interviews with Celsius

2009-11-17T22:40:00.004+11:00

"On Sunday the 15th of November I went down to the RRR studios in Melbourne to play some chip music on the radio.

Here is the set :
GET IT HERE!
Thanks Lazerbeat for the hosting."

-Celsius on 8bc

Photo by ninjaspew

Little Scale Announced for Blip Festival

2009-10-20T17:03:00.003+11:00

The first Australian to play Blip Fest is of course the ever astounding talent machine of the Australian Chip scene Little-Scale!!

He joins Leeni, Disasterpeace, i Cactus, Bit Shifter and many more

And Remember you can see the Aussie Chip Superstar before he takes on the Big Apple at Sound Bytes 5

Soundlab Mix For Download!!

2009-09-22T06:46:00.002+10:00

Download it HERE

Listen to it and the interview in context of the show if you missed it.. starts at about the 2hour mark.. HERE

and remember if you can try and make it to Soundbytes 5 in Melbourne you won't regret it.. Australia's biggest Chip show ... or just support Australian Chip Music by donating and getting awesome Merch ... HERE

Thanks all for the support

Australian Chipmusic Mix on Triple J

2009-09-18T20:15:00.003+10:00

This Sunday on Triple J Radio show SoundLab between 11pm-2am a Chipmusic mix compiled by myself is going to be played alongside an interview and hopefully some other chip songs

You can stream the show after sunday from the above website and I will put the set up for download after that

the playlist for the set is as follows

Track Listing:

0:00-2:14 Little-Scale - The Merchant (adelaide) NES and Sega Master System
download track
artist website

2:14-4:05 Maddest Kings Alive - Enﬁeld Tennis Academy (melbourne) VST's
download track
artist website

4:05-5:47 Ten Thousand Free Men - Creating Space (sydney) Game Boy
download track
artist website

5:47-7:18 Minikomi - Skip for Fun (japan via adelaide) Game Boy
download track
artist website

7:18-8:42 Celsius and Cid - Vector Fire (melbourne) Game Boy
download track
artist website

8:42-10:02 AndyExpandy - Pancakes (brisbane) Game Boy
download track
artist website

10:02-10:43 cTrix - Power Crunch (melbourne) NES
download track
artist website

10:43-12:34 Dot.AY - Poqo (brisbane) Game Boy
download track:
artist website

12:34-13:43 Derris-Kharlan - Theme for a Jump Goat (melbourne) VST's
download track
artist website

13:43-15:00 CAG - Convicted Child Sex Offender (sydney) Game Boy
download track
artist website

Kickstart Sound Bytes 5

2009-09-11T09:33:00.004+10:00

Sound Bytes 5 is set for 20th of November to celebrate their first birthday with another killer line up

Little-Scale
Dot.AY
cTrix

as well as Dr Dollar Dollar (10k) and Celsius DJing
This time is different set to be one of the best yet with your help... The idea is kind of like pre-sale tickets with bonuses... click the below kickstarter link for a full explanation

Also Facebook Event

Spread the word and thanks for the Support!!

little-scale.com

2009-09-08T22:49:00.001+10:00

We welcome a little-scale portal!

Astro featured on Jump Button

2009-08-17T22:41:00.002+10:00

"Turning up to the recent SoundBytes 4 chiptune gig in a red-and-black-checked flanny, 14-year-old Darcy–who hails from a little country town called Deniliquin, in rural New South Wales–seems as far removed as one could get from the blips and bleeps of the urban gamestars. But stepping up to the desk, this kid rocked his GameBoy hard, producing some really solid loops, beats and tracks."

Read the rest here.

TINA 2009 feat. Dot.AY and 10k

2009-08-17T21:43:00.006+10:00

Fri Oct 2: Friday Night TINA Gig

Ducktails (US), Pumice (NZ), Rosy Parlane (NZ), Qua (Vic), Free Choice Duo (Vic), Jim Cuomo [Played Sound Bytes and featured in Good Game with the crew], Aoi [Alex and I played with him on the GBA tour] (Vic), Jon Hunter and Monika Brooks, Phil Stearns,
Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle
$15

Sat Oct 3: Dpad Australia

Facilitator: Andrew Tuttle (Peer Pressure/ Anonymeye)
Artists: Alex Yabsley (Dot.AY), Tom Gilmore (10k Free Men)

A showcase of the Australian Chipmusic scene featuring performances by Dot.AY and 10k Free Men using Game Boys, Nintendo DS, Guitar Hero Controller and DDR Dance Mat.

4pm – 6pm: Panel

Sat Oct 3: Saturday Night TINA Gig

Vivian Girls (US), DJ Ripley (US), ILIOS (Greece), Wog, Bum Creek (Vic), Crab Smasher, 10k Freemen, The Abyss, Toecutter [is just amazing]
Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle
$15

Sun Oct 4th: Fitness Worst

Featuring: Brutal Hate Mosh, Dot.AY, Gabberobix, Gooey On The Inside, Spatula City

Fitness Worst promises to be the hair of the dog of physical exertion. A little bit wrong, but you’ll feel better for it. Encompassing everything from DDR Dance Mats to Gabberobix, you’d better be ready!

12 Midday – 2pm: Panel

Sun Oct 4th: Know Your Gadgets

Facilitator: Andrew Tuttle (Peer Pressure, Anonymeye)
Panelists: Alex Yabsley (Dot.AY), Cornel Wilczek (Qua), Tim Shiel (Faux Pas)

Know Your Gadgets explores the endless possibilities of all that blips and bobs, with interactive demonstrations of innovative approaches to producing, composing and performing electronic music. Getting your nerd on has never looked and sounded so damn cool.

3.30pm – 4.30pm: Presentation

Taken from the Sound Summit website with interjections by TomK.

For full program:
http://soundsummit09.musicnsw.com/program/

Then also:
http://www.thisisnotart.org/
http://www.electrofringe.net/

Discuss this event here:
http://8bitcollective.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=14231

New Dot.AY and new Godinpants releases!

2009-07-27T17:49:00.003+10:00

Today is a great day for Australian chipmusic, because both Dot.AY and godinpants have released some scorching new material!!

Godinpants: Are You With Us Or What?

Dot.AY: Dot.AY

Dot-AY.com!

2009-07-27T15:40:00.003+10:00

Alex Yabsley aka Dot.AY now has a website! Check it out here: http://dot-ay.com/. While you're there, go and get one of his new CDs that are out, containing plenty of awesome chippy goodness, well worth the $$.

4ZzZ Chipmusic Podcast with Dot.AY and K808

2009-07-16T14:42:00.005+10:00

On 14th of June 2009, I was lucky enough to be asked to guest program a slot at Brisbane Community radio station 4ZzZ. It turned out basically being myself programming an hour and a half of my favourite Chip music and talking in between with the host K808. There is also a featured pre-record interview with Little-Scale that was recorded in Adelaide earlier this year.

Finally this show is available in its entirety for your listening pleasure (please note some of the information is old and very possibly incorrect)
Remember a lot of the artists played will be playing at Sound Bytes tomorrow night so come to Melbourne already...

direct mp3 links (right click "save link as")

Part 1 49min 36sec

Part 2 58min 21sec

>>>>>>>>>>>Playlist<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
PART 1:
Quarta330 - Ahirskew
Derris-Kharlan - Exigence
Little-Scale - Come Back to Me
*Little-Scale Interview
IAYD - Between Multiverses
HelloStereo - Hokkaido Noon '09
Bubblyfish - Half Moon Lake

Part 2:
Nordloef - I Know
Maddest Kings Alive - Cagey Negotiators
cTrix - Wednesday Chip
minikomi - Skip for Love
godinpants - liphe
Starscream - Gravity in terms of Spacetime
Goto80 - Love Crime (qwertypack remix)
Saitone - Overlapping Spiral
Trash Can Man - One Wave Tsunami
Bit the Medusa - Dimbo Dimbo Lets Go!
Cag - Set Nathan on Fire
*Qwerty Pack - Pimp My Grime --- (K808 Fail wrong track) -----
Ten Thousand Free Men - Duty (now available for download from 8bc)
Meneo - Papi

The Sounds of SB4! (As posted on DPAD)

2009-06-29T18:29:00.004+10:00

Hello!

It's 10k here, with the fabulous task of gathering some samples of the music you can expect to hear at Sound Bytes 4. I have heard and seen all but one of these artists before, and I am very, very excited to say the least. This is in the order on the poster (exceptions: I cannot find an 8bit Talkshow Boy recording and Able Archer is playing but not on the poster). Just click the links, which are the song names, if it wasn't obvious.

little-scale

Music sample: Come Back To Me
Seb is amazing. Pick a console and he has made music with it.

More: Blog / 8bc / Releases

dot.AY

Music sample: Default To Paranoia

(ph)Alex writes Game Boy glitch/grime which is interactive and brutal. He has been known to tear up the mic too.

More: Home Page / 8bc / Myspace

Maddest Kings Alive

Music sample: Sleepy Kisses
Fenris is half of Perth's Chrism & Fenris, go figure. He weaves beautifully rich and dynamic songs on anything from a GBA to a C64. Glitchy and brutal in a way that you would not expect.

More: Home Page / Live at SB3

Derris-Kharlan
Music sample: Luna

Nathan is a real badass. Period. He writes game soundtracks - if the game was "Mars Volta: Rush to the Court of the Crimson King". He plays live with a guitar, check the link for SB3 to check that out!

More: 8bc / Live at SB3

Astro Zombies

Music sample: All New Heights

Darcy is win. Really young dude, with bright, happy and awesomely danceable tunes. He went down like a smooth criminal at the last Sound Bytes.

More: 8bc / Myspace

Able Archer
Music sample: My Heart Will Goon (Titanic Go On!)

A wild fan-boy appears! Aaron has been at every Sound Bytes (right?). He is looking like he will be rocking out with his cock out, oh, and a guitar and the LOLs.

More: 8bc

Talkshow Boy

Adrian has done a Sound Bytes set before - but not like this. He has been a fan of Chipmusic for a long time and now he is performing some of his own! Some of you may know Talkshow for his role in Melbourne's "Keith! Party", or even better his own breakcore/rap/mashup tunes.

More: Myspace (rap)

Visit: dpad.com.au

Low-Bit Gamelan Compilation [2009]

2009-06-22T14:15:00.002+10:00

I thought I would mention this here because it features three Australian artists and was orgnised by yours truly.

The Low-Bit Gamelan Compilation – a release of five original tracks with a strong influence from the beautiful music of Indonesian gamelan! Thanks to all who submitted tracks - I'm very happy with this compilation.

Track Listing
01. Derris-Kharlan: Sarin
02. little-scale: Monsoon
03. Baron Knoxbury: Pilo Hau Gamelan
04. Red Robin: Pemanasair
05. The Listrix: Rock the Gamelan

Download this compilation here!

whit3nois3 vs Soundbytes

2009-06-17T09:46:00.001+10:00

Melbourne institution whit3nois3 is back and ready for battle. Enemy lines have been drawn for a one night Battle Royal, facing off against the insurgents, Soundbytes.

For the creatures of the night who love dark, grinding noisy noise you wont be disappointed.

So bring your lo-tech arsenal and choose your allies wisely, for there can be only one.

Retrotech soldiers such as DOT.Ay, 10k Freemen & Their Families and Celsius will be fronting the assault. $10 will get you unlimited plays.

Soundbytes - Round 4 is ON!

2009-06-15T09:08:00.001+10:00

Twitter

2009-06-14T22:48:00.005+10:00

Game Boy Australia accounts and associated acts:

@SoundBytesOz - DPAD's gig arm!

@ninjaspew - Maddest Kings Alive.

@littlescale - The one, the only.

@Dot_AY - GBA Co-founder.

@10kfreemen - Me.

Others well worth following:

@8bitdaily - New track for your ears every day.

@calmdownkidder - James, founder of CDK.

@nieldlr - aka Sparkyboy, the honorary Australian.

@Disasterpeace - The amazing.

@blipfestival - Worth following for the festival season.

Happy tweeting.