What Happened to Chiptune?

outro song: note! - toy chest warfare

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hi! it's been a while! i'm really sorry for the delay and this episode explains a little about what happened! to the podcast, not to chiptune, i haven't figured that out yet (podcast art is me from 2013 at an open mic lmao)

Today’s episode (after a long break) features Jessen Jurado, a visualist and event organizer based in NYC. Jessen has been involved in the NYC scene almost since its beginning, and his enthusiasm led him to organizing and putting on shows and event series - most notably I/O Chip Music, a series that ran as a sort of counterpart to Pulsewave during the heyday of the NYC scene. Jessen invited me to...

been a while! this episode will explain it

Music Used: - Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme - Matthew Joseph Payne - Civil Disobedience is Civil Defense Reference:  - Eliot Lash’s Visuals Setup - https://www.eliotlash.com/works/live-music-visuals - Eliot Lash’s Game Music Visualizer - https://www.eliotlash.com/works/game-visualizer-1 - Max Capacity - https://linktr.ee/maxcapa.city - Triggerboy - https://www.eliotlash.com/works/tr...

Music Used: Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme dot. AY - Vibraslop Reference: - Square Sounds Melbourne - https://www.squaresoundsfestival.com/ - Karlheinz Stockhausen - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlheinz_Stockhausen - Music Concrete - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musique_concrète](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musique_concr%C3%A8te) - Henry Homesweet - https://x.com/henryhomeswee...

Music Used: Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme Nestrogen - Making You Cry (feat. Dan Pantzig) Reference: - FL Studio - https://www.image-line.com/ - LSDJ - https://www.littlesounddj.com/lsd/index.php - Famitracker - http://famitracker.com/ - Datathrash Recordings - https://datathrash.bandcamp.com/ - Cursed Hoof Studio - https://www.instagram.com/cursed_hoof_studio/

Reference: - The Blood Zone - https://thebloodzone.libsyn.com/ - Kitschfork - https://kitschfork.podbean.com/ - Meet Me In The Bathroom - https://www.harpercollins.com/products/meet-me-in-the-bathroom-lizzy-goodman - OCRemix - https://ocremix.org/ - VGMix - https://vgmixarchive.com/ - MAGFest - https://www.magfest.org/ - Electronicon - https://knockdown.center/event/electronicon_2023/ - Equip - ht...

Music Used: Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme Ultrasyd - Un croissant s'il vous plaît (RIP Ultrasyd) Reference: - Bent Fest - https://twitter.com/bentfestival - Chiptunes = Win - https://archive.org/details/chiptunes-win-discography-flac-lossless - Kevin Saunderson - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Saunderson - Juan Atkins - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Atkins - Reel Big Fish...

Music Used: Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune theme Boaconstructor - Ditch The Biscuit Reference: - Nanoloop - https://www.nanoloop.com/ - Ovenrake - https://ovenrake.bandcamp.com/ - Live Animals - https://weareliveanimals.bandcamp.com/ - Glooms/Turtlesaur - [https://gloomsmusic.bandcamp.com](https://gloomsmusic.bandcamp.com/) - Electric Children/Circles - https://electricchildren8bit.bandcam...

Reference:  Eindbaas - https://eindbaas.org/ xyce - https://xyce.nl/ Men of Mega - https://menofmega.nl/ Superbyte Festival - https://ra.co/events/751982 Square Sounds - https://www.squaresoundsfestival.com/   Music Used: Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme RoccoW - Unbearable Thirst

Reference: Pulsewave - https://pulsewave.rip/ 8bitcollective - https://archive.org/details/Best_of_8_Bit_Collective-2006-2011 Note! - https://note.bandcamp.com/ AdamGetsAwesome - https://archive.org/details/pax-2011-adam-gets-awesome-chiptune-concert Chillbrave - https://chillbrave.bandcamp.com/ Music Used: What Happened to Chiptune Theme - Space Town GAMEFORM - Chillbrave   Portrait of Dannel Jur...

Music used: Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme Dubmood - Solitude   Reference: FastTracker 2 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FastTracker_2 Protracker - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protracker Amiga - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga Modarchive - https://modarchive.org/ Trax in Space - https://web.archive.org/web/20010418144833/http://www.traxinspace.com/ Rebels - Chipmusicdisk #1 - h...

Music Used: Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme Nullsleep - Motion Map (Feel The Rhythm)   Reference: 8bitpeoples - https://www.8bitpeoples.com/ International Chiptune Resistance Tour - https://coolhunting.com/culture/the-internation/ Pulsewave - Monotonik - https://www.simoncarless.com/monotonik-a-net-label-1996-200/ Micromusic - [micromusic.net](http://micromusic.net/) VORC - http://www...

Corrections: Micropalooza was actually started in 2003 instead of 2002 as stated in the episode. Apologies for the confusion! Reference: - Micropalooza - https://www.portlandmercury.com/music/2003/12/24/30443/wiggle-it-that-8-bit - Dataport - https://www.instagram.com/dataportpdx/?hl=en - 2 Player Productions - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_Player_Productions Music Used: - Space Town - What Happ...

References Mother’s Day (Film) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081186/ Toxic Avenger (Film) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090190/ OB-6 (Synthesizer) - https://oberheim.com/products/ob-6/ Troma - https://www.troma.com/ 8-bit Punk (Wired article by Malcolm Mclaren) - https://www.wired.com/2003/11/mclaren/ The Tank (NYC Venue) - https://thetanknyc.org/ Mackenzie Wark (writer + scholar) - https://en...

References: Daedalus Controllerism - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spa4emMwhOM Liveness: Performance in a Mediatized Culture by Philip Auslander - https://www.routledge.com/Liveness-Performance-in-a-Mediatized-Culture/Auslander/p/book/9780367468170 Playing with Something that Runs by Mark J. Butler - https://global.oup.com/academic/product/playing-with-something-that-runs-9780195393620 Push: Sof...

Music Used: Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme minusbaby - Una Gran Parte de Tu Mente Rebanada minusbaby - You Were Strong minusbaby - Una Gran Parte de Tu Mente Rebanada (Live at Blip Festival 2011) minusbaby - BIAS, Pt. 1

Music used: Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme Awkward Terrible & Glowing Stars - George Jetson's Inflatable Cop The Glowing Stars - Got It Bad Matthew Joseph Payne - Pewter Handles Matthew Joseph Payne - i think we're ready - cursed vibes (from audio log #25 2023_03_03)

Music used: Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme Peter Swimm - Too Much! Reference: Pulsewave, a monthly chiptune event series in NYC: https://pulsewave.rip/ True Chip Till Death, a website chronicling all things chiptune: https://truechiptilldeath.com/   You can find Peter online at peterswimm.com.

Music in order of appearance: Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme Wizwars - Right Back To You   Reference: Blip Festival, formerly an annual festival centered around chiptune held in NYC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blip_Festival Survey of the LA Chiptune scene and 8BitLA/Freq. Fest in particular: https://www.vice.com/en/article/gvqwk7/las-chiptune-scene-is-more-than-just-nerds-with-gam...

In this episode we mistakenly refer to the artist Lo-bat as Italian - Lo-bat is a Belgian artist. Apologies for the mistake! Music in order of appearance: Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme Wizwars - Game Boy Rock!! (performed at Shizzfest 2 at the Trunk Space) Wizwars - The Violator Wizwars - I Am Wizwars (Real Los Angeles Chipthrash) Wizwars - Requiem For A Broken Heart Wizwars - Right...

Songs used: Reformat The Planet (Space Town Sadboi Remix) - Bit Shifter Artifice (On Your Lack Thereof) - Space Town Savior Those Blinking Lights - Space Town Savior Discovery - Space Town Savior