I/O Chip Music NYC | minusbaby | Crashfaster | Burnkit2600 | an0va | NO CARRIER

Monday, Sept 5

8:30pm

21+

$6

Fontana’s

105 Eldridge St

New York, NY 10002

I/O returns to Fontana’s for a Labor Day chip music fall kickoff event!

minusbaby.

minusbaby.com/

Richard Alexander Caraballo began his minusbaby project in 1999

to explore the diversity of a lo-fi, compositional aesthetic and has

since progressed experimentally in its scope to include elements

guided by those roots and a sonic language representative of his

influences, namely: the art of bass and how it moves asses.

crashfaster

www.crashfaster.com/

Crashfaster is an electronic musician hailing from San Francisco,

California. His style skirts several genres including chiptune, electro,

dance and synth-pop. He combines the chipsets of a Gameboy,

NES and C64 with the analog beats of an 808/909 and a Vocoder

to craft his sound.

Burnkit2600

www.burnkit2600.com/

Burnkit2600 try to combine every new technical and cutting edge

method at their fingertips to create heavy, funky psychedelic grooves

with a live rock trio essence. The group does this with vintage

analog gear, old video game hardware, bass guitar, flute and

instruments of their own design.

an0va

soundcloud.com/an0va

Philadelphia musician Daniel Davis’ alter-ego an0va is a project

designed to create lo-fi electronic chaos.

visuals by

NO CARRIER

no-carrier.com/

Don Miller is an artist and educator based in Brooklyn, NY. He

performs live visuals in real time under the alias NO CARRIER.

Miller works with nearly obsolete repurposed electronics to create

high energy low resolution abstract video art.

I/O Chip Music

at

Fontana’s

105 Eldridge Ave

New York, NY 10002

Google Map:

brk.to/1al6

F train to Delancey St / J or M trains to Essex St

iochipmusic.com

No I/O this month but fear not, Cheese N Beer’s got you covered!

Cheese N Beer is proud to present the first installment of “CNB: Spectrum”, a new series of electronic music.

CNB: Spectrum signals an expansion: the extension of space and sound for both established and emerging artists. Spectrum aims to celebrate chip music’s accomplishments by deliberately stretching its boundaries. These concerts pay homage to our community by challenging the very limits of chip music we’ve established. We’re excited to do so by actively welcoming diverse styles, platforms, and media to this series of shows: you will never fully know what to expect.

We hope you’ll join us for our debut at Brooklyn Fireproof East!
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Thursday Aug 4 2011
21+ FREE
9:00pm – 12:00am

VISUALS:

NO CARRIER (Brooklyn, NY) [no-carrier.com/]

Don Miller is an artist and educator based in Brooklyn, NY. He performs live visuals in real time under the alias NO CARRIER. Miller works with nearly obsolete repurposed electronics to create high energy low resolution abstract video art. Part of the 8bitpeoples artist collective, he performs, exhibits, and lectures worldwide. In his hometown of Philadelphia Miller organizes and curates 8static, a monthly showcase of low-bit music and video. He also serves as a Director of Playpower, a non-profit organization that works to bring low-cost educational games to developing countries.

MUSIC:

Chipocrite (Philadelphia, PA) [chipocrite.com/]

Chipocrite aka Paul Weinstein (former bassist of MJ Project, Philadelphia’s favorite jamtronfusion monstergroup) started making music with Game Boys in early 2009. It was the sound he felt he was destined to create, a mix of old and new, a way to bridge the comforting video game tones he grew up with and the complex but catchy songs he was hearing in his head all those years later. He’s constantly adding new songs to his repertoire, which has been described as “upbeat and danceable.” It’s exciting, it’s neato, and, above all, it’s some of the most fun he’s ever had making music.

Zen Albatross (Brooklyn, NY) [zenalbatross.net/]

By day, Brooklyn journalist Zen Albatross worriedly studies the rapidly decaying culture of information politics, technology and creative freedom. He processes these anxieties into cathartic expressions of audible violence, crafting colossal obelisks of hip-shaking sound using the antiquated circuitry of a Nintendo Game Boy. His fascination with chip music, its history and associated disciplines has led him to speak and perform in cities across the US, as well as publish articles on the subject for various outlets including VICE Magazine’s Motherboard.tv, Racketboy and Original Sound Version.

DaPantz (Bronx/Brooklyn, NY) [dapantz.com/]

Uptown New York’s sarcastically named DaPantz is an electronic musician based in the Bronx. Exploring large-scale issues through low-grade gear, he creates an array of heavy beats and industrial melodies rooted in distortion, design, and discourse. Adopting a critical view of disorder, DaPantz creates challenging, but ultimately thrilling pieces of autobiography that push outdated hardware to its contemporary limit.

rhinostrich (Ridgewood, NY) [rhinostrich.com/]

Drum & Bass via Piggy Tracker/NY.

at

Brooklyn Fireproof East
119 Ingraham St (at Porter Ave)
Brooklyn NY 11237

Directions:
L train to Morgan Ave

Google Map:
bit.ly/pD98cm

I/O Chip Music

I/O is a monthly show in New York City that showcases the talents of musicians and artists who use computer chips in vintage computers and game consoles to create new compositions and visual art. I/O is free to play and low cost to attend, with the aim of providing exposure and new audiences for chip musicians and visualists.

Returning to Brooklyn’s best new independent art space Vaudeville Park on Saturday, July 2nd, I/O starts your holiday weekend up right with an all-star lineup and all ages show! This will be the last I/O of the summer and we’re going out like a fireworks display so don’t miss it!

MUSIC

gwEm and A-Me (UK)

Veteran chiptuner gwEm has had a distinguished body of releases from micromusic.net, 8bitpeoples, and the seminal 8bit Operator release on Astralwerks. A-Me is the side project of British folk musician Amy Sayer, who had successful releases with the Sulusse label “Zonoff”, among others. After a series of collaborations in London, the two present a unique show using meandering vocal lines and sentimental 8bit with the occasional high octane kick.

L-tron (Brooklyn NY)

L-tron is a intergalactic robot sent from the future to blast your mind full of pure, concentrated laser. Equipped only with a Game Boy and lunch box, this is one cybernetic maniac you don’t want to miss…

Sylcmyk (Brooklyn NY)

Tony Ness (Brooklyn NY)

Sylcmyk (Brooklyn NY)

VISUAL ART

VBLANK (Philadelphia PA)

VBLANK is a live media project by Wil Lindsay. He has just completed a term as the first resident artist for Philadelphia’s “The Hacktory”, and creates visual work that can be seen regionally and throughout the country.

I/O Chip Music NYC
Summer Double Double Header

Monday, June 6 2011
8pm

at
Fontana’s
105 Eldridge St.
NY, NY 10002
21+
$5

Balún
www.balunonline.com/

Brought together by their love of simple melodies, 16mm films, cartoon doodles, classical and folk instruments, and experimental pop music, Balún was formed in San Juan, Puerto Rico by José Olivares and Angélica Negrón, and now includes Andrés Fontanez, Noraliz Ruíz, Leonardo Velázquez and Justin Wolf.

The band has performed at Decibel Fest, Pop Montreal, Nacotheque and Pulsewave with artists like Vampire Weekend, Headlights, Tujiko Noriko, minusbaby, and Barbara Morgenstern. They have also collaborated with illustrator Tatiana Arocha on a short film for the DVD series PSST! and with Puerto Rican experimental theater company Y No Había Luz.

Mark DeNardo
www.markdenardo.com/

Is anti-chip-punk-folk a genre? Perhaps not, but Mark DeNardo is the first name that comes to my mind. Classifying his music output as chip or punk or folk would do a disservice to all parties. The Graffiti Monsters front man, Fables folk shredder, and solo chip songster demonstrates well what happens when one “writes chip music for ten years” : twice the pride, double the achievement.

HeavyW8bit ChampionChip
www.heavyw8bit.com/

An 8-bit maniac and developer of the NSK-1 synthesizer for the Nintendo NES, this retired wrestler turned chip musician clotheslines his way to New York City for his Chinatown circuit debut.

Goferboy
www.8bitcollective.com/members/goferboy/

Many times a boy has taken to a stage, and many times a boy has danced. But only once has a boy deliver the furry and explosiveness to a stage that goferboy has. Also known as Henry Andrew Baum, goferboy began his existence as a twinkle in his father’s eye that turned into a flame that could be extinguished. His sound, using gameboys as his weapons, vary from melodic frolics, to gloomy bass, and disco pulsations. The results impregnates the audiences ears, as his provocative, neon hip fluxuations, fertilizes their hearts.

visuals by

NO CARRIER
no-carrier.com/
Don Miller performs live visuals in real time under the alias NO CARRIER. He works with nearly obsolete repurposed electronics to create high energy low resolution abstract video. Part of the 8bitpeoples artist collective, he performs, exhibits, and lectures worldwide. Miller is based in Philadelphia, where he organizes and curates 8static, a monthly showcase of low-bit music and visuals.

and

Invaderbacca
invaderbacca.tumblr.com/

Fontana’s
105 Eldridge St.

F or J trains to Essex/Delancey St

iochipmusic.com

I/O Chip Music NYC
Post Blip (Hangover) Edition!

Monday May 23 2011
21+
FREE
7pm

BUBBLYFISH presents: Moori

Moori is a system for an interactive audience participatory AV performance. This collaboration creates dialog among the performer and audience members and suggests new possibilities that can exist through the combination of algorithmic animation, audio and language.

More information about Moori
www.bubblyfish.com/thesis

IPhone, iPod, and iPad users are encouraged to download the Mrmr application prior to the concert. The set up guideline can be found here. (www.bubblyfish.com/thesis/images/Moori_setupguide.png)

With a background in classical piano, Haeyoung Kim explores the texture of sounds in electronic music. Currently, under the name Bubblyfish, she has been creating 8-bit and experimental sound works.
bubblyfish.com/

MISFITCHRIS
Hailing from Connecticut, USA, Misfitchris’ sound is a distinctive blend of the classic chip music he was weaned on and the heavy hitting house music that captivated him as a teen. Misfitchris is everything you ever wanted to hear and everything your parents warned you about.
dataairlines.bandcamp.com/album/fake-bit-data011

DOT.AY
A no holds barred assault of Game Boy bass from Brisbane, Australia. Delivering an oxymoronic live show of music that is simultaneously dark, brooding, humorous and uplifting in an all round interactive electronic party.
dot-ay.com/

DATALORE
A duo consisting of game boy synthesis, vocoder, guitar, toy keyboard, and drum pad. Its robo-circuits are controlled by Daniel Iglesia and Ursula Kwong-Brown
www.datalorenyc.com/

visuals by

Party Time! Hexcellent!
www.partytimehexcellent.com/

and

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I/O Chip Music
at

The Antagonist Art Gallery (@ Niagara Bar)
112 Avenue A
b/w 7th St and Ave A
New York NY 10009

Directions:
F train to 2nd Ave
6 train to Astor Place
L train to 1st Ave

Google Map:
bit.ly/gIDiWp

I/O is a monthly chip music and visuals show in New York City’s Lower East Side. I/O is free to play and free or low cost to attend, with the aim of providing exposure and new audiences for chip musicians and visualists.

iochipmusic.com

presented by Alphabet City Soup
hosted by The Antagonist Art Movement
antagovision.com

No I/O in April. But despair not!

Come on out to the “Uptown, Baby!” album release party! This EP has been waiting to be unleashed for the past two years and I’m excited to celebrate it with you. Awesome poster from Chromacle available at the event.

Hope to see you all there!

Deetz:

April 4, 2011
21+
FREE
7:00PM

Niagara Bar
112 Avenue A
b/w 7th St and Ave A
New York NY 10009

Directions:
F train to 2nd Ave/6 train to Astor Place

Google Map:
bit.ly/gIDiWp

- Hosted by: Natty

- Catered by: Escoffiette (Jenn De La Vega)

- Special performance from: glomag, w/Batsly Adams on visuals

- The world premiere of the “Triborough Bridge” music video by invaderbacca

- Of course, a HUGE extended open mic (arrive early to sign up, or reserve your spot by shooting me an e-mail beforehand!)

- SURPRISES SURPRISES SURPRISES!

About the release:

On April 4th, 2009, I wrote the first song on this record; a post-it note featuring a crudely drawn arpeggiator became “Here Come the Pretzels!”, a reference to watching The Simpsons with my family that inspired me to explore the autobiographical nature of home.

A tribute to project housing and salsa music became “Elevators”. I synthesized the increasing acceleration of my cousin’s Chevy Tahoe into the EP’s title track. Most telling, however, is the album’s central effort, a celebration of friendship named after one of many physical connections to my peers throughout Brooklyn: “Triborough Bridge”. Indeed, while at first glance this seems to be yet another salute to the Bronx, a closer look reveals what’s really being said underneath the raucous shouts of “BX ALL DAY”: that it’s time to fucking party with my friends. Let’s GO!

All tracks written by Ricardo Almonte
Artwork by Erin Battaglia (ohmyflippinggraphics.com)
Recorded & Mastered by Jamie Curran

presented by
Cheese ‘N’ Beer
catered by
Escoffiette
in association with
Alphabet City Soup
and sponsored by the
Antagonist Art Gallery

I/O Chip Music NYC

Monday March 7 2011
21+
FREE
730pm

Animalstyle
PHIL, PA
Joey Mariano is known for bringing a heavily improvised approach to chip music with his Gameboy Foot controller + the 8bit fuzz pedal. Currently he is working with the Sega Genesis, and producing NES cartridge albums with No Carrier.

filefreakout.com/animalstyle/

Chipocrite
PHIL, PA
Paul Weinstein (former bassist of MJ Project, Philly’s favorite jamtronfusion monstergroup) started making music with Game Boys in early 2009. It’s exciting, it’s pretty cool, and, above all, it’s some of the most fun he’s ever had making music. Enjoy!

www.chipocrite.com/

Rhinostrich
BRKLYN, NY
…is a monster, and wields a wicked pair of GP32X’s with which he lays down a set of hardcore beats and dance grooves using Little Piggy Tracker.

www.rhinostrich.com/

Iron Curtain
BRKLYN, NY
Samuel “Iron Curtain” Abram arms his Game Boy with an LSDJ cart full of tracks from his album “Saturday Thirst” for his debut.

www.samuelabram.com/

visuals by:
Batsly Adams
An electrical engineer who struggles with seeing anything to completion (that’s not awesome).

www.batslyadams.com/

I/O
at

Niagara Bar
112 Avenue A
b/w 7th St and Ave A
New York NY 10009

Directions:
F train to 2nd Ave/6 train to Astor Place

Google Map:

bit.ly/gIDiWp

I/O is a monthly chip music and visuals show in New York City’s Lower East Side. I/O is free to play and free or low cost to attend, with the aim of providing exposure and new audiences for chip musicians and visualists.

iochipmusic.com

presented by Alphabet City Soup
hosted by The Antagonist Art Movement
antagovision.com

I/O Chip Music/Visual Art
at
Vaudeville Park
Brooklyn, NY

Saturday, Jan 29 2011
All Ages
$5
6-10pm

Musicians:

noteNdo
notendo.com/

Natty
natty.bandcamp.com/album/the-gra … urope-2010

Dauragon
www.dauragon.com/

DaPantz
dapantz.com/

Disassembler
sect7.net/

Facundo
facundo.bandcamp.com

Visualists:

noteNdo
notendo.com

InvaderBacca
invaderbacca.tumblr.com/

Visualicious
imagima.com/

HN_i_C
hockeynightincanada.com/

I/O Chip Music – Visuals
at

Vaudeville Park
26 Bushwick Ave
(corner of Bushwick and Devoe St)
Brooklyn NY 11211

Directions:
L train to Graham Ave

Google Map:
brk.to/o9a

I/O is a monthly chip music and visuals show in New York. I/O is free to
play and free or low cost to attend, with the aim of providing exposure and
new audiences for chip musicians and visualists.
www.iochipmusic.com

Hosted by Vaudville Park
Vaudville Park was started by Ian Colletti as an event space catering to artists and performance groups in the Williamsburg and Bushwick neighborhoods of Brooklyn. Open to collaborative and cross-disciplinary experimentation, Vaudville Park welcomes proposals for actions that trample on the conventional distinctions between artistic disciplines, styles, between the performer and audience, body and mind, hem and haw, pot and kettle, etc.
www.vanishingridges.com/vaudville/

I/O Chip Music NYC

Monday Jan 10 2011
21+
FREE
730pm

Rockman
/
Ramiro Navarro, aka Rockman, has been completing his studies in visual

arts, at the ASAB (superior academy of arts in Bogota, Columbia). His art

is based in noise and 8 bit sounds, and consists in the composing of his

own sequences directly on a classic Nintendo Gameboy.

www.myspace.com/rockmanlab

Zen Albatross
/
Zen Albatross is a chipmusician, artist and journalist from Brooklyn, NY

who likes to write about art, airships, bleeps, bloops and other swell

things.

zenalbatross.net/

Note!
/
“I’m a person. Making music. In a place. With toys. Meant for tots.. “
note.monoanimal.com/

visuals by:
TBA

I/O
at

Niagara Bar
112 Avenue A
b/w 7th St and Ave A
New York NY 10009

Directions:
F train to 2nd Ave/6 train to Astor Place

Google Map:
bit.ly/esZZSG

I/O is a monthly chip music and visuals show in New York City’s Lower

East Side. I/O is free to play and free or low cost to attend, with the aim of

providing exposure and new audiences for chip musicians and visualists.

ioshownyc.blogspot.com

presented by Alphabet City Soup
hosted by The Antagonist Art Movement
antagovision.com