8static 4F – Philadelphia's Monthly Chip Music Show Saturday, October 8th, 2016 8:00pm at Vox Populi – ALL AGES! Tickets $7-$10 – exclusive sticker with $10 entry http://8static.com/ Live video stream on Twitch @8static We are excited to present another fantastic show at Vox Populi! As always, the show is ALL AGES. Be sure to bring your own work (with an easy set up) to participate in Open Mic! Show starts 8 PM with Open Mic, followed by the following talented acts: Music: This month Rolly Mingwald will be playing a special show in honor of the new album release. Rolly Mingwald (CT) https://rollymingwald.bandcamp.com/ Dauragon (DC) http://www.dauragon.com/ SKGB (PHL) https://skgb.bandcamp.com/

8static 4E – Philadelphia's Monthly Chip Music Show Saturday, September 10th, 2016 7:00pm at Vox Populi – ALL AGES! Tickets $7-$10 – exclusive sticker with $10 entry Live video stream on Twitch @8static We are excited to present another fantastic show at Vox Populi! This month will be a showcase of all Philadelphia performers. As always, the show is ALL AGES. Be sure to bring your own work (with an easy set up) to participate in Open Mic! No workshop this month, we have 4 acts so let's party! Show starts 8 PM with Open Mic, followed by the following talent acts: goto80 (SWE) ——————- Goto80 is a lo- fi artist and researcher who has been called “the most prolific chip music artist” (Computer Music Magazine). Since his first steps in the demoscene 1992 he has developed his own mix of pop, beats and craft. He is currently focusing on live improvisation and text graphics together with Raquel Meyers, and they have performed at Transmediale and Bonniers Konsthall. Goto80 also runs the blog/label Chipflip, the text graphics research http://blogtext-mode.tumblr.com , and internet2008.se. http://www.goto80.com/ boaconstructor (SEA) ————– Since 2012, Michael Bradley (AKA boaconstructor) has been incorporating the styles of dubstep, hip hop, trap, Jersey/B-More club, footwork, and grime into his extensive creative pallet for modern bass music production using nanoloop and LSDJ. His distinctive take on West Coast bass music has kept dance floors raucous and unruly all over North America. https://thebasebitrecs.bandcamp.com/album/tbbr004-loop-dreams Trey Frey (PHL) —————– With a knack for crafting sounds with a surprising fidelity that defies their Game Boy source, Trey Frey has been blowing up in the chip music scene with his explosive dance music since his beginnings on 8bitcollective in 2010. In the years since, Trey has continuously made LSDJ users question their tracking skills with each album release. We're excited to have him back for special HI-FI performance here at 8static! https://treyfrey.bandcamp.com/ Kite Splash (DET) ————- Coming all the way from Detriot, Kite Splash brings their unique and complex Playstation Portable sound to Philly! https://soundcloud.com/kitesplash Visuals: Cheap Dinosaurs (PHL) ——— Returning this month will be Dino delivering his own unique style and tastes to the visual screen!

8static 4B – Philadelphia's Chip Music Show Saturday, June 11th, 2016 7:00pm at Vox Populi – ALL AGES! Tickets $7-$10 – exclusive sticker with $10 entry 319 N 11th St #3, Philadelphia, PA 19107 Live video stream on Twitch @8static We are back to monthly shows at our new venue and ALL AGES again! Workshop 7pm: TBA Open Mic 8pm – 5 min/one song max! Showtime 9pm ap0c (PHL) —— Steve Lakawicz (ap0c) uses chiptune and tuba and synths and drums and sometimes memes to create the chipsounds that people like sometimes. He will be joined by Kev Ragone on drums – The duo is calling themselves " p0cky br0s ". Be on the look out for "orange soundcloud ball". https://ap0c.bandcamp.com/ exileFaker (NYC) —— Since late 2008, Alex Kiefer (exileFaker) has been composing music for the Nintendo Game Boy. His sound is the result of careful selection from among the products of who knows what unconscious processes. https://soundcloud.com/exilefaker sylcmyk (NYC) —— sylcmyk is a musical experiment influenced by a plethora of apple sauce, funky jazz, classical music, video games from the 90s & kawaii things! It's the moniker of SYLVESTER DRAGGON JR, a classical pianist & composer who spent a large portion of his childhood playing Sonic 3, collecting Pokémon cards, watching Toonami & practicing Chopin. https://soundcloud.com/sylcmyk Visuals: Claire Kwong (NYC) —— Claire Kwong makes interactive art and glitchy visuals to dramatize her personal experience with technology. Claire works across mediums, including digital, installation, and performance art. Her artwork explores how technology mediates human identity, interaction, and the body. http://clairekwong.com/

8STATIC Philly’s premier 8-bit/chiptune concert and video party, returns this month with music performances by Ovenrake, Inverse Phase and Nanode. Dino Lionetti of Cheap Dinosaurs will provide live visuals throughout the show. Baltimore’s Brendan Becker, known by his stage name Inverse Phase , uses Atari, Commodore, and Nintendo hardware to compose his own chiptune music and video game soundtracks. He regularly speaks and hosts workshops on game music, chiptunes, and composing. He’s also known for Pretty Eight Machine , his Nine Inch Nails tribute album. His live sets are unpredictable and always entertaining. Ovenrake is the performing alias of Philly-based musician Dakota Clark. An 8static veteran, he writes electronic music using various pieces of hardware and software — all under the umbrella of low-fidelity sounds — but his primary instrument is the Nintendo Game Boy. His music spans a wide spectrum of styles and emotions, from funky and danceable to ambient and reflective. Hailing from Connecticut, Sam Sher, a.k.a. Nanode , is a lo-fi and EDM producer who works in various programs, such as Nanoloop, LSDJ and Ableton Live 9. His dream of making music came to life starting in 2013 with several projects and collaborative efforts; today, he’s producing fun, exciting music for people of all ages and backgrounds. Dino Lionetti (of the Philadelphia-based chiptune band Cheap Dinosaurs ) will be accompanying each musician with his unique visuals, all entirely handmade in a program known as Processing. Using his own algorithms and key commands, Dino interprets the live audio and creates beautiful psychedelic backdrops. 8static will kick off with an informative workshop at 7 p.m., in which Inverse Phase will present the second of a two-part discussion on the demoscene and underground computer art in the 70s and 80s. The presentation will be followed by open mic at 8 (five minutes/one song max.) and the main show at 9.

8STATIC 48 • CHEAP DINOSAURS ♠ FLOOR BABA ♦ L-TRON ♣ PIXELSEED February 26th, 2016 by Kev 8static, Philly’s premier 8-bit/chiptune audio/visual party is back at Vox Populi Saturday, March 12th, 2016 ! We have a ridiculous performer and visualist line-up to shake your post-MAGFest blues (Do you still have it… Were you even there?) . Vox Populi is at 319 N 11th St., Philadelphia. [ facebook event ] Saturday, March 12th! The show starts at 7pm, is ALL AGES , and tickets are $7-$10 . Schedule of events below: Workshop/Open Mic Workshop 7pm: Inverse Phase will present the demoscene in "My spinning cube is better than your spinning cube – Pushing computers from the 70s and 80s to the absolute max". Q&A to follow http://www.inversephase.com/ Visual Performance PixelSeed ( BAL ) Fresh off this year's MAGFest visualist circuit, Baltimore’s Pixelseed aka Sean Smith, is a man dedicated to his craft. Combining elements of animation, original film footage, and circuit-bent electronics and channeling it all through his more than twenty years of experience, Pixelseed goes above and beyond to ensure his visual creations match the musician he is paired with not just in terms of timing, but in mood and style. http://pixelseed.com/ Performers Cheap Dinosaurs ( PHL) Cheap Dinosaurs will be performing an all video game cover set as their alter-egos Autoscroll. MAGfest 2016 marked their resurgence after 3 years with a performance and release of a new demo: https://autoscroll.bandcamp.com/ L-Tron ( NYC ) L-tron completed his first symphony at the age of 2 using only a touch tone phone and a Yak Bak. For decades he has steeped his dance music in a bouquet of filth. Today, he has no choice but to lick his cartridges clean before each set. Smear a bucket of melted Tamagotchis to create progressive house music, and you're listening to L-Tron. His melodies will awaken lush visions, blowing the dust off your forgotten daydream. Possessing you with dirty drops, Megaman's dick, and lowest intentions… you'll lose your shit and never get it back. https://l-tron.bandcamp.com/ FLOOR BABA ( OH ) FLOOR BABA is a jazz fusion artist and ex-game composer based out of Youngstown, Ohio. He also curates the netlabel and online music venue DESKPOP. https://floorbaba.bandcamp.com/

If you haven't heard already, we're incredibly excited to announce our third annual 8static Festival! It's set to take place the weekend of Oct. 15-17, 2015, once again at the First Unitarian Church in Philadelphia! The past two festivals have been absolutely amazing and unforgettable, and we feel confident that we're going to (somehow) make things even more awesome this year. UPDATE: We've announced 10 of our performers, and TICKETS ARE ONSALE NOW! Visit 8staticfestival.com to learn more and get yours. Tickets are $20 for each night, or $50 for all three nights — but act fast, the three-day passes aren't gonna be that cheap forever. Stay tuned for more artist announcements, ticket links, and other pertinent information as it becomes available. For now, we can promise to again host 30 musicians and visual artists representing the entire global chiptune community — local, regional, national, worldwide! — and a wide variety of unique styles. You can expect to hear more details from us very soon, because we have some fantastic things in store for you, and we can't keep them quiet for much longer… And if you'd like to help out, click below to donate to our festival via Paypal! We appreciate any help you can provide; even a small donation can make a huge difference in terms of helping us gain more and more momentum with each year's festival and keeping this thing going. Here are the details so far: 8static 47 – 8static Festival 2015 Celebrating our 7th year anniversary! This event is ALL AGES! Thursday, October 15th – Saturday, October 17th, 2014 6:00pm at the First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St., Philadelphia 19103 FEATURING: random Cheap Dinosaurs Marshall Art Storm Blooper NO CARRIER Ultrasyd Bit Shifter Inverse Phase Mail Order Monsters ohhinaifu $20 per day $50 for advance 3-day pass Get your tickets here

8static, Philly’s premier 8-bit/chiptune audio/visual party, is back at a new venue and ALL AGES again! We have a killer lineup for this benefit show to raise money to improve our events and raise festival awareness. Famitracker Worksop/Open Mic In the tradition of 8static's past, we will kick things off with an informative workshop by ap0c on composing with famitracker at 7pm, followed by open mic at 8pm (five minutes/one song max.), and dive right into the show at 9pm. Don’t miss it! Visual Performance SBthree ( Rochester, NY ) Using a mix of extremely simple 3-D objects and abstract pixel art, Steven Boyar ( SBthree ) creates looping animations and strings them together to music. A handful of glitchy video effects are added for good measure. It's anyone's guess how the scientist plans to hypnotize us. Performers Danimal Cannon ( Buffalo, NY ) Guitarist, chiptuner, producer, engineer, MUSICIAN. You might know this Buffalo, NY, native from work with Armcannon , Metroid Metal , or Weaponex or his numerous PAX and MAGfest appearances, his acclaimed 2011 album "Roots," or "Parallel Processing," his collaboration with Zef. But until you catch his impossible grooves and clever hooks, unmistakable guitar solos and intricate LSDJ arrangements live, you don't know Danimal Cannon . TREY FREY ( PHL ) Straight outta the WV, and recently relocated to Philadelphia, Trey Frey creates music using two synced 1989 gameboys. His 2014 album 'Refresh' quickly cemented him at the forefront of the chip music scene with soaring, catchy melodies, intricate sound design, and a respect and understanding for dance music. Solarbear ( PHL ) Another Philly transplant moving in all the way from Lexington, Kentucky. Solarbear makes progressive metal chiptunes with a bit of that good feelin' thrown in. If you're ready to dance… step aside and let the moshers in.

So much to update! Let's get right to it… First, again, this month's 8static is Saturday, Sept. 20th . The lineup includes a few local-boys-done-good and some far-away favorites on both music and visuals. You'll marvel at the unpredictable, experimental, electric and eclectic sounds and sights of our own SKGB ! You'll have your ears rocked right off your head by Kansas City-based superstar Shoujo Eyes !! And you'll continue to wonder who stole all the ice cream with Philly mainstay Storm Blooper !!! All while being drenched in colors and eye-pleasing animations from ohhinaifu !!!! So much excitement, so many opportunities to use exclamation marks, and even more reasons to not miss this one. Next, just a friendly reminder that tickets for this year's 8static Festival , Oct. 16-18 at the First Unitarian Church in Philly, are on sale now! We've already announced 2/3rds of the lineup and will be completing the set in just a few days, so get your tickets now while they're still hot. And speaking of tickets, we're excited to share a super cool show at Philly's Mann Center for the Performing Arts just the day before this month's 8static. Kick off your awesome, video-game-music-inspired weekend Friday, Sept. 19, at The Mann with "Pokemon: Symphonic Evolutions," the official Pokemon live orchestral concert! "Pokemon: Symphonic Evolutions" will take audiences of all ages on a powerful musical retrospective through the popular video game franchise's most memorable melodies. The show gives loyal fans and newcomers a chance to experience the evolution of the franchise through all‐new orchestral arrangements and carefully timed visuals drawing from all the classic and recent Pokemon video games. If you're a Pokemon fan, you absolutely will not want to miss this truly unique experience. (And you won't want to miss the two arrangements from Jake Kaufman, a.k.a. Virt, who is performing at our festival!) But wait, there's more! 8static and The Mann are thrilled to offer you a special discount! You can get 15% off of Orchestra B and C tickets by using passcode "Masterball" (no quotes) at checkout. Click here for more info and here to buy tickets directly! Hope to see you at one— no, some— NO, ALL of these ridiculously sweet events!

Kris Keyser ♠ Warez Waldo ♣ Goferboy ♦ Let's Disinfect! July 30th, 2014 by chipocrite As promised, August 2014′s 8static is a BEAST. It's a NYC and NYC-ish-area takeover!! We've got some returning favorites and unique chip all- stars taking the stage, so I think it's more than safe to say a good time is guaranteed for all. Anyone who has seen Goferboy before knows he's one of the most energetic, flashy and unpredictable performers in the world of chip. Get ready to get down with some awesome tunes and awesome times! Warez Waldo ? I'll tell you warez. This is an exciting new project from renaissance man Carl Peczynski, whom you might remember from such chip personas as Oxygenstar, Radlib, SadNES, and a million others. I'm told he hails from the planet Zaxxon and "is interested in one thing: to provide the people of Earth with smooth grooves and sassy vibes." Soundblaster 16 jams? Yes please. But get ready to really kick it up with Kris Keyser , another extremely intense and amazing musician (and all-around nice guy, too). Kris's unforgettable blend of catchy, melodic and impressive Game Boy tunes and high-energy onstage antics make him an incredible live performer you will absolutely not want to miss. And finally, on visuals and performing a set of his own will be Let's Disinfect , whom you might remember from Thorazine Unicorn. His set promises to include a variety of eclectic electronics, and his visuals are sure to leave a lasting impression! Be there!! Facebook event

It's only Monday, but July's 8static is less than a week away! So better start working for the weekend and hyping yourself up RIGHT NOW… You only have a few days. First up, we've got hunterquinn making the trek all the way from Cincinnati. He'll rock your face off with some dirty, heavy LSDJams. Exciting! Making an even further hike is Watabou , who also promises a full-on Game Boy assault. Hailing from Ann Arbour, Michigan, Watabou describes his project as an "amalgamation of extensive electronic programming, punishing physical externalization, subconscious realization, and constructive manipulation" of art and himself. Awesome! And we're really looking forward to bringing you Casshern ! You've seen him manning the clipstream live feed; you've marveled at his open mic masterpieces; you've felt less well-dressed than him. Now you'll get the chance to rock out with him during his first full 8static set. Outstanding! And finally, but not least, we've got Hekkate on visuals. This will also be her first full set at 8static, and you can expect plenty of color, beauty and amazement. Spectabulous!!!

Mason May's 8static (M8static?) features a perfect, classic lineup that truly celebrates what's so awesome about the chiptune world: A heavy-hitting dance machine, a local superstar, an international treat, and a visual mastermind. I challenge you to come up with a bill that's more exciting and diverse than that! TREY FREY will be returning from West Virginia with his unbelievable, danceable and unforgettable dance tracks. Fresh on the heels of his outstanding new release, "Refresh," Trey has been wowing crowds all over the place, from his performance at 8static Festival in October to MAGFest in January and all points between and beyond. He's one of those guys who truly pushes the boundaries of the Game Boy sound chip, so you'll want to be there for this opportunity to see him up close. We're excited to bring back hometown hero Saint for another set full of smooth chip jams and unexpected surprises. Dain is a Philly mainstay and a local renaissance man, whose versatile experiences outside of the music world truly do translate into his tunes. You never know what you're gonna get during a Saint set — funky pop, sweet vocals, intense dance jams, proggy masterpieces… Come to the show and find out what he's got in store for us this month! You're also not going to want to miss Men Of Mega , a fantastic international surprise. One half of this awesome Holland-based duo will be bringing his fun, catchy, cheerful brand of chip across the Atlantic to rock Philly and represent the legendary EINDBASS crew! Finally, but not least, on visuals is Baltimore's unique and talented pixelseed . This dude has a knack for finding themes that match up perfectly with each performer, and his sets with TREY FREY in particular have gone down in history as uncanny matchups. Your eyes will not want to miss this! Facebook event here

Ro-Bear ♠ SNESEI ♣ Mr. Wimmer ♦ ohhinaifu March 16th, 2014 by chipocrite Flier by ohhinaifu You know, they say March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. But regardless of what happens in terms of the notoriously unpredictable Philly-area weather, we're gonna have to amend that silly old trope in order to make up for the fact that the next 8static takes place at the very end of the month and features a killer, super-exciting lineup. This show — which we'll again hold at The North Star Bar & Restaurant , 2639 Poplar Street, Philadelphia — promises to take us into the Spring in a manner that will be anything but lamb-like. Kentucky's classy Mr. Wimmer will bring his instrument- and vocal-infused chip rock to the stage. You might recall hearing him play some of his dreamy, Roy Orbison-influenced songs at previous open mics. We're all very excited to see a full set, and you should be too! Speaking of open mics, you also might've seen SNESEI showing off his super fun tunes before the main acts at previous 8statics. Hailing all the way from Detroit, SNESEI has already warned us that he plans to rock every single face with a high-energy, extremely danceable set. He's a colorful character with even more colorful songs. Rounding out the musical portion of this month's bill is Philly's own Ro- Bear , who will be returning to 8static to play some of his trademark melodic, meditative emo-chip awesomeness. He's been a Philly staple for years, and his sets are always intelligent, fun and beautiful, so you should be excited to see what he's got in store for us! On the visual side, ohhinaifu is a super- talented, self-described "Pixel artist, Visualist, Illustrator, Graphic Designer, video game enthusiast" who will dazzle your senses. She's also trekking from Michigan, so come on out and support her and these other decidedly more-lion-than-lamb performers as we carry you into April! Facebook event: Invite your friends here!!

If you were at last month's 8static, you know how excellent The North Star Bar & Restaurant , 2639 Poplar Street, Philadelphia, is as a venue for our event. Many, many thanks to the North Star staff for helping us put on a great and successful show! With that in mind, we're excited to be hosting February's lineup there once again. Please join us at our fantastic new home! You'll see music from return performer Disassembler , who has been hitting up the open mics in recent months with his creative, melodic Nanoloop/LSDJ compositions. It's been almost two years since we've seen him onstage for a full set, so we're stoked to have him back! And it's been almost a full year since we've heard the dark and hypnotic sounds of Dauragon on the 8static stage. Another unique Nanoloop user, Dauragon is known for getting a truly original feel out of the program: moody and funky, danceable and intelligent. Finally, you'll get a bit of a different set from me, Chipocrite . Instead of planning out a setlist in advance, I'm going to be rolling a 20-sided die to pick each song, live and on the spot. You might get some old favorites, some rare covers, some new stuff.. I dunno! Don't miss this unforgettable (in a good way, hopefully) "Chip O' Chance" experiment! For your eyes' enjoyment, visuals will be provided by everyone's favorite, Animal Style . What a renaissance man! Get tix here Facebook event here

PLEASE NOTE: January's 8static will be at The North Star Bar & Restaurant , 2639 Poplar Street, Philadelphia. Happy New Year from everyone here at 8static! We hope you all had a fantastic holiday season, however you spent it. We've been keeping ourselves busy with various important and exciting projects: fulfilling Kickstarter rewards, planning and performing at the greatest music/video game convention of all time , putting the final touches on long-awaited new albums… You know, the usual. But fear not! We haven't been so busy that the show couldn't go on, and we're stoked to announce this month's unique and awesome 8static lineup, set for this Saturday, January 11. We've got music from Auxcide , who is known for creating a sonic assault of Game Boys synced with synths and other external hardware. Not only did he recently wow the audience during the Chiptune Showcase at the aforementioned MAGFest, he also just released not one but TWO albums on the 8static label . Also on the bill is Phoenix-based chip-hop rapper Mega Ran . Originally a Philly native himself, Mega Ran has become a mainstay of VGM-related conventions and events over the past few years, and he consistently puts on an energetic, entertaining show that always gets the crowd going. And even though the holidays have come and gone, we have a special gift for you this month: Philly chip supergroup Cheap Dinosaurs will finally be releasing a new collection of studio recordings!! The album, titled "Triangle Trash," features the definitive versions of several of the group's live staples. It's a true full-band effort, where guitars and Game Boys blend seamlessly to create a wall of chip-prog sound that will truly rock your face off, all tied together by group leader Dino Lionetti's impeccable production skills. Come to the show and be among the first to own the album on CD! Visuals will be provided by SBThree , who is making the trek all the way down from Rochester, NY, to fill your eyes with wonder and amazement. Facebook event: Invite your friends here!!

Style Welcome back to our first show since 8static Festival last month! This will be our first show at Underground Arts , just a few blocks south of our old venue. It's one of the city's most exciting new spots, and we're stoked to be moving our event there. So spend a night out of the cold and get away from the Thanksgiving shopping insanity at 8static on November 30th. First up, we have one of the heavy hitters at 8static fest, Trey Frey ! Currently living in West Virginia, Trey has been crafting intense electro-dance LSDJ jams around the mid- Atlantic region for a few years now. Using up to four game boys simultaneously, Trey's wizardry has built a reputation for one of the most exciting young performers in the chip scene. After bringing down the house at BRKFest and 8static Fest, he'll treat us to one more show before making his MAGFest debut on the main stage in January! 8static's own Animal Style will be returning to his first 8static in over a year. Much of his music is new and unheard unless you attending some of the other events he's played around the area. Animal Style has always pushed the envelope for creativity and mixed media with his music. He's written many fantastic tracks on Game Boy, NES, Sega Genesis and more, accompanied by his custom square-wave distorted guitar, nebulaphones and byte beats. We can assure you that this show will be full of similar surprises. Coming all the way down from Boston, we welcome Glenntai in his 8static debut. A seminal voice in the chip scene with his clip stream show, Glenntai is also known for his highly energetic and hype stage performance. Don't miss this chance to see one of Boston's gems. Last but not least, Defiant Systems is playing his first main-stage spot for 8static. Originally writing a lot of dark and moody industrial-influenced compositions on LSDJ, he's begun moving into crafting tracks on the Philly-fave console, the Sega Genesis! Visuals will be provided by Philly’s own Enerjawn , whom you might remember from last month's festival (if you were able to piece your brain back together after his set). He's been known to mix VHS tapes, optical feedback and general visual insanity, so make sure your eyes are ready. We know ours are… so, "see" you there! Facebook event: Invite your friends here!!

8static Festival – THIS WEEKEND! October 16th, 2013 by suidroot This weekend October 17, 18th, and 19th we are excieted to present the 8static Festival at the First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia in partnership with the Grass Roots Gaming Conference For up to date information head over to http://www.8staticfestival.com/ . Hope you can make it out!

"it's gonna feel really awesome to be back home with the @8static fam next week <3" -tweet from @skgbdub Bubblyfish's experimental touch is set to ignite. Every time we see her she's doing something different, something new, something that's undeniable. Mixing intricate melodies with innovative sound scapes and beats, Bubblyfish will make you dance and think at the same time. "hey @8static props for holding the line. bastions of #chiptune" – tweet from @brightprimate With titles like "Jean Luc" and "Polywrath," you know this is gonna get real. Danimal Cannon combines guitar virtuosity with metal influenced gameboy programming. Armed with an expertise in VGM shredding, he creates hard pounding chip music with a sensibility that stays authentic and true to his video game roots. "#baconinstructor" – hashtag started by @solarbearchip Working with artists like IAYD, Boaconstructor brings the gameboy dub remix to a height not seen before. Ingenuity and ingenious programming combine for an in your face fist of the bacon instructor indeed. "The next 8static is Sat Aug 24th – Bubbly Fish, Danimal Cannon, Boaconstructor – visuals by CHiKA at philaMOCA 531 N 12th St" -tweet from @8static We could say "visuals created by," or "on visuals," but lets just say… innovating every aspect of the visual spectrum, we have CHiKA . Her approach creates amazing art that moves. She manipulates stretches and modifies in real time using breathtaking color palettes and striking imagery. All of this is performed with a musical sensibility to perfectly compliment the musician. CHiKA is a veteran visualist having backed up huge artists like Bit Shifter at the 2010 Blip Festival. "3 days of CHIP MUSIC AHOY! Oct 17th,18th,19th 8staticfestival.com " -tweet from @8static For the workshop this month Brian Cohen of Restore the 4th leads a brief #cryptoparty talk. Brian will show how properties of numbers can be used to build the basis of cryptography and will introduce basic usage of GNU Privacy Guard (GPG). We're getting started early this week – about 6:45 so please show up early for this. Don't forget about the 21+ after party! Join us at the Institute down the street for another amazing Radlib set. Chill out or continue to dance. Good drinks and food. Tip your bartender! See ya there!

Elizabeth 8static is this Saturday June 8th! To start the party, NO CARRIER, one of the founders of 8static, will continue his workshop series on live visuals and game hardware. A veteran Philadelphia hacker and visualist currently residing in New York, NO CARRIER will teach us how to create visuals for the Nintendo Entertainment System! The workshop follows with our 60 minute open mic, and then our headliners: First Act: Storm Blooper started as a regular at our open-mics, started playing small shows around Philadelphia, and now rightfully takes the opener 8static slot! All grown up? Don’t count on it. Storm Blooper keeps his sense of humor. Direct, fun, and batteries fully charged, these are Gameboy tracks to keep you dancing! Second Act: The high-speed chip pop of Kentucky! Kentucky? Damn straight! Solarbear writes for Gameboy and what comes out is fast, melodic, and caffeinated. Get ready to spill some Kentucky all over the stage and into the crowd. This act is a lot of fun to watch! Final Act: Hailing from Paris, France, we are excited to present the headliner Ultrasyd! Gaining momentum after a European tour and a veteran of Blipfestival 2011, Ultrasyd writes insistent and hypnotic music with a demoscene-meets-house sound. Get ready for some french house music through the Atari ST, Gameboy, and other vintage computers! After party: After the last act, we continue the party one block down at the Institute. The legendary DJ Cutman will be spinning the best video game remixes ever!!!

It's been beautiful outside since last 8static, but time for us to converge once more indoors for an amazing show on May 11th at PhilaMOCA ! 8-bit pimp & chip- hop pioneer, A_Rival is coming out from the Bay Area and starting off his mini- tour at 8static to support his new album, TRUTHCANNON. This means all new tracks debuting live at our show! Come listen at the show or tune in to Arecibo radio to get a preview before anyone else! A_Rival has composed music for high profile releases like "Street Fighter X Megaman" and "Super Street Fighter II Turbo: HD Remix". Long-time 8static friend, Inverse Phase will be making his 8static debut this month! Inverse Phase is the man behind the legendary Nine Inch Nails tribute album, "pretty eight machine" and video game composer for games such as shuttle scuttle & super smash land. He will be hitting us with a few surprises this show, don't be surprised if some of audience winds up on stage participating during he set! Philadelphia's own Saint , of cipher prime studios, will be treating us to all new, vocal-based, jams. Last time he jammed out with an entirely improvised set, it's always exciting to see saint perform and bring us something new! Stopping off at 8static as part of his east coast tour, we have Watabou from Detroit playing a miniset to start off the show! Don't be surprised to find him off stage in the audience, screaming into the mic during he set. Watabou always brings an energy to the show like no other! On visuals we have Radionarcotix coming all the way down from Portland, Maine to make his 8static debut! Looking forward to seeing his visuals combined with our three video game composers at this show! Ever wonder what a POKEY sounds like? Or how the 2a03 differs from the SID?? What the hell is a VRC6? Well Inverse Phase will also be hosting our workshop this month and answering those questions for you! He explaining and demonstrating the signature sounds of different chipsets and clarifying all the mystery many seem to have about those sounds! If that isn't enough A_Rival for you, He will also be blasting tracks at our after-party! Join us upstairs at The Institute Bar down the block and hear him DJ some rad grooves!! Also don't forget, as an 8static patron your bill will be 10% off! Admission will be a sliding scale of $7-$10. Those that support 8static with a $10 admission fee will receive a special sticker exclusive to this month's show! Spread the word and get your friends to join us at another amazing 8static at PhilaMOCA !!! RSVP at our Facebook event: Invite your friends here!!

Br1ght Pr1mate • Note! • Dauragon • Environmental Sound Collapse April 2nd, 2013 by emfed Poster design by Julie Elizabeth Spring is here, time to leave your homes & come to the next 8static on April 13th at PhilaMOCA ! We've got another fantastic show of national acts planned for you this month!! First we have the legendary Br1ght Pr1mate returning from their winter hibernation in Boston. After playing such big events as MAGFest 11 and PAX East, it will great to welcome back to a more intimate environment at 8static! The duo, composed of intricate LSDJ dance jams with soulful female vocals, are potential future superstars in the scene. Having crafted a special Star Trek-themed set for our Tuesday Tune-out series (complete with costumes and new songs!), they will be bringing all that hard work to show at 8static proper! Animal Style will be sharing his custom visuals for their set. It's been over a year since Note! 's last show at 8static and he will be coming back this month with all new material for his upcoming album release (possibly available at the show!). Note!'s infectious & complex dance grooves will keep all of us on our feet during his set. We really look forward to having him back since our move to PhilaMOCA. One of our most original sounding musicians is coming up from Washington, D.C. Dauragon has mastered the art of super-bass on the Gameboy with nanoloop. Deep, heavy beats with compelling grooves are just the start to his performance as his dark & somber melodies flow in you will be mesmerized by his sonic curtain. Definitely not something you wanna miss if you've never experienced his set before! Joining us all the way from Chicago we are treated to a rare opportunity to experience a live set by Environmental Sound Collapse . E.S.C. will challenge your senses with dark, experimental compositions that are very uncommon lately in the chip music scene. E.S.C. will also be providing us visuals for the night. We welcome our longtime friend to his 8static debut and can't wait to see what he brings for us!! Our workshop is back this month with Animal Style giving us some pro-tips on how to solder. This is an ideal place to learn if you've been wanting to tackle some circuit-bending or mod your own equipment, so don't miss it! If that isn't enough for you, Radlib is back at our after-party! Join us upstairs at The Institute Bar down the block and hear him DJ some 80′s tunes!! Also don't forget, as an 8static patron your bill will be 10% off! Admission will be a sliding scale of $7-$10. Those that support 8static with a $10 admission fee will receive a special sticker exclusive to this month's show! Spread the word and get your friends to join us at another amazing 8static at PhilaMOCA !!! RSVP at our Facebook event: Invite your friends here!!

Elizabeth We've got a big show planned for the next 8static on March 9th!! This month we are bringing you four national acts to shake off those February blizzards and celebrate our first anniversary at PhilaMOCA ! The legendary Nullsleep , will be returning to 8static! This scene pioneer should be no stranger to most of you, as he has been a major scene player since the classic chip music era. No one should miss this rare opportunity to see his live set! Nullsleep's dark soundscapes and intelligent dance composition will break through to even the most skeptical listener. It's an honor to have him back at 8static again after what feels like way too long! We had to reschedule scene chameleon, Doomcloud 's set last month due to the blizzard. But he's back on the lineup this month and ready to go all-out! He may perform under many different monikers, but this time he will be completely redefining an existing one! Presenting his live debut of all-live hardware, NES dance music, you could almost call this Doomcloud 2.0! Don't let the name or platform change interrupt your perception of what will be an amazing groove session as we close out the night in style! We have two debuts at this 8static! First, from Grand Rapids, Michigan, we have Noisewaves ! Consisting of a drummer, guitar player and an NES, Noisewaves' music has a bittersweet post-rock influenced sound. They blew us all away at MAGFest 9, had the honor of playing Blip festival 2011 and more recently charmed the audience at Rochester chip fest! Our other newcomer is coming out all the way from Portland, Oregon! Northwest chip scene player, Mechlo is not just a Gameboy musician. He is also known out west for his involvement with Portland's chip music festival, Micropalooza & his popular video game podcast, A Jumps, B Shoots . This is a rare opportunity to witness some great music from across the country, don't miss it! On visuals we have beloved scene staple, " target="_blank">Batsly Adams , cooking up some new eye candy for this show! And another fantastic after-party upstairs at The Institute Bar down the block. this time Radlib will DJ MOD files for us!! Also don't forget, as an 8static patron your bill will be 10% off! Admission will be a sliding scale of $7-$10. Those that support 8static with a $10 admission fee will receive a special sticker exclusive to this month's show! Spread the word and get your friends to join us at another amazing 8static at PhilaMOCA !!! RSVP at our Facebook event: Invite your friends here!!

Melt away that winter chill at 8static on February 9th!! This month we will bring you four amazing performers; all debuting new material live at this show!! Scene chameleon, Doomcloud , may perform under many different monikers, but this time he will be completely redefining an existing one! Presenting his live debut of all-live hardware, NES dance music, you could almost call this Doomcloud 2.0! Don't let the name or platform change interrupt your perception of what will be an amazing groove session as we close out the night in style! Local legend, Ro- Bear , will be bring us some all-new jams this time. Known for producing some of the most elegant and lyrical music on the Gameboy, we can't wait to see what he has in store for us this show! Ricky Brugal may be a new name to 8static, but he definitely isn't a new face. Performing twice before in the past under Da Pantz , Ricky Brugal will making his 8static debut not only with a change in names, but also in style! His musical autobiography has changed pace to reflect his true-life experience and we look forward to seeing his performance! Philadelphia's Cutman may be better known for his chiptune and VGM remix work as Dj CUTMAN, but at this show he will be debuting his set of all-original music for the first time at 8static! Don't be late as he will be opening the performance with his new jams! Coming all the out from Seattle, we welcome demoscene player, Guybrush on visuals!! Formerly of Northern Dragons demo group, we are honored to have him make his east coast performance debut at 8static!! Aside from visuals, Guybrush will also be hosting our workshop, giving us a demoscene rundown and some examples of his work! Our after-party upstairs at The Institute Bar down the block will be a special performance by, Dj CUTMAN , temporarily suspending his hiatus to hang with us!! Also don't forget, as an 8static patron your bill will be 10% off! Admission will be a sliding scale of $7-$10. Those that support 8static with a $10 admission fee will receive a special sticker exclusive to this month's show! Spread the word and get your friends to join us at another amazing 8static at PhilaMOCA !!! RSVP at our Facebook event: Invite your friends here!!

Elizabeth Winter is coming… On January 12th we will celebrate our first show of 2013 in an appropriately dark & beautiful way. A long time friend & supporter of 8static since inception, we welcome back Philadelphia's coldwave giant, Void Vision , this month! You don't have to be a fan of darkwave music to enjoy Void Vision's haunting melodic synths, ethereal vocals & graceful execution of the genre. Void Vision's use of vintage analog synthesizers & gear will bring you back to a part of of the 80′s that was mostly tucked away in underground music scenes. Some of her material has even been arranged on LSDJ especially for 8static! If you haven't had a chance to catch this artist at previous engagements, prioritize this on your calendars now! San Francisco's heavy chip-scene player Crashfaster , will be returning to 8static with a vengeance. Some of you may have caught his solo performance two years ago & will remember his somber EBM / industrial influenced music with vocoder distorted vocals. Crashfaster now has expanded to include a guitarist, drummer & female vocalist to round out the live performance! Crashfaster will be rocking their heavier sound at MAGFest this year, we are proud to welcome them back to 8static on their east coast tour! Emerging artist, SSD Engage , are a trio from Cincinnati, Ohio comprised of members of S.P.R.Y., Sp00ked & Disabletron. Fresh off the release of their new album, "Nostalgia Paradigm", SSD Engage will be treating us to their compelling form of improvisational dance music, utilizing two gameboys & a drum machine. Visuals are always an integral part of the experience we deliver at 8static. Which is why we are honored to celebrate the return of Austin's, Party Time! Hexcellent! !! Anyone who attended Blip Festival 2011 or our 2nd anniversary show in 2010 can attest to her amazing visual work! Many may not consider the visualist when deciding to attend a show… This is the exception to that thought & a serious reason to not miss! 15 years ago, a boy had a dream to make his own Final Fantasy-style RPG, now that dream has come to fruition… Come to our workshop to experience indie-developer, Muteki Corporation's , game series for iOS & PSN, "Dragon Fantasy"! A trilogy designed to take you through accurately represented vintage hardware-specs of the beloved 8-bit, 16-bit & 32-bit eras, respectively. They will have playable units for you to try and will share their inspirational development story of how tragedy led to a successful independent release and eventual support from Sony! Come to our after-party upstairs at The Institute Bar down the block to hear Bay Area resident, DJ Mr. Smith , throw down some industrial tracks. As usual, your bill will be 10% off! Admission will be a sliding scale of $7-$10. Those that support 8static with a $10 admission fee will receive a special sticker exclusive to this month's show! Spread the word and get your friends to join us at another amazing 8static at PhilaMOCA !!! Facebook event: Invite your friends here!!

Poster by animal style Our last show of the year will be on December 8th and will feature some heavy hitters that will showcase some of the chip scene's unusual & complex talent. Philadelphia's progressive rock "chip super- group", Cheap Dinosaurs will be returning to show us all how several unbelievably talented people can collaborate and produce some of the scenes best music. Incorporating live guitar, drums, bass & keyboards along with LSDJ, these veterans of the scene will take you on a musical journey and prepare you for their upcoming headlining performance at MAGFest in January. Do not miss this! Philly-chip wünderkind, SKGB , was born in 8static's early years as an open mic performer and eventually netted himself bigger & bigger gigs. We proudly bring him back to mesmerize us with his conceptual show, "An SKGB Christmas Special". Wear your ugly holiday sweaters to receive free download codes and experience sonic deconstruction that will redefine your preconceptions of what chip music can be. This is not your little brother's Gameboy music. Our special guest is coming all the way from Grand Rapids, MI for their 8static debut. Mail Order Monsters perform all their music live using vintage Commodore 64 gear! It's been way too long to have not had these guys in Philly yet and we are honored to have them play this month! Visuals will be provided by Baltimore's own Pixelseed , also making his 8static debut this month! Resident visualist and organizer of Byte Nyte, Pixelseed has prefers to make a statement with visuals & will turn a mirror on society during his performance that may make you think. Our workshop will be an introduction to performing live visuals using custom software on classic hardware by 8static founder, NO CARRIER . It has been a few years since he has done a workshop with us and we are honored to have him return with a basic session. If you have been wondering how to get involved with performing live visuals, this is the workshop you have been waiting for. Don't miss. NO CARRIER will also be hosting our after-party upstairs at The Institute Bar down the block. He will be performing a digital & chip reggae set & don't forget, your bill will be 10% off! Admission will be a sliding scale of $7-$10. Those that support 8static with a $10 admission fee will receive a special sticker exclusive to this month's show! Spread the word and get your friends to join us at another amazing 8static at PhilaMOCA !!! Facebook event: Invite your friends here!!

Elizabeth Last month's show will be difficult to top, but on November 10th we will have another group of solid, top-tier talent performing at 8static!! Philly-chip guru, Animal Style will be treating us with more of his cerebral, jazz-inspired guitar jams. A true pioneer of the art, Animal Style has played the very first of many 8statics, Blip Festival 2008 & many other major chip events over the last few years. He also is a key member or Cheap Dinosaurs & Autoscroll. Don't miss his innovative blend of chip music & guitar (with his signature square wave distortion)!! Returning to his second performance at 8static, after treating us to a tease at last month's alumni showcase, we have the amazing exileFaker from NYC! A two-time veteran Blip performer, exileFaker is a master of intelligent dance composition and you will not be disappointed. Coming all the way from St. Louis, Missouri, the duo Dream Fox will be making their 8static debut. Also releasing music under the Lame Boyz moniker, Dream Fox have produced a variety of exciting progressive & dance music blends. We are very excited to see what they put together live for us this month! On visuals we have the inimitable veteran, noteNdo !!! This New York based visualist has been performing audio-visual sets for years prior using analog video mixers as Jeff Donaldson. When the chip scene sprang up around NYC noteNdo was born, incorporating more contemporary glitch techniques into his craft. We look forward to having him back at 8static this month to provide a visual backdrop that is not to be missed! Our very own SKGB will be hosting a workshop on using mixers to add amazing texture & twists to your live performances. Anyone who has seen him perform love knows he is already a master at this art, so be at the show by 7pm to check it out. Already becoming a new tradition, we will be hosting an after-party down the block at The Institute Bar . Providing music while we enjoy our discounted food & drink will be local musician, Pixel8ter . So plan for another late night!! Admission will be a sliding scale of $7-$10. Those that support 8static with a $10 admission fee will receive a special sticker exclusive to this month's show! Spread the word and get your friends to join us at another amazing 8static at PhilaMOCA !!! Facebook event: Invite your friends here!!

Poster by animal style We celebrate our 4th anniversary at 8static on October 13th! This will be a very special, all-star event that you won't want to miss at any cost! Back in 2008, the legendary Bit Shifter played the very first 8static at Studio 34. We are very honored to bring him back for our anniversary this month (as he also celebrates his birthday) and blow our minds with amazing LSDJ dance grooves. Coming off his iconic Blip Festival performance this year, Radlib makes his 8static debut and will close out the night with some new material for us. Staging a retro-dance party with dual vintage FM synthesis enabled laptops, he will have everyone on their feet dancing to his upbeat jams. Our very own Philadelphia showcase artist this year is the amazing an0va . A little math-rock permeates his hybrid offerings that are both cerebral and emotional. See why he took the community by storm last year with his debut release, "The Teaching Machine". We are very proud to have him representing phillychip! Last, but not least we have some freshly emerging talent from Michigan, Nikola Whallon . Having a diverse background in music, Nikola has impressed us this year with several killer open mic performances at 8static. He performed at MAGStock (sister event to the blockbuster MAGFest) this summer & we welcome him to our show this month. Our visualists all come from Philly this month. 8static founder, NO CARRIER returns along with Chromacle and Animal Style . This crew will beautify all the fantastic music through our new double-projector setup. Make sure you arrive early because at 8pm we will have a special event at this 8static. Presenting 12 veteran performers from 8statics past, we will debut our Alumni Showcase! An hour long set filled with top talent in the scene will warm you up before the main event begins. There will be some BIG surprises during this. DO NOT MISS! IF you can't make it, be sure to check out our live audio stream on Arecibo Radio and join us at our after-party at The Institute bar down the block where Decktonic will DJ away whatever is left of your energy and inhibitions. Be sure to RSVP to our Facebook event HERE

On September 22nd we celebrate the triumphant return of Buffalo's guitar shredding maestro, Danimal Cannon . Since blowing our minds here one year ago, Danimal has brought his guitar / game boy combo up & down the east coast on tour with rock-opera super-group, the Protomen and rocked huge events such as Blip Festival, MAGFest & PAX East. It's an honor to welcome him back to Philadelphia!! On the other side of the Mason-Dixon line we welcome the 8static debut of LSDJ wizard Trey Frey . Trey's infectious dance grooves & high energy performance has earned him a dedicated fan base in West Virginia & Maryland. His complex & densely-layered jams will surely win over anyone who has yet to experience him live. Oven Rake is joining us from across the country, all the way from Tacoma, WA. Best known for his funky gameboy electronica, last month saw the debut of his entry into post-rock with the Boy's Club project. We can't wait to hear what he will bring to 8static! Philadelphia's own Animal Style twisted our minds with his special blend of organic / digital art for visuals at his last 8static. He has been working on totally new material that he will debut this show! The real-time rendering of game engines opens up possibilities for audiovisual performance. Game art duo Foci + Loci will present an examination of their work process in Little Big Planet 2 providing an opportunity for participants to collectively build and perform in a simulated environment. Join us at 7pm for our workshop hosted by Chris Burke (Glomag) and Tamara Yadao (Corset Lore) and experience a new way to combine music, art & video gaming.

Join us on August 4th for a great line-up of performers! Coming out of Blip 2012, Chipocrite will be performing a farewell to Philadelphia show! His intelligent LSDJ dance jams have been truly inspirational across the community and we will miss him dearly when he leaves. If you haven't seen him yet or are already a huge fan, don't miss this chance as he most likely will not be playing in the area again for some time! Coming down from Boston this month we welcome back Br1ght Pr1mate to Philadelphia. This duo's heavy electronic beats and sultry female vocals have bridged genres across the chip scene and have been an instrumental force in developing the scene at boston8bit. Last, but not least, we are honored to have Smiletron peform with us. Coming all the way from Nashville, Tenessee, we are extremely excited to welcome his super-chill brand of electronic trance as he will debut new material for us this weekend!! The inimitable CHiKA will be back again from NYC doing visuals for us, she always does amazing work and we are sure this time will not be an exception! Our workshop will be Rhythm & Groove in LSDJ, hosted by our own Daniel Davis (an0va). Don't forget to RSVP on facebook and show up early to sign up for open mic (spots always fill up super quick!!)

This month, 8static is going to be an awesome display. Returning to Philly after a far too long is Bubblyfish who's unique, high energy jams get a crowd moving in all the best ways. Also returning to the 8static stage this month is Philly local Dain Saint , who will be performing an improvisational set of his futuristic jazz inspired, but danceable tunes. Making his first appearance for a full set at 8static, we have Watabou , coming all the way from Michigan, his blend of high energy chipmusic with screamed vocals blew minds at the open mic in April. For this month's workshop we have The Dutchess to teach you the basics of how to use Deflemask, a multiplatform tracker with support for many different kinds of soundchips. Also this month, Mash Those Buttons has given us a few copies of Infinity Shred's (formerly Starscream) latest EP, which we will be giving away in between sets with trivia questions, so make sure your brains are ready! Don’t forget to come early to sign up for the open mic spaces are limited! And be sure to join the event on Facebook !

We know some of you couldn't make it to this year's amazing Blip Festival, so this month we've got a treat for you: almost everyone playing this month was featured in some form at this past Blip Fest! Philly's own Chromacle tore through attendees' eyes from the visuals booth at Blip, but here, he's going to be front and center providing an audiovisual barrage. CHILLBRAVE may not have performed as a unit at Blip, but you may have seen Tate (half of CHILLBRAVE) performing with FlashHeart, but don't think you know what's coming. Their pounding, and masterfully composed songs will be sure to get you dancing. If you were there to witness Kris Keyser 's set at Blip Fest you would have seen the cult-like reverence the crowd had for him. If Kris can do one thing, it's drive a crowd, and if he can do another, and we know he can, it's making awesome tunes that will get any crowd pumped. Our final musician this month is none other than MisfitChris . At blip you may have seen him on stage surrounded by the other performers, while the crowd was going nuts. We can't promise that there'll be any worshipping like there was at Blip, but by the end of this set you may have some thoughts about where to direct your prayers. On visuals for the night is the famed mad-scientist/artist Batsly Adams . He blew the crowd's minds at blip and now he's coming back to 8static to show you all what's up. This is a packed show, and it'll surely be an 8static to remember! The workshop this month features DJ Cutman with some pointers on how to get the most out of Ableton Live. As always before the show, and after the workshop there's an open mic, but slots are limited, be sure to come early to sign up! Spread the word on facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/events/309338585815649/

This month we are kicking off Blip Festival week with another exciting 8static at PhilaMOCA. This is another month of amazing artists! Chip’s Challenge from Rochester, NY are coming down to treat you with their pop punk sounds with a 8-bit twist. Next Bubblegum Octopus will melt your face with their frantic spazzpop sound that will bounce you off the walls! The deep strong beats of minusbaby will get your booty shaking, with the rest of Philadelphia. Finally VBLANK will be slinging the pixels on the screen behind the music. This month’s workshop features Marjorie Becker , also known as Chiptography! She’ll be giving a presentation about her years experience documenting chip music performances as the Blip Festival’s unofficial photographer. She’ll also have copies of her first photography book, Blip Festival | New York City | Five Years available for pre-order! Don't forget to come early to sign up for the open mic spaces are limited! Also this month we have a very special raffle featuring one of only two custom shelled DMGs provided by Kitsch-Bent ! Pictures of this awesome new shell can be found here ! Spread the word on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/events/303925183017673/

This month, 8static's lineup is going to seriously blow some minds. For our second show at PhilaMOCA we've got some serious talent for you all. If you've seen him playing at the open mics lately you'll know that Disassembler brings serious bass, and danceable grooves. He'll be treating your ears to his unique brand of Nanoloop beats. Also playing this month is Baltimore's Shawnphase , who takes a different view on things with real rocking jams. With a metal influence and chip medium his awesome tunes are not something to be missed. Third up is a legend both in 8static history and in chip music. All the way from the west coast, after having seen Tokyo and Melbourne, Trash80 is coming to Philly. His last performance in Philadelphia, back in November of 2009, is still spoken of in hushed voices as one of the greatest performances that 8static has ever seen. And keeping your vision entranced, Visualicious will be providing her unique digital stylings. If you've seen her visuals you know it's unlike any other! This is not a show you want to miss! Before the show gets started, at 7pm we'll be having a workshop with Dino Lionetti , of Cheap Dinosaurs, who will be talking about how to write chip music with odd time signatures. The Open mic follows immediately, with limited spots, so come early to sign up! Share and Enjoy:

Y. Kim After much planning and preparation, we're getting ready for our first show at the new location, PhilaMOCA! To get things started at this awesome new place we've got an awesome lineup for you. You might know one of the members as Ro-Bear, and you might have thoroughly rocked out when he played in August, but don't be confused, this month Kill3r Whale is playing 8static. With just the right balance of pop-punk and EDM Kill3r Whale is one of Philly's finest new acts. Another familiar face this month is half of George and Jonathan, known previously only as Jonathan Baken, B4kn is going to be bringing some of his unique brand of danceable-but-rocking chipmusic. Our third musician this month, Knife City is returning to play, and not only that he's going to be releasing his long awaited EP, so get ready to dance your butts off! On visuals all night Jean Y. Kim will be dazzling your eyes with her unique glitched out style. There's no workshop this month so get here at 8 pm to sign up and play the Open Mic. Share and Enjoy:

Poster designed by The Dutchess Well this is unexpected. After three years who ever thought we'd be moving? But we are, so we went ahead and made our last show at Studio 34 a really awesome show! D&D Sluggers , an upstart chip music band from North Carolina is making their way up to Philly and bringing with them their own brand of upbeat chiprock, which is sure to please. SKGB is making a return to the 8static stage, after all, what kind of blowout would it be without a Philly performer. After spending many months studying performance art and tea making in the Himalayas he is returning and bringing with him all kinds of new lessons learned about the dark arts of Drum'n'Bass. Note! has finally made his way onto an 8static lineup. After shaking booties at every show he's played, finishing to immense cheers and cries for more, he's coming to 8static, armed with bassy, dancehall-influenced beats (and the occasional dub horn). It's a good thing this is our last show here because after this set there might not be a floor left to dance on. Animal Style will be providing the visuals for this show, coming with his trademark tripped out genesis stylings, ready to please eyeballs and hype your minds. This month we will also be having a raffle with prizes supplied by Kitsch-Bent ! Composer's Package: GB Smart Cart 64 [EMS] 2 Sets of DMG buttons 2 Sheets of LSDJ Stickers Modder's Package: Triwing Screwdriver Capacitor Replacement Kit 3 sets of DMG buttons 2 sets of mGBz LEDX3 backlight kit 2 Sheets of LSDJ Stickers Raffle tickets are like $1 for 1ticket, $5 for 8tickets, $10 for 14tickets As always remember to RSVP and we'll see you there! Share and Enjoy:

poster designed by enso This month 8static is going to blow you away! Burnkit 2600 is making their way down from Connecticut to make you dance to their circuit bent beat. Graffiti Monsters is making a return to throw down some outlandish jams and rock out. And coming all the way from the west coast is Kool Skull who will be treating your ears to some real Los Angeles chip thrash. On visuals, Philly favorite enso will be making a return! The workshop this month comes from our own Paul Weinstein also known as Chipocrite ! He'll be giving a talk on how to perform live chip music, and even give you the opportunity to work with LSDJ's live mode! Share and Enjoy:

Style Montreal is taking over 8static! This month's 8static is going to be hard core, and no one does that better than these Québécois. Aliceffekt is making a return with new material and his own visuals. XC3N is also back, ready to blow minds with LGPT skills. Pocaillle is doing a full set that will be sure to get you moving. And ??? will be making a rare appearance bringing his unique dub stylings. Throughout the night the Montrealers will be switching off doing visuals and making you move, so get ready for a mind blowing night. Before the show starts we'll already be breaking (or bending) things with Sam Cusumano of Electricity for Progress , who will be doing a workshop on circuit bending. As always there's an open mic, and don't forget to RSVP ! Share and Enjoy:

Ro-Bear playing at 8static Summer may be starting to cool down, but 8static is just heating up. While many would describe it as cool, this month's lineup will be anything but relief from the heat. Ro-Bear is back bringing fresh jams and old favorites, ready to rock brains; FlashHeart is making their 8static debut, with the familiar, but classy stylings of Natty Adams in full band form; and if you've been around for the open mics, you'll know that an0va has been consistently blowing minds and wowing crowds, and now he's here for a full set. Bringing the retina pleasing visuals is enso , back with more of that psychedelic pixel goodness. Before the show gets started Joey Mariano will be giving an intro lesson to VGM Music Maker . And as always get there early to sign up for open mic, and don't forget to RSVP! Share and Enjoy:

This month we're bringing you some seriously good acts. Coming all the way from the UK we have gwEm rocking that YM chip harder than anyone! Philly's Chipocrite is back, ready to rock the party. And we've got Dain Saint, open mic favorite playing his first full 8static set! We've also got Batsly Adams on visuals all night for his first time at 8static! Get here early for a workshop from Jake Beadenkopf about exploring the basics of making live visuals with Quartz Composer.

10k performing at Blip Festival Alright, you've had a breather after Blip and now it's time to party. This month, fresh from Blip Fest, we've got Ten Thousand Free Men and their Families coming all the way from Sydney, Australia with some real hardcore action. Nullsleep is back for another round life threatening digital madness. And, of course, we have Philly's own SKGB bringing some fresh beats sure to make you move. Making his return to Philly is NO CARRIER doing visuals all night long. Before the madness gets started we have Patrick Todd giving a presentation on 'Tools for Exploring NES Audio,' so make sure to get here early to check that out. Be sure to RSVP using the link on the sidebar for $5 entry! Share and Enjoy:

We're super excited to announce this month's lineup, as its been in the works for a while. Read the bios from the artists below and you'll see why this just might be the most emo 8static ever: Starscream is Damon Hardjowirogo and George Stroud of New York City, two italo disco obsessors who make emotional music with Commodore 64's and Nintendo Game Boy's. Hovering in the internet somewhere between Portland and Chicago, Greenleaf is an electronic pen-pal collaboration between Asif Siddiky and Drew Fernando. Inspired by a mutual love for disturbing cinematic moments, their music pairs rich, dream-like atmospheres with sharp edges and crushing beats. Bear & Walrus is Chad Clikeman and Zachary Reese. They blend 8-bit music with piano power ballads, noisy post-rock and good intentions. enso is Alex Bond, a live visualist and illustration student from NY currently living in Philly. He enjoys art nouveau, old computers, outer space, and good vibes. His work has been exhibited at the Esther M. Klein Gallery in Philadelphia and at the Playlist show at iMAL in Brussels. OK, you know the deal – check out the music and links on the left and make sure to RSVP for reduced admission. See you in a few weeks! :) Starscream at 8static, photo by Ben Mason Share and Enjoy:

What more can we say? Look at the lineup on the left. We have acts from Denmark, the UK, Austin, New York, and of course Philly performing this month! Get ready to party all night at 8static at Studio 34 and the afterparty at Sprinkle Kingdom! Get on the list and all this fun can be yours for just $5! Click the Sprinkle Kingdom link on the left to get directions as well – or follow the crowd over after 8static wraps up! All the links you need to get sorted for this weekend: Click here to get on the list for 8static and get in for $5! Click here to RSVP on facebook (and share it on your profile / invite your friends) for 8static. And click here to RSVP and share the deets for the afterparty on facebook. SEE YOU SOON! :) Share and Enjoy: Comments (0)

On March 13th we are having a totally free 8static! That's right, FREE! Bring all your friends who are new to chip and/or too cheap to usually show up! Consider it our way of saying THANK YOU for your continued support of 8static and our extremely successful Kickstarter campaign! We asked for money for new equipment and you guys donated over $3,000! We're gonna have our new sound system and projector ready to go for this special event! This show will feature minusbaby from NYC, and Philly's own Ro-Bear, Chipocrite, and enso ! Our pre- show event will be a Geekadelphia party where you can play and watch the winning entries from their Little Big Philadelphia contest, which is going on now! Click here to head over there and find out more! Share and Enjoy: Comments (0)

Sorry to say, but 8static is canceled for February 6th! All three musical acts have members from NYC, which presents a big transportation issue. More importantly, you all know that 8static is totally DIY – and bringing a sound system and drum kit from unplowed South and Northeast Philly is almost impossible right now! All scheduled artists from this month will be worked into lineups for the next few months, so you'll see them soon! Now, for some good news – we were going to announce this tonight at the show, so here goes: On March 13th we are having a totally free 8static! That's right, FREE! Bring all your friends who are new to chip and/or too cheap to usually show up! Consider it our way of saying THANK YOU for your continued support of 8static and our extremely successful Kickstarter campaign (which isn't over yet, hint hint). We're gonna have our new sound system and projector ready to go for this special event! This show will feature minusbaby from NYC, and Philly's own Ro-Bear, Chipocrite, and enso ! Our pre-show event will be a really cool thing hosted by Geekadelphia that I can't talk about yet! More info on that soon! Share and Enjoy: Comments (0)

Trash80 at Blip 2008 by Brana V. Tonight we have the final 8static of 2009 - featuring music from Trash80, Glomag, & Animal Style - and visuals by Enso & Dan Winckler ! We're taking off for December, due to the holiday (Blip Festival), but we'll be starting strong in 2010 on January 9th. Look for updates over the sites and new lineups soon.. and see you tonight! Share and Enjoy:

In just a couple of weeks we will celebrate the one year anniversary of 8static at Studio 34! Once again we are proud to be apart of this year's Design Philadelphia . We have a killer lineup for you: Bud Melvin from New Mexico, Bit Shifter from NYC, the home-town heroes autoscroll (featuring members of Animal Style and Cheap Dinosaurs), and nonfinite from Wisconsin! Visuals by Philly's own NO CARRIER and VBLANK ! If that's not enough - stick around for a FREE all night all-ages afterparty at Pi Lam (just down the street) with NYC's Anamanguchi and minusbaby , and Philly's DJ Billy W. from Robotique at Kung Fu Necktie - with all night visuals by Enso ! All this for just $5 with a flier. If you don't have one, get it below. Print them out and bring your friends. Don't miss it! Click here to download the Fall 2009 flier! Share and Enjoy: One Response to "8static's one year anniversary is only 2 weeks away!" Technically Philly » Technically Not Tech: NxtUp Philly celebrates region's creatives | Covering the Community of People Who Use Technology in Philadelphia. says: October 5, 2009 at 3:52 pm [...] October 10th: Chiptunes dance party 8Static will celebrate its one-year anniversary with a free workshop and a cheap, good time. 7:00 p.m. West [...]

Here's an amazing video from 2PP to get you in the mood for the next 8static! If you missed July's edition of 8static, or want to relive it, click below to watch Starpause's set from July 18, 2009.

Get ready for another awesome chip night on March 21st. gwEm is coming over from London for a one-off show playing his old micromusic material with KingKas. Bubblyfish , Natty and Goferboy join gwEm and KingKas for a lineup that promises yet another night of pure 8-bit goodness. noteNdo and outpt will imprint some unforgettable visuals on your retinas so be there at 8! P.S. Don't miss gwEm's free workshop "8bit sound design in maxYMiser" at 7pm. He wrote maxYMiser , so he knows a thing or two about it. Share and Enjoy:

Nullsleep (photo by Olia Zaitseva) Time flies and here we are again, with another night of 8bit coming to Philly! This Saturday we have a stellar lineup: Nullsleep , one of the founders of 8bitpeoples is headlining the show. He will be joined by Philly's Cheap Dinosaurs and New York City's Starscream and Peter Swimm . If you have followed the events page you noticed that we have some sweet additions to the visuals lineup. Paris Treantafeles and outpt will be creating visuals together along with Dan Winckler . Don't forget to checkout NO CARRIER's workshop at 7pm! See you this Saturday at 8static. Share and Enjoy: One Response to "Don't miss the February 8static this coming Saturday!" 8static 3 « outpt says: September 18, 2009 at 8:46 pm [...] Saturday, February 21, 2009 at Studio 34 (Philadelphia, PA) music by Nullsleep, Starscream, Peter Swimm, Cheap Dinosaurs visuals by outpt+Paris and Dan Winckler [event link] [...]

Still remembering the awesome time we had at the first 8static we have been working hard to bring you more 8-bit goodness. The next show will be on January 10th again at the wonderful Studio34 . We have some great performers lined up for you: from Buenos Aires 8GB is bringing his beats to Philly as well as Anamanaguchi and Rhinostrich from NYC and Animalstyle from Philly. VBLANK and NO CARRIER will again dazzle us with their video. We are planning to have 8static monthly so Philly can get its 8-bit fix on a regular basis. We already have a great lineup for February so tell your friends to get ready to have their brains made all pixely next year. More details about the January show to come. Thanks for all your 8-bit love and see you at 8static!

Thanks to everyone that came yesterday to see the show! You and the guys on stage and behind the monitors made it such an awesome night! Thanks to Graffiti Monsters , Cheap Dinosaurs , Animalstyle , glomag , BitShifter for their great sets and VBLANK , NO CARRIER , Voltage Controlled and noteNdo for the mindblowing visuals. We are also grateful to Paul Levering for the free screening of "Reformat the Planet" and Studio34 for providing their amazing space for the event. You said you wanted more chiptunes in Philly, so stay tuned for the next 8static coming soon. You will be in for a dancing treat! P.S. If you are in Philly check out NO CARRIER's talk at IndyHall