Noting that April 25h is an ANZAC day public holiday …Your potential diary on April 24th :
6pm - 8.30pm ACMI : Australian premiere of 8Bit the movie, a documentary about art and video games.
Rockumentary / art exposé examining early hacker culture and interviews contemporary musicians, artists, and programmers who repurpose game hardware, modify existing games, and create original games. Featuring Cory Arcangel, Isabelle Arvers, Bit Shifter, Bodenstandig 2000, Bubblyfish, Mary Flanagan, Gameboyz Orchestra, Glomag, Rachel Green, Ed Halter, Paul Johnson, John Klima, Joe McKay, Tom Moody, Christiane Paul, Akiko Sakaizumi, Eddo Stern, teamtendo, Treewave and more! Director Marcin Ramocki, will answer questions after the film, and Adelaide’s DJ Tr!P will perform.
“Clearly the best movie about video games that’s ever been made” VH1
see http://www.8bitmovie.com http://www.acmi.net.au/gameon_8bit.aspx and http://www.acmi.net.au/game_on.aspx
8.30 - 9 : Stumble along to Horse Bazaar ( http://www.horsebazaar.com.au ) grabbing some food on the way.
9-10 : OffBeat DJs ( Residents Lephrenic & Sea : idm, downtempo, trip-hop, hip-hop, ambient, space rock, jazzy breaks, orchestral scores and the occasional live act & VJ. )
10 - 11 : Plug N Play Presents : 8 Bit Interstate Medley
TEN THOUSAND FREE MEN & THEIR FAMILIES: ( SYD )
10kfreemen is the alias of Tom Gilmore, an Australian chiptune artist. Tom began making Game Boy music in early 2007 with very little exposure to the world of chiptune. His early minimalistic style developed with his exposure and increased involvement with the scene, along with the development of a live show to express himself to new audiences and expose a new genre of music to an unaware Sydney, Australia.
http://10kfreemen.com
http://tomgilmore.com.au
http://myspace.com/thefloortom
DOT.AY ( BRIS )
Alex Yabsley aka Dot.AY has long been in search of a musical form that can be highly experimental and creatively satisfying whilst being accessible and dance friendly, he believes Chiptunes are what he was born to make. The key component of Dot.AY’s work is based in live performance this has developed into regular live shows in and around Brisbane as well as supporting international acts such as Crystal Castles, Girl Talk and Dan Deacon. His music juxtaposes hard fast noise with cute melodies all the time maintaining a high energy vibe, like a photon powered mech-warrior with pokemon tattoos.
http://dot-ay.com
http://myspace.com/dotaymusic
Maddest Kings Alive ( MELB, ex-Perth )
One half of the legendary Perth duo ChrisM + Fenris, Maddest now sculpts a huge range of chunky organic tunes in Melbournia, including a heavy spicing of chiptune inspired and created sounds. Also creates a range of game-related visuals and animations, which will be shown on the night…
see also : http://sciencegirlrecords.com
Game related Panoramic video across 6 screens by Jean Poole ( http://skynoise.net ) + Keith Deverell ( http://greyspace.com.au )
11 - 11.45 : Make It Up Club Party ( YES - 3 Events in One!! ) DJs
11.45- 12.15 - DJ Tr!P Live ( Adel ) + ‘SID Vicious ) album launch
DJ TR!P performs his music live and also works as a DJ, remix artist, workshop tutor & composer for theatre, dance, film and radio. He has performed & collaborated under many aliases such as The New Pollutants, Echelon & Cooperblack, each outfit explored different approaches &genres of music. The New Pollutants received critically acclaim for their releases, the new live re-score to Fritz Lang’s Metropolis & live performances. DJ TR!P has performed his original music & DJ’ed at venues, festivals & events all over Australasia, along side such acts as Kraftwerk, DJ Krush, Kid Koala, Sage Francis, Buck 65, Dexter from the Avalanches, Hrvatski , Cut Copy, Gerling, Light Surgeons , Paul Mac, Anticon, Scanner, Curse Ov Dialect, TZU, The Herd, Friendly, Neotropic, Chicks On Speed, Luke Slater, Dsico, Frost, Sub Bass Snarl, Kool Keith, Manitoba, Mad Professor, etc…TR!P started composing on a Commodore Amiga, the 8bit computer helping him to discover his signature style via its limited & gritty obsolete sound palette. He has also experimented with the Commodore 64, Nintendo Game Boy, PSP & an up-to-date PC. He uses pure synthetic sound and also works with session musicians to gather raw material for his compositions. TR!P’s first CD emerged in 1998 & since then he has independently released numerous albums on formats CD, Mini CD & Vinyl.
www.djtrip.finder.net.au
www.myspace.com/finddjtrip
Game related Panoramic video across 6 screens by Jean Poole ( http://skynoise.net ) + Keith Deverell ( http://greyspace.com.au )
12.45 - 1am : Make It Up Club Party DJs …. close up what should be a mammoth night…
( 1am may be one of those rubbery closing times, given the public holiday and a possible ‘lock-in’ partay )
Aye, that time of the month for pixel peeps again - and audio bleepers - just like winter in Berlin, Tokyo, New York - except no snow blizzards to wade through to, so easy to make it out for a few hours on a thursday nig-h-h-h-t-t-t-t…..
