liz revision | Chicago electronic music, Chicago events, Chicago techno, djs, girl djs, Chicago IDM, geeky stuff, lol, adhd, etc » Music

Last few days to fund RPG “Always / Never / Now”

Liz — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:42:16 +0000

It’s the last few days to fund a futuristic role playing game that I contributed one of my Quantazelle to the promotional video. Here’s part of what I wrote over on my Quantazelle site:

“Always / Never / Now” is a storytelling game adventure that’s somewhere between James Bond and William Gibson in its action and intrigue. There’s a the street samurai with the metal legs and the one-time-professional bodyguard with the metal arms to the the cat burglar with the reckless guile, in over his head. Always/Never/Now translates these characters into ready-to-play action heroes on a mission that stands to change their dystopian future forever.

The designer, Will Hindmarch, an old friend, asked me for a track to use for the promotional video that was kind of “something befitting international espionage, action-adventure, and slickly classy near-future dystopias,” so I recommended Unlawful Furniture.

You can read the rest here.

Share with the interwebs!

Deep Chalk: an artful escape game featuring music from Boards of Canada For fans of escape games (self-paced puzzle games–the kind you...
Reformat the Planet: A Chiptune Documentary Reformat the Planet is a feature-length documentary that focuses...
“Let’s go to Oktoberfest” chiptune song and music video Here’s a cool chiptune + pixel art video featuring...

“Let’s go to Oktoberfest” chiptune song and music video

Liz — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 03:11:40 +0000

Here’s a cool chiptune + pixel art video featuring beer, the German language, robots, and snorkeling cows, snorkeling cows and a host of other surreal bits.

This 8-bit trip to bavaria captures the spirit of retro video-games and our Gameboy plays authentic Oktoberfest drinking music ;-)

The so-called ‘Wiesn’ in Munich is the biggest beer festival in the world and in this music-video you could join the CUBIES travelling there.
Share with the interwebs!

Related posts:
Reformat the Planet: A Chiptune Documentary Reformat the Planet is a feature-length documentary that focuses...

Game Boy Music. Not the 8-Bit Kind. Just watch. Organic Gameboy Music Share with the interwebs! ...

Deep Chalk: an artful escape game featuring music from Boards of Canada For fans of escape games (self-paced puzzle games–the kind you...

Goldfish: “We Come Together”

Liz — Thu, 26 May 2011 14:20:05 +0000

Goldfish – We Come Together (OFFICIAL) from Goldfish live on Vimeo.

An amusing 8bit / retro take on the latest single from Goldfish.

Share with the interwebs!

No related posts.

Call for submissions to a Chicago electronic music compilation

Liz — Thu, 19 May 2011 13:40:05 +0000

subVariant is planning to release a free-to-download collection called Frequencity featuring quality songs from regional musicians. All electronic music genres are welcome.

subVariant will also release an original t-shirt design in the theme of “Chicago Electronic Music” when the compilation is officially released.

Ready to submit? Read more and do it now!

The deadline for submissions is Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 8pm.

Share with the interwebs!

Avant_MUTEK Chicago April 21-23, 2011 Chicago gets a taste of the Montreal-based digital art...

[6.4.2011] 4th Annual Experimental Garage Sale

Liz — Tue, 17 May 2011 07:32:32 +0000

On June 4th, 2011 is the 4th Annual Experimental Garage Sale! This craft fair focuses on circuit bending and DIY musical instruments at the Experimental Sound Studio space with 12 sellers who will have plenty circuit bent devices, un-bent toys, electronic parts, kits, experimental instruments, contact microphones, guitar pedals, art, and more. The sale will begin rain or shine at 12:00 PM and last until 6:00 PM.

Here’s the Facebook Event page.

Cosmic Blooper ( Evansville, IN ) – Laser CNC cut circuit bending panels for SK-1 + others.

Low-Gain Electronics ( Minneapolis, MN ) – SK keyboards, circuit bent devices, synths, parts.

Unatronics ( Chicago, IL ) – Beep-its, Oscillators, circuit bent toys.

Synth Brittania

Liz — Wed, 11 May 2011 20:48:05 +0000

Here is a great television special about British synthpop & synthesizers in the late 70s and early 80s produced by BBC Four. Some of the talking heads are from members of Joy Division, Human League, Kraftwerk, Cabaret Voltaire, OMD Gary Numan (who has Asberger’s by the way) and more.

[via]

Share with the interwebs!

No related posts.

Some amazing dance videos

Liz — Mon, 09 May 2011 13:49:17 +0000

thanks, Glen Stefani!

Genki Sudo / “World Order” <-- Google this guy, he's nuts! (In a good way)

Share with the interwebs!

Bassline Bassline – TB-303 Documentary Here’s a cool mini-documentary on the Roland TB-303, by...

Bassline Bassline – TB-303 Documentary

Liz — Fri, 06 May 2011 18:32:02 +0000

Here’s a cool mini-documentary on the Roland TB-303, by Nate Harrison, the same guy who did the Amen Break documentary.

via Michael O’Shea

Share with the interwebs!

Reformat the Planet: A Chiptune Documentary Reformat the Planet is a feature-length documentary that focuses...
Avant_MUTEK Chicago April 21-23, 2011 Chicago gets a taste of the Montreal-based digital art...

Avant_MUTEK Chicago April 21-23, 2011

Liz — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 05:19:28 +0000

Chicago gets a taste of the Montreal-based digital art and electronic music festival that showcases innovation in music and creativity on April 21-23 with Avant_Mutek: Chicago.

Founded in 2000, Mutek is an international festival organization dedicated to the promotion of electronic music and the digital arts. Its main event is an annual five-day event in Montreal, Canada that takes place in late May and early June. Many of electronic music’s most established figures have performed, as well as numerous new artists who have gone on to build sustainable careers. Along with performances, the festival also features workshops relating to gear and software showcases, and panel discussions concerning the issues that face electronic music and music production.

Reformat the Planet: A Chiptune Documentary

Liz — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:19:25 +0000

Reformat the Planet is a feature-length documentary that focuses on some of the personalities behind the 8-Bit / chiptune scene in New York City, featuring some of our favorite Game Boy artists, notably Bit Shifter.

Reformat the Planet (RTP) is a feature length documentary which delves into the movement known as chip music, a vibrant underground scene based around creating new, original music using obsolete video game hardware. Familiar devices such as the Nintendo Game Boy and Nintendo Entertainment System are pushed in new directions with startling results.

…After documenting several live chip music performances in New York City and being invited to film the first year of the now annual Blip Festival, it was clear that they stood before a rich cultural mine that few were tapping in any long-form projects. The decision to focus the film on the varied personalities of the NYC chip music scene was a quick and obvious one.

Share with the interwebs!

No related posts.