Date
Thursday 14 January 2010 at 8:00pm
Location
The Middle East Upstairs
472 Massachusetts Avenue,
Cambridge,
MA 02139,
United States
Tel: (617) 864-3278
Link
Description
Boston8Bit Presents: Chiptune 3 / January 14th @ The Middle East
After a successful introduction of Chiptune music to the Boston scene with much blogged about shows at Felt and The Middlesex Lounge, Boston8Bit is back at it again with Chiptune 3 in Cambridge on Thursday, January 14th. Chiptune is a relatively obscure form of electro/rock/dance music that uses exclusively old video game hardware for a distinctive sound. Everything from Nintendos, Game Boys, Segas, and Commodore 64s are retrofitted into live performance synthesizers and used either solo or with live instruments and vocals. More of a method of performing music than a genre, a live Chiptune set can range from dance music to electro folk to pure art/noise music. Popular in the European, Japanese and Australian underground scenes, Chiptune concerts are still a rarity in the US outside of a few brave souls performing in NYC and Philadelphia basement clubs or house parties.
Doors 8pm / 18+ / $5
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