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This Week In Bleep: Daft Chip! Nerdapalooza! Europeans!
Zen Albatross | 10:50 AM on 07.14.2009 8 comments


This Week In Bleep is a bi-weekly(ish) feature designed to assault your eardrums and enlighten your senses with the latest in chiptune and videogame music media & news...

I'll tell ya, one thing I love about this here Internet is its ability to read my mind and fulfill my deepest desires, without even needing to ask. Case in point: This fantastic Daft Punk 8-bit tribute album, assembled by French chip DJ supergroup, Je Deviens DJ en 3 Jours. I don't feel I need to elaborate any further here. Download this album, right now.



1. Around The World - The Listrix
2. Short Circuit - Random
3. Voyager - Zombectro
4. Revolution 909 - Note!
5. Aerodynamic - JDDJ3J
6. Superheroes - Stage7
7. Crescendolls - Flashbob
8. One More Time - Microchip
9. Teachers - Fluxxin
10. Indo Silver Club - Motone
11. Veridis Quo - EvilWezil

FREE DOWNLOAD HERE: http://www.jedeviensdjen3jours.com/dachip/

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It's a proven fact that videogame music becomes roughly 85 -100% more awesome when compiled into skillfully-arranged medleys. Videogame arrangement artist Sakamoto is living proof of this: His latest work, a medley of SNES music running the gamut from F-Zero to Chrono Trigger to Ogre Battle, is guaranteed to melt your face. View the video below to commence the aforementioned facemelting.



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All you Europeans are in for a treat in the coming weeks: An all-star crew of New York chipmusicians will be joining their accent-having counterparts to plow a path of pixelated destruction across your beloved continent. This past weekend, the U.K. was treated to live sets from Nullsleep, Starscream, Jellica, Syphus, Minusbaby, KezzieBeat and much more at Bleep London. For their final destination, the crew plan on making their way to Aalborg, Denmark for Blip Fest Europe. It's East meets West in this incredible international chipmusic event! Don't miss it! Check out Europe.BlipFestival.org for more info.



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Speaking of chiptunes, Nonfinite Electronics is having a sale on homebrew cartridges. USB cartridges are now available and getting started has never been easier! If you've been mulling over the idea of getting into making chiptunes, head on over to Nonfinite's site for some good deals on homebrew hardware.

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Nerdapalooza, a music festival devoted to nerd music of all flavors also transpired this weekend in sweaty Orlando, Florida. Run by the enthusiastic HexWarrior, the festival featured sets by MC Frontalot, YT Cracker, MC Lars, Beefy, MC Chris, I Fight Dragons, The Protomen and much more. Here's video of my good pal and bandmate Shael Riley reuniting with his online collab band, The Grammar Club to play together on stage for the first time:

Shael Riley w/ The Grammar Club performs 'Bit Pop' Live at Nerdapalooza from ThaSauce Network on Vimeo.



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GuitarAtomik's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2009 11:53
GuitarAtomik
I wanted to go to Nerdapalooza :[
pixelpunx's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2009 14:21
pixelpunx
Nonfinite! Yes! Might finally have to take the dive into LSDJ. Also, is there going to be a Blip Fest in the US this year? Been thinking about taking a trip to NY.
Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2009 15:12
Justice
Downloading now! Anything Daft Punk, I'm there!
garison's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2009 16:08
garison
Cool, I'll download the Daft Punk thing when I get home.
Zen Albatross's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2009 16:18
Zen Albatross
@Pixelpunx Blip happens every year in NYC 'round December: http://blipfestival.org Definitely worth the trip.
ShadokatRegn's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2009 16:18
ShadokatRegn
I love the things you share! Downloading in 4...3...2...
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