Yesterday I got to attend Sonic The Hedgehog’s 15th birthday celebration in NY (part of the annual Digital Life consumer electronics show.) Sonic had a huge cake, which he generously shared with industry and media attendees. In recent years, a few people have asked if I got the name “Chaos Control’ from the games, as the term is used in them to describe powers related to the “Chaos Emeralds.” However, this is not the case, The hedgehog was a decade old when ‘Chaos Control’ was introduced (in the game “Sonic Advance 2.”)
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Sonic The Hedgehog turns 15!
October 13, 2006 by adminCategory: Pop Culture, Site news, TechnologyComments Off
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Blip Festival coming to NYC
by adminBeginning on November 30 THE TANK in New York City will be presenting the Blip Festival, “a four-day celebration of over 30 international artists exploring the untapped potential of low-bit video game and home computers used as creative tools.”
Familiar devices are pushed in new directions with startling results — Nintendo Entertainment Systems and Game Boys roaring with futuristic floor-stomping rhythm and fist-waving melody, art-damaged Sega hardware generating fluctuating and abstracted video patterns — and that’s only the beginning. An exploration of the chiptune idiom and its close relatives, the Blip Festival is the biggest and most comprehensive event in the history of the form, and will include daily workshops, art installations, and nightly music performances boasting an international roster larger and more far-reaching than any previous event of its kind. Small sounds at large scales pushed to the limit at high volumes — the Blip Festival is an unprecedented event that is not to be missed.
For more information on the event and the performers, check out the Blip Festival website at : http://www.blipfestival.org/.
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Interesting DEVO Video On YouTube
September 10, 2006 by adminMike Goldstein of RockPoP Gallery (rockpopgallery.com) just tipped us off about an interesting Devo video now on YouTube. Created by Mr. Bonzai, the video was shot during a 2002 rehearsal and features “all the hits in less than 7 minutes.” It also includes an interview with Mark Mothersbaugh. The YouTube settings for the clip prevent us from displaying it here, but you can click here to view it directly in a new browser window.
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The The launch MicroFidelity® mp3 download system
September 4, 2006 by adminThe The have begun a trial of their MicroFidelity download system, enabling the purchase of high quality songs playable on any MP3 compatible device. The first song being made available is the very limited edition ‘GunSluts’ single (previously only available during the last The The world tour.) Check it out at thethe.com (go to SHOWROOM to download, JUKEBOX to listen).
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Electronic music/visual jam SHARE hits the UK
July 16, 2006 by adminElectronic musicians, artists and hobbyists around Manchester are strongly encouraged to get involved with SHARE when it makes it’s UK debut on Sunday, July 23rd. I’ve experienced their open electronic audio/visual jam sessions in NY and have found them to be very enjoyable. It’s fascinating to hear a constantly evolving soundscape created by people who have never collaborated together before (and sometimes have never collaborated EVER), and to experience it with live visuals.
Here are the details:
SHARE within Futuresonic Festival on Sunday, July 23rd, in Manchester, UK, with Share co-founder, Daniel Smith, in collaboration with Manchester’s own SoundNetwork.
The location is at The Museum of Science & Industry (in its ’1830 Warehouse’ – a world’s first railway warehouse)
http://www.msim.org.uk/Galleries.asp?MenuID=874
Share hold free, open jams and workshops in cities including New York, Montreal, San Diego and Weisbaden. You are invited to bring your portable equipment, plug in, improvise on each others’ signal and perform live audio and video.
Share provide a forum for fluid, improvised creative processes. Teaming up with the locally based SoundNetwork outfit, this is Share’s first visit to the UK.
So this is a call out… bring your laptops, guitars, bent circuits, trumpets, theremins, 16mm’s, mini Puppet theaters, projectors, kalimbas and dancing shoes to Share at Futuresonic 2006.
Come to watch and listen; come to play.
Please contact Share at discussion@share.dj or via SoundNetwork to let us know how we can help you participate.
12-5pm, Sunday 23 July
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Equipment Demo from Ghostigital’s Curver
June 19, 2006 by adminRecently, we published an interview with Ghostigital (the new project from Einar Örn from the Sugarcubes.) Right before showtime that night, band member Curver explained a bit about the Ghostigital live set-up. We caught it on video and have posted it below.
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