Archive for September, 2011
Chiptunes Orchestra at Nuit Blanche
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Over the past month or so, the rad ass members of The Royal Canadian Chiptunes Orchestra have been rehearsing for their performance at the Tiff Bell Lightbox as part of Toronto’s annual Nuit Blanche all-night art event. I am honoured to say that I’ve been playing with this amazing group of talented people and we’re all very excited to share our music. Our set consists mostly of awesome cancon covers which have been given the 8-bit treatment. I assure you fun will be had by all and noise will be made by as many as possible as we will be highly encouraging audience participation. To entice you further, here’s a teaser of what you might expect to hear from the night.
Sunglasses At Night (KidKulit Remix) by KidKulit
Aside from The Royal Canadian Chiptunes Orchestra, there will also be a ton of fantastic 8-bit musicians slotted throughout the entire evening right up until the early morning. Performers include Battle Lava, Deadbeatblast, .exe, Radius and Helena, Oxvylu, Cybernetic Orchestra, Freque, Awesome Force, Jeff the World, Starpilot, Tetris Hold’em, bossFYTE, DJ Finish Him, Press Start 2 Play, and Spell ‘n Math. Now, that’s a LOT of chiptunes!
The Music of the Video Game! is on from 7pm to 7am on Saturday, October 1, 2011. So if you plan on heading out for Nuit Blanche tomorrow night, why not find a way to squeeze in a stopover at the Tiff Bell Lightbox [Cinema 1] onto your art-roaming schedules. You won’t regret it!
Baby House
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My basement home studio has been under renovation for the past 2 months due to water leakage. During that time, a section of the room had to be cleared. So, instruments were stored in the bedroom and computers sat on the living room coffee table for most of the summer. The house isn’t very big to begin with and the reduced space made it feel even smaller. Needless to say, making music was nearly impossible. But today, my partner-in-crime and I were able to start moving equipment back into the space. Afterwards, one of the first things we did was finish mixing a little house song we’ve been sitting on since the beginning of the summer. I’m glad to finally be able to share it now. The title is an ode to the place we call home and to a genre of music we both love. Enjoy!