I will be performing visuals at 8static for Bit Shifter’s set on October 13th.
Poster by animal-style.com
On September 22nd we celebrate the triumphant return of Buffalo’s guitar shredding maestro, Danimal Cannon. Since blowing our minds here one year ago, Danimal has brought his guitar / game boy combo up & down the east coast on tour with rock-opera super-group, the Protomen and rocked huge events such as Blip Festival, MAGFest & PAX East. It’s an honor to welcome him back to Philadelphia!!
On the other side of the Mason-Dixon line we welcome the 8static debut of LSDJ wizard Trey Frey. Trey’s infectious dance grooves & high energy performance has earned him a dedicated fan base in West Virginia & Maryland. His complex & densely-layered jams will surely win over anyone who has yet to experience him live.
Oven Rake is joining us from across the country, all the way from Tacoma, WA. Best known for his funky gameboy electronica, last month saw the debut of his entry into post-rock with the Boy’s Club project. We can’t wait to hear what he will bring to 8static!
Philadelphia’s own Animal Style twisted our minds with his special blend of organic / digital art for visuals at his last 8static. He has been working on totally new material that he will debut this show!
Our workshop will be hosted by Chris Burke (Glomag) and Tamara Yadao (Corset Lore) where they will be talking about how they turn a Playstation 3, Little Big Planet 2 & their imagination into an audio-visual performance art piece as Foci+Loci.
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8static is TONIGHT!
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8static 2C: August 4th! Partial lineup announced! -
Next month’s 8static is coming up fast!
Featuring:
Chipocrite (PHL)
Bright Primate (BOS)
Smiletron (TEN)
With Visuals and the workshop TBA
Bubblyfish, Daint Saint, Watabou, Invaderbacca -
This month, 8static is going to be an awesome display. Returning to Philly after a far too long is Bubblyfish who’s unique, high energy jams get a crowd moving in all the best ways. Also returning to the 8static stage this month is Philly local Dain Saint, who will be performing an improvisational set of his futuristic jazz inspired, but danceable tunes. Making his first appearance for a full set at 8static, we have Watabou, coming all the way from Michigan, his blend of high energy chipmusic with screamed vocals blew minds at the open mic in April.
For this month’s workshop we have The Dutchess to teach you the basics of how to use Deflemask, a multiplatform tracker with support for many different kinds of soundchips.
Also this month, Mash Those Buttons has given us a few copies of Infinity Shred’s (formerly Starscream) latest EP, which we will be giving away in between sets with trivia questions, so make sure your brains are ready!
Don’t forget to come early to sign up for the open mic spaces are limited!
And be sure to join the event on Facebook!
Saturday, July 14th, 2012
7:00pm at PhilaMOCA - all ages
$7-10 (sliding scale)
Music by:
Bubblyfish (NYC) http://www.bubblyfish.com/
Dain Saint (PHL) http://dainsaint.com/
Watabou (MI) https://soundcloud.com/watabou
Visuals by:
Invaderbacca (NY) http://www.facebook.com/invaderbacca
Don’t forget – open mic is every month, come early to sign up, spaces are limited!
Workshop starts at 7 pm:
This month’s workshop is an intro to Deflemask, a tracker that supports multiple sound chips and sound chip types, led by The Dutchess
Also this month:
Our friends at Mash Those Buttons have given us several copies of Infinity Shred’s EP_001, which we will be giving out to those who answer our trivia questions between sets!
For all the info, check out http://8static.com/
Spread the word on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/events/303872913043109/
Lineup for 8static 2B on July 14th has been fully announced!
Music:
Bubblyfish (NYC)
Dain Saint (PHL)
Watabou (MI)
Visuals:
Invaderbacca (NY)
The preshow workshop will be an intro to Deflemask with The Dutchess
Also this month, Mash Those Buttons has supplied several copies of Infinity Shred’s new EP that we’ll be giving away between sets!
We know some of you couldn’t make it to this year’s amazing Blip Festival, so this month we’ve got a treat for you: almost everyone playing this month was featured in some form at this past Blip Fest! Philly’s own Chromacle tore through attendees’ eyes from the visuals booth at Blip, but here, he’s going to be front and center providing an audiovisual barrage. CHILLBRAVE may not have performed as a unit at Blip, but you may have seen Tate (half of CHILLBRAVE) performing with FlashHeart, but don’t think you know what’s coming. Their pounding, and masterfully composed songs will be sure to get you dancing. If you were there to witness Kris Keyser‘s set at Blip Fest you would have seen the cult-like reverence the crowd had for him. If Kris can do one thing, it’s drive a crowd, and if he can do another, and we know he can, it’s making awesome tunes that will get any crowd pumped. Our final musician this month is none other thanMisfitChris. At blip you may have seen him on stage surrounded by the other performers, while the crowd was going nuts. We can’t promise that there’ll be any worshipping like there was at Blip, but by the end of this set you may have some thoughts about where to direct your prayers. On visuals for the night is the famed mad-scientist/artist Batsly Adams. He blew the crowd’s minds at blip and now he’s coming back to 8static to show you all what’s up. This is a packed show, and it’ll surely be an 8static to remember!
The workshop this month features DJ Cutman with some pointers on how to get the most out of Ableton Live.
As always before the show, and after the workshop there’s an open mic, but slots are limited, be sure to come early to sign up!
Spread the word on facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/events/309338585815649/
Saturday, June 9th, 2012
7:00pm at PhilaMOCA - all ages
$7-10 (sliding scale)
Music by:
MisfitChris (CT) https://www.facebook.com/MisfitChrisMusic
Kris Keyser (NJ) http://kriskeyser.bandcamp.com/
CHILLBRAVE (NYC) http://chillbrave.bandcamp.com/
Chromacle (PHL) http://Chromacle.com/
Visuals by:
Batsly Adams (NY) http://www.batslyadams.com/
Don’t forget – open mic is every month, come early to sign up, spaces are limited!
Workshop starts at 7 pm:
DJ Cutman will be giving a workshop on using Ableton Live!
For all the info, check out http://8static.com/
Spread the word on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/events/309338585815649/
Minusbaby with Chipocrite and An0va at last night’s 8static