http://australia.blipfestival.org
8bitpeoples and SoundBytes have joined forces to bring you BLIP FESTIVAL AUSTRALIA, taking place February 17 - 18 at Melbourne's Evelyn Hotel.
BLIP FESTIVAL AUSTRALIA
February 17-18 2012 at The Evelyn Hotel · http://www.evelynhotel.com
351 Brunswick St., Fitzroy VIC 3065 AU
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Some of chipmusic's best known names will be among the two day lineup of 19 audio-visual artists - including co-organisers Bit Shifter and Nullsleep - co-founders of 8bitpeoples, one of the world's best known chipmusic labels, and well known and loved performers in their own right. Co-founder of Blip Festival, Mike Rosenthal had the following to say "There is a really thriving chip scene in Australia that we've been admiring from afar for several years. We figured it was time to stop simply exporting their talent to the other Blip Festivals worldwide and instead come join the party".In addition to Bit Shifter and Nullsleep, a wide selection of international and local artists are heading to Melbourne to take part in the festival. From the US comes one of the best known chipmusic artists and veteran of multiple Blip Festival appearances Trash80 as well as first time Blip festival visualist Batsly Adams. Several artists from Europe will also be making the long trip to Australia - the man of many monikers, Germany's Patric Catani, a highlight of Blip festival New York in 2009 will be joined by the United Kingdom's Lazerbeat and _ensnare_, both of whom will be performing at Blip Festivals for the first time. A little closer to home will be Saitone and Hally from Japan. The two, who are some of Japan's longest active performers, have both appeared at multiple Blip Festivals. Finally from the Netherlands massive Chipbass and Dubstep influenced grit from Monodeer.
These international artists join the cream of Australia's local chipmusic crop: Ten Thousand Free Men & Their Families (SYD), Abortifacient (SYD), little-scale (ADE), Derris-Kharlan (MEL) and dot.AY (BNE) as well as Sydney visualist iLKke and the very exciting launch of the highly anticipated audio-visual experience 7bithero by Brisbane's Hunz
