Blip Festival 2012 NYC with Hand-Ons Events

Blip Festival NYC 2012
"NEW YORK, NY - Thrift-store electronics collide with dancefloor sensibilities as Blip Festival makes its long-awaited return to New York City. Produced by 8bitpeoples in association with The Tank and Live Nation, the Blip Festival 2012 finds Manhattan once again at the center of the chipmusic universe. From May 25-27, musicians and visualists from all corners of the globe assemble at the Gramercy Theatre to perform astonishing music & motion graphics, produced on & inspired by early-generation home computers and gaming consoles.

The Blip Festival Blog launches with artist interviews and the debut of a short documentary film by 2PLAYERPRODUCTIONS. The 10 minute piece documents the 2011 edition of Blip that took place at the Eyebeam Art & Technology Center last May. The past few years have seen 2PLAYERPRODUCTIONS move on from their humble origins documenting the first Blip Festival in their feature length debut Reformat the Planet, to leading high profile Kickstarter campaigns for documentaries about game industry heavyweights Mojang and Doublefine.

WATCH BLIP FESTIVAL 2011 // FIVE YEARS by 2PLAYERPRODUCTIONS

READ Blip On: Danimal Cannon

READ Blip On: Monodeer

DAYTIME EVENTS:

Tickets to daytime events are available at http://blipfestival.org/2012/daytime

The LSDJ Masterclass Workshop by Danimal Cannon
Saturday, May 26th 1:00pm-3:00pm
Gramercy Theatre 127 East 23rd St.
$15.00

Want to level up your LSDJ skills? Danimal Cannon will be going over some of the more advanced techniques that he uses to wring every bit of power out of his Gameboy. Unlock your wave channel, get big sounding drums, program expressive leads, master your tables and groove functions. I promise there will be something to learn for even the most advanced LSDJ composer. NOTE: a basic understanding of LSDJ and its commands is HIGHLY recommended for attendees of this panel.
Blips and Bleeps: Square Wave Oscillators 101 with Burnkit2600
Sunday, May 27th 1:00pm-3:00pm
Gramercy Theatre 127 East 23rd St.
$45.00 (includes materials)

Hands-on square wave experimentation serves as a great way to understand basic sound synthesis! The hollow sound of square waves are a basic building block in chip music and omnipresent in both analog and digital instruments. In this workshop, you will experiment with and build a basic square wave synthesizer. Burnkit2600 will guide you through constructing the oscillator using logic gate chips. Then you’ll modulate that waveform with light sensors and blinking LEDs to create complex new sounds. By the end of the workshop, you will have a portable battery-powered sound source capable of intense lo-fi squelching sounds driving a built-in speaker or your home sound system via an output jack. Later in the evening, Burnkit2600 will be rocking the Blip Festival stage with this device as part of their audio melange!

CALENDAR LISTING:
BLIP FESTIVAL NEW YORK 2012
May 25-27 2012 · at The Gramercy Theatre at 127 E. 23rd St.
New York NY 10010 US
Web: http://blipfestival.org
Map: http://g.co/maps/qrsrg
MORE ABOUT BLIP FESTIVAL:
With six years and ten international editions under its belt, Blip Festival brings together shining examples of the global chipmusic underground — performers conscripting devices like the Commodore 64, the Nintendo Entertainment System, the Game Boy, and the Sega Genesis into the service of music spanning every conceivable style, with results that are shockingly futuristic. Rounding out the event's three nights of explosive live performances will be supplementary daytime programming including workshops, how-tos, presentations and screenings — offering a glimpse into exactly how it's all achieved, and perhaps even inspiring some 2013 Blip Festival performers-to-be."