What Happened to Chiptune?

Today's episode (after a long break) features Jessen Jurado, a visualist and event organizer based in NYC. Jessen has been involved in the NYC scene almost since its beginning, and his enthusiasm led him to organizing and putting on shows and event series - most notably I/O Chip Music, a series that ran as a sort of counterpart to Pulsewave during the heyday of the NYC scene. Jessen invited me to play an iteration of I/O Chipmusic all the way back in 2016 and we've been talking ever since. This episode features discussion about the history of the NYC scene, organizing a counterpart to Pulsewave, and what the future of chiptune might be. Correction: In Dannel Jurado's episode, it was mentioned that Jessen Jurado (no relation) was involved with the Reboot chip shows. Jessen would like to clarify that he had no involvement with Reboot.

been a while! this episode will explain it

Music Used:- Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme- Matthew Joseph Payne - Civil Disobedience is Civil DefenseReference: - Eliot Lash's Visuals Setup - https://www.eliotlash.com/works/live-music-visuals- Eliot Lash's Game Music Visualizer - https://www.eliotlash.com/works/game-visualizer-1- Max Capacity - https://linktr.ee/maxcapa.city- Triggerboy - https://www.eliotlash.com/works/triggerboy- Eliot Lash's Games Portfolio - https://www.eliotlash.com/- Tugboat (Jesse Novak) - https://archive.org/details/CDK030- Slime Girls - https://slimegirls.bandcamp.com/album/as-if-youre-never-hurt- Olde English - https://www.oldeenglish.org/

Music Used:Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Themedot.AY - VibraslopReference:- Square Sounds Melbourne - https://www.squaresoundsfestival.com/- Karlheinz Stockhausen - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlheinz_Stockhausen- Music Concrete - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musique_concrète](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musique_concr%C3%A8te)- Henry Homesweet - https://x.com/henryhomesweet- 10k Free Men and their Families/Tom Gilmore - http://10kfreemen.com/- Girl Talk - https://www.girltalkmusic.com/- Dan Deacon - https://dandeacon.com/- Crystal Castles - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Castles- Pictureplane - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pictureplane- Kristy Dossor - [https://www.sifter.com.au/post/chiptune-is-an-instrument-not-a-genre-square-sounds-festival-2020](https://www.instagram.com/postitmandala/)- Eugene Davoren-Britton - https://www.instagram.com/hyphencutlery/- Little-scale - http://little-scale.blogspot.com/- cTrix - https://ctrix.net/- Sound Bytes - https://www.facebook.com/SoundBytesOz/- Doshy - https://ra.co/dj/doshy- Robert Parker - https://www.instagram.com/robertparkerofficial/?hl=en- Tom Foolery and the Family Jewelry - https://tomfooleryandthefamilyjewellery.bandcamp.com/- Jamatar - https://jamatar.bandcamp.com/- Reception Festival - https://receptionfestival.com/- Melbourne Chiptune Academy - https://chiptuneacademy.com.au/- Avrilcadabra - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8OqqNTPR_s9TNIXiBZfOcg

Music Used:Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune ThemeNestrogen - Making You Cry (feat. Dan Pantzig)Reference:- FL Studio - https://www.image-line.com/- LSDJ - https://www.littlesounddj.com/lsd/index.php- Famitracker - http://famitracker.com/- Datathrash Recordings - https://datathrash.bandcamp.com/- Cursed Hoof Studio - https://www.instagram.com/cursed_hoof_studio/

Reference:- The Blood Zone - https://thebloodzone.libsyn.com/- Kitschfork - https://kitschfork.podbean.com/- Meet Me In The Bathroom - https://www.harpercollins.com/products/meet-me-in-the-bathroom-lizzy-goodman- OCRemix - https://ocremix.org/- VGMix - https://vgmixarchive.com/- MAGFest - https://www.magfest.org/- Electronicon - https://knockdown.center/event/electronicon_2023/- Equip - https://worldofequip.bandcamp.com/music- Zan-zan-zawa-veia - https://zan-zan-zawa-veia.bandcamp.com/- Problem Attic - https://lizryerson.itch.io/problem-attic- Yume Nikki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yume_Nikki- A Very Pokey Xmas - https://archive.org/details/pokey-xmas- Let's Play Life - https://ellaguro.blogspot.com/2024/03/lets-play-life.htmlMusic Used: - Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme- ella guro - Terrible Town

Music Used:Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune ThemeUltrasyd - Un croissant s'il vous plaît(RIP Ultrasyd)Reference:- Bent Fest - https://twitter.com/bentfestival- Chiptunes = Win - https://archive.org/details/chiptunes-win-discography-flac-lossless- Kevin Saunderson - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Saunderson- Juan Atkins - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Atkins- Reel Big Fish - https://reel-big-fish.com/- The Arrogant Sons of Bitches - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Arrogant_Sons_of_Bitches- Bomb the Music Industry! - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomb_the_Music_Industry!- Chipwrecked - [https://www.facebook.com/events/østerlars-bornholm-denmark/chipwrecked-chiptune-festival-2023/378372814467430/](https://www.facebook.com/events/%C3%B8sterlars-bornholm-denmark/chipwrecked-chiptune-festival-2023/378372814467430/)- Infinity Shred - https://www.infinityshred.com/- Anamanaguchi - https://anamanaguchi.com/- Porter Robinson - https://porterrobinson.com/- Bud Melvin - http://www.budmelvin.com/- Tristan Perich - https://www.tristanperich.com/- Depreciation Guild - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Depreciation_GuildEpisode Photo by Rick “Portroids” DeMint

Music Used:Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune themeBoaconstructor - Ditch The BiscuitReference:- Nanoloop - https://www.nanoloop.com/- Ovenrake - https://ovenrake.bandcamp.com/- Live Animals - https://weareliveanimals.bandcamp.com/- Glooms/Turtlesaur - [https://gloomsmusic.bandcamp.com](https://gloomsmusic.bandcamp.com/)- Electric Children/Circles - https://electricchildren8bit.bandcamp.com/- Fighter X - https://fighterx.bandcamp.com/- Piko Piko Detroit - https://pikopikodetroit.bandcamp.com/- 8bitcollective - https://archive.org/details/Best_of_8_Bit_Collective-2006-2011- TheBaseBit Recordings - https://thebasebitrecs.bandcamp.com/- Pacific Noise Works - https://pacificnoiseworks.com/- Square Sounds - https://www.squaresoundsfestival.com/- Milano Chiptune Underground - https://www.facebook.com/MilanoChiptuneUnderground/

Reference: Eindbaas - https://eindbaas.org/xyce - https://xyce.nl/Men of Mega - https://menofmega.nl/Superbyte Festival - https://ra.co/events/751982Square Sounds - https://www.squaresoundsfestival.com/ Music Used:Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune ThemeRoccoW - Unbearable Thirst

Reference:Pulsewave - https://pulsewave.rip/8bitcollective - https://archive.org/details/Best_of_8_Bit_Collective-2006-2011Note! - https://note.bandcamp.com/AdamGetsAwesome - https://archive.org/details/pax-2011-adam-gets-awesome-chiptune-concertChillbrave - https://chillbrave.bandcamp.com/Music Used:What Happened to Chiptune Theme - Space TownGAMEFORM - Chillbrave Portrait of Dannel Jurado by dr1p - https://dripontheinter.net/links

Music used:Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune ThemeDubmood - Solitude Reference:FastTracker 2 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FastTracker_2Protracker - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ProtrackerAmiga - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AmigaModarchive - https://modarchive.org/Trax in Space - https://web.archive.org/web/20010418144833/http://www.traxinspace.com/Rebels - Chipmusicdisk #1 - https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=3604, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSD8_C4cAHoSchlager - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlager_musicMonotonik - https://www.simoncarless.com/monotonik-a-net-label-1996-200/Micromusic - [micromusic.net](http://micromusic.net/)Microdisko - https://www.discogs.com/fr/label/39227-Microdisko?page=1

Music Used:Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune ThemeNullsleep - Motion Map (Feel The Rhythm) Reference:8bitpeoples - https://www.8bitpeoples.com/International Chiptune Resistance Tour - https://coolhunting.com/culture/the-internation/Pulsewave -Monotonik - https://www.simoncarless.com/monotonik-a-net-label-1996-200/Micromusic - [micromusic.net](http://micromusic.net/)VORC - http://www.vorc.org/Blip Festival - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blip_FestivalM8 Tracker - https://dirtywave.com/products/m8-tracker

Corrections: Micropalooza was actually started in 2003 instead of 2002 as stated in the episode. Apologies for the confusion!Reference:- Micropalooza - https://www.portlandmercury.com/music/2003/12/24/30443/wiggle-it-that-8-bit- Dataport - https://www.instagram.com/dataportpdx/?hl=en- 2 Player Productions - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_Player_ProductionsMusic Used:- Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme- Moon Talk - As We Were

ReferencesMother's Day (Film) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081186/Toxic Avenger (Film) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090190/OB-6 (Synthesizer) - https://oberheim.com/products/ob-6/Troma - https://www.troma.com/8-bit Punk (Wired article by Malcolm Mclaren) - https://www.wired.com/2003/11/mclaren/The Tank (NYC Venue) - https://thetanknyc.org/Mackenzie Wark (writer + scholar) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKenzie_WarkMagfest (Annual music and games festival) - https://www.magfest.org/Music UsedWhat Happened to Chiptune Theme - Space TownRoland & the Lamprey - Glomag

References:Daedalus Controllerism - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spa4emMwhOMLiveness: Performance in a Mediatized Culture by Philip Auslander - https://www.routledge.com/Liveness-Performance-in-a-Mediatized-Culture/Auslander/p/book/9780367468170Playing with Something that Runs by Mark J. Butler - https://global.oup.com/academic/product/playing-with-something-that-runs-9780195393620Push: Software Design and the Cultural Politics of Music Production by Mike D'Errico - https://global.oup.com/ushe/product/push-9780190943318?cc=gb&lang=enMusic Used:Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune ThemeThe Attic Bits - Command Line Fail

Music Used:Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Thememinusbaby - Una Gran Parte de Tu Mente Rebanadaminusbaby - You Were Strongminusbaby - Una Gran Parte de Tu Mente Rebanada (Live at Blip Festival 2011)minusbaby - BIAS, Pt. 1

Music used:Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune ThemeAwkward Terrible & Glowing Stars - George Jetson's Inflatable CopThe Glowing Stars - Got It BadMatthew Joseph Payne - Pewter HandlesMatthew Joseph Payne - i think we're ready - cursed vibes (from audio log #25 2023_03_03)

Music used:Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune ThemePeter Swimm - Too Much!Reference:Pulsewave, a monthly chiptune event series in NYC: https://pulsewave.rip/True Chip Till Death, a website chronicling all things chiptune: https://truechiptilldeath.com/ You can find Peter online at peterswimm.com.

Music in order of appearance:Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune ThemeWizwars - Right Back To You Reference:Blip Festival, formerly an annual festival centered around chiptune held in NYC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blip_FestivalSurvey of the LA Chiptune scene and 8BitLA/Freq.Fest in particular: https://www.vice.com/en/article/gvqwk7/las-chiptune-scene-is-more-than-just-nerds-with-game-boys

In this episode we mistakenly refer to the artist Lo-bat as Italian - Lo-bat is a Belgian artist. Apologies for the mistake!Music in order of appearance:Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune ThemeWizwars - Game Boy Rock!! (performed at Shizzfest 2 at the Trunk Space)Wizwars - The ViolatorWizwars - I Am Wizwars (Real Los Angeles Chipthrash)Wizwars - Requiem For A Broken HeartWizwars - Right Back To You Reference:Reformat The Planet, a documentary about chiptune and the Blip Festival in particular: https://reformattheplanet.vhx.tv/LittleSoundDJ(LSDJ), a piece of music software written specifically for the Nintendo Gameboy: https://www.littlesounddj.com/lsd/index.phpObsoleteFM, an event series and collective based in LA that was active during 2011: https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/pop-hiss/story/2011-07-01/saturday-obsolete-collectives-monthly-chiptune-showcase-in-downtown-l-aBlip Festival, formerly an annual festival centered around chiptune held in NYC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blip_FestivalSurvey of the LA Chiptune scene and 8BitLA/Freq.Fest in particular: https://www.vice.com/en/article/gvqwk7/las-chiptune-scene-is-more-than-just-nerds-with-game-boys

Songs used:Reformat The Planet (Space Town Sadboi Remix) - Bit ShifterArtifice (On Your Lack Thereof) - Space Town SaviorThose Blinking Lights - Space Town SaviorDiscovery - Space Town Savior