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Kevy Martinez (Wizwars/The Kevyn Gnartinez Band) (Part 1)
Kevy Martinez (Wizwars/The Kevyn Gnartinez Band) (Part 1)
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Length:
67 minutes
Released:
Sep 20, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
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
Released:
Sep 20, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (17)
Episode 0 - Intro: Chiptune, for those unaware, is music made on retro video game hardware. For a period of time, it was thought of as the new punk, fusing retro technologies with a DIY approach and anti-consumerist framework to create a scene that felt like it would change music. I used to make it, but now I don't. Now I'm making a podcast about why. I'd like to tell you how and why this podcast came to be, and I thought that the best way to do so would be to talk about my own history in the scene. Here's a bit of a monologue about where I'm coming from - hopefully that'll help us figure out where we're going. by What Happened to Chiptune?