Toy Company is proud to start 2012 with a bang and its first ever festival!

Friday February 10th & Saturday February 11th 21:00 - 3:00

Jackie & Judy
6512 avenue du Parc
Montreal, QC

One day ticket : $15
Two day pass : $20

LINEUP :

??? [Montreal]
Aliceffekt [Montreal]
Battle Lava [Montreal]
Br1ght Pr1mate [Boston]
CAT (CIRCLE TRIANGLE SQUARE) [Montreal]
Das Mörtal [Montreal]
DJ Pie [Paris]
ExileFaker [New York]
Heosphoros [New Brunswick]
Pocaille [Montreal]
Rhinostrich [New York]
Shrimps [New York]
STARPAUSE [San Francisco]
XC3N [Montreal]
Xyno [Joliette]

VJ Albiréo [Montreal]
VJ Invader Bacca [New York]

+  Indie videogames showcase courtesy of The Mount Royal Game Society

Tickets on sale soon!

FB event page : http://www.facebook.com/events/206552239439111/

FIRST ROUND OF ARTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS AND FULL FESTIVAL WEBSITE LIVE!
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

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=263204107044803

Hi everyone. I'm going on tour in 2012, with Roniit and our basset hound Navi. It's a long time from now, but I wanted to get the word out 'hella' early to give everyone including myself a heads up and make this the most Unforgettable Adventure Ever!!!!!!™

I am pooling all of my available resources to make this tour happen. If you are able to help out setting up a show and/or house party, please DO NOT hesitate to get in touch with me!!! Write to RDE@rainbowdragoneyes.com with a witty anecdote, a song from a cool band you like, the first name of a show promoter, a venue in which you'd like to see us perform, the latest celebrity gossip, or simply just "Other."

These dates and locations are all subject to change, but here is the projected flight path:

EAST:
1.17 - Denver, CO
1.18 - Wichita, KS
1.19 - Oklahoma City, OK
1.20 - Dallas, TX
1.21 - Austin, TX
1.22 - Austin, TX
1.25 - Houston, TX
1.26 - New Orleans, LA
1.27 - Memphis, TN
1.28 - Nashville, TN
1.31 - Birmingham, AL
2.01 - Atlanta, GA
2.02 - Tallahassee, FL
2.03 - Tampa, FL
2.04 - Orlando, FL
2.07 - Jacksonville, FL
2.08 - Savannah, GA
2.09 - Myrtle Beach, SC
2.10 - Raleigh, NC
2.11 - Richmond, VA
2.12 - Washington, DC
2.14 - Baltimore, MD
2.15 - Philadelphia, PA
2.16 - Trenton, NJ
2.17 - New York, NY
2.18 - New York, NY
2.19 - Danbury, CT
2.21 - Providence, RI
2.22 - New Bedford, MS
2.23 - Boston, MS
2.24 - New York, NY
2.25 - Buffalo, NY
2.26 - Pittsburgh, PA
2.28 - Cleveland, OH
2.29 - Columbus, OH
3.01 - Indianapolis, IN
3.02 - Chicago, IL
3.03 - St. Louis, MO
3.04 - Kansas City, KS
3.05 - Small Town, KS

WEST:
3.09 - Denver, CO
3.10 - Fort Collins, CO
3.11 - Cheyenne, WY
3.13 - Salt Lake City, UT
3.14 - Boise, ID
3.15 - Seattle, WA
3.16 - Portland, OR
3.17 - Sacramento, CA
3.18 - San Francisco, CA
3.20 - Oakland, CA
3.21 - San Jose, CA
3.22 - Santa Cruz, CA
3.23 - Los Angeles, CA
3.24 - Los Angeles, CA
3.25 - San Diego, CA
3.27 - Phoenix, AZ
3.28 - Tucson, AZ
3.29 - Albuquerque, NM
3.30 - Colorado Springs, CO

See you in America!

- Eric W. Brown / Rainbowdragoneyes

awesomecat
shellshock
ovenrake
firedrill

doors 8pm
show starts at 9pm
$3

OPEN MIC BEFORE THE SHOW!
Get there at 8 and talk to firedrill or ovenrake to sign up. Please limit your performance to around 15 mins. Show us your stuff!

The anual Winter Chip is here!
http://battleofthebits.org/arena/Battle … +Chip+VII/
We are trying out 16 formats this year over 4 weeks. That would be 0.571428 tracks a day if you want to collect them all! Good luck all n00bz!! /

RULES

- All registered users of BotB may vote.
- All tunes will be rendered to MP3 for voting accessibility.
- No covers allowed.

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FORMATS:
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AUDIO

- AdLib soundcard ( to many )
- Amiga MOD ( *.MOD )
- AY-3-8910 / YM2149 ( *.SND / *.AY / *.YM )
- Nintendo Gameboy ( *.MP3 )
- 24k tracker module ( *.MOD / *.S3M / *.XM / *.IT )
- NES/Famicom 2a03 ( *.NSF )
- Atari Pokey Chip ( *.SAP )
- Sega Genesis/MegaDrive ( *.VGM / *.VGZ )
- Commodore 64 ( *.SID )
- Sega Master System ( *.VGM )
- SNES/Super Famicom ( *.SPC )
- Atari TIA Chip ( *.BIN )
- Commodore VIC 20 ( *.VT / *.PRG )
- ZX Spectrum beeper ( *.Z80 / *.SNA / *.BBSONG )
- WILD CHIP ( *.MP3 )

ART

- Chip battle art ( *.GIF / *.PNG / *.BMP )

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Tin Can Alehouse -- 1863 5th Avenue, San Diego
21+, $6 cover, 8PM.

Artists:
Bleeds -- (bleeds.bandcamp.com)
Wizwars -- (wizwars.bandcamp.com)
Space Town Savior -- (spacetownsavior.bandcamp.com)
Dasid (soundcloud.com/dasid)
Elekid (soundcloud.com/rock-kandy)
Xombie (8bitcollective.com/members/xombie)
Hyperwave (hyperwave.bandcamp.com)

This is huge. San Diego's biggest chipmusic show EVER. 7 artists and NONSTOP PARTY NEVER GONNA STOP

If you're anywhere in San Diego and even questioning what to do on the 18th, GO TO THIS. We are all sad and broken hearted and we will give you the PERFORMANCE(S) OF YOUR LIVES.

Featuring:
Wage Their Battle: http://soundcloud.com/wagetheirbattle
Hexadecimals: http://soundcloud.com/the-hexadecimals
Glacial23: http://soundcloud.com/glacial23
All info can be found here:
http://www.grogshop.gs/2012/01/19/the-h … lacial-23/

Rainbowdragoneyes/Roniit/NoN-SToP!/RayStrife/TriggeredImpulse/BubblegumOctopus

The Backstage at Championship Bar
931 Chambers Street
Trenton, New Jersey

2/16/2012
Doors at 7:00 PM
All ages
$10

Rainbowdragoneyes
http://www.facebook.com/Rainbowdragoneyes

Roniit
http://www.facebook.com/Ronitmusic

NoN-SToP!
http://www.facebook.com/nonstop68

Ray Strife
https://www.facebook.com/pages/To-Live- … 5904671067

Triggered Impulse
http://www.facebook.com/triggeredimpulse

Bubblegum Octopus
http://www.facebook.com/BubblegumOctopusOfficial

I'm really hoping the promoter will consider booking more chip acts in Trenton after this show.

Karl (Esopus/Dragon Chiptune/Fumubattleship/ Originoo Draggon Esopus) played sets there for an "Industrial" show back in summer of 2010, and attendance was extremely low. After that the promoter was pretty hesistant about booking acts which weren't the ususal metal bands who brought a decent crowd to their shows.

Hopefully things will be different this time.

BOSTON8BIT PRESENTS: RETURN OF THE 8-BIT

FEATURING:

*ACTIVE KNOWLEDGE
*BR1GHT PR1MATE
*CATHODE RAYS
*DA PANTZ
*DECKTONIC
*I AM [NOUN]
*RADIO SCOTVOID

and CHIPTUNE OPEN MIC

at GREAT SCOTT
222 Commonwealth Avenue 
Boston, MA 02134
http://www.greatscottboston.com

Doors at 7:30PM
$8 / 18+

For more info and inane banter go to: https://www.facebook.com/events/258434577555474/

For tickets pre-sales visit: http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEv … Id=4255405

LETS PARTY DUDES!

All these cool kids:

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- RDE
- Graffiti Monsters
- Heavyw8bit
- The Blue & Red 3D Spectacular
- Chromix

viz by INVADERBACCA

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sponsored by THE BROOKLYN SALSA COMPANY, which means FREE CHIPS AND SALSA AS FUCK

* We might try and stream this shit on something called an "internet," stay tuned to the ~OFFICIAL FB EVENT~ for those details. *

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$10.00 USD, Ages 0-100 welcome on February 18

arrive at 8PM and BUY MY SIQ MERCH

@ BROOKLYN PARTY XPO
929 Broadway, Brooklyn NY 11206

{{ Subway: JMZ to Myrtle Broadway. Walk west }}

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See you in hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

“BACK TO THE ADVENTURE”
8 bit Music & Visual Showcase with a special guest from FRANCE !

MUSIC-

[2080/FR]
2080の音楽を聴くとちょっと懐かしい雰囲気がでてくる。これは8bitsのサウンドを使って作曲をしているからです。2080はミュー ジシャンだけではなく、グラフィック・デザインのエキスパート。ヒット曲「my megadrive」がyoutubeで4万ビュー以上を記録し、注目されています。これから2080を ご期待ください！

[minikomi/AU] (from METRODUB)
ベース好き、８Bit好き、パーティ好きわくわくピコピコオーストラリア人。音はダンスホールとダブとチップチューンが混ぜったよう。メトロダッブというレーベルLo-Fiなダブを出しています。2011年東京Blip Festivalに参加。
http://metrodub.com/

[Midori Kurihara/JP] (from YMCK)
YMCKとは、男女3人から成る8bitミュージックユニット。
2004年に発売した1stアルバム「ファミリーミュージック」の大ヒットをきっかけに、幅広い世代の支持を受ける。
また国内のみならず、フランス、スウェーデン、オランダ、米国、台湾、タイ、韓国等、8カ国以上で国際的なフェスやイベントに出演。映像と完全にリンクしたユニークなライブパフォーマンスは、世界的にも高い評価を獲得している。CDリリース以外にも、楽曲提供、映像制作、リミックス、 DJパフォーマンス、ゲームサウンド・プロデュース、音楽制作ソフトウェア用の8bitサウンド・プラグイン「Magical 8bit Plug」やiPhoneアプリ「YMCK Player」の開発など、国内外において幅広い活動を展開している。
http://www.ymck.net/

[Omodaka/JP]
Omodaka は「テクノ民謡とモーショングラフィックスの融合実験企画」として始動。液晶ディスプレイに映し出された仮想シンガーと共に、携帯ゲーム機、タッチパネル式シンセサイザー等のデバイスを使い、巫女装束でくりひろげるパフォーマンスが特徴です。
http://fareastrecording.com/

VISUAL-

[EXCALIBUR/JP]
http://www.entaku.net/artist/yoshinori/

2.10.2012 [SAT]
M DAIKANYAMA
¥1000 [+ ¥500/ 1 drink at entrance]
22:00 - 03:00

http://www.facebook.com/events/293803557344430/

Saturday, February 18th, 2012
7:00pm at Studio 34 - all ages - no alcohol inside!

$8 / $5 with RSVP on Google form: http://tinyurl.com/8staticFebruary18RSVP

Music by:
Note! (NYC) http://note.bandcamp.com/
SKGB (PHL) http://skgb.bandcamp.com/
D&D Sluggers (NC) http://ddsluggers.com/

Visuals by:
Animal Style (PHL) http://animal-style.com/

Don’t forget – open mic is every month. Show up at 7pm to sign up and play a song before the main show begins.

This is our last show at Studio 34 so come out and party and say farewell to this awesome place!

For all the info, check out http://8static.com/

Spread the word on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/events/185262431580991/

1st Annual RAGfest (Rock & Gaming fest)

3/17/12, St. Patrick's Day!

The Airliner
2419 N Broadway
Los Angeles, CA 90031

18+
Music starts at 8PM
$5 before 9:30pm $7 after

Chiptune Artists:

Virt ( the Contra 4 composin', FX making chip god)
A_Rival (the hip hoppin', electro stompin' chip wizard)
Trash80 (one of the danciest, most melodic chip musicians out there)
Mr. Spastic (the jazzy, funky, NES lovin' madman)
Evil Wezil (the bearded autoharp and gameboy extraordinaire)
Wizwars (REAL los angeles chipthrash)
DJ Mike Haggar (the Metro City mayor himself on a rare leave from City Hall!)

Bands:

The Mormons
The Dharma Bums
Sketch Monster

Game Tournament:

Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
Mortal Kombat 9
Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition

+more bands tba

Don't miss this!!!

With: ExceNtRip, three-weeks-old lovesick puppy, CHELSEA, スキルアップ/カモシカプール

Link: http://www.shibuyamilkyway.com/?m=20120216

// nordloef

I'm playing tonight at Strummer's Tavern here in Yuma, AZ
Just found out the club has a wifi connect, so I will be Livestreaming my set here - > http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-10spd-home-sessions

My set is at ~9pm (GMT - AZ)

Tune in! Say whats up! Enjoy some free music tonight, eh?