Edinburgh Festival Gigs: Ultrachip @ The Forrest Cafe 2010/08/21 - 22 (Saturday, Sunday)

A friend recommended this to me. "Scotland's first chiptune festival" sounds like a laff! Don't know any of these guys yet, but I'll try to get along to at least one of the nites.

"There will be live chip music, visuals & DJing from 8pm – 3am on the Saturday and Sunday night. Age limit: 18+ due to there being a bar.

During the day on Sunday there will be workshops on chiptune composing, circuit bending & VJing (full details here). Also, there will be a Chip Market with a range of chip-related goods on sale, running 12-5pm in the main hall upstairs. Age limit: none, all ages welcome."

So bring along yer casio n a crosshead n get bendy wi that noise making equipment!

Got into the modscene and chiptune stuff as a teenager after downloading a trippy old-school mod for Doom called 8-bit deathmatch. Dark, claustro, boxy levels with eppy-inducing flashing walls, strobing lights, and a pixelated power arsenal. Best thing was the soundtrack tho - some of the modscene's best grindy and bleepy loops and tracks were also included!

So I'm hoping it will sound not completely unlike these:

Doom 8bitdm Part 1


Doom 8bitdm Part 2