529 Topic by dosPrompt

(16 replies, posted in Past Events)

Chipmusic is back in Melbourne!

Saturday May 15th will be the launch of what will (hopefully!) become Melbourne's most eclectic monthly music night.

With a mix of chip, breaks, rap, rave, glitched out samples and kickin' party beats, New Classic brings you a night with a little something for everyone.

FEATURING

10 Thousand Free Men and Their Families – LIVE (SYD) – 8bit chip-punk.

Maddest Kings Alive – LIVE Glitchy samples, Broken beats and hip hop style grooves

c-Trix – LIVE  Fun, upbeat, dance inducing house combining classic tunes and Amiga samples. 

Cat Full of Ghosts – DJ – Eclectic Mashups/Mixes ranging from dance to dubstep

Aoi – LIVE – Creative, progressive indie, Hip Hop mixes

Yes/No/Maybe – LIVE – Hip hop beats and raps

Romy (Macromantics) – DJ - “Tidal synth soundwaves of sentimental bliss” As Macromantics, Romy has appeared on Triple J, supported Lily Allen, Played with Ben Lee and played Homebake

Fletch – DJ – Upbeat disco, baltimore, party jams and bass to get your booty shakin'

Andyexpandy (BNE) - Playing his first Melbourne show, Andyexpandy's own brand of "candy-sega-trance" will have you rocking.

15/05 from 8pm. $5 entry til 9:30/$10 after
@The Johnston, Johnston St Fitzroy.

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530 Reply by dosPrompt

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celsius wrote:

LOL I think she meant literally IN our house. At one time or another every Australian artist I know has graced our humble abode.

Generally the descend on the house in gangs too.

And some internationals.

And the lazerblanket - which is almost a force unto itself.


Oh - and the reason that the scene has been in our backyard is because we made it so by starting to put on gigs- so it really only does support that theory smile

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531 Reply by dosPrompt

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infradead wrote:

so late june shiftwave in Seattle

don't worry about shows across the country or the world.

make it happen in your own back yard.  the scene is not in NYC, Melbourne, Montreal, or Hawkfather's house.
its were you are you.

don't force don't fake don't sweat it.



But, I am in Melbourne... and sometimes the scene IS in my house.
smile

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532 Reply by dosPrompt

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Bit Shifter wrote:

I have to say too that blaming your target audience for the logistical collapse of the event strikes me as pretty unprofessional. Again: if a conversation like this one is all it took to capsize the show, the plans were obviously not very solid or dependable to begin with.
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Blaming the artists

b3tabot wrote:

This one thread alone has been very harmful for this event. JC, which is one of the 4 people funding this event, has not been comfortable at all with the negative reactions coming from ---artists themselves---.

even moreso

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533 Reply by dosPrompt

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Those of you saying you were looking forward to chip music events and people new to the scene who haven't seen a show yet, there are chip scenes all over the place - there are other shows probably local - sure they may not be as big, but the people will be friendly (in my experience) and the music will generally be pretty good wink

Artists (in my experience) are always willing to play, just give them half an excuse and you've got a show just look out for one and get along to it! smile

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534 Reply by dosPrompt

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BR1GHT PR1MATE wrote:

cmon guys, where is the carnage? these responses are far too even-handed o far. especially you dosPrompt. that sort of insightful, constructive criticism is WAY out of line here.

I have Celsius to dole out the bad stuff. Good Cop - Bad Cop. wink - We take turns

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535 Reply by dosPrompt

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I'd hate to be someone who had organised / paid to travel to come to this event (or who was coming a long way after being booked and had started organising to make this happen) – how disappointing for all concerned.

Let’s take something positive from this though and treat it as a learning experience for anyone else thinking about putting on a large scale show – or hell, even a small one.

I think that reading this thread (and the earlier one) from start to finish is probably really useful for anyone in the future trying to organise a big show (not just chip, in any genre) in so far as the difference between getting feedback from people and taking their opinions on how they think you should run your show in a public forum. We’ve been there (getting unsolicited “advice”), believe me, but thankfully we’ve never had it dissolve to this level because we’ve usually nipped it in the bud – it’s amazing what a PM can do rather than replying in public and letting these things get bigger and more out of hand.

It’s interesting the difference between this thread any of the past blip threads – or any other big show... I don’t need to say what they are – you can all read.

Let’s hope that this doesn’t mean that b3tabot or others aren’t discouraged from putting on shows. We do all want to further the scene but sometimes baby steps are not a bad thing... and neither are surprise announcements – Blip Tokyo anyone?

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536 Reply by dosPrompt

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This is awesome. Love YMCK and although it may seem pretty obvious to other people that read that list that they would be likely on the bill, I would have expected them wanting big cash, so very happy they'll be playing

(and Tokyo is close to Australia and a third of the price of NYC to get to wink )

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537 Reply by dosPrompt

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So I looked into it a little further apparently cybernet now have the licensing for the name commodore so it's not someone else buying them out they just decided to get the name commodore rerelease it under that banner with a press release and get some publicity

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538 Reply by dosPrompt

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Its actually interesting - if you look on the news page they talk about how they're trying to get access to be able to use the old school commodore logo. I'm a bit confused as to how they can get away with making those very clear this is the new c64 references (calling themselves commodore USA for example) if they don't hold copyright/trademark. I've been trying to find out more about who these guys are.

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539 Topic by dosPrompt

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I figured that it is probably not just my household that's interested in the below.
No one else has posted about it yet, but some of you may know...

Anyway, they're releasing a revamped Commodore called Phoenix....

As Celsius and I were discussing kind of a cool alternative to a lappy when you can just take it on holiday with you and plug it into the TV in your hotel room and have your whole PC with you... or as a media centre...

I think there will be one in our house come end of the year
http://www.commodoreusa.net/index.html

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540 Reply by dosPrompt

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George wrote:

I say 10 000 free men and their families and friends and Raptor-Kharlan.

I'd say Derris-Kharlan over Raptor-Kharlan - unless that's what you meant? Derris-Kharlan's great live, but to date there hasn't been any live Raptor-Kharlan, even here in Melbourne.
It would break my heart if that happened (10K and DK) and I couldn't afford another trip to NYC to see it. Oh, and a hint, if you want Aussies, get Dot.AY on that list too.

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541 Reply by dosPrompt

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remind us a couple days before Seb, there's a sticker with your name on it

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542 Reply by dosPrompt

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So we didn't get an opportunity to do a merch stand which means if you want one of these PM Celsius or myself and we can organise one for you. $5 shipped anywhere in the world and we can do (a heaps) paypal

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543 Reply by dosPrompt

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Thanks Tom, I was just coming here to do this!

please all take note of this shot because it is ridiculous and I am such a fortunate girl

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544 Reply by dosPrompt

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@soundbytesoz where we post gig updates and stuff and a personal account where I post nothing.

I would love to recommend derris-kharlan's "Heaps awesome tweets y0" but there is so many of them that I don't read a high enough percentage to comment accurately tongue

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