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673 Reply by calmdownkidder Apr 15, 2011 9:55 pm

Re: The 2010 TCTD Awards Nominations (46 replies, posted in General Discussion)

voet 4 cdk plz lol

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674 Topic by calmdownkidder Apr 13, 2011 9:17 pm

Topic: [CDK 052] gwEm - Decade of Fragments (4 replies, posted in Releases)

http://calmdownkidder.com/records/releases/cdk052

Astonishingly dirty basslines? Check. Thumping Beats? Check. Samples from all sorts of various nooks and crannies in pop culture? Check. Christmas Song? Check.

Wait, what?

Most ordinary mixes don’t have Christmas songs, but then, most mixes aren’t by Atari and axe wielding madman Gareth Morris, who celebrates his 10th year of being ‘The One They Call gwEm‘. During a short period of not being busy from touring all over the world, from London to Toyko and almost everywhere in between, or putting on his own shows, or making his own Atari music composing software maxYMiser, gwEm has managed to make this astonishing 35 minute mix of old and new music into an unforgettable dance mix, that will surely cement his position in the chipscene for at least another ten years!

Artwork by noteNdo

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675 Reply by calmdownkidder Apr 10, 2011 12:14 am

Re: How would you feel if I made a remix album of The Stroke's "Angles"? (33 replies, posted in General Discussion)

off topic, plz delete

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676 Reply by calmdownkidder Apr 7, 2011 9:29 am

Re: [CDK 051] Sparkyboy - African Oasis (7 replies, posted in Releases)

What did y'all think of the return of the mighty Sparkyboy then?

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677 Reply by calmdownkidder Apr 4, 2011 9:55 pm

Re: Fantasy Blip Festival 2011 (295 replies, posted in General Discussion)

akira^8GB wrote:

calmdownkidder wrote:
You should move, you can organise chiptonez gigs with me
You still, haven't addressed how public transport has anything to do with this.

As in the UK, a lot of people who come to the gigs may be younger than your average chip punter in elsewhere, so would likely rely on public transport to get to shows, and most shows end around 11:30-midnight, and night buses are fucking dodgy, so they might decide not to come rather than miss the final few acts, and getting from city to city in the UK is quite expensive, especially for a young person/student not earning that much, especially as the government have just scrapped a huge benefit system for students, and if people can't get home in a city they don't live in, they'd have to stay at a hostel for the night which also costs money - do you want a fucking novel? Or an excuse to bitch about the UK scene, be my guest.

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678 Reply by calmdownkidder Apr 4, 2011 6:57 pm

Re: Fantasy Blip Festival 2011 (295 replies, posted in General Discussion)

George wrote:

CDK : I'd like to know how public transportation in the United Kingdom affect Reading+Leeds, Glastonbury and Camden's scene?
And, personally, I'd move to England tomorrow morning, part of it is because of English culture, namely music. (And Doctor Who, of course! :3)

There's a significant difference between an event similar to Blip Festival, and one where arena-selling acts are headlining a massive branded festival, aren't there? I'm not sure of the point you're getting at - of course mainstream music is going to be an easier sell than a chipmusic event!

You should move, you can organise chiptonez gigs with me

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679 Reply by calmdownkidder Apr 4, 2011 6:49 pm

Re: Fantasy Blip Festival 2011 (295 replies, posted in General Discussion)

George wrote:

CDK : I'd like to know how public transportation in the United Kingdom affect Reading+Leeds, Glastonbury and Camden's scene?
And, personally, I'd move to England tomorrow morning, part of it is because of English culture, namely music. (And Doctor Who, of course! :3)

There's a significant difference between an event similar to Blip Festival, and one where arena-selling acts are headlining a massive branded festival, aren't there? I'm not sure of the point you're getting at - of course mainstream music is going to be an easier sell than a chipmusic event!

You should move, you can organise chiptonez gigs with me

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680 Reply by calmdownkidder Apr 4, 2011 2:19 pm

Re: Fantasy Blip Festival 2011 (295 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Bit Shifter wrote:

Also Blip is just one event. I don't know why there aren't more of its scale, elsewhere in the world. There should be, and anyone with the interest and motivation to make it happen really should. The Blip team is basically three scatterbrained fuck-ups with a questionably functional practical relationship. If we can do it, other people definitely can.

Not to make excuses, but NYC is a massive city with a massive arts/music scene and an excellent (and mostly 24/7) public transportation system - this certainly helps a small scene such as chipmusic alive and thriving. In the UK when most Public transport ends before midnight, it certainly makes it harder to organise events on a larger scale. I do try though, believe me!

Plus we don't have an excellently run arts organisation with the financial clout and love of chipmusic to help us out (WINX etc)

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681 Reply by calmdownkidder Apr 4, 2011 7:45 am

Re: New Chipmusic Information Resource (54 replies, posted in General Discussion)

CDKr album art still hasn't changed

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682 Topic by calmdownkidder Mar 30, 2011 9:35 pm

Topic: [CDK 051] Sparkyboy - African Oasis (7 replies, posted in Releases)

http://calmdownkidder.com/records/releases/cdk051

In the Desert that is the chipmusic scene, Sparkyboy makes a triumphant return with his African Oasis! Quench your thirst with the refreshing self-titled track, or lie in the cool shade of other bangers such as the mighty Danger Danger! Even better, not a Wonderwall cover in sight! (Not that Oasis, silly…)

Released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License

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