August 8, 2011
9pm FREE & ALL AGES open mixer!
Portland, Oregon USA
Backspace Cafe
115 NW 5th
Come jam with us and show off your stuff.
Inspired by “conversations, late night jam sessions, and months of headphone composition and production, Jesse Garcia, Elias Foley and an evolving cast of engineers, players, technicians and producers took these ideas and have been expanding upon them using ensemble based improvisation and collaborative development. Other notable founding members are Doug Smith, one of the founding members of Pink Martini, and Kranky recording artist Tim Gray (aka Ethernet).
Our goal is to support upcoming independent producers in an atmosphere of experimentation and co-creation that will encourage production of electronic music using affordable battery-powered instruments.
Battery powered music production is an expansion set for the well-established genre of chiptune. As for how this differs from chiptune…well chiptune was a genre built around that pulse wave sound of the 8 bit chips in the earlier gaming systems, handhelds and PCs. Battery powered music welcomes this rich classic sounds and also invites the polyphony of voices available in bent instruments/toys & the newer 16 bit battery-powered musical systems. We are interested in innovations in battery power, rechargeable technologies.
Last edited by Battery Powered Music (Aug 7, 2011 3:42 am)