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Poland (soon Scotland)

Hi,

I'm moving to Edinburgh in two months time and I were wondering whether someone could give me some advice on where to go or where to look for some CHIPTUNE GIGS or the likes. I remember seeing a topic about ULTRACHIP with some exciting names, is this a cyclic festival? Also could you recommend me some MUSIC SHOPS in Edinburgh? I have to leave my mixer/monitors behind due to weight and size so surely I will be looking for some new equipment in some time, would be great to know where, I'm also looking for a good place to buy e.g. wiring and some other electronic stuff like jacks, adapters, soldering irons smile

I will bring some other chiptune releted stuff like arduinoboy, usb cart programmer, DS programmer, DMG carts, play it loud DMGs (if someone would want to buy them or trade) etc. perhaps someone would care to backup their .savs, use (or even buy) my arduinoboy or simply crash around, play some music, have a beer (perhaps a smoke if that's your thing :3). I'm opened to any kind of collab..right now I'm mostly into some fast (~150 bpm) dnbish/chiptunish stuff (but I can play downbeat) I haven't record a single track since 2 years, so I have a lot of unreleased stuff for live improvisation of any sort.

So, little help here?

P.S. This is my first post here so hello every1 : ) feel free to move my topic to the right place I didn't find a meet-ups section or anything similar..

Best Rgds
Mateusz

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Edinburgh

Hello!

I only moved to Edinburgh about 4 months ago myself (from Aberdeen originally) but I can help with a few things...

I organise Ultrachip - it's an annual event that just happened last month, so there's a long wait till the next one.

Currently there are no regular chip gigs in town, but I've organised one that's happening next month featuring 8GB, an-cat-max, myself and Fragile Chaos - Facebook event.

Music equipment shops: the only one I've used is Red Dog Music down on the Grassmarket. Biggest one in Edinburgh, plus they were helpful and reasonably priced, so seems like a good option to me.

Wiring / electronics: Maplin I suppose, or save some money and buy online.

Hope that helps! Send me a PM when you're in town if you fancy meeting up.

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New York City

See you in October? big_smile

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England

Hi there Mateusz,

Comptroller wrote:

I only moved to Edinburgh about 4 months ago myself (from Aberdeen originally) but I can help with a few things...

I'm off to Aberdeen to visit friends at the end of the month. Never been before.

Edinburgh is lovely.

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Poland (soon Scotland)

Thanks Comptroller : ) I will sure get in touch with you when I'm there!