Chiptunes: The Best of British

RED ORANGE
presents
“Chiptunes: The Best of British”
with
Shirobon, Sabrepulse, Henry Homesweet and LastKnight VJ

Game Boy technology is enjoying a new wave of popularity – on the dance floor! Innovative music-makers use vintage sound chips to produce a style of electronic music inspired by the sound of old computer consoles from the 8-bit era of video games. The technology may be outdated, but fast, fun, dance-tastic tunes made with Game Boys have been revolutionising the contemporary music industry all over the world. Here’s your chance to find out why! Red Orange presents the best chiptunes musicians from the UK: Shirobon, Sabrepulse and Henry Homesweet.

LastKnight add live visuals, mixing glitched video and images with circuit-bent hardware, retro games consoles and creative common hardware.

Friday 09 September 2011
KINGS PLACE FESTIVAL 2011
Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9AG
www.kingsplace.co.uk

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Friday | 09 September 11 | 7.30pm | St Pancras Room
£4.50 in advance. Book now here

Shirobon

Shirobon Game Boys, laptops, electonics
LastKnight VJ

Michael Cordedda, aka Shirobon, discovered chiptunes when he was fifteen. This triggered his love for sound design and the production of electronic music. Now at the age of nineteen his passion is professional sound design, production and performance. Shirobon is currently working on a new release which will express a different side to his music. The album will retain some old chiptune elements while introducing a whole new exciting sound.

“This track is a banger, hits hard and can fight its way into the hardest of electro playlists. Just hit play and don’t think for a second you are about to hear the music for a Megaman game, you are about to hear some hard electro… that is of course with the right dosage of sick 8-bit leads” technocracymusic.blogspot.com

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Friday | 09 September 11 | 8.45pm | St Pancras Room
£4.50 in advance. Book now here

Sabrepulse

Sabrepulse Game Boys, laptops, electronics
LastKnight VJ

Sabrepulse is 25-year-old Ash Charles, a London-based electronic musician who creates raw, fresh dance music using a laptop and 1989 Nintendo Game Boy. His styles span chiptune, breakcore, DnB, dubstep, IDM and electro. Ash has clocked in over 100 concerts and festivals across Europe, USA, Japan and South America, most notably the respected Blip Festival events in New York and Tokyo. He has also performed live sessions on Radio 1, Resonance FM, Bassdrive and many others. 2011 sees Sabrepulse release a new full length record and continue to bring his innovative style to audiences worldwide.

Founder and manager of the annual international ‘8-bit Alliance’ tour, Sabrepulse has a keen interest in spreading the 8-bit movement to the UK and beyond.

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Friday | 09 September 11 | 10pm | St Pancras Room
£4.50 in advance. Book now here

Henry Homesweet

Henry Homesweet Game Boys, laptops, electronics
LastKnight VJ

Henry Homesweet is a micromusic producer from the UK. He takes retro and vintage computer-game hardware and bends the audio into a modern context, composing and performing crunchy lo-fi psychedelic techno and electro straight from outdated consoles. His sounds are sometimes manipulated, often raw, and always dirty.

“Henry Homesweet’s music is more like progressive mature electro, and it’s incredibly intricate, interesting and mature.” Noize Makes Enemies

“Henry Homesweet is simply one of the most talented musicians I’ve come across in a long time.” Noize Makes Enemies

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Due to the hall limited capacity, booking well in advance is much recommended. Book now to avoid disappointment.