Blip Festival
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| Blip Festival | |
|---|---|
 Dubmood blipfestival 2008 | |
| Genre | Chiptune |
| Location(s) | New York City, Aalborg, Tokyo, Melbourne |
| Years active | 2006 - 2012 |
| Website | www |
The Blip Festival was a festival that celebrated
The Bell House
in 2008 and 2009. It went back to Eyebeam in 2011 and then the Gramercy Theatre in 2012.
The festival was the subject of a 2008 documentary film, Reformat the Planet, made by
Pitchfork.tv.[1]
After seven Years and 11 Festivals across four continents it was announced that the October 2012 Blip Festival in Tokyo would be the last installment.[2]
Blip Festival Europe
The Blip Festival Europe was held once only in Aalborg, Denmark on July 24 to 25, 2009.[3] The festival included Bit Shifter, Nullsleep, minusbaby, Hally, Binärpilot, Goto80, Bodenständig 2000, Bu Bu Kitty Fuckers and more.
Blip Festival Tokyo
The Blip Festival Tokyo occurred for three consecutive years and was held for the first time on September 4–5, 2010 in
Hip Tanaka
, and more. It was consecutively held at Koenji High on October 22–23, 2011 and October 20–21, 2012.
Blip Festival Australia
The Blip Festival Australia was held for the first and only time on February 17–18, 2012 in Melbourne, Australia at Evelyn Hotel.[5] Artists that played included Patric Catani, Bit Shifter, Nullsleep, Dot.AY, Abortifacient, Ten Thousand Free Men & Their Families, _ensnare_, 7bit Hero and more.
Past lineups
2012 lineup
- Batsly Adams
- Bit Shifter
- Burnkit2600
- CHiKA
- Chipocrite
- Chromacle
- :| kREW
- Danimal Cannon
- Deadbeatblast (music & visuals)
- Dr. Von Pnok
- Enso
- Exilefaker
- Flashheart
- George & Jonathan
- Graffiti Monsters
- Infinity Shred
- Kris Keyser
- Jean Y. Kim
- Kodek
- Mikrosopht & the p.irateship
- Minusbaby
- Misfitchris
- Monodeer
- No Carrier
- Nullsleep
- Omodaka
- Pulselooper
- Radlib
- Shitbird
- Wizwars
- Zen Albatross
2011 lineup
- Anamanaguchi
- BEASTMODE
- Bit Shifter
- Bubblyfish
- Chipzel
- cTrix
- Deadbeatblast (visuals only)
- enso
- exileFaker
- 4mat
- Henry Homesweet
- Knife City
- Raquel Meyers
- minusbaby
- M7Kenji (visuals)
- NNNNNNNNNN
- No Carrier
- Noisewaves
- Nullsleep
- Party Time! Hexcellent! (visuals)
- Tristan Perich
- Ralp
- Stagediver
- Starscream
- Peter Swimm
- Talk To Animals
- Ten Thousand Free Men & Their Families
- Ultrasyd
- vade
- visualicious
- Wet Mango
- Zen Albatross
2009 lineup
- Albino Ghost Monkey
- Bit Shifter
- Bubblyfish
- Patric Catani
- Chromix
- The C-Men (visuals)
- Disasterpeace
- Eat Rabbit
- enso (visuals)
- failotron
- Fighter X
- Glomag
- The Hunters (music and visuals)
- I, Cactus
- The J. Arthur Keenes Band
- Je Deviens DJ en Trois Jours
- Jean Y. Kim
- Leeni
- little-scale
- Rosa Menkman (visuals)
- minusbaby
- No Carrier (visuals)
- Nullsleep
- Outpt (visuals)
- Paris (visuals)
- Psilodump
- Rainbowdragoneyes
- Silent Requiem
- Starscream
- David Sugar
- tRasH cAn maN
- Vblank (visuals)
2008 lineup
- Anamanaguchi
- Animal Style
- Bit Shifter
- Bubblyfish
- Cheap Dinosaurs
- Cow'p
- Dubmood
- Entter (visuals)
- Glomag
- Graffiti Monsters
- IAYD
- Ikuma
- Jellica
- Lissajou
- Low-Gain
- m-.-n
- Meneo
- minusbaby
- Mr. Spastic
- No Carrier (visuals)
- nordloef
- noteNdo (visuals)
- Nullsleep
- Paris Treantafeles (visuals)
- Role Model
- Sidabitball
- Starscream
- Stu
- Sulumi
- Syphus
- The C-Men (visuals)
- Tonylight
- Trash80
- Unicorn Dream Attack
- USK
- Vblank (visuals)
- zabutom
2007 lineup
- 6955
- 8GB
- Alex Mauer
- Anamanaguchi
- Bit Shifter
- Bodenständig 2000
- Bokusatsu Shoujo Koubou
- Crazy Q
- Firebrand Boy
- Gijs Gieskes
- gwEm
- Lo-bat.
- Mark DeNardo
- Markus Schrodt
- minusbaby
- No Carrier (visuals)
- noteNdo- (visuals)
- Nullsleep
- Oliver Wittchow
- Otro (visuals)
- Paza Rahm
- Postal_M@rket
- Rugar
- Sabrepulse
- Saskrotch
- Tree Wave
- virt
- Yes, Robot
2006 lineup
- Anamanaguchi
- Goto80
- Receptors
- Starpause
- Touchboy
- Tugboat
- virt
- x|k
- Bit Shifter
- Coova
- Mark DeNardo
- Pepino
- Quarta330
- Rabato
- Random
- Herbert Weixelbaum
- Cory Arcangel
- Aonami
- Covox
- Crazy Q
- The Depreciation Guild
- Hally
- Kplecraft
- Bud Melvin
- Nullsleep
- Bubblyfish
- Glomag
- Tristan Perich
- Portalenz
- Saitone
- Jeroen Tel
- Neil Voss
- YMCK
- C-Men (visuals)
- C-TRL Labs (visuals)
- noteNdo (visuals)
- Voltage Controlled (visuals)
- Dan Winckler (visuals)
See also
References
- ^ "Pitchfork.tv". 14 September 2008. Archived from the original on 14 September 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "8bitpeoples". 8bitpeoples.com. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-07-08. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Blip Festival Tokyo". Archived from the original on 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-10-10.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-06-22. Retrieved 2012-10-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Blip Festival NYC 2012". Archived from the original on 2012-10-08. Retrieved 2012-10-10.
- ^ "Blip Festival 2011". Archived from the original on 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2012-10-10.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-10. Retrieved 2012-10-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-05-07. Retrieved 2010-05-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-05-07. Retrieved 2010-05-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-05-30. Retrieved 2010-05-14.
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External links
- Official website
- New York Times article about the festival
- ABC News article about the festival
Media related to Blip Festival at Wikimedia Commons
