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Datapop 2009
March 18, 2009
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In a vacant retail space just off South Lamar - a sub-sub-genre is set to upend what is considered instrument and skill—how innovation can drive creativity and vice versa. A contingent of "chipmusicians" from across the country will descend upon Austin for Datapop 2009, an exposive night of 8-bit music taking place right as the SXSW Music Festival busts out of the gates. "GameBoy music" or Bitpop is a type of composition and performance produced using a game system of the GameBoy line. Datapop will feature such underground sensations Anamanaguchi, Bit Shifter, 8BK-OK, Graffiti Monsters, IAYD, Nullsleep, and Sievert. To produce music of the genre, thousands of devotees have hacked the old GameBoy console and use an unlicensed cartridge containing the appropriate software. The Game Boy music scene is quite small and spread around the world, with musicians creating music in a wide range of styles. The resulting music ranges from techno to rock to pop to noise and has a fervent creator and fan-base. Datapop 2009 should produce sounds - and sights - unlike anything else.
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Tickets: Free to all
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March 18, 2009Times:
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