Chiptune Music

There’s electronic music.  And then there’s video game electronic music.

While electronic musicians are known for their inventiveness, those in the chiptune community have created something else entirely.

Air Fortress on KBOO

I was able to record the Mircropalooza music festival held at Portland’s Ground Kontrol.  The bar/music venue also houses a variety of old-school arcade games so it was all too fitting to see chiptune musicians from across the region perform amongst the blips and blinking lights.

8 Bit Weapon and ComputeHer traveled from Los Angeles for their performances, while MC Firedrill came from Olympia, Washington.

Air Fortress was another musician and I brought him on to my electronic music show, Plugged In, that airs on the the local community radio station, KBOO. You can listen to Air Fortress give a live demonstration of how he creates his sounds.