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Pitchfork Media Gets Reformatted |
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Saturday, 16 August 2008 12:55 |
2 Player Productions and Pitchfork Media Team Up
In a move that is sure to split the tight pants off of hipsters everywhere, influential internet outfit Pitchfork Media has finally discovered chip music. To make up for lost time, they've decided to stream the entirety of our Reformat the Planet documentary off their site. The catch: It's only available for one week, so head there now and you can say you knew about chip music before all those hipsters on your block did.
Here's the link- Reformat on Pitchfork
So once again, we managed to miss our weekly video update. While some may think we merely set ourselves up for failure, i can attest that this time we had some really good excuses. A whole bunch. Seriously.
Better late then never, we're rolling out a new mini-series of videos, the "080808". We where lucky enough to show up in time to catch a few performances at the 080808 outdoor show in Philadelphia, hosted by our friend No-Carrier. The first video is more on the abstract side and features the Nullsleep track "Angle of Reflection".
Look out for more videos coming soon in the 080808 series featuring performances by Minus Baby, Animal Style, and 8GB. |
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Tuesday, 05 August 2008 04:30 |
West Coast Premier of Reformat the Planet at Penny Arcade Expo
Reformat the Planet will be showing at the 2008 Penny Arcade Expo(PAX) in Seattle, Washington. This will be our west-coast premier, and perhaps the largest venue RTP has had the privilege to play at. With attendance over the years steadily rising to the thirty seven thousand at last years event, PAX has become the ultimate destination for gamers the world over. RTP will be introduced to a new audience that's bigger then ever, and we're all very grateful that the guys at PA liked our movie enough to want to show it to their friends.
We'll be joined in Seattle by our pals Anamanaguchi, who are performing as part of PAX's legendary live concert event. Having previously given new life to video game cover bands and the nerd-core rap movement, PAX will be opening their door for the first time to chip music. Little do they realize the breaching charges placed on the door by the guch', set to blow that fucker to splinters right before they storm in and clear the room.
In theory, you should be able to find us for the duration of the event populating a merch booth packed with all sort of excellent 8bitpeoples swag. What's much more likely to happen is that we'll find an excuse to stick Anamanaguchi in the booth and sneak off to play Mega Man 9 and Bionic Commando. So if you come by to make a purchase in good will and find the station manned by scruffy-looking musician types with colorful t-shirts and tight pants, don't panic. They are in control.
To celebrate our next big screening(and make up for last weeks missing video) we've added three clips of Reformat the Planet to the site to give everyone a better idea of whats in store for them. PAIN!
No, not really. Unless you find pulse pounding live performances and slick 8-bit ascetics painful, then be sure to take your medication before clicking the link.
As of this moment, the time slot for the PAX screening is still TBA. In the meantime, you should be concerned with putting your body through an intense physical and mental training routine in preparation for the three most jam-packed days of awesomeness in human history.
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Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:33 |
Video Premier of Yet-Unreleased Nullsleep Track
2PP risked life and limb to bring you this brand new, unreleased Nullsleep track, "Shadows in the Sky", performed for the first time live at the May Pulsewave in NYC. The video was filmed entirely by a secret camera hidden discreetly in Asif's giant novelty hat, and then smuggled out of the venue in Paul Owen's digestive track.
This tremendous breach in the Great Sleep's security will most certainly be met with terrible, searing retaliation, but we here at 2PP are committed to bringing you the deepest darkest secrets from the seedy underworld of chip music, whatever the cost. We'll just blame it all on an intern anyway. I mean, that's what their there for, right?
Next week: Secret footage of Glomag's negative energy weapon tests from deep within his vast subterranean fortress. Be there!
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Monday, 14 July 2008 22:29 |
Reformat The Planet Official Selection of The Melbourne International Film Festival
Big news this week is "Reformat The Planet" being accepted to screen at the Melbourne International Film Festival in Australia. This will be the overseas premier of RTP, and everyone at 2PP is honored to have the film screen at Australia's largest and most prestigious festival.
Unfortunately, the 2PP crew will not be attending the festival due to the prohibitive cost of international air fair. We however send our collective spirit along with the betaSP transfer, and encourage any native Australians with a taste for big little sounds to check out one of the freshest music documentaries in this or any hemisphere.
"Blip Festival: Reformat The Planet" will be screening 9:30 PM on Monday, July 28th, at the Kino Theater.
The new video this week has been a long time coming, featuring a January 08 Pulsewave performance by Seed AI, brain child of 2PP's own web designer Brett Lefferts. This performance also features Brett's good friend and master of percussion, Dan Gottesman.
This is the first of two video projects developed for Seed AI, the second still in production with a tentative release date of early fall 2008.
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Trash80 and Chiptunes Unite! |
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Monday, 07 July 2008 11:55 |
MISSING YOU at Pulsewave!
This weeks video features LA native chip artist Trash80 live at the May Pulsewave in NYC, performing "Missing You" from his new 8bitpeoples release, "Icarus".
2PP would like to announce the launch of "Chiptunes Unite!", a new video sharing group hosted on Vimeo. Having recognized that we're not the only people in the world making chip videos, we set out to try and gather the scattered resources of the internet into one place for your viewing pleasure. You'll find live shows, music videos, graphic demos, and all sort of bit-craft. Be sure to drop in and see what the wide world of chip music has to offer, or even better, join up, grab a camera, and post some videos of chip shows in your area!
2PP would also like to unveil their latest secret weapon in the fight against over-modulated sound, shiny new audio tech Gabe Liberti. Gabe's utter remorseless domination of sound waves can be experienced first hand in the Blip Festival 2007 Bit Shifter video.
Check back again next Monday for another new video. Which will it be? I don't know, we probably haven't even started it yet!
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