Today’s episode (after a long break) features Jessen Jurado, a visualist and event organizer based in NYC. Jessen has been involved in the NYC scene almost since its beginning, and his enthusiasm led him to organizing and putting on shows and event series - most notably I/O Chip Music, a series that ran as a sort of counterpart to Pulsewave during the heyday of the NYC scene. Jessen invited me to play an iteration of I/O Chipmusic all the way back in 2016 and we’ve been talking ever since. This episode features discussion about the history of the NYC scene, organizing a counterpart to Pulsewave, and what the future of chiptune might be. Correction: In Dannel Jurado's episode, it was mentioned that Jessen Jurado (no relation) was involved with the Reboot chip shows. Jessen would like to clarify that he had no involvement with Reboot.…

been a while! this episode will explain it

Music Used: - Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme - Matthew Joseph Payne - Civil Disobedience is Civil Defense Reference: - Eliot Lash’s Visuals Setup - https://www.eliotlash.com/works/live-music-visuals - Eliot Lash’s Game Music Visualizer - https://www.eliotlash.com/works/game-visualizer-1 - Max Capacity - https://linktr.ee/maxcapa.city - Triggerboy - https://www.eliotlash.com/works/triggerboy - Eliot Lash’s Games Portfolio - https://www.eliotlash.com/ - Tugboat (Jesse Novak) - https://archive.org/details/CDK030 - Slime Girls - https://slimegirls.bandcamp.com/album/as-if-youre-never-hurt - Olde English - https://www.oldeenglish.org/…

Music Used: Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme dot.AY - Vibraslop Reference: - Square Sounds Melbourne - https://www.squaresoundsfestival.com/ - Karlheinz Stockhausen - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlheinz_Stockhausen - Music Concrete - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musique_concrète](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musique_concr%C3%A8te) - Henry Homesweet - https://x.com/henryhomesweet - 10k Free Men and their Families/Tom Gilmore - http://10kfreemen.com/ - Girl Talk - https://www.girltalkmusic.com/ - Dan Deacon - https://dandeacon.com/ - Crystal Castles - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Castles - Pictureplane - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pictureplane - Kristy Dossor - [https://www.sifter.com.au/post/chiptune-is-an-instrument-not-a-genre-square-sounds-festival-2020](https://www.instagram.com/postitmandala/) - Eugene Davoren-Britton - https://www.instagram.com/hyphencutlery/ - Little-scale - http://little-scale.blogspot.com/ - cTrix - https://ctrix.net/ - Sound Bytes - https://www.facebook.com/SoundBytesOz/ - Doshy - https://ra.co/dj/doshy - Robert Parker - https://www.instagram.com/robertparkerofficial/?hl=en - Tom Foolery and the Family Jewelry - https://tomfooleryandthefamilyjewellery.bandcamp.com/ - Jamatar - https://jamatar.bandcamp.com/ - Reception Festival - https://receptionfestival.com/ - Melbourne Chiptune Academy - https://chiptuneacademy.com.au/ - Avrilcadabra - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8OqqNTPR_s9TNIXiBZfOcg…

Music Used: Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme Nestrogen - Making You Cry (feat. Dan Pantzig) Reference: - FL Studio - https://www.image-line.com/ - LSDJ - https://www.littlesounddj.com/lsd/index.php - Famitracker - http://famitracker.com/ - Datathrash Recordings - https://datathrash.bandcamp.com/ - Cursed Hoof Studio - https://www.instagram.com/cursed_hoof_studio/…

Reference: - The Blood Zone - https://thebloodzone.libsyn.com/ - Kitschfork - https://kitschfork.podbean.com/ - Meet Me In The Bathroom - https://www.harpercollins.com/products/meet-me-in-the-bathroom-lizzy-goodman - OCRemix - https://ocremix.org/ - VGMix - https://vgmixarchive.com/ - MAGFest - https://www.magfest.org/ - Electronicon - https://knockdown.center/event/electronicon_2023/ - Equip - https://worldofequip.bandcamp.com/music - Zan-zan-zawa-veia - https://zan-zan-zawa-veia.bandcamp.com/ - Problem Attic - https://lizryerson.itch.io/problem-attic - Yume Nikki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yume_Nikki - A Very Pokey Xmas - https://archive.org/details/pokey-xmas - Let’s Play Life - https://ellaguro.blogspot.com/2024/03/lets-play-life.html Music Used: - Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme - ella guro - Terrible Town…

Music Used: Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme Ultrasyd - Un croissant s'il vous plaît (RIP Ultrasyd) Reference: - Bent Fest - https://twitter.com/bentfestival - Chiptunes = Win - https://archive.org/details/chiptunes-win-discography-flac-lossless - Kevin Saunderson - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Saunderson - Juan Atkins - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Atkins - Reel Big Fish - https://reel-big-fish.com/ - The Arrogant Sons of Bitches - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Arrogant_Sons_of_Bitches - Bomb the Music Industry! - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomb_the_Music_Industry! - Chipwrecked - [https://www.facebook.com/events/østerlars-bornholm-denmark/chipwrecked-chiptune-festival-2023/378372814467430/](https://www.facebook.com/events/%C3%B8sterlars-bornholm-denmark/chipwrecked-chiptune-festival-2023/378372814467430/) - Infinity Shred - https://www.infinityshred.com/ - Anamanaguchi - https://anamanaguchi.com/ - Porter Robinson - https://porterrobinson.com/ - Bud Melvin - http://www.budmelvin.com/ - Tristan Perich - https://www.tristanperich.com/ - Depreciation Guild - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Depreciation_Guild Episode Photo by Rick “Portroids” DeMint…

Music Used: Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune theme Boaconstructor - Ditch The Biscuit Reference: - Nanoloop - https://www.nanoloop.com/ - Ovenrake - https://ovenrake.bandcamp.com/ - Live Animals - https://weareliveanimals.bandcamp.com/ - Glooms/Turtlesaur - [https://gloomsmusic.bandcamp.com](https://gloomsmusic.bandcamp.com/) - Electric Children/Circles - https://electricchildren8bit.bandcamp.com/ - Fighter X - https://fighterx.bandcamp.com/ - Piko Piko Detroit - https://pikopikodetroit.bandcamp.com/ - 8bitcollective - https://archive.org/details/Best_of_8_Bit_Collective-2006-2011 - TheBaseBit Recordings - https://thebasebitrecs.bandcamp.com/ - Pacific Noise Works - https://pacificnoiseworks.com/ - Square Sounds - https://www.squaresoundsfestival.com/ - Milano Chiptune Underground - https://www.facebook.com/MilanoChiptuneUnderground/…

Reference: Eindbaas - https://eindbaas.org/ xyce - https://xyce.nl/ Men of Mega - https://menofmega.nl/ Superbyte Festival - https://ra.co/events/751982 Square Sounds - https://www.squaresoundsfestival.com/ Music Used: Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme RoccoW - Unbearable Thirst

Reference: Pulsewave - https://pulsewave.rip/ 8bitcollective - https://archive.org/details/Best_of_8_Bit_Collective-2006-2011 Note! - https://note.bandcamp.com/ AdamGetsAwesome - https://archive.org/details/pax-2011-adam-gets-awesome-chiptune-concert Chillbrave - https://chillbrave.bandcamp.com/ Music Used: What Happened to Chiptune Theme - Space Town GAMEFORM - Chillbrave Portrait of Dannel Jurado by dr1p - https://dripontheinter.net/links…

Music used: Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme Dubmood - Solitude Reference: FastTracker 2 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FastTracker_2 Protracker - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protracker Amiga - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga Modarchive - https://modarchive.org/ Trax in Space - https://web.archive.org/web/20010418144833/http://www.traxinspace.com/ Rebels - Chipmusicdisk #1 - https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=3604, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSD8_C4cAHo Schlager - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlager_music Monotonik - https://www.simoncarless.com/monotonik-a-net-label-1996-200/ Micromusic - [micromusic.net](http://micromusic.net/) Microdisko - https://www.discogs.com/fr/label/39227-Microdisko?page=1…

Music Used: Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme Nullsleep - Motion Map (Feel The Rhythm) Reference: 8bitpeoples - https://www.8bitpeoples.com/ International Chiptune Resistance Tour - https://coolhunting.com/culture/the-internation/ Pulsewave - Monotonik - https://www.simoncarless.com/monotonik-a-net-label-1996-200/ Micromusic - [micromusic.net](http://micromusic.net/) VORC - http://www.vorc.org/ Blip Festival - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blip_Festival M8 Tracker - https://dirtywave.com/products/m8-tracker…

Corrections: Micropalooza was actually started in 2003 instead of 2002 as stated in the episode. Apologies for the confusion! Reference: - Micropalooza - https://www.portlandmercury.com/music/2003/12/24/30443/wiggle-it-that-8-bit - Dataport - https://www.instagram.com/dataportpdx/?hl=en - 2 Player Productions - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_Player_Productions Music Used: - Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme - Moon Talk - As We Were…

References Mother’s Day (Film) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081186/ Toxic Avenger (Film) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090190/ OB-6 (Synthesizer) - https://oberheim.com/products/ob-6/ Troma - https://www.troma.com/ 8-bit Punk (Wired article by Malcolm Mclaren) - https://www.wired.com/2003/11/mclaren/ The Tank (NYC Venue) - https://thetanknyc.org/ Mackenzie Wark (writer + scholar) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKenzie_Wark Magfest (Annual music and games festival) - https://www.magfest.org/ Music Used What Happened to Chiptune Theme - Space Town Roland & the Lamprey - Glomag…

References: Daedalus Controllerism - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spa4emMwhOM Liveness: Performance in a Mediatized Culture by Philip Auslander - https://www.routledge.com/Liveness-Performance-in-a-Mediatized-Culture/Auslander/p/book/9780367468170 Playing with Something that Runs by Mark J. Butler - https://global.oup.com/academic/product/playing-with-something-that-runs-9780195393620 Push: Software Design and the Cultural Politics of Music Production by Mike D’Errico - https://global.oup.com/ushe/product/push-9780190943318?cc=gb&lang=en Music Used: Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme The Attic Bits - Command Line Fail…