8Static loves you

The chiptunes scene has been rocking Europe (and some of the US) with 8Bit music, and awesome low-fi demo’s for years. And even though some of the best East Coast 8bit hackers are right here in Philly (NO CARRIER, Animal Style, Cheap Dinosaurs, VBlank just to name a few) there’s been near zero gig’s here in our little frontier town. Chiptunes geeks have to treck to events like Pulsewave in NYC for their fix.That is, until this weekend.

NO CARRIER, and his friends at TheHacktory have busted their butts to put together an event here in Philly, 8static!

8static is this Saturday night at Studio 34 in West Philly. Drop in at 6PM to 7:30, for Reformat The Planet, a sweet documentary about geeks and their chiptunes. 7:30PM to 11PM is an all ages live show, with a huge array of the best chiptunes and 8bit vjays from up and down the East Coast, and our own back yard. After 11, you can bet the crowd will end up at some kind of after-geeking.

This is an all ages show, and tickets are $5 if you get them now , or $8 at the door. Or if you can’t wait that long, you can check out the 8static preview from IgnitePhilly.