DEC. 17-19
BROOKLYN, N.Y.
Blip Festival: This annual Game Boy symphony allows those with a penchant for antiquated video game sounds to come together and create retro-electro concertos for similarly-minded music fans. You may have thought you were clever recycling your orange juice cartons, but the nearly 30 international artists who attend Blip create original music out of low-bit video game consoles that otherwise would have found their second life in the scrap heap. This style of music, known in the underground scene as chiptune, is anything but simple. In the hands of artists such as Random and Nullsleep, these toys create rousing, throbbing electronic music. The conference gives those who create the music a chance to tinker during the day. They then perform in the evening for the benefit of those who have never pulled apart their Nintendo. The Bell House, 149 7th St.,blipfestival.org
