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Pixelh8 makes music out of discarded childrens toys and vintage computer systems, making entirely new music out of abandoned edutainment.
www.myspace.com/pixelh8
www.pixelh8.co.uk
- Matthew Applegate
(Pixelh8)
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Pixelh8 who? what? where?
24/07/2008 10:05:03 By Hidden Youth Records
Internationally renowned chip tune musician Pixelh8 makes his music from reprogramming vintage computer systems such as the ZX spectrum, Commodore 64 and Game Boy. His unique blend of Electronica has taken him across the globe, performing at Microdisco in Berlin, at Apple iTunes, California and for BBC Radio 1 in London.
Pixelh8 has also opened for Imogen Heap on her UK tour on a few of her dates.
Highly regarded in this emerging genre of music, he has been interviewed by both CNN and the BBC, as well several magazines and websites all over the world.
Pixelh8 combines the sounds of video games and toys, that have been reverse engineered and reprogrammed to form original compositions. Pixelh8 has also created software like the Pixelh8 Music Tech Game Boy Synth and Pro Performer for other musicians.
Pixelh8 continues to release music on the record label Hidden Youth Records and is currently working a series of hardware items for various vintage consoles.
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Pixelh8 who? what? where?
23/12/2007 18:47:17 By Pixelh8
Pixelh8 (pronounced "pixel hate") is an act which started life as a side project to Matthew Applegate's Hidden Fortress. Pixelh8 is one of many of Matthew's "characters", this one with a specific love/hatred of video games, toys, and educational toys, combining elements of Circuit Bending, reverse engineering and Chip Tunes.
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Pixelh8 combines the sounds of video games and toys, often those that have been reverse enginereed to avoid either copyright infringement or plagerism to form original compositions. Pixelh8 has also used self made video game software like Pixelh8 Music Tech Gameboy Synth.
Like many artists, Pixelh8 started off relatively unknown on Myspace and was widely discovered after entering a competition to open for Imogen Heap on her UK tour.
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Pixelh8 continues to release music on the record label Hidden Youth Records and is currenty working a series of hardware items for various vintage consoles. Such as the Pixelh8 Music Tech Gameboy Synth for the gameboy and the Pixelh8 Music Tech ZX Synth for the zx spectrum.
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Pixelh8 is also known for his "diary of madness" on youtube.com which looks into circuit bending and chip tune music via a video blog.
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He has recently completed a tour of California stopping off to play at itunes headquarters for the staff, and has more recently recorded a live session for the BBC Radio 1.
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"The Boy With The Digital Heart" Is the second album from Pixelh8.
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The entire album every note, every drum beat, every sound programmed by scratch, and performed on software written for Game Boy, Nes , Sega Game Gear, BBC Micro, ZX spectrum, Commodore 64, Acorn Electron, MSX as well as many many more.
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A documentary detailing the making of the album and software is currently underway.
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Pixelh8 who? what? where?
23/12/2007 18:46:23 By Pixelh8
Pixelh8 (pronounced "pixel hate") is an act which started life as a side project to Matthew Applegate's Hidden Fortress. Pixelh8 is one of many of Matthew's "characters", this one with a specific love/hatred of video games, toys, and educational toys, combining elements of Circuit Bending, reverse engineering and Chip Tunes.
Pixelh8 combines the sounds of video games and toys, often those that have been reverse enginereed to avoid either copyright infringement or plagerism to form original compositions. Pixelh8 has also used self made video game software like Pixelh8 Music Tech Gameboy Synth.
Like many artists, Pixelh8 started off relatively unknown on Myspace and was widely discovered after entering a competition to open for Imogen Heap on her UK tour.
Pixelh8 continues to release music on the record label Hidden Youth Records and is currenty working a series of hardware items for various vintage consoles. Such as the Pixelh8 Music Tech Gameboy Synth for the gameboy and the Pixelh8 Music Tech ZX Synth for the zx spectrum.
Pixelh8 is also known for his "diary of madness" on youtube.com which looks into circuit bending and chip tune music via a video blog.
He has recently completed a tour of California stopping off to play at itunes headquarters for the staff, and has more recently recorded a live session for the BBC Radio 1.
"The Boy With The Digital Heart" Is the second album from Pixelh8.
The entire album every note, every drum beat, every sound programmed by scratch, and performed on software written for Game Boy, Nes , Sega Game Gear, BBC Micro, ZX spectrum, Commodore 64, Acorn Electron, MSX as well as many many more.
A documentary detailing the making of the album and software is currently underway.
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Welcome to www.indiestore.com/pixelh8
23/12/2007 17:57:24 By 7digital
Pixelh8 is live on indiestore!
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