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Blip Festival 2008 Primer - Part 2

Posted by Derrick Sanskrit

The 2008 Blip Festival is only two days away, so today we're taking a look at the man considered to be responsible for the whole NYC chiptune scene, Jeremiah Johnson, aka Nullsleep. We've featured him here back on July 4th, but with Blip Festival just days away and a brand-new Nullsleep EP released just this past week, it seemed the time was ripe for a second look.

Without further ado, please enjoy "Salvation for a Broken Heart" from the just-released Unconditional Acceleration EP:



Oh my goodness, those sounds. Can you believe that was all composed and performed on an original Game Boy? Did you even know the Game Boy was capable of such sweet harmonious bliss? Kind of makes the Wario Land soundtrack just seem lazy, huh? But surely this can't be interesting to watch performed, can it? Well, here's a video of Nullsleep playing that very same song to a crowd of passersby in Chinatown eighteen months ago:



And if he can get those kids to dance out in the street in broad daylight, just imagine the fun to be had in a club at night.

Nullsleep will be performing this Saturday night from 11:20pm till midnight. If you enjoyed "Salvation for a Broken Heart," be sure to download the entire Unconditional Ecceleration EP for free from 8bitpeoples.

Come on back tomorrow for some more sweet chiptuning, and we hope to see you at Blip Festival this weekend!

Related articles:
Blip Festival 2008 Primer - Part 1 - noteNdo
Chiptune Friday: Nullsleep vs. Depeche Mode
Chiptune Friday: Bit Shifter
Blip Festival: Reformat the Planet on Pitchfork.tv
Chiptune Friday: Anamanaguchi
Chiptune Friday: USK
Chiptune Friday: cry.on.my.console Pits M.I.A. vs. Super Mario Bros.


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