About True Chip Till Death
herr_professor on 07/21/2009 at 10:01AM
Solarbits
Still stuck in summer turnaround, so excuse brevity for quality! Earlier this spring, WFMU DJ Trent hosted a quartet of chipstars in a special live show from the solar powered Solar One. Amongst the performers was NYC Chip veteran Bubblyfish. Known to her friends as Haeyoung Kim, this classically trained musician and composer is an anomoly in the chip community, and not just for the fact she is a female in a scene dominated by men. Her style and technique owes alot to the fact that she seems to have been completely isolated from the concept of gamer culture, and stems from a holistic approache that regards the Game Boy as instrument. The live tease you get on Trent's show is but a taste of her moody and layered sonic barrages (you can catch more of her commercial recordings via her myspace). Bubblyfish's type nonpurist appraoch to sound chip based music is one we'll stick with in the next few weeks, as we get more into the deeper end of the chip music gene pool, with releases from some enigmatic artists from around the globe. See you in seven!
