Kevy Martinez (Wizwars/The Kevyn Gnartinez Band) (Part 1)

In this episode we mistakenly refer to the artist Lo-bat as Italian - Lo-bat is a Belgian artist. Apologies for the mistake!

Music in order of appearance:

Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme

Wizwars - Game Boy Rock!! (performed at Shizzfest 2 at the Trunk Space)

Wizwars - The Violator

Wizwars - I Am Wizwars (Real Los Angeles Chipthrash)

Wizwars - Requiem For A Broken Heart

Wizwars - Right Back To You

Reference:

Reformat The Planet, a documentary about chiptune and the Blip Festival in particular: https://reformattheplanet.vhx.tv/

LittleSoundDJ(LSDJ), a piece of music software written specifically for the Nintendo Gameboy: https://www.littlesounddj.com/lsd/index.php

ObsoleteFM, an event series and collective based in LA that was active during 2011: https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/pop-hiss/story/2011-07-01/saturday-obsolete-collectives-monthly-chiptune-showcase-in-downtown-l-a

Blip Festival, formerly an annual festival centered around chiptune held in NYC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blip_Festival

Survey of the LA Chiptune scene and 8BitLA/Freq.Fest in particular: https://www.vice.com/en/article/gvqwk7/las-chiptune-scene-is-more-than-just-nerds-with-game-boys