Academic Article on Text Graphics
A new issue of the academic journal WiderScreen was released today, and includes a text by me. The theme of the issue is text art, and my text takes a critical look at the terminology surrounding text graphics. In short, I look at ASCII, PETSCII, Unicode art and Shift-JIS and ask whether these encoding terms are the most relevant way to categorize them today.
Read the article: full article or my shorter comment on Chipflip.
There are some very good contributions by e.g Raquel Meyers, Tommy Musturi, Gleb Albert, Dan Farrimond, Markku Reunanen, Daniel Botz and many more. So you should check out the whole issue, if you’re into this texty stuff.
Soundtrack for BBS-documentary
I’ve made the music for Simon Klose‘s documentary BBS – nätet innan webben (the net before the web). It’s a brief look into Swedish BBS-culture, before the web took over. It premieres at Internetmuseum in Stockholm 13 June.
Interview for Slovenian TV
Here is a clip about me in the Slovenian public service station RTV. I’m not sure what they’re saying, but the interview felt good afterwards (for a change) so hopefully it’s all good.
Floptrik Promo Mix
On 16 June my new release Floptrik drops on CPU Records. Very happy to be part of their great electro catalogue! Below is a short promo mix with all 10 tracks. They will come as normal recordings for download, and as executable C64-programs on a 3.5″ floppy. There are generative remixes that sound different every time, as well as PETSCII visuals. Read more.
Campuse, Milano, July 21
I’m playing together with Kenobit at Campuse in Milano on July 21st. I’ll also do a short introduction workshop for the defMON Commodore 64 music program earlier in the evening.
Spelklubben, Umeå, July 15
I’m doing a concert and a talk about chip music at Spelklubben in Holmsund, outside of Umeå on July 15th. My most northern gig so far!
Zyron DJ-set
Zyron mixes disco, funk, downtempo, groove, acid, house, stuff – including one of my songs from 80864. Enjoy!
Upcoming Floptrik
My next release is Floptrik, which will be out on 3.5″ floppy and Bandcamp, published by the great electro label CPU Records. It includes 10 songs, and the floppy contains eternal remixes for 5 of the songs, and visuals for the other ones. Here’s one of those visuals: Fist of Trade with PETSCII-animations by Raquel Meyers (first released here).
dubCRT – Second Edition
The second edition of dubCRT, produced by Shareware Plus with a new package design, is available now. This is a C-64 cartridge with songs and reactive PETSCII-visuals that can be tweaked, remixed, and destroyed. There’s also 11 fresh remixes! From the Facebook-post:
The first batch of 25 dubCRT’s are now ready to order!
Simply send £65 GBP to sales[at]sharewareplus[dot]com making sure you include your full name & address. For tracking please add £5 GBP.
We expect the first batch to sell out quickly over the weekend and a second batch will be available in two weeks.
Balter Festival, Wales, June 4
I’m playing Balter Festival in Wales, June 4th!