Happy Halloween: Exclusive Free Liz Revision Mix, Party in Chicago with Bitshifter

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The veil between the living and dead is growing thin, and I… uh, have some free music for you. Sorry, it turns out I don’t have a clever lead for this story, and my segue makes no sense. So let’s get to it!

Friend of the Site Liz McLean Knight aka Liz Revision aka Quantazelle of subVariant has put together a special, exclusive mix for CDM of 117-119 bpm musical goodness, excavated from the “_blippy” folder of sketches on her USB drive. Matt Moldover, who has been working on his CD-as-electronic-instrument album, lent his laptop. (Watch him assembling CDs in the video after the break.)

It’s all in celebration of a Halloweeen party Saturday night in Chicago, headlined by Josh Davis (BitShifter). Party ringleader Liz joins Josh on behalf of subVariant to represent the IDM-glitch-minimal-tech-house side of things, and Mr. Automatic (Front 312) and Onefiftyone (Chicago Workshop) will be joining in. If you’re in Chicago, this looks like the place to spend your Saturday. If, like me, you’re not, well, we have some music and videos for you to bring the party home.

Chicagoans:
Going.com Chicago event link + discount
Presale tickets on FractalSpin

And yes, while Josh is working on Game Boys in 8-bit, our CDM mix is fully 16-bit, baby! I’m telling you, 16-bit is totally the future.

Play this track:

 

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Now, for a bit of Josh tearing it up in glorious 8 bits:

Bit Shifter – March of the Nucleotides from 2 Player Productions on Vimeo.

Bit Shifter // Blip Festival 2006: The Videos from 2 Player Productions on Vimeo.

Bitshifter did an interview recently with Chaos Control, for more on his performance techniques and inspiration.

And here’s a video of what Moldover was up to as Liz perfected her mix on his laptop — assembling special-edition versions of his CD, which, thanks to custom electronics in the jewel case, can double as noisemakers instead of just packaging. (See our previous story.)

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gwenhwyfaer

“Download MP3″ 404s.

October 30, 2009 @ 2:13 pm
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Peter Kirn

Try reloading — it’s fixed now.

October 30, 2009 @ 2:14 pm
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gwenhwyfaer

Yep, s’good now. Thanks.

October 30, 2009 @ 2:19 pm
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Kris

If you can make it out, definitely do. Bit Shifter live is quite an experience. He never disappoints.

October 30, 2009 @ 3:59 pm
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peter

Also if you can make out to Bit Shifter, make it happen. Its the best.

October 30, 2009 @ 4:33 pm
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Liz McLean Knight

Check it out, Bit Shifter played a few times on the Engadget Show…. mad nerdtastic

http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/

October 30, 2009 @ 7:17 pm
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jasonmd2020

Wow. Stunned to see this here. I was already going to this tomorrow!!! (And desperately trying to wean my girl off of Nickleback. :)

October 30, 2009 @ 10:37 pm
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Andreas

Mixtape is, as they say, ‘nang’.

October 31, 2009 @ 4:07 am
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Liz McLean Knight

thanks. :-)

October 31, 2009 @ 11:02 am
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October 31, 2009 @ 4:57 pm
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Damon

hot chick – YAY!

October 31, 2009 @ 9:22 pm
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kobe

liz is hot.

November 2, 2009 @ 1:48 pm
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Gems McFly

I couldn’t agree more. 16-bit is totally the future. Do you make this sort of music? I’m an artist who is certainly in love with the 8-bit, 16-bit, retro 80′s new age fresh feel. If at all possible I would like to get into contact with you so you, myself, and my musical consultant can totally just create some wonderful wonderful music. I am directly connected to cbs radio insiders so getting our new heard will not be a problem. Hopefully we will be in contact. BTW My name is Gems McFly. contact me at freshcompanyent408@yahoo.com. Thank you.

December 12, 2009 @ 6:38 pm
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