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Background
Square Sounds Festival was an art and music festival dedicated to celebrating the chiptune community. During its run, it was dedicated to music and visual art either created with or having the aesthetic of antiquated videogame consoles, trackers, synthesizers, circuit bent toys and other somewhat unusual methods. The festival was one of the biggest and longest running chipmusic festivals in the world [1]
Generally referred to as simple Square Sounds, the festival began in 2013 in Melbourne, Australia and continued until 2020 with a total of 14 shows in both Melbourne and Tokyo, Japan. It grew out of the best known chipmusic festival, Blip Festival, which ceased in 2012 when the local organisers of Blip Australia and Blip Tokyo wanted to continue promoting events in a similar style in their local communities, borrowing a similar structure from their predecessors.[2] In addition to the main music events, the Australian arm also ran open mics, workshops and other events aimed at furthering the scene in Australia and partnered with a number of local events including Pax and White Night. Square Sounds was featured in a variety of media including segments on TV shows including Good Game.
Melbourne events primarily took part at the Evelyn Hotel, before shifting to 24 Moons, while the Tokyo events consistently took place at Koenji High throughout the span of the festival.
In addition to the almost 200 music and visual artists to play the main stage, each event also included a variety of acts playing different events on the days before and after. These included artists who had played the mainstage showcasing different projects, DJ sets, open mics to give exposure to new and emerging artists.
A Tokyo show was initially announced for September 2020. A variety of reasons, including the Covid 19 pandemic and personal circumstances for the organising teams lead to Square Sounds going on indefinite hiatus[3].
Pozible Gigs
The Melbourne shows 2014 event was supported by backers through Pozible, and participated in an event called “Pozible Gigs” aimed at promoting crowd funding live music and became not only the first event to meet their target, but the highest amount raised as well.[4]
- ^ Verbrugge, Kieron (2022-10-04). "Nothing But The Bits – Talking Chiptune Music With Melbourne's Calavera". Press Start. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
- ^ ABC Gamer (2015-04-02). Square Sounds - GG Pocket - EP35. Retrieved 2024-10-17 – via YouTube.
- ^ "What Happened to Chiptune?". whathappenedtochiptune.org. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Chip in For Square Sounds Melbourne". www.pozible.com. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
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