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Returning to the Dublin club scene in a eargasmic explosion of brightly coloured pixels, Gamepak are almost ecstatic to present one of Berlin's most innovative beats-and-bleeps-artists.
Doshy's style is generally saturated with chippy sounds, with plenty of exuberantly arpeggiated synths, sci-fi sonic imaginings and digital nostalgia for the audio soundscapes of 80s and 90s. Tracks like "Space Attack" and of course Chip" provide a unique and playful twist on contemporary bass-heavy electronic music. With releases on labels like Tiger Bass, Destpub, Planet Mu and Robox Neotech, Doshy is often compared in the same breath to Zomby, Joker, or Slugabed. His most recent release saw his work remixed and rejiggled by some of the most forward-thinking electronic experimentalists around, including Rudi Zygadlo, Pixelord, Monky, Democracy,Halp & Coco Bryce, and his tunes have wound up with DJ support from Starkey, Jamie Vex'd and countless others. He's collaborated with everyone from Robot Koch and Stagga and even taught electronic music-making to youngsters in Burma.
We're happy to have the welcome return of Galway's Ubee, complier extraordinaire of new beats and bizarre pictures. Expect weird warped rythyms with lazerblangs and awkward BPM. His liveset for gamepak @ Thomas House last year was mega; like his "Insert Coin" mix, evoking the smoky arcades where you could get "entranced on pixelated crack" - 'nuff said. Support will come from Gamepak residents CSixtyForce and Xyme, while visual artist Claire Guerin will be providing visuals on the night too.
Gamepak
Started in 2009, Gamepak is a loose collective of electronic musicians, pixel artists, hardware hackers, disc spinners, data jockeys, VJs, circuit benders, & assorted others. Club nights feature classic or quirky bigscreen games, as well as red-hot pixelated retrofuturist sounds from both international guests and local performers. Previous guests have included Baseck, Homoludo, Nordloef, Skp, Chipzel, SubVersus, QPop and many others. Already making 8-bit waves around Europe, Gamepak were mentioned amongst the "memorable chip scene moments of 2010" and look set for greater things in 2011, with plans for more occasional one-off shows, regular small club nights, a compilation release, and also an outdoor all-ages show in the summer.
Your quiet night in is not in this castle. :spinach:
http://soundcloud.com/doshy/sets/scatter-ep-roboxneotech-10-10/
http://soundcloud.com/robox-neotech/doshy-spaceattack-doshys-holoblaster-edit-freedownload
