2009 was a good year - PART ONE

I've been meaning to upload dumps from iphoto for ages, so here we go...

More after the jump!

Hipersonica Game People - 23rd November 2009 - Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Covox, Random, Bit Shifter, Bubblyfish, Pulselooper, Tom and me, what an amazing lineup!!!

Things I have learned from this year's alliance tour

1. most danish people are bi-sexual
2. 'the migrane skank' is the second worst song in the world, next to funkee dee's 'are you gonna bang doe?'
3. liverpool is the worst place to host a chip night, but they have amazing nights out.
4. it really is colder up north
5. If i'm going to continue gigging with the same frequency as I have this year, or do another tour - I need a manager.

Stay tuned for a proper gig-by-gig update with photos!

Countdown to Japan

Wow how time flies! Can't believe the Japan tour is next week. Check out the flyer on the left to see the post for the Fukuoka show with performances from Portalenz (USK & Maru), Hally, BSK + more!

More posters will be up on my mypsace profile in the coming week!

British Summertime

Last weekend was the laziest i've had in a while - great to catch up on a lack of sleep from working and recent gigging, but the contstant rain - and bellowing thunder as i'm writing this - leave me wondering why I choose to live in such a grim summer climate.

Out with the doom and gloom, things of note are a new Macbook Pro 13", which instantly makes every other laptop i've had seem a bit fisher-price, and a korg nanokontrol for an outboard knobbox solution to the alesis keyboard i'm currently using live.

I'll put up a selection of the rock herk festival photos up at some point, it was an amazing show - one of the best i've ever played with a huge crowd who were really up for it, a massive thanks to maarten and all the guys involved with it's organisation!

The Japan tour is coming up next month, and i'm so stoked to be playing alonside legends like Hally, YMCK, USK, Maru & Xinon - it'll also be nice to spend some time in a warmer climate ;)

Update on the Alliance Tour 09 dates

We're still looking for bookings - as ever if you're interested in putting us on please email chiptunealliance@gmail.com

Note that Unicorn Kid will not be performing on the tour, and Henry Homesweet can't play the scottish dates due to their other tours overlapping with this one.

Final lineup for all the dates will be announced in the next month, for now here are the confirmed dates, locations and venues.

25 Sept - UBSU - Luton
26 Sept - TBA
27 Sept - Bournemouth - iBAR
28 Sept - Clwb Ifor Bach - Cardiff
29 Sept - Sheffield - Corporation
30 Sept - TBA
1 Oct - TBA
2 Oct - TBA
3 Oct - Edinburgh - The GRV
4 Oct - Glasgow - Cathouse

Rock Herk Festival 2009

I'm playing the second stage at Rock Herk this friday evening (20:00), which is kinda nerve wracking as it's the first 'real' festival i've been asked to do. It's a FREE festival so if you're in the area you have no reason not to be there :p

Other bands/artists at the festival include The Horrors, Feadz, The Teenagers, Trail Of Dead, Panacea and loads more - blimey!

Joining me for midi/keys backup wil be my good friend Wayne (aka Eric Chiptune) - expect new tracks and mashups of old ones!

Here's the festival website in English and Belgian (Flemish? Dutch? I've still not got my head that yet)

I'm also dj'ing a birthday party at Tunnels in aberdeen on saturday night - a rather eventful weekend in total!

News

The new layout is up over on myspace.com/sabrepulse - i've got extremely limited net access at home (iphone), and there's no firefox at work so i'm going to be unable to sort the content out till this weekend.

There is a new song up, i'm not planning on 'Star Romance' being part of the new record - it's just a nice poppy summer track!

Chiptune Alliance 2009 is shaping up, here's the touring lineup:

GOTO80
Fighter X
Sabrepulse
Henry Homesweet
Unicorn Kid (Scottish dates only)

and here are the current dates:

25 Sept - London
26 Sept - TBA
27 Sept - Bournemouth
28 Sept - TBA
29 Sept - Sheffield
30 Sept - TBA
1 Oct - TBA
2 Oct - TBA
3 Oct - Glasgow
4 Oct - Edinburgh

If you're a promoter or know a promoter (UK only) who would like to book any of the tba dates please email sabrepulseATgmail.com or chiptuneallianceATgmail.com

Thanks!

Gig Cancellation!

I've had to pull out of my August 20th date in Manchester at the Ruby Lounge becuase of it overlapping with my Japan trip.

Originally it wasn't going to be a problem as i'd fly out of manchester the night after the show, but the flights have been booked on the day of the 20th, with no way to rebook - so i've had no other option.

I'm sure something will end up being rebooked at a later date, so all is not lost!

When you're down, you never think you'll be up again

A few of you might be aware of my disaterous gig in Brussels at the weekend, a complete embarassment and the whole thing was a writeoff.

I just want to apologise to those who specifically went out to see me and paid 10euros to be subjected to the worst performance i've ever given due to huge equipment failure and loads of other problems i'd rather just forget about.

I'm going to spend the next two weeks preparing extremely hard for Rock Herk Festival (this one's a free festival!) - to show you guys what a sabrepulse show is supposed to be like!

Back 2 Belgium

I'm playing in Brussels this coming saturday with some really talented guys - looking forward to this one!


Hopefully I won't be on at 4:40am like last weekend (you read that right). GOTO80 came up with the idea that belgians don't sleep and it's why all their shows go on till the sun comes up. I'm inclined to believe him.

First Japan Tour

Just got the confirmation through of the following dates in August, really excited!

21st August - Drop Out Star (Sickness Clothing Party) @ Shibuya Kinoto, Tokyo
22nd August - Shibuya Yaneura, Tokyo
23rd August - Shibuya Effect, Tokyo
28th August - Club Zoom, Fukuoka
30th August - Denpa! @ Shibuya Exxcis

I'll put up the flyers and more details as soon as I get them. Can't wait to visit Japan and as i'll have lots of free time between shows it should be great for sightseeing/shopping!

Toyfabric 7

I'm playing in Ghent, Belgium this friday (26th June) with GOTO80 and M-.-N among others. The promoter's making a big deal about the venue - apparently they've turned it into one of the levels from super mario 3.

Here's the (unsuprising) flyer:

Brain Damage Festival 2009

I'm playing in Kiev, Ukraine this weekend at this festival - http://www.last.fm/event/1052408

Someone remind me to buy earlplugs, I don't want my hearing trashed this summer ;)

Seattle!

Last saturday night at folklife festival, you can stream all the performances from Kids Get Hit by Buses, Fighter X, Trash80 and me here:

http://listen.nwfolklife.org/listen/festival/1/2009-05-23

There's a few tweaked tracks in there, but nothing y'all haven't heard before (maybe?)

2 New Dates

4th July - La Tentation - Brussels, Belgium

20th August - The Ruby Lounge - Manchester, UK

More details, flyers and all that gubbins as I get them. As always, all my dates go up on myspace.com/sabrepulse as soon as they're confirmed.

Summer Gigs: USA & Europe

Ok, so i've half got myself back on the gigging track - here's a list of the shows i'm booked to play in the coming months:


22nd May - Lo-Tek Resistance 6 (Street Show @ NW Folkfestival) - Seattle, USA

23rd May - NW Folk Festival - Seattle, USA

24th May - Dr. Dad's House Party (no idea what this is but hey!) - Olympia, USA

5th June- The Most (Open Air Festival) - Kiev, Ukraine

26th June - Toyfabric 7 - Ghent, Belgium

17th July - Rock Herk Festival (to be confirmed this week) - Herk-De-Staad, Belgium


There are some UK dates being confirmed at the moment, and hopefully i'll get round to organising this year's alliance tour soon. I might even be able to squeeze in making some new tunes...!