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Pixelh8 (pronounced "pixel hate") is the stage name for Matthew Applegate, a British video game music composer and "godfather of the chiptune scene."[1]
Biography
Pixelh8 combines the sounds of video games and electronic toys, often those that have been reverse enginereed to avoid either copyright infringement or plagiarism to form original compositions, usually children's toys like Speak & Spells and Game Boys.[2] Pixelh8 started off relatively unknown on Myspace and was widely discovered after winning a competition to open for Imogen Heap on her UK tour in 2006[3] and performing at Apple's iTunes Office in California.[4] Pixelh8 also won Sound On Sound.[5] Playback Album of the month in March 2008 with his second album "The Boy With The Digital Heart". Pixelh8 continues to release music on the record label [Hidden Youth Records].
Pixelh8 has also designed music software such as Music Tech[6] for the Nintendo Game Boy and the Pro Performer[7] for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS which turn both machines into real time synthesizers and is currently developing software for other machines. Pixelh8 Music Tech software has been mentioned several times by Imogen Heap and is said to be used in an upcoming track called Tidal.[8]
Pixelh8 was the first headliner to the Nerdapalooza festival in California, and has also performed for Huw Stephens for the BBC as well as Assembly 2008[9] in Helsinki, Finland.
Discography
- Handheld EP (2006)
- Fish & Chips EP (2006)
- Video Games Ruined My Life (2006)
- The Boy With The Digital Heart (2007)
Connections to other artists
References
- ^ Introducing: Pixelh8, BBC. Published January 15, 2008. Retrieved April 4, 2008.
- ^ This Month's Soundtrack, Electronic Musician. Published March 1, 2008. Retrieved April 4, 2008.
- ^ 60 SECONDS: Imogen Heap, Metro. Published October 23, 2006. Retrieved April 4, 2008.
- ^ 'Chip Tunes' strike right note, CNN. Published February 27, 2008. Retrieved April 4, 2008.
- ^ Playback March 2008 , Sound On Sound.
- ^ Album on NES Cartridge, Synth on GameBoy , Create Digital Music Published July 4, 2007.
- ^ Pixelh8 Music Tech Pro Performer Brings Live Performance to Game Boy , Create Digital Music. Published March 24, 2008.
- ^ Imogen Heap vBlog#27, Imogen Heap. Published July 29, 2008.
- ^ Assembly 2008 Press Release, Digitoday. Published July 28, 2008.
External links
- Official Pixelh8 Website
- Pixelh8 Myspace page
- Playback: Pixelh8 - The Boy With The Digital Heart, Sound on Sound, March 2008
See also
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