Gate: 8-Bit Electronic Music
Fri., March 16, 8 p.m., free, The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St.
electronic/rock/pop
Anyone who spent their childhood lying awake at night with the maddening strains of Tetris playing through their head while visions of falling bricks tormented their bloodshot eyes wouldn't necessarily think of that music as having much potential for elaboration. But the four participants in tonight's edition of The Rotunda's monthly Gate series would disagree; all four have adapted 8-bit Game Boy technology to create electronic music. Bit Shifter's tunes sound like soundtracks to imaginary stories fleshing out the lives of all those blocky little runners and jumpers; Glomag creates blip-happy new wave/indie rock tunes, like The Postal Service guiding Wall of Voodoo through a game of Zelda, while Nullsleep does chipmunk Krautrock. But the most interesting of the bunch is Bubblyfish, aka Korean-born sound artist Haeyoung Kim. Imagine the Mario Brothers selling the plumbing shop to study with Terry Riley, and you'll have some idea of Kim's pixilated symphonies.
Fri., March 16, 8 p.m., free, The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St., www.foundationarts.org, www.gatephilly.net.
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