Cheap Dinosaurs

Cheap Dinosaurs is a synth rock band that creates instrumental music. Based out of Philadelphia and led by Dino Lionetti, Cheap Dinosaurs' etherial experience combines catchy melodies with jagged, rusty, driving rhythms, arcade aesthetics, loud guitars, and dirty synthesizer leads. The band is a collective of game composers and technoligists who are instrumentalists: Paul [chipocrite.com] creates music for the company Cleaversoft, Dino works freelance and has composed for River City Ransom Underground and High Strangeness, and Joey [nmlstyl.com] works in the retro homebrew community along with creating art assets for band. Chris Singer, Dino, and sometimes Joey team up to create code and moving graphics for live visuals. Rhythmic mercenary Kev ties everything together with pinpoint drumming accuracy. Kev has a history of propping up vgm adjacent bands such as Close to Good and Super Strikers, the Bravewave label's in-house band. Dino also works with Bravewave arranging and playing keys. Over the course of a decade they have played events and venues such as:

Blip Festival, MAGfest, BitGen, Boston 8bit, Pong/Tetris on the Cira Center, I/O, Pulsewave, Baby Castles, Warped Tour, Square Sounds Melbourne, AnimeNext, Too Many Games

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Aethernaut

Aethernaut is a classical violinist gone chiptune. With a passion for games and the music in them, he brings nostalgia drawing on insprations ranging from Vivaldi to Foo Fighters to Squarepusher. Dance along if you dare!

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K-Murdock

Born & raised in Washington, DC, Kyle Murdock, who affectionately is called by many of his fans & friends “K”, is a self-proclaimed audio creative as well as a proud nerdy person of color! Murdock has worked professionally for the last 18 years as a producer in both the worlds of music and radio; From releasing critically acclaimed projects as a part of the group Panacea while signed to revered indie hip-hop label Rawkus Records to creating the audio profiles for XM Satellite Radio’s various hip-hop & jazz channels, K-Murdock’s self-proclaimed “Neosonic” (new-sound) productions have taken shape over the last decade and helped K not only garner respect from fans across the world but also collaborate with some of his favorite production contemporaries - DJ Spinna, DJ Nu-mark of Jurassic 5 & Nicolay of The Foreign Exchange as well as music legends like Wynton Marsalis & Quincy Jones. K’s abilities to successfully sample any & EVERYTHING he finds or is commissioned to have allowed him to work with a range of music artists including Grammy-nominated R&B singer Raheem DeVaughn to the Capcom-licensed emcee Mega Ran, whose music has helped galvanize the hip-hop sub-genre called “nerdcore".

K, who majored in audio production while in school at Howard University, currently teaches classes in that very field at various universities in the Washington, DC area while continuing to work as a freelance audio producer & engineer, routinely doing work for a variety of notable individuals & companies. Additionally, the Red Bull Music Academy alumnus, also co-operates the imprint Random Beats Music along with the aforementioned artist Mega Ran, who he’s been creating music and touring the world with since 2010 when they released their love letter to the hip-hop & video game cultures, via the album Forever Famicom.

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Zebbler

Zebbler (Peter Zebbler Berdovsky) is a visual artist, video jockey and the founder of Zebbler Studios, who is known for his work with Shpongle, EOTO, and Zebbler Encanti Experience. Growing up in Belarus, young Zebbler Peter Berdovsky always had music in his house thanks to a mother who was a music teacher. He quickly got used to being surrounded by balalaikas, drums, cymbals, shakers, pianos, accordions, and bayans as well as the sounds of Abba and the best of 1980s Russian pop blasting on his mum's vinyl record player. His artistic persona is not only a way to honor his roots but also the result of a revelation involving the actor Sean Connery. "When I was 13, I decided that I needed a pseudonym. While daydreaming, a visualization of a dragon with the distinct voice of Connery appeared in front of me and said, with a thick Scottish accent, ‘Frae noo oan, son, yer nam shaa be knoon as Zebbler!’ So I took up my foreign-sounding name and embraced it as my own," he recalls. Zebbler first gained worldwide fame for the 2007 Boston Mooninite panic and subsequent news conference. His first "Shpongletron" design earned him recognition as one of the first VJs to incorporate 3-D video mapping into his set designs.

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EyeQ

EyeQ is an Orlando, FL based emcee, entrepreneur, event coordinator, content curator, and inspirational force of nature who consistently enraptures audiences around the US and internationally with his passionate live performances and powerful lyrics. Entering the hip hop world as a videographer, EyeQ has worked behind the camera for your favorite rapper’s favorite rapper, becoming an easy mainstay at festivals like A3C and SXSW in the process. As a performer, he has shared the stage with internationally renowned, legendary performers such as Murs, I Fight Dragons, Smoke DZA, Mega Ran, Kristopher Mattigan, and many others. He is also the 2018 recipient and 3-time nominee of Orlando Weekly's "Best Hip Hop Act of Orlando” award.

More importantly, EyeQ has developed his own national reputation as an esteemed rapper, dominating main stages and after parties for some of the most important pop culture conventions in the United States. These include the likes of Otakon, Anime Expo, PAX, San Diego Comicon, MAGfest, and many others. His 2015 release, Walls of Maria, an Attack on Titan inspired solo album, was heavily praised by entities such as FUNimation and the official Attack on Titan brand. Additionally, EyeQ’s work has been featured on mammoth media outlets such as Kotaku and has garnered hundreds of thousands of streams across music streaming platforms. EyeQ’s music has also been featured as thematic material for organizations like New Japan Wrestling and CEO Gaming.

EyeQ curates the official soundtrack for CEO Gaming one of the more prolific fighting game conventions in the US, and actively works to coordinate events for numerous conventions and organizations around the US such as the Library of Congress. He is a co-founding member of the Nerdy People of Color Collective, where he works with indie rap, gaming hip hop pioneer Mega Ran and WWE superstar Xavier Woods, as well as numerous other talented influencers, to advocate for marginalized groups in nerd and geek spaces.

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The Protomen

Known as the Protomen, these robot folks make jams about surviving oppression and despair through the power of fist pumps, hope, and rock 'n roll. Oh yeah, and every song is part of large story starring Mega Man and his best friends and enemies.

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Tokyo Machine

TOKYO MACHINE is the result of a personality influenced by Japanese culture and video games colliding head-on with energetic, bombastic EDM beats. TOKYO MACHINE has quickly grown to become one of the most recognizable personas in dance music, DJing on some of the scene’s most coveted stages and garnering millions upon millions of streams.

TOKYO MACHINE mysteriously emerged onto the scene in July of 2016 with the chiptune-infused bass house slapper “PARTY,” which gained the attention of Monstercat fanatics and blogs alike. The producer quickly followed up on the success of “PARTY” with equally wild singles throughout the remainder of the year, including the viral breakbeat slammer “FIGHT.”

2017 would prove to be an even bigger year for TOKYO MACHINE, taking his video game influences to a whole new level when he was commissioned to produce a new theme for Rocket League. “ROCK IT” spearheaded Monstercat’s collaborative album with the video game and went on to become one of TOKYO MACHINE’s most widely beloved works. Less than a month after the song’s release, TOKYO MACHINE made his full-scale live debut at EDC.

In 2018, TOKYO MACHINE embarked on his first North American live tour, which served as the general public’s opportunity to see that TOKYO MACHINE wasn’t just a cutesy cartoon musician, but also a lively DJ who could throw down a ridiculously heavy set. The DJ’s distinct stage wear has also allowed him to gain significant traction within the cosplay community.

2018 also saw TOKYO MACHINE make his debut at the world’s largest EDM festival, Tomorrowland. He also played a homecoming show in Tokyo and embarked on a mini-tour in China that same year, in addition to producing another song for Rocket League and having “HYPE” featured in Just Shapes & Beats.

From there, TOKYO MACHINE has not ceased growing and moving forward, as the producer has continued to consistently release fun, thematic tunes throughout recent months (such as the Beat Saber-featured “EPIC” and “MOSHI” with Pegboard Nerds).

The future looks bright for TOKYO MACHINE as he prepares for a return to ADE, a second North American tour with Monstercat and a highly-anticipated collaboration with Slushii. Get ready to join TOKYO MACHINE, ROBO-CHAN and the rest of the TOKI-CREW on a flight to the stars, because this rocket isn’t slowing down any time soon.

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Kabuki

With mechas on the mind and a fire in his heart, Los Angeles-based electronic artist Kabuki is uniting the worlds of game music, J-pop, and dance music. His energetic and driving tunes—inspired by Japanese pop culture and rhythm game music—appear in rhythm games such as Osu!, RAVON, and Geometry Dash. Kabuki has also released with Tiny Waves and Materia Collective, remixing Kingdom Hearts, Legend of Zelda, Undertale, and more. With appearances at events like Anime Expo, MAGWest, MAGFest, and Anime Austin, Kabuki brings a blend of bass house, future bass, J-core, and more high-energy genres.

Get in your f***ing robots, and see you on the dance floor!

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Ben Briggs

Ben Briggs is a full-time musician, entertainer, and DJ with over a decade of experience; widely known for remixing video game music. As the co-owner of Tiny Waves and a veteran contributor to the chiptune & video game music scene, he has quickly become a key player in the industry with countless successful events and music releases.

Beloved for his signature style of electronic dance music with strong chiptune influence, he delivers a high-energy performance full of positive energy and an absurd amount of dancing. Fully dedicated to "making happy happen", Ben believes it is his purpose to remove people from the stress of their daily lives by sharing music and gaming experiences.

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Funk Fiction

Also known as Funk Fiction, Pejman Roozbeh materialized by the coastal waters and urban sprawl of Los Angeles. As a child of the 90s, he was influenced by the beginnings of the 16-bit era, Nicktoons, and the advent of Electronica. Despite being a funkster at heart, he’s also adept at dissolving genres – blurring the lines between 80s RnB, nu disco, ambient chillwave, and deep house. As a composer, Funk Fiction’s projects cover eclectic video game genres: writing for games such as the ambient puzzler Epitasis, rhythm games Cytus II & Crypt of the Necrodancer, and currently the music-centric action adventure No Straight Roads and the Kaiju brawler GigaBash. As an artist, his music spans from choice originals to freshly reimagined covers of video game favorites. Blessed with celestial waves from interstellar space, he embodies funk so great it comes from fiction.

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Sammus

SAMMUS (Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo) is a rap artist and producer, a PhD-holder from the science and technology studies program at Cornell University, and a postdoctoral fellow at Brown in the music department. Since 2010 Sammus has written, produced, and recorded three full-length albums (one of which has charted on Billboard), three EPs, a collaborative video-game themed concept album with the MC Mega Ran, a critically acclaimed beat tape, and countless one-off collaborations with artists from a variety of genres as well as video game developers, podcasters, and filmmakers. She is currently working on her next studio album for release in 2020.

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Minusworld

Synthrock band MINUSWORLD loves big, high-energy synth/guitar riffs matched with driving dance and rock rhythms. Fronted by Melissa Carubia on vocals and keytar, with Michael Hawver on guitar, John Fraley on bass and Dave Green on drums, we play nerd-inspired songs that emphasise fun. Our audiences delight as they unlock "Mini-Songs" throughout our shows--short covers of famous video game, television, and movie themes. Our newest EP entitled DANCING IN THE ASHES, available on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music (et al.), features all of this in the title track: a song about surviving the zombie apocalypse through the power of dance. Recently, we have made appearances at Boston Circus Guild’s CIRQUE OF THE DEAD, Boston's Sci-Fi/Fantasy convention, Arisia, and at the MAGFest Jamspace stage at PAX East.

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ARMCANNON

ARMCANNON is a quantum dynamo of coagulated coaxial capacitive corroborations and corrupted concurrences of concentric cacophonous catharsis-cataclysms. Is it just hot or is it me in here? [removes 500 shirts]. These hotboys from Buffalo barrel your bowels into a burgeoning bourgeoisie besmirchment of enrichment and merchment and merriment. jollitude afoot. avast ho. its them party zoners. from video-game roots to prog-fusion doots: rejoin the universe with us. we are detectable by LIGO.

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Powerglove

Hailing from the outer reaches of flavor country, the Powerglove woodwind quartet is the perfect choice for any bat mitzvah or funeral procession. Top scientists from Powerglove University in Prague have ascertained specific evidence from the children of Sanchez the Wise that Powerglove’s music is answer to domestic abuse, and gout. However, clinical trials, have yet to prove that Powerglove is in any way effective against dysentery. These three young men, full of bold and fresh flavor, as well as all requisite herbs and spices will dance for you until the siren call of the Great Mancuso beacons us home to the undying realms with the audacity of succulent ham.

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Guérin

Guérin is a DC-area producer. With just two Gameboy SPs, they throw down Drum & Bass, Outrun, and other hard-hitting genres that rattle the dancefloor. They take audiences on a dark, loud, and winding journey through the cosmos and beyond.

Guérin is also one-third of Totality, a chiptune supergroup formed with Auxcide and Awesome Force after the Total Eclipse of 2017.

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xyce

Two Dutch guys doing cheesy chiptune. They are xyce!

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Nanode

Nanode is an east-coast based electronic artist and DJ. They showcase their technical mastery with visceral and intense execution through an undefined multi-genre approach.

Nanode made themselves known worldwide through releases on labels like MADMILKY Records and Tiny Waves. They have also played at venues across the nation as well as major online festivals like Open Pit, sharing the stage with acts like Makeup And Vanity Set, Yitaku, Maxo, Nullsleep, OMNI, and Umru.

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Bleeds

(mike)Bleeds from San Diego began making chiptune music in 2007 and has been playing numerous gigs from California to Melbourne Australia. With 2 gameboys running LSDJ, he produces tracks ranging from influences of drum and bass, hard trance, and happy hardcore. Bleeds’ style and composition has known to be dirty and raw combined with pent up energy of dance tracks that will get you moving.

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MENEO

Rigo Pex, better known as MENEO, is a musicologist, performer and presenter from Guatemala. He coined the term "electropical" and is part of the first wave of global producers who mix electronic synths with traditional Latin rhythms like cumbia, merengue and dembow.

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Dual Core

Dual Core is a hip hop duo combining indie hip hop sounds with sophisticated and technical lyrics. The group has toured all over the US and the UK, and has played shows even further from home including Europe and South America. Their latest albums, 'Downtime' and 'All The Things', debuted at #1 on Bandcamp. You can stream them on Spotify, Tidal, and Pandora. Albums can be purchased from iTunes, Google Play, and Amazon, or pirated with bittorrent.

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