Frustrated by the lack of remixed Commodore 64 music in your clubbing life? Of course you are. So on June 22 you should probably make your way to the Spitz Bistro in Spitalfields Market, Bishopsgate, where Chris Abbott and Jason Mackenzie will be holding another one of their "Back in Time Live" nights where DJs fuse C64 audio gems with modern beats. God, I sounded old in that sentence.
Live performers will include Jeroen Tel (composer of C64 soundtracks like Cybernoid and Turbo Outrun), Reyn Ouwehand (Last Ninja 3) and Seth "8-bit Weapon" Sternberger who brings a SIDstation and Gameboy for mashed-up chip tune mayhem. I'm pretty sure i-D magazine will be offering me work after this.
"In addition, there will be humorous C64 breakdance, air guitar and interpretive dance contests," promises the press release, following this with a reassurance of "minimal nerdity" - surely the former quote more or less utterly contradicts the latter? Oh who cares, any excuse to listen to C64 music is fine by us. And this is, of course, only the latest phase in the retro videogame soundtrack rebirth - regular readers may have spotted my posts on Lost Levels and Guitar Zeros.
I'm that close to organising a Gamesblog equivalent - perhaps with cocktails based on key retro titles. Mario Bros Martini anyone?
Ticket info here (to the Spitalfields C64 Live event not my imaginary one).
