Xyce releases fifth album, entitled "papillons"

Dutch duo xyce (Tom 'xylo' Offringa and Roel 'cerror' Heerspink) have released their fifth album of gorgeous melody-driven chip music. Entitled "papillons," the 16 tracks, spanning Amiga 500, Atari ST1040e and Open ModPlug Tracker instrumentation, are streaming in full on the Cheapbeats Bandcamp page. Cover art is by m7kenji.

Cheapbeats 7 features Hally, Mega Ran, Cheapshot

Chip music event Cheapbeats 7 has been slated for the evening of June 21 at 6:00 pm, taking place at the Heavy Sick venue in Hatagaya. The show will feature live music performances by game-inspired artists Hally, Mega Ran, DJ DN3, Bun, Chibi-Tech, Omodaka and Cheapshot, with visuals by m7kenji and Lazerbeat.

Sabaco hosts CheapBeats 6 chiptune event

Sabaco of Waseda, Tokyo will be host to the Cheapbeats 6 chiptune event, taking place Saturday, January 26 at 5:00 pm. The show will offer live chip music by Hally (Chiptuned Rockman), Bun (Final Fantasy X Chips), Aliceffect, Cheapshot and Minikomi (Blip Festival Tokyo) as well as visuals by m7kenji (FAMI-MODE).

Cheapshot Blip Festival Tokyo 2011 live set on SoundCloud

Now joining Minikomi and Trash80, Cheapshot of the Cheapbeats Tokyo chiptune concert series has uploaded a recording of his Blip Festival Tokyo 2011 live set to SoundCloud.

Blip Tokyo: the 8-bit Apps of m7kenji

Game creator m7kenji discusses performing as a DJ during the first Blip Festival Tokyo concert last year. His iPhone game Ringo is currently available to download for free from the Apple App Store.

Cheapbeats - Live at Sabako video

Cyril Despontin's video of Cheapbeats offers a look at the Tokyo chip music show featuring music by Lazerbeat, Cheapshot, Coova, Xinon and DS-10 Dominator.

Video of Hip Tanaka performing at Cheapbeats

Cyril Despontin has uploaded video to Vimeo of famed game composer and Game Boy Camera designer Hip Tanaka performing at the Tokyo chip music party Cheapbeats.