Re: FUBAR electronic music session
How many folks here remember VCF East 2009 hosting an 8-bit electronic music concert? Representing The Hacktory, I asked several Philly-area musicians who specialized in making music and visuals with 8-bit electronics--and who regularly did so at the '8Static' series of Philly concert/dance events--to do a concert at VCF East. They enthusiastically agreed, Evan Koblentz made time and space for it, and it was spectacular! Someone else there (who?) kicked it off by using an Altair 8800 to play The Beatles' 'Fool on the Hill' through an AM radio (via RF harmonics) as an homage to Steve Dompier first doing that at the Homebrew Computer Club in 1975. It's hard for me to swallow that this VCF East concert was 17 years ago.. -bernieS At 08:00 PM 3/18/2026, vcf-midatlantic-request@lists.vcfed.org wrote:
On Mar 17, 2026, at 6:22AM, Jeffrey Jonas via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Since VCF folks are into electronic music, this may be of interest. FUBAR is the maker/hacker space of New Brunswick NJ https://www.meetup.com/fubarlabs/events/313592185/ FUBAR Labs - Hackerspace in North Brunswick, NJ <https://www.meetup.com/fubarlabs/> Details: *Special Event: Electronic Music Pioneer Don Slepian - Interactive Session & Concert
That was me who played the Altair 8800 music. I also played the theremin later that day if I remember correctly Bill On Thu, Mar 19, 2026 at 3:12 AM bernieS via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
How many folks here remember VCF East 2009 hosting an 8-bit electronic music concert? Representing The Hacktory, I asked several Philly-area musicians who specialized in making music and visuals with 8-bit electronics--and who regularly did so at the '8Static' series of Philly concert/dance events--to do a concert at VCF East. They enthusiastically agreed, Evan Koblentz made time and space for it, and it was spectacular! Someone else there (who?) kicked it off by using an Altair 8800 to play The Beatles' 'Fool on the Hill' through an AM radio (via RF harmonics) as an homage to Steve Dompier first doing that at the Homebrew Computer Club in 1975. It's hard for me to swallow that this VCF East concert was 17 years ago..
-bernieS
At 08:00 PM 3/18/2026, vcf-midatlantic-request@lists.vcfed.org wrote:
On Mar 17, 2026, at 6:22AM, Jeffrey Jonas via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Since VCF folks are into electronic music, this may be of interest. FUBAR is the maker/hacker space of New Brunswick NJ https://www.meetup.com/fubarlabs/events/313592185/ FUBAR Labs - Hackerspace in North Brunswick, NJ <https://www.meetup.com/fubarlabs/> Details: *Special Event: Electronic Music Pioneer Don Slepian - Interactive Session & Concert
I remember you playing the theremin. I believe I have pictures of that. I actually found some old pictures I need to send to Jeff on a USB drive. On Thu, Mar 19, 2026 at 6:19 AM Bill Degnan via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
That was me who played the Altair 8800 music. I also played the theremin later that day if I remember correctly Bill
17 years!!! I was one of the visualists for that. Programmed key-controlled graphics on a Toshiba T1200 and fed it through a double feedback loop. That was my intro to VCF! Thanks Bernie! On Thu, Mar 19, 2026 at 8:11 AM Christian Liendo via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I remember you playing the theremin. I believe I have pictures of that.
I actually found some old pictures I need to send to Jeff on a USB drive.
On Thu, Mar 19, 2026 at 6:19 AM Bill Degnan via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
That was me who played the Altair 8800 music. I also played the theremin later that day if I remember correctly Bill
I remember it. Decided a little distance was good to get to a volume I was comfortable with. On Thu, Mar 19, 2026 at 03:11:26AM -0400, bernieS via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
How many folks here remember VCF East 2009 hosting an 8-bit electronic music concert? Representing The Hacktory, I asked several Philly-area musicians who specialized in making music and visuals with 8-bit electronics--and who regularly did so at the '8Static' series of Philly concert/dance events--to do a concert at VCF East. They enthusiastically agreed, Evan Koblentz made time and space for it, and it was spectacular! Someone else there (who?) kicked it off by using an Altair 8800 to play The Beatles' 'Fool on the Hill' through an AM radio (via RF harmonics) as an homage to Steve Dompier first doing that at the Homebrew Computer Club in 1975. It's hard for me to swallow that this VCF East concert was 17 years ago..
-bernieS
At 08:00 PM 3/18/2026, vcf-midatlantic-request@lists.vcfed.org wrote:
On Mar 17, 2026, at 6:22AM, Jeffrey Jonas via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Since VCF folks are into electronic music, this may be of interest. FUBAR is the maker/hacker space of New Brunswick NJ https://www.meetup.com/fubarlabs/events/313592185/ FUBAR Labs - Hackerspace in North Brunswick, NJ <https://www.meetup.com/fubarlabs/> Details: *Special Event: Electronic Music Pioneer Don Slepian - Interactive Session & Concert
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