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Blipfest

By Dale • Dec 2nd, 2007 • Category: Weekly Feature

There’s something strange going on at Eyebeam in New York City. The sights and sounds inside are typical for a club setting on a Saturday night: flashing lights, pulsing electronic music, and a crowd of hundreds of dancers. But a glance at the stage would reveal that there is something quite different about this scene. The DJ isn’t spinning records or mixing CDs, he’s holding a GameBoy — an original, green-screen, gray-brick Nintendo GameBoy from 1989. But he isn’t unwinding with a game of Tetris or Pokemon on this busy night — he’s providing the music. In fact, the GameBoy in his hands is the very source of the music the crowd is dancing to. His name is Josh Davis, but most folks know him as Bit Shifter - and tonight is the third night of Blipfest 2007.