Goto80 (born Anders Carlsson, 9 February 1981) is a Swedish music artist and researcher. He has been described as one of the key players between
glitch
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and
chipmusic, as well as an active
demoscene
The demoscene is an international computer art subculture focused on producing demos: self-contained, sometimes extremely small, computer programs that produce audiovisual presentations. The purpose of a demo is to show off programming, visual ...
r. At the turn of the millennium he was one of the first to bring
chipmusic to a wider audience, and was also an early adopter of live
Game Boy music
Chiptune, also known as chip music or 8-bit music, is a style of synthesized electronic music made using the programmable sound generator (PSG) sound chips or synthesizers in vintage arcade machines, computers and video game consoles.
The t ...
. He has an extensive back catalogue of
free
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Concept
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* Freethought, a position that beliefs should be formed only on the basis of logic, reason, and empiricism
* Emancipate, to procur ...
music – often
open source
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– with a wide span of musical influences. He currently focuses on research and art, and maintains a number of blogs and labels such as Chipflip and the text-mode tumblr.
Career
Music
Goto80 released his first music in the
demoscene
The demoscene is an international computer art subculture focused on producing demos: self-contained, sometimes extremely small, computer programs that produce audiovisual presentations. The purpose of a demo is to show off programming, visual ...
in 1993, at the age of 12. He founded the group ''Hack n' Trade'' and released his music for free in
demo
Demo, usually short for demonstration, may refer to:
Music and film
*Demo (music), a song typically recorded for reference rather than release
* ''Demo'' (Behind Crimson Eyes), a 2004 recording by the band Behind Crimson Eyes
* ''Demo'' (Deafhea ...
s and on
BBSs. The style seems to have been predominantly rave and electronica. His first live performances was with the pop group HT in 1998.
The first formal Goto80-release was the cassette ''Lo Fi Mono Festival'' in 2000. The following year he made one of the first
Gameboy live performances with LSDj together with Role Model. His ''Papaya EP'' was released the same year, combining pop, dub, vocoders and calypso. This led to some media attention, and him opening the
Hultsfred Festival
The Hultsfred Festival ( sv, Hultsfredsfestivalen) was an annual music festival held in Hultsfred, Sweden. It took place at the lake Hulingen during three days in the June or July, from Thursday to Saturday. Since the first festival in 1986, it ...
. He was also working regularly with famous demoscene groups like
Fairlight and
Triad. In 2002, he co-founded the band
Superdöner to play a form of 8-bit punk rock. The following year he moved to
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
where he began to incorporate modern tools such as
Renoise
Renoise is a digital audio workstation (DAW) based upon the heritage and development of tracker software. Its primary use is the composition of music using sound samples, soft synths, and effects plug-ins. It is also able to interface with MID ...
into his music making.
Goto80 released his debut album ''Commodore Grooves'' in 2005. The same year he was selected as artist of the year at the Microdisko Chipmusic Awards, and was later one of three nominees for all-time C64-composer at
Commodore
Commodore may refer to:
Ranks
* Commodore (rank), a naval rank
** Commodore (Royal Navy), in the United Kingdom
** Commodore (United States)
** Commodore (Canada)
** Commodore (Finland)
** Commodore (Germany) or ''Kommodore''
* Air commodore, a ...
's official 25-year celebration.
In 2007, Goto80 made one release every month and performed once a week. The following year he tried to release one song every day together with
Dan Brännvall
Dan or DAN may refer to:
People
* Dan (name), including a list of people with the name
** Dan (king), several kings of Denmark
* Dan people, an ethnic group located in West Africa
**Dan language, a Mande language spoken primarily in Côte d'Ivoi ...
at internet2008.se. This established him further as one of the top 8-bit acts. His next release, ''Breakfast'' (2009) has been listed as one of the top-10 chip songs of all time. Following this poppy song, he started to focus on darker sounds, often improvised completely on
Commodore 64
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. One
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review described his music as microscopic bursts and stutters of atonal sound on which he eventually lays down some beautiful descending bass tones.
Among his aliases, Extraboy seems to be the most productive one. Extraboy appeared on record for the first time in 2002 with a remix of Tim Koch. Other aliases include Johnny Location, Tomas Delin, GotoET, Susanne, Gordon Strombola, 4D Man, and Crystal Master. He has appeared in groups such as the synth pop duo HT (1995), the
EBM-band Damitu Kuerpo (1997), the punk group Superdöner (2002), Goto88 and the Sunshine Band (2007), and the electro duo Kommando Knorr (2009).
Research
Goto80 has been called a demoscene historian. His main research topics are
chipmusic,
textmode
Text mode is a computer display mode in which content is internally represented on a computer screen in terms of characters rather than individual pixels. Typically, the screen consists of a uniform rectangular grid of ''character cells'', each ...
graphics, and the
demoscene
The demoscene is an international computer art subculture focused on producing demos: self-contained, sometimes extremely small, computer programs that produce audiovisual presentations. The purpose of a demo is to show off programming, visual ...
. He published his first text in the book ''From Pac Man to Pop Music'' in 2008, where he described chipmusic as a
medium
Medium may refer to:
Science and technology
Aviation
*Medium bomber, a class of war plane
* Tecma Medium, a French hang glider design
Communication
* Media (communication), tools used to store and deliver information or data
* Medium of ...
and
form
Form is the shape, visual appearance, or configuration of an object. In a wider sense, the form is the way something happens.
Form also refers to:
*Form (document), a document (printed or electronic) with spaces in which to write or enter data
...
. Carlsson received his master in
Media and Communication in 2010 with his thesis ''Power Users and Retro Puppets – a Critical Study of the Methods and Motivations in Chipmusic''.
Other published texts include a history of demoscene music for
Rhizome.org and ''Future Potentials of ASCII Art'' together with A. Bill Miller.
Art
His art works are often focused on live performances (2SLEEP1, Gotozilla, Punk Potemkin, Data Jam) or computer violence (HT Gold, Polybius, 44422435 To Nowhere). He has worked together with artists such as
Raquel Meyers, Jossystem, Otro, Videogramo, Entter,
Rosa Menkman, Shojono Tomo, and Jacob Remin. Since 2011, he has been focusing on
textmode
Text mode is a computer display mode in which content is internally represented on a computer screen in terms of characters rather than individual pixels. Typically, the screen consists of a uniform rectangular grid of ''character cells'', each ...
aesthetics together with Raquel Meyers. In 2012, they claimed to be the first to make a performance using only
PETSCII
PETSCII (''PET Standard Code of Information Interchange''), also known as CBM ASCII, is the character set used in Commodore Business Machines (CBM)'s 8-bit home computers, starting with the PET from 1977 and including the C16, C64, C116, C1 ...
-based graphics and music software.
Music distribution
Following the practices of the
demoscene
The demoscene is an international computer art subculture focused on producing demos: self-contained, sometimes extremely small, computer programs that produce audiovisual presentations. The purpose of a demo is to show off programming, visual ...
, Goto80 releases most of his music for free. By 2007, he had 1000 songs online. In the same year, he left
Myspace and later criticized fellow musicians for trying to be present on too many Internet platforms, advising them to use their own distribution channels instead. He is vaguely connected with
hacking and piracy, having performed at
Pirate Bay
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parties like
Spectrial and in several
hackerspace
A hackerspace (also referred to as a hacklab, hackspace, or makerspace) is a community-operated, often "not for profit" (501(c)(3) in the United States), workspace where people with common interests, such as computers, machining, technology, sc ...
s.
His early C64-songs were distributed as
executable
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files and not
recording
A record, recording or records may refer to:
An item or collection of data Computing
* Record (computer science), a data structure
** Record, or row (database), a set of fields in a database related to one entity
** Boot sector or boot record, ...
s, and they sounded different every time they looped. In the
netlabel
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context, he made low
bitrate
In telecommunications and computing, bit rate (bitrate or as a variable ''R'') is the number of bits that are conveyed or processed per unit of time.
The bit rate is expressed in the unit bit per second (symbol: bit/s), often in conjunction w ...
releases such as ''Copyslave'' (2004) and also mixed his music together into a
megamix
A megamix is a remix containing multiple songs in rapid succession. It often features various artists. There may be only one verse or even just a brief chorus of each song used, sometimes in addition to samples of the same or other songs. It is ...
with ''Monkeywarning'' (2002). More recently, ''Open Funk Sores'' (2007) was an audiovisual
open source
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release in
MOD
Mod, MOD or mods may refer to:
Places
* Modesto City–County Airport, Stanislaus County, California, US
Arts, entertainment, and media Music
* Mods (band), a Norwegian rock band
* M.O.D. (Method of Destruction), a band from New York City, US ...
and
MP3
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for web and
PSP.
''Cherry CD'' (2011) was released in an envelope and distributed as a form of
mail art
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. ''Acid Burger'' (2011) was a mini-DVD inside a cheese burger. ''2SLEEP1'' (2011) is a collection of audiovisual performances in
textmode
Text mode is a computer display mode in which content is internally represented on a computer screen in terms of characters rather than individual pixels. Typically, the screen consists of a uniform rectangular grid of ''character cells'', each ...
, but was only available as streaming video. All these releases were made together with Raquel Meyers.
Discography
Studio albums
* 2005: ''Commodore Grooves''
* 2007: ''Digi-Dig''
* 2007: ''Made On Internet''
* 2007: ''Bortabra''
* 2008: ''Son Of Music''
* 2008: ''Open Funk Sores''
* 2011: ''Cherry''
* 2013: ''Cйbзя Tсaя''
* 2014: ''Files In Space''
* 2015: ''_,  ̄, ○''
* 2016: ''80864''
* 2019: ''Shirbum''
* 2020: ''808642''
* 2021: ''S T A L L O''
* 2021: ''G L O S O N''
* 2021: ''Hardcore Family''
* 2021: ''S H Y G G A''
Compilations
* 2016: ''0407''
EPs
* 2001: ''Papaya''
* 2002: ''Monkeywarning''
* 2002: ''Bushrunner''
* 2002: ''Philemon Arthur and the Vic''
* 2004: ''Copyslave''
* 2005: ''Contech''
* 2005: ''Bravo''
* 2007: ''Zyndabox''
* 2007: ''Updown''
* 2007: ''Ximplef''
* 2007: ''Barryland''
* 2007: ''Wet Pulse''
* 2007: ''6''
* 2007: ''Unlimited Edition''
* 2007: ''_2_4x4 (with Entter)''
* 2007: ''Little Tittle''
* 2009: ''Breakfast''
* 2012: ''Acid Burger (Menu 1)'' ''(with Raquel Meyers)''
* 2011: ''Summer of Seven 5/7''
* 2012: ''Virtual 7″'' ''(with Warren Myles)''
* 2012: ''The Ferret Show'' ''(with The Uwe Schenk Band)''
* 2013: ''Come Together / Warm Leatherette''
Remixes
Goto80 has contributed to several famous remix compilations such as 8bits of Christmas (2003) and Wanna Hld Yr Handheld (2009). In the 1990s, Goto80 did many tongue-in-cheek remixes based on 1980s pop culture. This can be heard in ''Lo Fi Mono Festival'' and ''Papaya EP'' where he covered music from
Yazoo,
Kikki Danielsson
Ann-Kristin "Kikki" Danielsson (born 10 May 1952) is a Swedish country, dansband and pop singer. Sometimes, she also plays the accordion and she has also written some lyrics. She has gained notice for yodeling in some songs. Danielsson gained he ...
,
The Incredible Hulk
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, Megaman,
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in Basildon, Essex, in 1980. The band currently consists of Dave Gahan (lead vocals and co-songwriting) and Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar, co-lead vocals and main songwriting).
Depeche ...
,
Barbapapa
''Barbapapa'' is a 1970 children's picture book by the French-American couple Annette Tison and Talus Taylor, who lived in Paris, France. Barbapapa is both the title character and the name of his "species". The book was the first of a series of ...
, etcetera. In 2002 he released Italo Megamix for C64, with remixes of
Miko Mission
Pier Michele Bozzetti (born 22 June 1945), known by his stage name Miko Mission, is an Italian singer.
Career
The career of Miko Mission began at a young age, performing as a singer in a comedy represented by Alessandria, Gelindo at age seven. ...
,
Scotch,
Laserdance
Laserdance is a Dutch italo disco studio project that had consisting of musicians Erik van Vliet and Michiel van der Kuy. The studio project has been categorized as part of subgenre known as spacesynth and has been generally considered as a major ...
and others.
In 2007, he made a C64-version of ''
Deep Throat'' together with Role Model. The full movie was converted into chunky pixel graphics, which was streamed from the C64
datasette in realtime.
He has also remixed more contemporary artists, such as
Monster Zoku Onsomb,
Icarus
In Greek mythology, Icarus (; grc, Ἴκαρος, Íkaros, ) was the son of the master craftsman Daedalus, the architect of the labyrinth of Crete. After Theseus, king of Athens and enemy of Minos, escaped from the labyrinth, King Minos suspe ...
, Tim Koch,
Psilodump
Psilodump (born Simon Rahm on 15 December 1980) is a Swedish people, Swedish musician, DJ, and music producer, producer based in Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm. He has also released work under his real name and as Psilodumputer, Pushiro, and J.Panic ...
,
Damn! and
Best Fwends.
References
External links
*
chipflip.org
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Demosceners
Electro musicians
Swedish electronic musicians
Tracker musicians
8bitpeoples artists
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