This episode features Matthew Hunter (he/him), aka Mechlo. Matthew has been a mainstay of the Portland and PNW chiptune scene as a musician and event organizer. He helped to run the longest running chiptune festival in North America, Micropalooza, and he was also involved in a monthly event series called Dataport. I’ve always been curious about the Portland (and the PNW more broadly) music scenes because I primarily know them as fixtures of the independent rock and pop scenes and was not as familiar with what electronic music looked like in Portland, so it was great to learn from Matthew about the local scene and about chiptune more broadly.
Corrections: Micropalooza was actually started in 2003 instead of 2002 as stated in the episode. Apologies for the confusion!
Reference:
- Micropalooza - https://www.portlandmercury.com/music/2003/12/24/30443/wiggle-it-that-8-bit
- Dataport - https://www.instagram.com/dataportpdx/?hl=en
- 2 Player Productions - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_Player_Productions
Music Used:
- Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme
- Moon Talk - As We Were