With roots in catchy aswell as extreme music, Goto80 continues to deliver furious-relaxed pop-noise in 8-bits. While low-tech eclecticism is common-place in music biographies, Goto80 has hundreds of online songs to prove it. Computer Music Magazine recently called him “the most prolific chip music artist” and HAIP Festival dubbed him “the most uncompromising”. Check the ambient release Bortabra and the Data Garden Rock video to get the idea. He has appeared in children’s TV-programs dressed as a C64-salad-man singing in falsetto and also presents theoretical work at the Chipflip blog.

quick introduction:
electronica house acid wonk video schlager rock
pop electro drum n’ bass rave death pop

vocal pop-hits @ youtube:
fantasy & microcolorado & TV-performance

Goto80 has been rewarded for his traditional composing skills as one of three nominees for all-time C64-composers at Commodore’s 25 years anniversary. But what sets him a part from skilled computer programmers is his obsession with errors and non-typical composing. This has lead him to play shows at festivals like Transmediale, Mapping, Hultsfred, Gogbot and 150 other locations over 4 continents. He has played right before/after U-Ziq, Ceephax Acid Crew, Plaid, DAT Politics, Kavinsky, and many prominent 8-bit artists.

Visuals accompany Goto80’s music ever since his first audiovisual demoscene release in 1993. During the past years he has been working with the Spanish pixel-queen Raquel Meyers and the Dutch glitch-artist Rosa Menkman. He has also started working more towards art galleries. Together with Autoboy he made the C64-game HT Gold (2008) which breaks apart and creates glitch-art as you are playing. Goto80 also does workshops and lectures based on his research in low-tech aesthetics.

CONTACT

info at goto80 dot com

LIVE PERFORMANCES

Almost 200 shows in Europe, USA, Australia and the Middle East. An extensive list is available here.

CURRENT ONLINE PROJECTS

> Chipflip: research/ideas on 8-bit music and art
> Labelable: inventing new music genres
> Internet2008: messy music depository, with Dan Brännvall
> Internet2007: one-hit wonders on google, and spam

DISCOGRAPHY SOLO

> Breakfast (Bleepstreet MP3 2009)
> Open Funk Sores (EnoughRecords MP3/MOD/EXE 2008)
> Son of Music (Dexandthecity MP3 2008)
> Little Tittle (20kbps MP3 2007)
> __2_4x4 (Audiovisual Theorem MP3/AVI 2007)
> Bortabra (II MP3 2007)
> Made on Internet (Pingipung CD 2007)
> Unlimited Edition (Kittenrock MP3 2007)
> Goto1993 (Floppyswop MOD 2007)
> 6 (Proot Records MP3 2007)
> Wet Pulse (Ageema Music Club MP3 2007)
> Barryland (MP3 2007)
> Ximplef (Dramacore MP3 2007)
> Updown (DWD MP3 2007)
> Zyndabox (Candymind MP3 2007)
> Digi-dig (Da ! Heard It OGG 2006)
> Bravo (Candymind MP3 2005)
> Commodore Grooves (Rebel Pet Set CD 2005)
> Contech (8bitpeoples MP3 2005)
> Copyslave (20kbps MP3 2004)
> Philemon Arthur and the Vic (MP3/SID 2002)
> Bushrunner (Penpal 7” 2002)
> Monkeywarning (Monotonik MP3 2002)
> Papaya EP (Bleepstreet 7” 2001)
> Lo Fi Mono Festival (MC 2000)

WORKSHOPS & PRESENTATIONS

See here.

ART, “ART” and art

> Raquel Meyers & Goto80: Polybius (2009) A/V performance building on the myth about a game that makes you lose your mind. Performed at Cimatics (be), Plaza Plus (nl), Visual Berlin (de)

> Rosa Menkman: Glitch Studies Manifesto (2009) A/V performance presented at Montevideo (nl)

> Gotozilla (2009) Live soundtrack to the movie Son of Godzilla from 1967, using Commodore 64, laptop, and synthesizer. Performed at Sensurround (se).

> Artist in residence at CEM/WORM (2009) Exploring the combination of C64 and analogue modular synths in Rotterdam (nl)

> > Jacob Sikker Remin w/ Friends – Standing On The Shoulders of Giants (2009) Installation with text and music bits by Goto80. Shown at Machwerket, Århus (dk)

> Otro & Goto80 – Black Noises (2009) Animated Amiga piece exhibited at Galerie Duplex, Toulouse (fr)

> Scott Jon Siegel & Goto80 – Simulation With Timelapse (2009) Video art exhibited at Annual General Meeting 09, Radiator Festival (uk)

> Goto80 & Skuggan (2008) Live TV-performance on a children’s Idol-like show, dressed as a salad and singing falsetto

> Punk Potemkin (2008) Live soundtrack performance with Superdöner to Battleship Potemkin at Malmö Festival (se)

> HT Gold (2008) Ultra-glitched C64 game by Autoboy+Goto80 shown at Mikrogalleriet (dk), re:new (dk), HAIP Festival (si), A MAZE / Berlin Design Festival (de), Sensurround (se), Pixxelpoint (si)

> 44422435 To Nowhere (2007) Entter+Goto80, nominated for Best Experimental at Machinima Festival Europe 2007

> Artist in residence (2007) with Entter at La Gare de Coustellet (fr) including conferences, workshops, and performances.

> Porno Invaders (2006) Net.art with Shojono Tomo and Entter. Shown at Beames Gallery, Tokyo (jp), Kimono Fusion (se)

> Data Jam (2006) Installation with the Up Rough Crew – improvised A/V and live coding C64/Amiga/Gameboy at Big Love Gallery, Göteborg (se)

> Illegal Heroes (2005) Net art with Entter. Immigration as a video game, shown at Xarearte & Micromusic.net

> Pilgrim’s Progress (2005) Animated film with James Dingle. Text adventure styled video, shown at South by Southwest Film Festival, Austin (us)

VIDEOS

> Raquel Meyers: Retirementology (2009)
> Boogerlab: Burgerville in 3D (2009)
> C-Men: Breakfast (2009)
> Erik Nilsson: Come Together (2009)
> Rosa Menkman: Accidents in Celluloid and Pixel (2009)
> Goto80: Bughug#2 (2009)
> Goto80: Oh No Another Defmon Datamosh (2009)
> Ilan Katin: Barb(ie)vu (2009)
> Raquel Meyers: L-V–SC-LD-RTH-ND–TH (2009)
> Markus Hamburger: Flepp (2008)
> Otro: Mazemod (2008)
> Goto80+Frantik: Summer of 64 (2008)
> Entter: Ajvar Relish (2008)
> Rosa Menkman: Eastern Fire Swim (2008)
> Goto80: Bughug#1 (2008)
> Entter: Polygonal Canyon 243313 (2007)
> Rosa Menkman: Knarkhund (2007)
> Entter & SR Meteo: Microcolorado (2007)
> VJ Kissdub: Silly Sex (2006)
> Mark Porter: Comsten (2006)
> Entter: Data Garten Röck (2006)
> Jossystem: Volksing (2006)
> James Dingle: Pilgrim’s Progress (2005)
> Jossystem: Comsten (2005)
> Jossystem: Blox (2004)
> Entter: Fantasy (2004)
> Jens Nirme: CP-Willys (2004)

REMIXOLOGY

> Monster Zoku Onsomb: Frankin’stein (Goto80 C64 Remax) (2009)
> Icarus: Second Inf(E)rænce (Goto80 GBC64 Remix) (2009)
> Damn! Soundsystem – Youth Style (Goto80 Remix) (2007)
> Extraboy – Kröv (Goto80 Remix) (2007)
> Je Mappelle Mads – Bilerne De Er Farlige (2007)
> Best Fwends – Sk8 or Live (Goto80 Remiss) (2007)
> Ugly Megan – Bad Television (Goto80 Remix) (2007)
> Psilodump: Behind The False Smile (Goto80 Plåtåträ Remixsh) (2006)
> Wham!: Last Christmas (Hot Digi Remix) (2005)

DISCOGRAPHY COMPILATIONS

> Short Attention Span (Methodist Leisure MP3 2009)
> Chiptuned Rockman (Inti Creates CD 2009)
> Wanna Hld Yr Handheld (8bitoperators MP3 2009)
> Ibiza Chip Chillout Vol.21 (Kittenrock MP3 2009)
> 28 Seconds Later (Godxiliary MP3 2009)
> Cheer Up Emo Kid, The Happy Compilation (CDK MP3 2009)
> Merry Pixmas (Pixelmod MP3 2008)
> The Crunchy Records Compilation (Crunchy Records CD/MP3 2008)
> 5 Years Rebel Bass (Rebel Bass MP3 2008)
> Radio Graffiti ver 1.2 (Treble Death System MP3 2008)
> Your Cassette Pet (555 MC 2008)
> Lowbitfever (Intikrec CD 2008)
> Level Up (DWD MP3 2007)
> Sudd Mixtape vol 2 – 8 bit edition (Sudd MP3 2007)
> Holy 8 bit Night (VORC Records CD 2007)
> Spatial Tanks (Otsechka MP3 2007)
> Pornochip Compilation (Kittenrock MP3 2007)
> Tone Wars (MP3 2007)
> (7) Please Get Up On (MP3 2007)
> Ice Cream for 8bit (8bitpeoples MP3 2007)
> Return of Mega Twerp Compilation (Mega Twerp MP3 2007)
> 27 Creamy Porn Stars Coagulated (MP3 2007)
> Microdisco vol 4 – Crime (microdisco.de MP3 2007)
> Your Life Has Been Pressured for You (MP3 2007)
> The Twists and Turns of Loved and Hated G (MP3 2007)
> A Beginning of and End (Candymind MP3 2007)
> Pingipung Plays the Brass (Pingipung CD 2007)
> Forms (Intikrec CD 2006)
> Christmasasaurus (Candymind MP3 2006)
> 8BP050 (8bitpeoples 2CD 2006)
> Sudd’s Christmas Calender (Sudd MP3 2006)
> Dissed by the QFS 2 (Northamerican Hardcore MP3 2006)
> CombiNAtion (DWD MP3 2006)
> Masters of the Green Insects (Candymind MP3 2006)
> One Way (Stained Sheets MC 2006)
> Bitrate – How Low Can You Go (20kbps MP3 2006)
> Burning Chocolate (Candymind MP3 2005)
> Donostia Electronikoa (Elektronikikaldia CD 2005)
> Sudd Mixtape vol 1 (Sudd MP3 2005)
> TE Records 5 Year Celebration (TE MC 2005)
> Dissed by the QFS (Northamerican Hardcore MP3 2005)
> Microdisko 1 Year Celebration (CD 2005)
> Some Candy Before Christmas (Candymind MP3 2004)
> 8bits of Christmas (8bitpeoples MP3 2003)
> Boy Playground (Relax Beat CD 2003)
> VGM Mixtape #8 (No Sides CD 2003)

DISKOGRAPHY (DEMOSCENE)

My Beauty (Fairlight C64)
Mazemod Radio (Mazemod Amiga)
Goa Brudbilder 1+ (Hack&Trade C64)
You Broke My Heart-monitor (Digital Sounds System C64)
Deep Throat (Durex C64)
Goa Brudbilder 2 (Hack&Trade C64)
Sharp (Fairlight&Instinct C64)
10 Strong Years (Hack&Trade C64)
BFP 2007 Invite (Triad, Hack&Trade, Judas, Laxity C64)
Mail Madness #55 (Telenova C64)
10 Years HVSC (HVSC C64)
Hello:FRIEND (Fairlight C64)
Postcards From Stockholm (Fairlight C64)
Emanation Machine (Fairlight C64)
Loaded (Fairlight C64)
1977 (Up Rough C64)
Dots3000 (Hack&Trade C64)
Demotronic (1.000.000 Boys GB)
The Yard BBS Intro (Up Rough Amiga)
Hits for Kids (Up Rough Amiga)
GBG (Up Rough+TBL Amiga)
Circlescroller (Hack&Trade Amiga)
Stig – Son of Stag (Hack&Trade Amiga)
Electrofuck (Hack&Trade Amiga)
HT-Stag (Hack&Trade Amiga)
Summerfun (Hack&Trade C64)
Dots3000 (Hack&Trade C64)
1977 (Uprough C64)
Doc Bacardi Meets Doc Sportdryck (C64)
Pretending to See the Light (Fairlight C64)
Italo Megamix (C64)
Drop the Basics (Fairlight+Damage C64)
Vandalism#35 (C64)
Royal Arte (Booze Design C64)
Emission (Triad C64)
Manhood (Triad C64)
Domination#14 (C64)
26kg of Triad (Triad C64)
Stag – Son of Stig (Hack&Trade C64)
Domination#13 (C64)
Horsing Around (Triad C64)
Da Name (Triad C64)
Spice Up Your Life (Triad C64)
Album of the Year (Nostalgia C64)
Halfbaked (Warriors of Wasteland C64)
Newspress#18 (C64)
A Tribute to Depeche Mode (Nostalgia:101 C64)
Star Truk (Maniacs of Nes C64)
Megademo4 (Hack&Trade C64)
Megademo3 (Hack&Trade C64)

OTHER PROJECTS

> Superdöner – kebab punk with some 8 bits
> Extraboy – electronica
> HT – vocal micropop
+ Johnny Location, Susanne, 4D-man, Tomas Delin, Damitu Kuerpo, Mr Cong, Sam & Say, Sven-Göran Eriksson, Gordon Sordoff, etc …

PHOTOS

goto80+raquel meyers by rosa menkman 710×1024
goto80@microdisko by jonas lund 3072×2048
goto80_in_traffic by karl isakson 2587×2304
goto80rasterboy by rosa menkman 2120×2120
goto80+entter by raquel meyers 3008×2000

GRAPHICS

goto80 gif-glitch-animation by rosa menkman
goto80 circular logo pdf by david lindecrantz
goto80-logos transparent pngs by entter

TECH RIDER

* 2×1 meter table & 4 powerplugs
* tv or monitor with composite input (PAL) for the C64
* microphone with XLR or jack cable (into own mixer)
* on-stage monitors are appreciated
sound out: 2 (short) jack cables