{"id":336,"date":"2010-08-03T14:56:32","date_gmt":"2010-08-03T21:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.videogamedj.com\/?p=336"},"modified":"2011-09-26T09:01:07","modified_gmt":"2011-09-26T14:01:07","slug":"dj-cut-man-otakon-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/dj-cut-man-otakon-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"The Video Game DJ @ OTAKON 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Dj<\/a>Big news for Dj CUT MAN<\/a> and MC DEATH BEAR<\/a>, this weekend they headed down to Baltimore, MD to attend OTAKON<\/a>, the east coast’s largest Anime and Japanese Culture festival (attending approximately 30,000 people.) The convention is named after the Japanese word Otaku<\/a> which is used to refer to people obsessed with Japanese animation (anime), Japanese comics (manga) and Video Games.<\/p>\n

This was a big milestone for Dj CUT MAN<\/a>, as it was their largest live performance yet. Dj CUT MAN played his new mixtape, DUBTROPOLIS (available soon via SoundCloud<\/a>), a collection of Dub-Step influenced Chiptune songs, a sub-genre known as ChipStep. A last minute addition of this track<\/a> by UK chiptune artist Monster! Monster!<\/a> proved to be a worthwhile addition. MC Death Bear became a true Master of Cerimonies that night, hyping the crowd and providing vocal interludes and shout outs throughout the set.<\/p>\n

The music Dj CUT MAN spun was a comprised mostly of chiptune compositions from the 8BitCollective<\/a> and 8BitPeoples<\/a> communities, websites devoted to providing their independently created music for free download. Later in the set, Dj CUT MAN featured the music of bLiNd<\/a>, a top-tier Video Game Remixer and trance\/dance producer known from the groundbreaking video game remix website OCREMIX<\/a>.<\/p>\n

MC Death Bear has been creating art for Dj CUT MAN for months, and is responsible for the killer flyers<\/a> for the series of shows at Ithaca’s own Waffle Frolic<\/a>. Dj CUT MAN has created three full-length mix albums<\/a> so far and his fourth is expected soon. Stay tuned for more.<\/p>\n

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