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Since 2003, RECEPTORS®, led by electronic artist/producer/gearhead Jeremy Kolosine, aka Ksine(founder of electro pioneers Futurisk, and 8-bit/micro-chipmusic vanguards 8-Bit Operators, among other projects) stands equipped with GameBoys & Nintendo DS (running mainly the LSDJ, Nanoloop, and Korg DS-10 cartridges) but also included Sidstation, occasional CircuitBends, and vocoded 12-bit stylophonic walkstations. Receptors® performed at NYC's legendary Blip Fest, CMJ and Bent Festivals, showcased at Austin, Texas' SXSW Festival and Iceland's Airwaves Fest, and in 2007 Jeremy Kolosine performed the first ever circuit-bent performance(Leopold Mozart's "Toy Symphony")with a full symphony orchestra (The Roanoke Symphony). The debut 7" EP "Controller Array" was released in 2005. In 2007 the critically acclaimed ReceptorsMusic® compilation "8-Bit Operators - The Music of Kraftwerk" was released on Astralwerks/EMI (Check out the Receptors interview on National Public Radio). That same year, The DFA's James Murphy commissioned Receptors to produce a set of unique Real ringtones for LCD Soundsystem's "Sound Of Silver" album release. The ringtunes , which are re-interpretations of all 9 tracks on the hit album, were arranged and created in 8-bit fashion on the gameboy synth. In 2008 Receptors® released 2 albums of tracks produced on the Nintendo DS, including the first full-length release by an artist on the Korg DS-10 titled "groKwork". In 2009, Jeremy completed construction of "21st Century Retro-Futurists", an audio/video installation for The Taubman Museum, and joined the Blip Fest Europe / 8bitpeoples tour of Denmark and Poland (Era New Horizon Film Festival). On 09/09/09 the Kolosine-curated 8-Bit Operators' "WANNA HLD YR HANDHELD" Beatles Tribute was released. Receptors closed out 2009 with the release of the USER Deluxe EP on the world-renowned 8bitpeoples chip-music label. In 2010, the Handheld Heroes label released Receptors' full-length album SLEEPER CD/DL again featuring tracks utilizing solely the Nintendo DS / Korg DS-10.
In 2010, Futurisk, widely considered to be the first synth band in the American South, celebrated their 30th Anniversary with the expanded re-issue vinyl 12inch of Futurisk's "PLAYER PIANO" released on Minimal Wave Records.
In 2011, Futurisk's " Lonely Streets Remixes" with remixed tracks by Chris Carter (Throbbing Gristle,Chris & Cosey), Tom Furse (The Horrors), Prince Language (DFA, Editions Disco) and Complexxion from the UK.
On 12/12/2012 Receptors Music Inc released the 8-BIT OPERATORS' DEVO Tribute: Crack That Chip! conceived/ compiled by Kolosine.
In 2013, Jeremy Kolosine was added to Marty Thau's legendary Red Star Records roster of artists (which includes work by Suicide, Blondie, John Cale, The Ramones, Richard Hell, Lola Dutronic and Dub Gabriel among many others.) Exclusive remixes of Futurisk and 8-Bit Operators were included on the "Variations" 2013 Red Star release.
2014 delivered an increase in visibility and distribution of Kolosine's Receptors Music Inc label, with the release of 8-Bit Operators' Depeche Mode Tribute, "Enjoy The Science", which met with the approval and received some promo help from Depeche Mode themselves. 8-Bit Operators once again received much critical acclaim, online and in print.
Jeremy is currently working on a full-length album as KOLOSINE, and other projects.



















OUT NOW!
8-Bit Operators presents Crack That Chip! Devo Tribute! Paying homage to a great American group who were
conceptual and tangible minimalist punks before there was such a thing back in 1974, and to this day for that matter.
So here we go again covering tracks in hard-chip micro-digital space-punk electro-funk music style.


8-Bit Operators - DEVO Tribute - "Crack That Chip!"








OUT NOW on 8bitpeoples!



OUT NOW on Handheld Heroes. Receptors® ~ SLEEPER Album.
Amazon | iTunes | Bandcamp | Purchase CD







OUT NOW! WANNA HLD YR HANDHELD,Vol.1
8-BIT OPERATORS - BEATLES TRIBUTE





ALSO AVAILABLE! 8-BIT OPERATORS - The Music Of KRAFTWERK CD & D/L at Amazon. & iTUNES


( 8-Bit Operators - An 8-Bit Tribute to Kraftwerk - 2007- Astralwerks- US catalog # 71189 )


ALSO AVAILABLE! 8-BIT OPERATORS amazing "Pocket Calculator MEGAMIX"
Get it on AMAZON & iTUNES .





Receptors® / Mommy Was an Asteroid
CONTROLLER ARRAY EP(2005)
split 7"


Now on ITUNES!


...and maybe still some out of print vinyl at Retinascan.



"Morphballs" 3" CD EP by MWA(2009)

On Retinascan!



MOMMY WAS an ASTEROID "JUMPIN JACK FLASHCART"(2007)



8-Bit Peoples 8BP050 CD for BlipFest (2006)






Receptors on Youtube



FREE MP3 DOWNLOADS:

FREE ALBUMS AT LAST.FM




Gameboy / Nintendo DS tracks by Receptors


NEWS
older news below

*08/22/2011: Receptors » Korg DS-10 Archives 2008 - 2010 


 

Korg DS-10 Archives 2008 - 2010

Receptors 24 tracks (105:07)

RECEPTORS “Korg DS-10 Archives 2008 - 2010”
In addition to the 50 plus Nintendo DS/ Korg DS-10 tracks that RECEPTORS released during 2008 thru 2010 (3 albums & 2 EPs), there were also another 100 or so DS-10 tracks I recorded during that period that remained unreleased, until now. Here for the first time, and for free download are the best 20 of those previously unheard tracks, plus 4 alternate variation takes.

For your convenience, here’s a link to the full album zip file:
http://receptorsmusic.com/Receptors-Korg_DS-10_Archives_2008-2010.zip



*08/04/2011:
Receptors - PROjector inJECTOR by Receptors



*07/31/2011:
Receptors : Music_For_PROject_proJECT
Click HERE for the FREE DOWNLOAD of RECEPTORS ambient/improvisational
chipmusic backdrops for the PROject proJECT event in Roanoke, Virginia on July 22nd, 2011.
All performances are created and programmed on the Nintendo Game Boy
(using Nanoloop 1.5)and the Nintendo DSi (running Korg DS-10 and M01.)





*07/24/2011:


*07/21/2011:
CoS Audiography:An Interview with Jeremy Kolosine, part 6

*07/12/2011:

    Home About The Projectors The Projects Thank you!

    Receptors will provide ambient/improvisational chipmusic backdrop pieces for Matt Ames ' projections on the Dorothy Gillespie mural at PROject proJECT tonight starting at 10pm. I'll perform a piece titled "Artillery Girls, Parts 2,3 & 4" as well as stripped down,slowed down variations on some of my other pieces, all performed on Gameboy and Nintendo DS.
    Layout map event schedule


    *07/11/2011:
    CoS Audiography:An Interview with Jeremy Kolosine, part 5

    *07/09/2011:
    http://www.receptorsmusic.com/nintendographics.html Receptors GIF/MP3 mashups. Music and animation created entirely Nintendo DSi running Korg DS-10 and Flipnotes.(thanks Evan Roth for mashup source code)

    *07/08/2011:


    *06/28/2011:
    CoS Audiography:An Interview with Jeremy Kolosine, part 4

    *06/21/2011:
    CoS Audiography:An Interview with Jeremy Kolosine, part 3

    *06/20/2011:
    Astralwerks' "We Dig This" Blog on CoS' Kolosine/8BitOps interview

    *06/13/2011:
    CoS Audiography:An Interview with Jeremy Kolosine, part 2

    *06/06/2011:
    CoS Audiography:An Interview with Jeremy Kolosine, part 1

    06/04/2011:


    *05/31/2011:
    Receptors - stratastart by Receptors

    *03/24/2011:
    Peter Swimm & Pixelh8's chipmusic comp for Japanese earthquake/tsunami relief, Chip In:Japan! has exceeded it's $5,000.00 goal in just over a week, but you can still donate even a small amount and gain access to the 100 track collection of chipscene songs just for doing so(including an exclusive Receptors track "Brainstem".)

    *02/26/2011:
    Now on Youtube: Receptors - Trans Europe Express(8-Bit Operators - Kraftwerk cover) from 2007.

    *02/13/2011:
    With LCD Soundsystem's final shows looming, here's my 2007 Gameboy Ringtones Receptors did for James Murphy. They're all here and here.

    *01/19/2011:
    Check out the Swiss Radio Stadtfilter High Noon radio show this Friday,January 21st, hosted by veteran pixel-artist and Micromusic.net curator Paco Wanga Manzanares.
    This month's edition features conversation with Jeremy Kolosine, including, but not limited to his work with Futurisk, Receptors and 8-Bit Operators.
    Tune in or catch the live stream here at 12:00 CET.

    *01/02/2011: HAPPY NEW YEAR! With the coming of 2011, Jeremy Kolosine has embarked on an analog/ digital/ multi-instrumental compositional project intended for release in 2012. Stay tuned!

    *07/28/10: OUT NOW on Handheld Heroes! Receptors SLEEPER D/L & CD*
    *CD has 2 extra tracks and alternate cover art!

    *06/11/2010:
    *01/15/2010: New Receptors Nintendo DS DS-10 track.


    *10/29/2009: New Receptors Nintendo DS track for Halloween:


    10/09/2009: Pretty in-depth and fun podcast interview with the nice boys at The Rumble Pack (don't you dare count how many times i say 'ummm'!)
    therumblepack.com/2009/10/27/episode-110-let-it-beep


    10/06/09: Receptors on pushbinlou's ChipTune Tuesday on the FMA.

    09/29/09: Receptors' "groKwork" featured on FMA via TCTD!

    Peter Swimm (aka Herr_Professor) of True Chip Til Death, has featured Receptors and my Nintendo DS/Korg DS-10 release, "groKwork" on this week's Free Music Archive!

    Receptors ; Microboxer-This week on the FMA

    The Free Music Archive is an interactive library of high-quality, legal audio downloads. The Free Music Archive is directed by WFMU, the most renowned freeform radio station in America. Radio has always offered the public free access to new music. The Free Music Archive is a continuation of that purpose, designed for the age of the internet.

    TCTD is a blog showcasing hardware, software, and artists utilizing obsolete console and computer hardware. With an emphasis on the best and the brightest works and artists in the genre, TCTD hopes to foster greater understanding of the chip movements growth as an art platform and a launching pad for the continued progression of the genre.


    09/28/09: NOW on AMAZON MP3: 8-Bit Operators - The Music of Kraftwerk, full length and single!

    *High quality MP3s , 15 track full-length NOW AVAILABLE on AMAZON:
    8-Bit Operators - The Music of Kraftwerk

    *PLUS the hard-to-find vinyl 12inch single, which is not included on the CD is ALSO AVAILABLE as MP3s on AMAZON NOW:
    8-Bit Operators - Pocket Calculator Megamix

    *and of course the CD with full color 12 page booklet is still available:
    8-Bit Operators - The Music of Kraftwerk CD

    *plus both releases are still available on iTunes:
    the full length
    the single

    cheers!

    *July 24th/25th..Blip Fest Europe!



    *Plus..July 30/31st, Era New Horizons Film Fest, Wroclaw, Poland! The Blip crew
    rocks again!


    "21st Century Retro-Futurists - 8-Bit Micro-Chip Music & Video"

    Running now @The Taubman Museum/ArtVenture.


    *02/11/2009: Check out the fresh Japan EMI release of 8-Bit Operators Kraftwerk Tribute w 2 added BONUS tracks from the 12inch!
    Plus check out 8-Bit Operators interview with Jeremy Kolosine for Japanese "LOUD" Magazine. Here's the English translation

    *01/25/09: Receptors in SPIN Mag Picks: 8 Undiscovered Bands Worth A Listen.



    CD / VINYL:




    8-Bit OPERATORS : The Music of KRAFTWERK.



    8-Bit OPERATORS: Pocket Calculator MegaMix 12inch single.



    Receptors / Mommy Was an Asteroid
    CONTROLLER ARRAY EP(2005)
    split 7"


    Now on ITUNES!

    maybe still some vinyl at Retinascan.


    photo: Receptors, circa '04, by O'Buckley.

    FREE MP3s:
    RECEPTORS
    (8-bit electro-pop)

    RECEPTORS - SpeedDialer - gameboy ds / korg ds10 cart
    RECEPTORS - SpeedDialer - remix - gameboy ds / korg ds10 cart
    RECEPTORS - PALINDRONES2 remix- gameboy ds / korg ds10 cart
    RECEPTORS - PALINDRONE- gameboy ds / korg ds10 cart
    RECEPTORS - HOW - gameboy ds / korg ds10 cart
    RECEPTORS - Drill Baby Drill- gameboy ds / korg ds10 cart
    RECEPTORS - Have Gameboy Will Travel- gameboy lsdj
    RECEPTORS - Aerospaceage Inferno - gameboy HAWKWIND cover.
    RECEPTORS - A Boy n His Rom 12-bit/casio vl tone/analog mix.
    RECEPTORS - Glass Houses- gameboy instrumental
    RECEPTORS - Dance Of The Drones- gameboy ds running korg ds-10
    RECEPTORS - User Quit- gameboy instrumental
    RECEPTORS - So Long Thanks For All The Chips- gameboy instrumental

    more FREE mp3s below.




    MORE NEWS
    older news below

    *02/10/09: New USA Retinascan releases - Including the NEW 3" cd EP by Mommy Was An Asteroid, "Morphballs"


    "Wots a space-punk speeding thru space to do? ...the only musical instrument afforded in such tight quarters is the beloved 21st century gameboy micro of course, so have gameboy will travel and hear ye my musical love-poem to a broad in a spacesuit called Samus!" Morphballs: all tracks performed in 2006 on a gameboy micro running nanoloop 2. with art by Sputnik Booster's Nic Cramer!

    *02/01/09: 8-Bit Operators Official Page & Group on Facebook.
    Here's the new 8-Bit Operators GROUP facebook page.
    Also join the new 8-Bit Operators BAND page on facebook( w fresh MP3s soon)!

    *12/09/2008: Check the new GameBoy Korg DS-10 track "SNOBLIND" on Receptors Myspace player

    *11/03/2008: "21st Century Retro-Futurists" coming to the Taubman Museum.
    Stay tuned for the Taubman's Artventure opening of Receptors' gameboy music/video installation "21st Century Retro-Futurists"!
    Attend the Museum's Grande opening Gala this Saturday, Nov 8th!
    http://www.taubmanmuseum.org

    *10/28/2008:
    NEW! R3C3PTRS - FR3350M3 on Facebook.



    *10/27/2008: BBREAKING NNEWZ! DIE-HARD joins Facebook!
    As usual, late to the party and dancing square, arrives Receptors who, formerly MIS-quoted as saying "I would rather set myself on fire than join f-in' Facebook" corrects the pundits:
    "I said I would rather PLAY THE SONG 'I Set Myself On Fire' by XTC, than join Facebook." which is easily understandable.
    Anyway Jeremy the K finally came to terms with his face and joined the facebook. Here's Receptors on Facebook , ADD US AS A FAN wontcha buddy?? aww cmon pal! It allows me to continue to speak in the 3rd person.

    *10/23/2008: new nds/ gameboy tracks, vids.
    +new nds gameboy track in myspace player : Receptors -Barackuda
    +more nds tracks here : groKwork
    +new chipmusic selections at micromusic, including Receptors' "Have Gameboy Will Travel" here : http://micromusic.net
    +and just for fun heres some cute 8bitops/kraftwerk youtube fan videos i found : robots, manmachine, kosmopo2.

    *10/03/2008: New interview w Kraftwerk's Ralf Hutter - 8-Bit Operators mentioned!

    *09/20/2008: RECEPTORS' "groKwork for gameboy" ALBUM available as FREE DOWNLOAD NOW at Last.Fm:
    "GROKWORK FOR GAMEBOY (Korg DS10)"


    OLDER NEWS BELOW



    Lo-bit archives:

    FREE WebLabel MP3s HERE


    LIVE MP3 ARCHIVE

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    OLDER NEWS:

    *09/18/2008: RECEPTORS - PALINDRONE.mp3- gameboy ds / korg ds10 cart

    *09/10/2008: RECEPTORS - Drill Baby Drill.mp3- gameboy ds / korg ds10 cart

    *09/08/2008: more gameboy ds korg ds-10 tracks leading up to an online ep an 8bc comp:

    here i tried to be more chippy w it:
    MommyWasAnAsteroid_-_DanceOfTheDrones.mp3
    MommyWasAnAsteroid_-_SubwayPanoramic.mp3

    here's a couple of ambient-ish tracks using the drum tracks as melody tracks also:
    MommyWasAnAsteroid_-_TheAirUpThere.mp3
    MommyWasAnAsteroid_-_888.mp3

    my korg_ds10 fanjournal

    jksine

    *08/27/2008: More GROK WORK! New Gameboy Korg DS-10:
    outtakes at myspace.com/receptorsmusic
    and free d/l here:MWA - GROK RAWK.mp3
    join a Korg DS10 fanjournal

    *08/21/2008: Here's another track by MOMMY WAS AN ASTEROID - GROK WORK no.10- again it's a GameBoy DS running the new Korg DS-10 cartridge .

    *08/16/2008: GROK WORK!. Korg DS10 Gameboy outtakes.
    I got the Japanese version of the new Korg DS-10 cartridge for Nintendo Gameboy DS! Here are some preliminary outtakes i did in the 1st 24 hours with it, just for fun:
    mwa-Grok Work 2.mp3 , mwa-Grok Work 3.mp3 , mwa-Grok Work 4.mp3 , mwa-Grok Work 7.mp3 & mwa-Grok Work 1.mp3

    *08/09/2008: New free chiptune MP3s

    New free downloads from Receptors, Bacalao, Minusbaby,TouchBoy and many more:
    MICROMUSIC.net
    always great to be on the legendary Micromusic!

    Plus newly available for free download...
    an instrumental 12-bit/vl tone/analog mix of Receptors track :
    RECEPTORS - A Boy n His Rom. mp3
    ...and one MWA track on gameboy w lsdj:
    MWA - Tapping Your Line. mp3

    cheers!
    jeremy

    *07/05/2008:A BUNCH of tracks ADDED to some of our Myspace pages!
    go there and befriend/check out newly available tracks :

    RECEPTORS 12-bit walkstation/ analog outtake from upcoming album "LO", check "A Boy n His Rom" :
    http://myspace.com/receptorsmusic

    A bunch of instrumental digital handheld/analog tracks from turn of the century KSINE:
    http://myspace.com/ksinemusic

    A few more SHAKESPACE shoegazer electro tracks also from the turn of the century:
    http://myspace.com/shakespacemusic

    Another FUTURISK track from Player Piano EP 1982:
    http://myspace.com/futurisk

    *06/12/2008:MIDI-Life Crisis in Mini-Graceland:
    new gameboy tracks:
    MOMMY WAS AN ASTEROID - MIDI-Life Crisis in Mini-Graceland
    MOMMY WAS AN ASTEROID - missionary_mannequin

    new gameboy show:
    Receptors live show in Roanoke, VA this saturday 2:30 pm.
    new chip-pod:
    very cool podcast, this month w added Receptors :)

    *06/05/2008: Ant Hill Vs The Wasps Nest: Mommy Was An Asteroid’s New Free Gameboy track!
    Mommy Was An Asteroid - Ant Hill Vs The Wasps Nest

    *05/30/2008 :WANNA HLD YR HANDHELD!
    pssst...
    stay tuned...
    ...for some news about a BRAND NEW 8-BIT OPERATORS official release!
    nuf sed ;)
    http://myspace.com/8bitoperators

    *05/27/2008 : NEW gameboy track in the Receptors Myspace player:
    Receptors' "So Long Thanks For All The Chips"
    also available for d/l here:
    Receptors - So Long Thanks For All The Chips
    cheers!
    jksine

    *05/20/2008 : "Have Gameboy Will Travel" A NEW Receptors gameboy track in the Myspace player
    also available for d/l here:
    Receptors - Have Gameboy Will Travel

    *05/10/2008 : 2 New gameboy tracks at the 8BitCollective...
    receptors - glass houses
    receptors - i came coz the sound i stayed coz the peoples
    the 1st track is LSDJ and the other is nanoloop 1.3 both on a gameboy classic.

    *04/19/2008: New Receptors instrumental gameboy track at Receptors Myspace. Plus a show in Roanoke.
    The track is called "User Quit", an outtake from the upcoming Receptors "User" EP.
    HERE at myspace.com/receptorsmusic.
    Also Receptors has a short show in my hometown Roanoke, Virginia at Plan 9 Records on Saturday April 26th at 10 pm with my friends The Situationist who have a CD release.

    *03/18/2008: "Heroes" Soundtrack out now, Plus SXSW 8BitPeoples Showcase report, "Reformat " on IFC!
    First off:
    Roll up sci-fi fans and Heroes worshippers!
    NBC’s "Heroes" Soundtrack! Executive Produced by me bruv and friend of chiptune Errol Kolosine begin_of_the_skype_highlighting     end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting     end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting     end_of_the_skype_highlighting is out now!
    Look at this Heroic line-up!:
    The New Pornographers, Panic At The Disco, Nada Surf, Wendy & Lisa, Sheila Chandra, My Morning Jacket, Death Cab For Cutie, Imogen Heap, The Jesus And Mary Chain, Bob Dylan, Cucu Diamantes & Yerba Buena, The Chemical Brothers And Spank Rock, David Bowie!! Nuff said! Get it on ITUNES , Amazon or BestBuy.

    And Secondly:

    The 8BitPeoples Showcase event at SXSW 2008 went fabulously and was possibly the most fun chiptunes show, outside of BlipFest, that I’ve ever attended let alone played at! Got to talk further with creators of the ’Reformat The Planet’ documentary of BlipFest 2006 which premiered at SXSW FilmFest and is getting enthusiastic reviews everywhere! There’s an interview running on IFC this week. Here’s the clip, it starts about 5 mins in after the nerdcore and gaming bits:
    IFC "Reformat The Planet" interview with 2PlayerProductions and a Glomag gameboy demonstration!

    Here’s an interesting blog re the chipmusic presence at SXSW:
    InBetween on SXSW chipstuff

    I also got to hang with my old Shakespace homie Josh Strawn, whose band Blacklist was playing down the street(!?) and another Roanoke expatriot Will Silero(sp.) who has an 8 piece band ! in Austin i need to check.



    *03/10/2008: Holy crap! I guess I have to burn my dissed by the QFS card now since Receptors' gameboy track "Disconnected 08" is now on the hallowed Micromusic.net! Go there and download hundreds of familiar and definitive chiptune artist's tracks!

    *12/10/2007: New Futurisk vinyl, 8-Bit Ops Tshirts, Blipfest DVD, Ksine ambient on itunes, Toy Symphony shows.

    8-Bit Operators AvatariBahn T-Shirts (by Poke of C-Men!) out later this week!

    The Blip Fest '06 DVD is out (Receptors has 2 tracks on here)

    ...meantime, me, the son and the bro were at blipfest 07...amazing of course, here's some footage from Attack of the Show
    and some great gameboy camera shots by Yes,robot!

    In Tune monthly goes out to all the high school band classes in the US i'm told, and this month there's an article on chiptunes featuring Bubblyfish and other 8-Bit Operators.


    My circuit-bent performance of Haydn/Mozart's Toy Symphony with the Roanoke Symphony at Virginia Tech was more cohesive and appreciated, i believe, than my Civic Center performance (mostly due to technical difficulties on my end and an unbalanced sound mix). There were many challenges in trying to fit a style of music(circuit-bending) that is governed completely by chaos within the regimen of classical music. Anything I do of this nature again will feature a more melodic chiptune approach which i wasn't able to convey this time handling only the percussive toy sounds of this piece. All in all I had a great time,enjoying David Wiley's wit, and thank all who tolerated my Furbinator mouthing off during Tchaikovsky's "Waltz of the Flowers"!

    in other related news:

    unreleased Futurisk out on 180 gram vinyl limited edition of 500.

    Ksine's first dark-ambient xmas album from 2000(composed mainly on the handheld Roland PMA midi-stylophone also triggering various synths.) Now on itunes.

    Thanks to all,
    Happy holidays and have a great new year!

    Jeremy

    *December 7th at Salem Civic Ctr, and the 8th at Virginia Tech:
    Jeremy Kolosine | The Roanoke Symphony.

    Jeremy Kolosine and his "Controller Array" of twisted toys will be part of the Holiday programme for Salem Civic Center on 7th Dec, and Virginia Tech on the 8th Dec:

    details regarding the segment:

    Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, David Wiley, Music Director
    Jeremy Kolosine, Technologist
    David Wiley, Conductor & Pianist

    F.J. Haydn & Leopold Mozart "Toy Symphony" [First movement, Allegro]
    with soloist Jeremy Kolosine, Technologist (toys = Kolosine on electronics)

    Kolosine's parts will basically be the percussive runs originally performed on the toy drum,rattle, triangle, toy trumpet, quail(cuckoo?) and nightingale, but will instead be replaced by electronic circuit-bent & modified toys (ie: the circuit-bent furby will take the nightingale part)

    some equipment to be used:
    circuit-bent furby | circuit-bent speak & spell | pocket theremin | atari 2600 & controllers/carts | nintendo system/controllers/carts | gameboy classic/carts|gameboy ds

    tickets here



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    hear more and join us at: myspace.com/8bitoperators and facebook.com/8bitoperators

    order the cd NOW from AMAZON or get it at ITUNES!

    Get the exclusive 12inch/dowlnload on ITUNES



    *11/01/2007: Receptors rocks Reykjavik / NY / Roanoke!
    A productive few weeks on the receptorsmusic front..
    Played the Iceland Airwaves festival! My show on Friday night at the Barinn Airwaves club went good and got a great reception from the small but enthusiastic crowd, i must have had a dozen or more people come up to me and ask about or comment that they dug it. Receptors also got a nice pic and positive mention by Billboard's Katie Hasty in the daily review paper that comes out there (will post soon). All the acts were great that night, but i particularly liked Van Of Two's stuff. Also met members of Iceland's Hellvar who i will be working with soon.
    The next morning to my amazement i woke up early enough to catch the ride to the legendary Blue Lagoon party which was memorable indeed.
    Iceland Airwaves home
    While in Reykjavik i also made the acquaintance of the members of !!! , Annuals and Of Montreal, among others, all of whom were a funny and nice bunch of guys, and showed a curious and sincere interest in the gameboy applications in my music. I also got to catch all of their shows on Saturday.
    Then it was back to NYC where Glomag and Receptors played an 8-Bit Operators '80's gameboy covers war at some giant party opening for the B52's! Us 2 old grey boys have to do that again soon !
    Back in Roanoke, had a quite productive meeting with Roanoke Symphony Director David Wiley regarding a joint project for this season's holiday program(stay tuned for more on that)! Thanks to Museum Director David Brown this project will also involve a piece for the opening of the breathtakingly Futuristic new Art Museum of Western Virginia building in 2008!
    Art Museum Of Western Virginia construction cam
    next up! attend Blipfest in NYC the end of the month!





    *09/27/07: New videos & tracks! Receptors at Iceland Fest!

    Receptors plays the Iceland festival Oct 19th,2007!
    Iceland Airwaves:
    icelandairwaves.com
    Receptors profile




    Receptors at Pulsewave 09/15/07 pic by Nullsleep, live visuals Dan Winckler

    Receptors w Glomag - Disconnected live footage from Pulsewave NYC

    Lost in archival territory we find an old 1982 video posted by my friend Veronica

    Futurisk : Army Now 1982 vid

    Stay tuned for more news about all these projects in the coming weeks..



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    EQUIPMENT:

    Here's what i use mostly these days....

    [lo-bit stuff]:
    VARIOUS GAMEBOYS(GB Classic,Pocket,Color,Advance,SP, micro and DS)
    NAN0LOOP 1 & 2 for Gameboy
    COMMODORE 64
    SNES & NES
    SYNTHCART for ATARI 2600
    CYNTHCART for COMMODORE 64
    ELEKTRON SIDSTATION
    LSDJ (LittleSound DJ) for Gameboy
    midiNES for NES
    POCKET MUSIC for GB COLOR, GBA & MusicGenerator for PS1
    ELECTROPLANKTON for Gameboy DS
    GAMEBOY CAMERAS & Trippy-H synth
    STYLOVOX Vocoder setup
    VARIOUS circuit-bends ( furbies, speak & spell, casios...)
    portable TVs





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    OLDER NEWS:

    *Saturday, September, 15, 2007 at Pulsewave @ The Tank ,NYC.
    performances by
    Glomag | Receptors | Touchboy | Nullsleep
    plus live Visuals by Dan Winckler.



    *09/11/07: new tracks new york :
    Now up here and on the myspace.com/receptorsmusic page... I did yet another version of Hawkwind/Robert Calvert's "Aerospaceage Inferno" done solely on 1 grey gameboy with vocoded midi stylyphone,prompted this time in preparation for a request at this saturday's NYC Tank show I'll be playing at with Glomag, Nullsleep, Touchboy and Dan Winckler. I've been playing this song since i was 15 and to me it's like musical comfort food as is the entire "Captain Lockheed & the Starfighters" album! This saturday I will also do a new Kraftwerk cover ;) and a few new originals from the forthcoming Receptors " LO " CD nearing completion finally...
    ( it seems now that the "Wanna Hold Your Handheld" may be materializing into an 8BitOps title instead ;)

    *08/07/07: 8 bit-friendly skies...music for airplanes!
    It was exciting to discover that Receptors' version of Kraftwerk's 'Trans Europe Express', from the 8-Bit Operators album, was flying thru the skies on the American Airlines inflight 'Buzz' playlist all last month!

    *06/07/07: Official LCD Soundsystem Ringtunes by Receptors!
    8-Bit Operators member Jeremy Kolosine / aka Receptors, has completed a set of unique Real ringtones for LCD Soundsystem! The ringtunes , which are re-interpretations of all 9 tracks on the brand new hit album "Sound Of Silver" , were arranged and created in 8-bit fashion on the gameboy synth. The first batch of Real tones have been posted here and here.See more at dfarecords.com and lcdsoundsystem.com


    RECEPTORS at BlipFest 11-30-06 By Marjorie Becker

    *04/30/07: Links to 8BitOps NPR piece, BlipFest on MTV.com, more...
    Here are links to some recent related airwave action regarding 8-Bit Operators, plus the growing chiptune/8-bit and circuit-bending scenes...

    8-Bit Operators/Receptors' Jeremy Kolosine interview on NPR

    BLIP Fest video on MTV.com

    "Gadget Gurus Go Wild at BENT Festival" on NPR

    check em out.

    *04/27/2007: NPR Interview with 8-BIT OPERATORS' Jeremy Kolosine this Sunday, April 29th!
    Exciting news! On National Public Radio this Sunday, 29th April, check out the interview with Jeremy Kolosine about the 8-Bit Operators Kraftwerk Tribute release and chiptune/8-bit music! It airs this Sunday morning on the Weekend Edition which runs from 8AM to 10AM in most places..

    "The Video Game Soundtracks of Our Lives / Bit Poppers, Chipsters & Bitsters" summer show series in Chicago.

    *02/06/07: OUT NOW!:

    ORDER 8-BIT OPERATORS CD now at Amazon!

    ORDER 8-BIT OPERATORS d/l now on ITUNES!

    HEAR 8-BIT OPERATORS "Pocket Calculator"(MEGA MIX)- NOW AVAILABLE!
    exclusively on Vinyl & download at your favorite record merchant and at ITUNES!

    Check out http://myspace.com/8bitoperators

    8-Bit Operators Reviews/Press page

    8-Bit Operators media/press kit



    contact: INFO at 8BITOPERATORS dot com

    *03/10/07:OUT NOW:



    MOMMY WAS an ASTEROID's "JUMPIN JACK FLASHCART"
    on RETINASCAN!


    *12/10/06:some shots of Receptors on opening night of Blip:

    cool shot of Receptors
    big thanks to pepino!
    also to Joel Johnson for this cool photo link
    Marjorie Becker for this one
    Rabato for this one

    *12/30/06: New track for the new year to commemorate BlipFest '06!
    (mp3) Receptors - Smack Yo Blip Up!(2007)
    (thanks to dr™ at Robotsound.com for the title ;) EJK

    OUT NOW!:

    *12/08/06 - Check out some great links re the Blip Fest (which I am still reeling from playing /attending )
    I'm still not sure it really happened...
    Thanks to everyone involved, especially 8-BitPeoples , Bit shifter and the Tank!
    I will never forget the 1st annual Blip Festival NYC!

    Blip shows on YouTube
    Wired blog on Blip
    Blip on Microscopiq
    Great photolog on Blip
    Vertexlist blogspot on Blip
    on Gamesetwatch
    fort90 journal on blip
    Blip on Flickr
    Check out 8BitPeoples' 8BP050 CD for BlipFest


    Blip Fest 06 in NYC-Nov 30th - Dec 3rd




    *11/29/06- There's a new alternate web address from 8BitOperators.com , now you can use 8bitops.com too.

    *11/27/06:Press mentions re 8BitOps in XLR8R, Blip fest in Village Voice, Vertexlist 8-bit blog.

    *11/20/06: This month's issue of WonkaVison Magazine is the McFarlane toy issue, and has an article about bands who use toys as instruments. Receptors is 'exibit A' on page 67. :)

    *11/01/06: Thanks to Naughtyboy from 8-Bit Weapon for informing me that ReceptorsMusic is mentioned in the newest issue of Future Music Magazine on page 126. ReceptorsMusic.com is #1 under "Ways To Be Noticed, Gear under $100". It has a pic of a Gameboy classic , & 'join the 8-bit revolution' with a link to this site! This helps solidify my image as the poor man's electro gear guy yet again..
    J =)

    10/03/2006:
    4-bit gameboy side project AUTOCIDE's FactoryDriveEP - exclusive weblabel download on GainLad!:

    AUTOCIDE - "Factory Drive EP" (2006 Gainlad)
    "Five tracks that will take you from your boring job and life to a playful gameland, rich in emotions and adventure."(neotericz/ignat)
    Download some of the best quality chip music for FREE at Gainlad!

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    04\27\06: Had a great time playing at the Bent 2006 circuit bending fest in NYC.Did a couple of nano2/gameboy micro tracks as well some lsdj/old grey gb tracks.Plus i ran my live gb cam feed during the set, which looked great up on the big screen. Check out the AP story on the Bent 2006 and here's a bunch of great pics on the Bent site..and here's a shot of Receptors on flickr by mindphone divided.

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    10/25/05 - October 22,'05 The INTERNATIONAL CHIPTUNE RESISTANCE show at The Tank NYC was one of the best shows I've ever been part of.The place was packed with lo-bit fans, and every set was awesome! Thanks to Paris for the visuals during the Receptors set and all who participated in this historic chiptune event! Here's some pix by Dave Wolcheck.

    ..and check out the photos of Bit Shifter & Nullsleep getting arrested for flyering the show!

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    *08/27/2005: Check out Tad Dickens' cool Receptors Podcast for the Roanoke Times...

    *06/24/2005: Now It Can Be Told Dept: Well, the secret track on the Receptors/MWA vinyl has been discovered!
    No, that's NOT a scratch on side 2 of "Controller Array EP"..it's a 'locked groove' that repeats the word 'mountainside' indefinitely at the end of the track "Devil's Backbone"(named after a mountain here in Roanoke)
    ...the secret unlisted track "stuck in This City" is right after it ;)...there's a clue on the back sleeve btw.

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    *06/18/2005:New MWA MP, "redNails" at Gainlad netlabel...features exclusive ambient Game Boy tracks using lsdj,nanoloops& GB Camera.


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    *05/25/2005 - Superstar DJ Larry TEE's Gentle Electric compilation is OUT NOW! It includes an exclusive RECEPTORS Moog version of "Everything Fades Away", as well as 16 other tracks by the likes of Future Bible Heroes, WIT, Freezepop and Larry himself!

    * 05/05/05
    Receptors peformed at the 2nd annual BENT 2005 circuit-bending fest in NYC.., Saturday April 30th 2005...thanks everyone who saw my show & bought records the micro-chipsters and my heroes i finally got to meet...Glomag,Nullsleep,Bubblyfish & Bitshifter as well as micropeeps Gijs, lektrogirl ...plus the legendary Bill T Miller & Paul B Davis...check the SHOWS: page for pix.. Here's an awesome pic of my Furbinator (circuit-bent furby)shot by KaizerS




    *RECEPTORS w MWA split 7" "CONTROLLER ARRAY" EP



    *Includes 2 new gameboy / sidstation tracks plus 2 new atari / nes tracks!
    *gameboy camera stickers with each of the 1st 500 copies...


    gameboy side:RECEPTORS/
    1. Neurotransmit!We R Receptors 3:39
    2. My Secret Side 3:36

    atari side:MOMMY WAS an ASTEROID/
    1. SpeakFreak (gameboy camera lo-fi vid promo) 2:02
    2.Devil's Backbone 3:34

    *Check the RECORDS page for other official releases available for purchase...

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    * 04/02/2005:
    The RECEPTORS track 'Disconnected' is featured in a new wake-skating DVD now for sale: Flatline:Disconnected.(Check the trailer featuring the track).


    * 02/01/2005
    Treewave's Paul Slocum , inventor of Atari Synthcart(and numerous other wonderful music tools, including the musical dot-matrix printer!) has posted 2 Receptors loop demos performed on the current beta version of the upcoming Atari 2600 Loopcart!

    * 11/02/2004
    Thanks to Roanoke Times for the Nov 6 Extra cover story all about Receptors, gameboy & atari music, plus a cool futurist music timeline that mentioned the likes of Delia Derbyshire, Eno, MBV, Glomag & Bitshifter...& Futurisk.Plus Eric Brady provided some great shots of my live controller array setup that shows the lsdj, nanoloop & synthcart .



    *04/25/2004:
    Micromusic Gwem's open letter to Malcolm MClaren


    *06/04/2004:
    Our return engagement at PIANOS in NYC.. Check out the SHOWS page for more, including Receptors' live gameboy track "Lo-bit-12-tone 1[variation]". ..


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    *04/04/2004:
    Receptors first live show at NYC East Village PIANOS. This was my 1st ALL electronic show since the final FUTURISK show. Musically it went great.,,(see the SHOWS page for more..)


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