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October 29, 2024
Playing a groovy, eclectic lineup in LA with microtonal acts Brendan Byrnes and Zhea Erose, while improv trio oneL’s 0COASTensemble will close it out! 8:00pm at the Redwood. New bass guitarist, Max Kutner will join me as well as drummer, Austin Pooley! Psyched!
October 22, 2024
Sleepwalking Through The Sun @ Quinn’s, Beacon, NY
Playing a super fun gig with synthpop duo, Buddha Glues Airplanes at Quinn’s in Beacon, NY! Max Kutner will join me on bass guitar, as I continue to tour my new release 81 Terpsichore out on Pterodactyl Squad!
October 7-13, 2024
October 7th is the first day of a week-long, colossal takeover of Rochester, NY with the Avant-garde-a-Clue festival featuring 250+ musical/sonic acts performing at 75 Stutson Street. Needless to say, I am proud to take part in this grassroots celebration of music/sound in all its incarnations and perspectives organized by tireless champion of unique voices in sound, Adam Arritola. I’ll be performing my chip/adjacent compositions and songs on Thursday night Oct 10, but come out early and stay late as many nights as possible to celebrate as much of the community as you can with your support. Anti-commerical and 100% free!
October 4, 2024
Playing a really cool and eclectic show tonight at Rhizome DC in DC alongside idiosyncratic, avant jazz rock trio, Partial Custody and modular improv act, Wooder! An historic moment for Corset Lore, too — Max Kutner and James Paul Nadien will join me on bass and drums! Corset Lore photo: Marjorie Becker / Chiptography.com
September 20, 2024
Hello! Over the next few months, I’ll be performing material from my new release 81 Terpsichore out on Pterodactyl Squad.
First off: stoked for this Art and Music DIY event on Friday, 9/20 in the Arts District of Las Vegas — joined by guitarist, Max Kutner, Corset Lore is sharing a bill with Las Vegas lineup: super duper chiptune punk band, Decaying Tigers and up-and-coming indie, dream pop outfit, The Patterns!
Special thanks to Jack Rubinstein, aka decaying electronics, for organizing and for the sweet event flyer! <3
September 13-14, 2024
Thrilled to have contributed “Ziggurat”, a brand new Game Boy piece and my first collaboration with Max Kutner and Kevin Shea. Along with 28 other artists, it is a contribution to a scoring project for Prometheus’ Garden (1988) by acclaimed, clay animator Bruce Bickford. It premiered at the Chicago Underground Film Festival a couple weeks ago, Friday, 09/13/24.
Having created award-winning animations in Baby Snakes (1979), a film collaboration with Frank Zappa, Bickford’s work is only now receiving attention, posthumously.
Special thanks to Sam Zimmerman and the other curators for making this possible.
Image from Prometheus’ Garden: Courtesy of the Bruce Bickford Estate
August 27, 2024
“An enjoyable artistic jaunt into social commentary via your Gameboy, this will be one of 2024’s more memorable releases.” (Simon Smith, Higher Plain Music)
Excited by this first review of 81 Terpsichore from Higher Plain Music. Check it out!
August 23, 2024
81 Terpsichore, my first concept album, has been a long time in the making. I am very excited to release my full length debut to the you, dear fans and friends through UK, Sheffield netlabel Pterodactyl Squad ! Have a listen, I am proud of the hard work I put into this release and I am happy to finally share it with you! Special thanks to Trey Frye of Korine and Ben Runyan of City Rain for mixing, Pterodactyl Squad for patience, and lastly, deep thanks to composer/musician Chris Burke for mixing, mastering and moral support.
August 20, 2024
Tonight I’m playing a Corset Lore song set 8pm at Quinn’s in Beacon, NY! Sharing the bill is experimental guitarist William Chang with his lush, ambient guitarscapes. Special thanks to Bob Lukomski and Sleepwalking Through the Sun for organizing — really looking forward to this!
August 15, 2024
*GIG ALERT* Looking forward to playing Game Boy with consummate drummer Kevin Shea at Kato Sake Works in Bushwick, Brooklyn! Come by, have a listen and sip some craft sake with us! 8pm Sharp!
July 12, 2024
HOPE regular, Corset Lore will play the Hackers on Planet Earth XV conference with a stellar lineup of conceptual electronic musicians including: Radio Wonderland, Space Town, Frae-Frae and MrSynAckSter!
June 24, 2024
Excited to announce that my new single “Coryphée” has premiered today on Higher Plain Music. It is from my long-awaited, full-length, concept album scheduled for release later this summer on August 23rd with Pterodactyl Squad! Mixed by Trey Frye and mastered by Chris Burke.
Artwork by Tamara Yadao
June 29, 2024
Hello Hello! Playing a Corset Lore set at the Skinny Apartment with a stacked lineup! Come by and hang with this chill crowd as we heat things up! DM me on IG or fb for address.
stellar artwork by @suddenrayofhope
June 15, 2024
Excite! Playing a Corset Lore noise set at NOISE PICNIC at the Nethermead Arches in Prospect Park! This is and will be a super fun and resonant outdoor event. Stacked and interesting lineup, too! Come join me! Looking forward to spending some time with nature.
May 23, 2024
Tamara Yadao receives a Research Fellowship in Ethnomusicology from the Asian Arts Cultural Council.
April 28 and May 2, 2024
Sonic Environments @ Lilypad, Boston, MA and Experimental Music @ Kato Sake Works, Brooklyn, NYC
Two Corset Lore sets this week coming up! 4/28 at Lilypad, avant-music space in Cambridge, MA, I’ll be playing my Game Boy tracks. Thursday May 2 at Kato Sake Works, I’ll be performing an experimental Corset Lore set with consummate drummer Kevin Shea. Will be supporting Ayako Kanda trio/quartet at both shows. Here’s looking at you 8-bit Boston folks. Brooklyn — see you at Kato Sake Works!
April 21, 2024
Non-Fiction Poetry series ‘Mixed Poetics II’
February 24, 2024
Excited to play my chip music in a site-specific installation by Rirkrit Tiravanija at the Museum of Modern Art PS1 in NYC on Saturday, 2/24. This just might be the most perfect environment ever to play it in! 4pm sharp!
December 6, 2023
Hello Hello Hello! I have a gig on Dec 6 at Trans-Pecos. Also performing: Primitive Heart, Smomid, MAKS and Erin Wajufos on viz. I’ll be playing straight-up Game Boy and some tracks from my new release. $10 advance, $15 at the door. Come one come all!
July 22-24, 2022
Corset Lore at the Hackers on Planet Earth Conference in NYC on July 23!
On Saturday, July 23, I’ll be performing music from my upcoming release 81 Terpsichore, a concept record based on a futuristic culture obsessed with the uncanny. Performances also from RADIO WONDERLAND, D3NT, more and dj-spock. Performances begin at 1130pm.
A NEW HOPE will be taking place at St. John’s University in Queens (travel info here)
February 10, 2022
JUST IN! Corset Lore will perform at Treefort Music Festival in Boise, ID! Excited to participate in this colossal music community event. There will be 500+ bands performing throughout the city from March 23-27. If you’re in the area, come by!
I’ll be performing at Space Bar Arcade on Friday night, March 25 and giving a talk earlier in the afternoon at Hackfort on my involvement in chip music, and game art culture over the last 12 years.
September 30, 2021
Pterochip, new comp from Pterodactyl Squad !
My “Accessorize” single from upcoming release, 81 Terpsichore
is on this — along with other great, next level chip, chip-adjacent
tunes. Pick it up for Bandcamp Friday tomorrow and support the
musicians and label ! ;))
September 4, 2021
First in-person show in 1.5 years! Come IRL or join us on the Wonderville live stream !
Wonderville — 1186 Broadway, Brooklyn, NYC, 7pm, $10 cover
May 28, 2021
Fried Tofu Recordings’ REMEDY compilation release party live stream with artwork by dr!p. This is a fundraiser for the Asian Mental Health Collective. Hear the work of 24 Asian artists and my new track “Listener”, written in loving memory of my niece, Gabriela. <3
March 20, 2021
Check out my new track “Goodnight Empyrean” on Train Radio, latest comp from Pterodactyl Squad with cool artwork by Mila K! 25 musicians created tracks based around Minoru Mukaiya’s Japanese train platform jingles. Download the comp along with a chart of the train jingles each artist chose. This was a mind-blowing creative exercise!
November 22, 2020
Excited for this BOSTON8BIT geekbeatradio show on Sunday 11/22 at 8pm! I’ll be performing new material on a cool lineup featuring PANDAstar, Diamond Machine and Utsuho. Sick visuals will be performed by Neon Death Cat, Thresher and • foci + loci •.
September 4, 2020
Chip for Change 2020 compilation from Bitcrushed!
Proud to stand alongside our community in a tour de force effort for this second benefit release with artwork by Storm Blooper and Wanyo! Organized by Bitcrushed, the proceeds will go to the ACLU! Come to the release party hosted by geekbeatradio to share in the glory of these brand new tracks!
July 18, 2020
Chipfest Cyberspace 3 — Summer Scorcher !
Happy to join this smashing lineup for Chipfest Cyberspace 3 this Saturday, organized by CalmDownKidder. I’ll be bringing a new set of mostly unreleased material with visuals by foci+loci. Stream time is 19:00 UTC+1 and 2:00p NYC EST. There will be a great opportunity to donate to charity and the artists, as proceeds will be split 50/50!
July 11/12, 2020
I/O Chip Music — International Open Mic Video Festival
Taking place this weekend, four screenings of I/O Chip Music’s first International Open Mic! A music video (with visuals by foci +loci) for a new Corset Lore single, Coryphée, will be screened alongside a stacked lineup of international chip talent!
June 14, 2020
Looking forward to performing a set on the Micromusic Italy Youtube channel Game Genie Sokolov, scatterpattern and IDecade!
June 6, 2020
CHIP RESISTANCE #001 — 24 hr. Live Music Stream !
I know there’s a lot going on in the world right now. . . But, if you need an escape, come check out this colossal 24 hr. chip music festival organized by Binary Chiptune ! Tons of performers everyone should know about and celebrate! And, I’ll be performing my earliest day show ever — 1130am NYC time (EST). International community come join me for a special Corset Lore performance inside the Little Big Planet game engine with viz by foci + loci!
January 2-4, 2020
Super MAGfest 2020 — Chipspace Showcases !
Excited to announce Corset Lore will perform brand new material at the NO GEN showcase at Super MAGFest 2020 Chipspace. Alongside business pastel, Lavande and Kira City on visuals, come support any/all these showcases!
Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center — 201 Water Street, Oxon Hill, MD
August 6, 2019
Excited to announce the initial release of some SNES style music I wrote for Twilioquest 3, a sci-fi RPG style game from Twilio. This OST includes music from a stellar lineup of chip musicians including: Ap0c, Auxcide, Cheap Dinosaurs, Danimal Cannon, jmr, nmlstyl and Robby Vocke! Listen to it today on Soundcloud !
September 22, 2018
Third and last Corset Lore show in Japan :)/:( Thrilled to join yet again another excellent lineup of international chip musicians. This time at cafe la siesta for DJ Master Kohta’s long-running Kyoto chiptune event, 1H1D!
September 21, 2018
Thank you, Osaka, Japan and Justin Pfeiffer! Had an absolute blast performing a Corset Lore set at Space Station for Cyberpunks !
Photo: Joshua Davis
September 17, 2018
I’m in Tokyo and performing at the Square Sounds Tokyo 2018 Post-party at Sabaco in Waseda, Shinjuku! Friendly reminder — those of you also in Tokyo — the updated start time for sets is 18:00. Looking forward to my first set in Japan :)) Stay tuned for info on the second one in Kyoto next weekend ;))
June 9, 2018
Art Games Demos #5 at La Fabulerie in Marseille, FR, curated by Isabelle Arvers. As part of Ms. Arvers’ mission, Art Games Demos looks to ‘promoting, diffusing, producing and communicating around artistic and educational projects in art, digital and video game fields’. Corset Lore and glomag will each perform some of their own chip music tonight!
June 1-3, 2018
Excited to perform an impromptu, once in a lifetime Corset Lore set in a medieval chapel in Milano, IT for ZUMA festival! My deepest gratitude to electronic composer and instrument builder, Tonylight for setting this up!
February 24, 2018
Fanfaire 2018, annual pop culture arts festival at the High School of Art and Design in NYC is this Saturday! I’ll be performing some of my chip music along with sylcmyk! Video game artist Chris Burke will also be showing some Songs From The Robot Apocalypse!
Join us this Sunday at 12:30 and 4PM ! 245 E.56th St.
November 18, 2017
JUST IN! Corset Lore gig at, DIY hack lab, Detective Squad this Saturday 11/18 at 7pm with Kris Keyser and Bashlite.
Come by and check out cool music made with Game Boys and experimental electronics!
October 28, 2017
Very excited for this one — Corset Lore will perform a set of Kate Bush covers for Halloween Pulsewave! Alongside the amazing Dino Lionetti from Cheap Dinosaurs performing Giorgio Moroder and the humorous, no holds barred Janx as Lady Gaga. Not one to be missed, especially with the annual covers contest open mic to kick off the show! Babycastles address and deets here on this awesome show poster by Rachel White.
September 22, 2017
Corset Lore will perform at Manifestations Vol. 2 alongside an eclectic line-up of musicians, instrument builders and creative performers including, Snake Charms, Aarron Ricks and Takuya Nakamura + Smomid. We’ll be at Vital Joint in Brooklyn. Come check us out!
March 18, 2017
23 Windows Equinox Salon, 9pm, 41 Belvidere St.
Corset Lore will be performing in Bushwick, Brooklyn at 23 Windows with a host of fantastic musicians, improvisers and visualists, including Plan 23, SMOMID, Miah Artola and Chris Jordan. Come by and celebrate the equinox with us!
January 27, 2017
6th and FINAL STOP on the Graces and Furies mini-tour!
Synchrony Demo Party 2017 @ Babycastles!
Corset Lore will be celebrating the end of her mini-tour back in NYC performing with a fantastically diverse lineup of chip artists: sylCMYK, flow mein and Claire Kwong on visuals!!
January 19, 2017
5th STOP on the Graces and Furies mini-tour!
Corset Lore is happy to be back in San Francisco and will be taking the stage at DNA in her 8Bit SF debut with glomag, Together We Are Robots and noukon on visuals!
Super AWESOME show alert — lookin’ at you SF friends ;)!
January 13-15, 2017
4th STOP on the Graces and Furies mini-tour!
8Bit LA‘s freqfest 6.0 – 3 day chip music festival @ legendary punk rock club, The Smell!
Corset Lore will be performing on January 15 with a great lineup of performers including Curious Quail, datacats, Skybox, Graz and visuals by VISMANCIENNE, Hekkate and diebenjidie!
January 5-8, 2017
FIRST SHOW of 2017 — SUPER MAGFEST! 3rd STOP on the Graces and Furies mini-tour!
Corset Lore is performing on the MAIN STAGE at MAGfest 2017 (Jan 7 in the Potomac Ballroom at the Gaylord in Nat’l. Harbor, MD) with NO CARRIER on viz! Special thanks to Emily Feder, Brandon Hood and Erin Hood for inviting me and supporting my performance thus far. <3!!
Check out the fantastically charming poster below by Pixie Druid for the chip show schedule as well as the MAGfest line-ups poster for all artists performing on the main stage. Needless to say the roster of artists performing is incredible!
December 30, 2016
LAST SHOW of 2016! aaand. . .
2ND STOP on the Graces and Furies mini-tour!
Corset Lore is performing at 8-Bit Above with Baron Knoxburry, Infodrive and ohhinaifu on viz! Special thanks to Michigan chip brethren Catears Media and Piko Piko Detroit for organizing and to Club Above in Ann Arbor!
November 19, 2016
Excited to share the official release of my second album, Graces and Furies on 8bitpeoples, premier chip music netlabel! Honored to have artwork by brilliant C64 / PETSCII artist, Raquel Meyers, furiously grace its’ covers and have beautiful mixing and mastering by composers Chris Burke and Rockman Navarro! Also, check out music video below by Raquel Meyers for Empath, the third track on the ep.
November 10-12, 2016
Corset Lore at 8static Festival 2016 – tickets – schedule
1st STOP on the Graces and Furies mini-tour!!
Excited to announce and perform my second EP released by 8bitpeoples at the festival!
Looking forward to joining a fantastic lineup of visualists and musicians at Vox Populi for THE premier chip music festival in Philly — now in it’s fourth year!
Hello Hello Hello! I have a gig on Dec 6 at Trans-Pecos. Also performing: Primitive Heart, Smomid, MAKS and Erin Wajufos on viz. I’ll be playing straight-up Game Boy and some tracks from my new release. $10 advance, $15 at the door.
July 22-24, 2016
The Eleventh Hackers on Planet Earth Conference — Friday/Saturday, July 22 and 23 @ 10pm
Live Music and Visual Art Concerts at The Eleventh HOPE will feature music performances using game consoles, radios, modular synths, horror soundtracks and more! Corset Lore will perform along with a lineup of amazing artists!
July 8, 2016
Next Friday, 7/08 — Playing Kick.Snare with voia, Enerjawn and 25th gen Brit-Roman gwEm! Come on out to Pine Box Rockshop in Bushwick and hear my new material!
February 18-21, 2016
14th Annual Music and Gaming Festival (SUPER MAGFEST)
Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, National Harbor, MD
I’m pleased to announce that I’ll be giving a panel talk on ‘Abstraction in Game Art’ from the evolution of display technologies to abstract aesthetics tied to game mechanics or made with modified gaming technology and level-building tools. Featured artists to speak about the panel topic and their work include: Alex Kiefer (exilefaker), Jeff Donaldson (noteNdo) and Sean Pixelseed. Panel takes place on Saturday at 10am in MAGES 2 – Chesapeake 7, 8, 9
I’ll also be performing a Corset Lore set as part of the 8static showcase at Chipspace on Friday afternoon at 2pm. Click this link to see other performers and showcases!
