PACMAN | ja

Mr. Pacman is a bitpop/gamewave (or as the band calls themselves, "8-bit hero gangsta rock") band from Denver, Colorado. Described as a performance art project as well as a band, Mr. Pacman's live shows include martial arts fighting with monsters, outrageous 1980s-style retro-futuristic outfits, and their signature Commodore 64-inspired electronic music with a rock attitude. Although most musicians who use the MOS Technology SID chip do so only in the studio, Mr. Pacman uses a SidStation, controlled by his keytar, live on stage, and the Silver Ghost uses a Commodore SX-64 as a bass synthesizer. (Daniel Eriksson, who helped design...

French DJ, Jerome's passion for music first started back in the early 80's, while listening to radio FM. At the time, the stations playing Funk & Electro in France were radio7, Radio Show and Radio Nova (Famous Parisian Radio). The hip-hop movement was just beginning, and organized by Dj Deenasty. Jerome amused himself behind the tape decks, blaring the latest underground anthems of the times. A few years later, as the "idealistic-electro" movement moved towards "political rap", he began loosing interest in this scene. Soon after, while holidaying in Ibiza, he discovered House music. The infamous "Summer of Love" was...