8GB

With his roots based firmly on the underground digital arts scene known as the Demoscene, Akira has been an hyperactive member of the electronic culture world for more than a decade, not only in his hometown of Buenos Aires, Argentina, but on a global level.

8GB, an audiovisual project developed in 2004 as a natural flow of his activities both visual and musical, and his fixation with old computer hardware utilized in modern working environments, aims towards creating currently danceable beats with old computer data, making a blend that can be enjoyed by most any audience interested in dancing to fresh new sounds, while still retaining appeal for the bleep-obsessed nut. Electro, breakbeat and techno usually flirt with drum&bass and hip-hop, on energetic livesets that include powerful stage energy and visual feedback thanks to the set's super synchronized live visuals.

From São Paulo to New York, from Rotterdam to Stockholm, from Montreal to London, 8GB has performed in the most varied situations around half of the planet. While on the best microparties like Microdisko in Stockholm or Pulsewave in New York City or top festivals of the electronic music circuit like Creamfields Buenos Aires, South American Music Conference, Onedotzero, ZXZW and Blip Festival, happening on a myriad of venues of the class of Pachá, The Sugar Factory or Fléda, the aim is always the same: to rock the dancefloor and tear the roof of the party away! As people from the press have said, 8GB "mixes the high frequency beeps of old computers with a good hiphop beat, minimal techno or hard house music that Dave Clarke would probably enjoy, with demonic beats sometimes almost equal to those of The Prodigy" (3VOOR12, Holland music press)

Currently on an editing spree, they have put tracks on labels like 8bitpeoples (US), Intikrec (JP) and Cock Rock Disco (DE), released a full EP on Retinascan (DE) and more stuff on many other imprints like Zizek Records. (read less)

With his roots based firmly on the underground digital arts scene known as the Demoscene, Akira has been an hyperactive member of the electronic culture world for more than a decade, not only in his hometown of Buenos Aires, Argentina, but on a global level.

8GB, an audiovisual project developed in 2004 as a natural flow of his activities both visual and musical, and his fixation with old computer hardware utilized in modern working environments, aims towards creating currently danceable beats... (read more)