Reformat the Planet

Blip Festival Reformat the Planet is a feature length documentary which delves into the movement known as ChipTunes a vibrant underground scene based around creating new original music using old video game hardware Familiar devices such as the Nintendo Game Boy and Nintendo Entertainment System are pushed in new directions with startling results Using New York as a microcosm for a larger global movement Reformat the Planet maps out the genesis of the first annual Blip Festival a four day celebration of over 30 international artists exploring the untapped potential of lowbit video game consoles With floorstomping rhythms and fistwaving melodies trailblazers of the ChipTune idiom descend upon Manhattan to pen a new chapter in the history of electronic music