Pixelh8

About Pixelh8

Internationally renowned chip tune musician, BAFTA-winning technology teacher, designer and published academic author Matthew C. Applegate aka Pixelh8.

Pixelh8 makes his music by reprogramming some of the world's oldest and rarest vintage computer systems.

His unique blend of Electronica has taken him across the globe, performing at Microdisco in Berlin, Apple iTunes in California, Assembly 2008 in Helsinki, Finland, Game in The City Festival Holland, BBC Maida Vale Studios for Radio 1 in London, The National Museum of Computing, Bletchley Park and most recently Liverpool's massive Abandon Normal Devices Festival for FACT.

Highly regarded in this emerging genre of music, he has been featured on CNN, BBC Television, BBC Radio 1,2,3,4,5,6, and World Service, as well as several magazines and websites worldwide.

In 2006, he won a MySpace competition to open for Grammy nominee Imogen Heap on her UK tour, and in March 2008, he won "Playback Album of the Month" from Sound On Sound Magazine with his second album ", The Boy With The Digital Heart". Furthermore, he has created music for video games and stage productions worldwide, as well as notable commissions from BBC World Service, Radio 1 and 1xtra.