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	<description>Comptroller makes chip music, mainly using a Nintendo Game Boy and a Commodore 64. He lives in Scotland.</description>
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		<title>8 Bit Nights 002</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Comptroller</dc:creator>
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<p>I played a late notice set at 8 Bit Nights 002 last Friday. Here&#8217;s a raw recording of it courtesy of <a href="http://dorky-doric.posterous.com/">Laurence Tayler</a>.<br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/8bitnights">8 Bit Nights</a> is really growing into something special. The Captain&#8217;s Rest was packed with an &#8230; <a href="http://www.cmptrllr.co.uk/2012/01/8-bit-nights-002/" class="read_more">Read the rest</a></p>]]></description>
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		<title>Euro Tour July 2012!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Comptroller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ll be playing a show in Berlin on July 7th (details to follow) &#038; thought I&#8217;d stick around mainland Europe for a while. Anyone out there in Germany, Netherlands, France or anywhere else relatively nearby &#8211; get in touch if &#8230; <a href="http://www.cmptrllr.co.uk/2012/01/euro-tour-july-2012/" class="read_more">Read the rest</a></p>]]></description>
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		<title>Noise Now, Noise Later</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Comptroller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>    <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/comptroller/the-whip">The Whip</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/comptroller">Comptroller</a></span></p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a cover of &#8216;The Whip&#8217; by Rocket From The Crypt. Made with DMG + LSDJ because RFTC are the best &#038; I wanted to inflict their noise on people at gigs. Now you can take &#8230; <a href="http://www.cmptrllr.co.uk/2011/10/noise-now-noise-later/" class="read_more">Read the rest</a></p>]]></description>
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		<title>Mini-tour report, part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Comptroller</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[adventure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bierkeller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chipfest]]></category>
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<p>Me, James, Maru &#038; BSK hit Liverpool some time after 7am, following a perilous late-night drive fueled by high energy mix CDs. Kudos to James for not crashing and killing the 4 of us.<span id="more-275"></span></p>
<p>Thankfully the next day we were &#8230; <a href="http://www.cmptrllr.co.uk/2011/09/mini-tour-report-part-2/" class="read_more">Read the rest</a></p>]]></description>
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		<title>Mini-tour report, part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 20:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Comptroller</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[newcastle]]></category>
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<p>As if Ultrachip wasn&#8217;t enough, I&#8217;m just back from a second weekend of low-bit musical adventures.<span id="more-253"></span> Japanese chip legends <a href="http://soundcloud.com/maru_fuckoka">Maru</a> and <a href="http://soundcloud.com/bokusatsu-shoujo-koubou">BSK</a> graced our shores as part of their European tour, and I had the pleasure of playing on the &#8230; <a href="http://www.cmptrllr.co.uk/2011/08/mini-tour-report-part-1/" class="read_more">Read the rest</a></p>]]></description>
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		<title>Ultrachip 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 19:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Comptroller</dc:creator>
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<p>It was great. If you were there then you know this. If you were not, I am sorry. <span id="more-247"></span>I&#8217;ve already gushed a fair bit about it elsewhere, so suffice it to say that I had a great time, heard some &#8230; <a href="http://www.cmptrllr.co.uk/2011/08/ultrachip-2011/" class="read_more">Read the rest</a></p>]]></description>
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		<title>Z-Bombs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Comptroller</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[electrofire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[filthcrunch]]></category>
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<p>Hear Z-Bombs while seeing the electric hell it describes. I made this.</p>
<p>This track is from my EP &#8216;Baddies&#8217; which is still available to download <a href="http://brk.to/cdk050">here</a> and stream <a href="http://www.cmptrllr.co.uk/baddies">here</a>.&#8230; <a href="http://www.cmptrllr.co.uk/2011/04/203/" class="read_more">Read the rest</a></p>]]></description>
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		<title>Mini-tour Report</title>
		<link>http://www.cmptrllr.co.uk/2011/03/mini-tour-report/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=mini-tour-report</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:47:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Comptroller</dc:creator>
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<p>The Tin Foil Hat Brigade decided to hit Scotland for a few days this month and blow some minds, so I tagged along and gathered fellow chip musicians for support. Together much hard music was played &#038; many people were &#8230; <a href="http://www.cmptrllr.co.uk/2011/03/mini-tour-report/" class="read_more">Read the rest</a></p>]]></description>
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		<title>Baddies &#8211; new EP out on CDKr</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 19:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>I finally pulled this thing together. It&#8217;s broken and noisy, and I hope it makes you dance. <a href="http://calmdownkidder.com/records/releases/cdk050">CalmDownKidder Records</a> were good enough to give it a home and you can <a href="http://calmdownkidder.com/records/releases/cdk050">download it</a> direct from there. You can also stream it &#8230; <a href="http://www.cmptrllr.co.uk/2011/03/baddies-new-ep-out-on-cdkr/" class="read_more">Read the rest</a></p>]]></description>
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		<title>D-Con 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 21:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Yesterday afternoon was spent playing chipmusic at anime fans with Enfant Bastard and Edward Shallow at Dundee&#8217;s D-Con 2011. It was a good scene. You can watch a video <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RwkFgwwY8w">here</a>, but it&#8217;s not &#8230; <a href="http://www.cmptrllr.co.uk/2011/03/d-con-2011/" class="read_more">Read the rest</a></p>]]></description>
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