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Thanks to Diego Garcia (Radstronomical) for the awesome pixel art logo and characters.

CHOMP.FM is a weekly broadcast on information freedom, Internet privacy and cyberculture. Recently, I had the honour of having a chinwag with CHOMP.FM‘s Nadim Kobeissi about chipmusic. I spoke a little about the Scottish scene’s prominent artists, metrodub, Ultrachip and more!

My new track Forest Dub is featured on the Ultrachip benefit compilation; an album to help raise funds to help save the Forest Cafe in Edinburgh. Grab the full-length album featuring chip heroes gwEm, Jellica, ant-cat-max and many, many, more on Bandcamp now at http://ultrachip.bandcamp.com/.

The title says it all, really. To be kept up to date with my releases, gigs and free stuff, please visit http://firebrandboy.org/ and don't forget to follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/firebra...

The title says it all, really. To be kept up to date with my releases, gigs and free stuff, please visit http://firebrandboy.org/ and don't forget to follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/firebra...

Firebrand Boy's 2010 EP 'Glasgow'. Self-released.

Firebrand Boy's 2008 album 'Oh Deer'. Released on PixelPOP! Records.

Firebrand Boy's 2008 album 'popNaive'. Self-released.

Greenock born Philip Cunningham, aka Firebrand Boy, is Scotland’s flag carrier for the chiptune uprising. But, unlike the rest of us, he’s had years to get used to this unconventional sound.

Firebrand Boy's 2008 EP 'Songs for Cake'. Released on 8bitpeoples.

Firebrand Boy's first single 'Orange' was released on Pale Fox Records in 2006.

Fortunately, the new wave of Scottish electronica is allowing Firebrand Boy to reach out to more appreciative audiences. Given Scotland’s genetic make-up, it’s a revival Cunningham feels was inevitable: “There’s some kind of deep rooted self-deprecation in people who’ve grown up in Scotland. So, it makes sense that computers, synthesizers, drum machines and other utilitarian [...]

Probably not the best time given that Facebook‘s privacy procedures have been brought under close scrutiny recently but please ‘like’ the new Firebrand Boy Facebook page by going here. I’ll be updating it with events, releases and developments.