13 Facts About Goto80

Goto80 was born on Anders Erik Carlsson, 9 February 1981 and is a Swedish music artist and researcher.

Goto80 has been described as one of the key players between glitch and chipmusic, as well as an active demoscener.

Goto80 currently focuses on research and art, and maintains a number of blogs and labels such as Chipflip and the text-mode tumblr.

Goto80 released his first music in the demoscene in 1993, at the age of 12.

Goto80 founded the group Hack n' Trade and released his music for free in demos and on BBSs.

The first formal Goto80-release was the cassette Lo Fi Mono Festival in 2000.

Goto80 was working regularly with famous demoscene groups like Fairlight and Triad.

In 2007, Goto80 made one release every month and performed once a week.

Goto80 has appeared in groups such as the synth pop duo HT, the EBM-band Damitu Kuerpo, the punk group Superdoner, Goto88 and the Sunshine Band, and the electro duo Kommando Knorr.

Goto80 published his first text in the book From Pac Man to Pop Music in 2008, where he described chipmusic as a medium and form.

Goto80 has worked together with artists such as Raquel Meyers, Jossystem, Otro, Videogramo, Entter, Rosa Menkman, Shojono Tomo, and Jacob Remin.

Goto80 is vaguely connected with hacking and piracy, having performed at Pirate Bay parties like Spectrial and in several hackerspaces.

Goto80 has contributed to several famous remix compilations such as 8bits of Christmas and Wanna Hld Yr Handheld.