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Guitarist Electrifies Gaming Bar Audience
Pablo Kappes delivers atmospheric riffs with Noggles at underground venue
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Key facts
- 1Pablo Kappes performed his first documented live session under the grant
- 2Performance included Noggles integration as required
- 3Venue appears to be a gaming-themed bar or cultural space
- 4Performance aligns with grant deliverables for free public performances
The Neon Glow of Digital Subculture
In the blue-hazed underbelly of what appears to be some sort of digital gaming sanctuary, Pablo Kappes unleashed his first publicly documented performance under the Atmospheric Electronic Guitar Live Sessions grant. Bathed in cool azure light and surrounded by the pixelated iconography of gaming culture, Kappes conjured his peculiar brand of atmospheric guitar wizardry on March 1st, 2025.
Noggles in the Virtual Wasteland
"First postal from last night! Playing live with Noggles on stage :)" reported Kappes in his digital dispatch, a cryptic transmission accompanied by photographic evidence of his musical infiltration. The image reveals Kappes, bearded and headphoned, wielding his electric axe before a backdrop adorned with Borderlands 2 propaganda and illuminated by the sickly glow of a neon game controller sign—a perfect collision of digital escapism and analog expression.
Promised Documentation
Like some kind of modern troubadour navigating the fringes of techno-cultural spaces, Kappes has promised further evidence of his sonic experiments, noting that "Videos comming soon." This suggests a continuing saga of his grant-funded campaign to bring atmospheric guitar explorations to the unsuspecting public, free of charge and infused with the required Nounish aesthetic elements.
The performance represents the physical manifestation of Kappes' grant-funded mission to deliver monthly live sessions integrating Noggles elements, suggesting that this strange marriage of atmospheric soundscapes and cartoon eyewear is indeed taking physical form in our increasingly bizarre reality.
The Wandering Minstrel's Northern Migration
Just two days after his gaming bar assault, our atmosphere-wielding protagonist continued his sonic journey northward. "A beautiful show," he transmitted from parts unknown, having graced the confines of something called Reset Restobar in the distant outpost of Ovalle.
Unlike his previous crowd of digital wasteland dwellers, this audience consisted primarily of "families"—those strange tribal units of parents with younglings, apparently entranced by Kappes' otherworldly guitar manipulations. "They enjoyed the show," he reported laconically, the understatement perhaps masking the true depths of their collective euphoria.
Much like his previous dispatch, Kappes has promised documentary evidence of this family-friendly incursion, suggesting a deliberate strategy of conquest through these free public performances—marching steadily forward in his grant-funded mission to spread atmospheric guitar vibrations across an unsuspecting landscape.
Video Evidence from the Digital Underbelly
The promised documentary evidence has arrived, folks, and it's exactly the kind of beautiful madness we've come to expect from our guitar-slinging protagonist. On March 4th, Kappes released footage of his sonic assault on RESET RESTOGAME, where he unleashed his composition "Más Allá De La Comprensión Humana" (Beyond Human Comprehension) – an aptly named piece for this increasingly bizarre musical experiment.
The video reveals what can only be described as a "relaxed evening" – a euphemism perhaps for what was clearly a calculated infiltration of gaming culture through atmospheric soundscapes. The unsuspecting patrons were subjected not only to Kappes' original compositions but also to his twisted renditions of video game music classics including "Splash Wave," "Passing Breeze," "Wave Ocean" from some Sonic monstrosity released in 2006, and "Sewer Surfin'" from those mutated adolescent amphibians of cultural lore.
"People enjoyed the original proposals of my music," Kappes reports with suspicious understatement, adding that audiences were "really surprised" by his live versions of gaming anthems – a reaction that could range anywhere from stunned appreciation to paralyzed confusion. The Noggles, those cartoonish hallmarks of his grant-mandated mission, were "central in the stage" – not merely present but positioned as essential totems in this bizarre ritual of electronic noise and gaming nostalgia.
Between sonic barrages, our intrepid performer seized every opportunity to preach the gospel of "nouns and flows" – self-described as an "endless effort of expanding those ideals" to a potentially bewildered audience who had merely sought an evening of digital recreation. The gaming bar setting proved the perfect petri dish for this cultural experiment, with its inhabitants already primed for the kind of reality-bending experience Kappes was engineered to deliver.
Continued Sonic Assaults on the Gaming Underground
The saga continues, dear readers. Our atmospheric guitar sorcerer has unleashed yet another barrage of sonic manipulation upon the unsuspecting gamers of northern Chile. Fresh evidence emerged on March 9th of Kappes' infiltration of the Reset Restogame establishment in Ovalle, where he subjected patrons to a dizzying cocktail of video game soundtracks transmuted through his six-stringed apparatus.
"You can see the noggles rocking the stage, next to my pc, giving the presence and attention we need," reported Kappes with chilling nonchalance, as if these cartoonish totems were essential components in some arcane ritual. The footage reveals our protagonist delivering renditions of "Wave Ocean" from that infamous Sonic catastrophe of '06, alongside a "surf rock version" of "Sewer Surfin'" from the mutant amphibian franchise – evidence of his continued strategy to infiltrate gaming culture through familiar yet warped musical offerings.
But this sonic insurgency shows no signs of abating. Just five days later, Kappes announced his next target: Café Pixel, where he plans to "inaugurate their stage" – a venue previously untouched by live musical performances, now to be christened with his particular brand of atmospheric manipulation. "Next week's live performance will be a new version of my alliance with Café Pixel," he declares with unsettling formality, as if documenting some kind of clandestine diplomatic mission.
True to the grant-funded mandate, Kappes continues the practice of free admission – "Of course tickets are free, so I hope that you can come over" – ensuring maximum exposure to his peculiar blend of electronic atmospherics and gaming nostalgia. He even hints at some mysterious "tournament" scheduled for March 26th, suggesting an expanding realm of activities beyond mere musical performances.
"One again thanks to the #flows community," he concludes, ominously adding, "the more this engine works, the more ideas I get for future events!" – a statement that can only be interpreted as a warning of increasingly elaborate schemes to come.