Sunday, February 26th, 2023
6:00PM-10:30PM EST
twitch.tv @ OngakuOverdrive
Ongaku Overdrive is back to kick off their first virtual concert of 2023 with Virtua Ongaku 16, which you can see for free on our Twitch channel! Expect a fun evening of video game music and other nerdy jams. We are accepting donations throughout the show that will go toward paying our performers and those donations will also enter you into our prize raffle at the end of the show.
Musical Lineup
Abandon Quest
Abandon Quest is a VGM band from Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing high energy arrangements of treasured tunes, often adding completely original sections to pieces. Put jazz fusion drums, guitar and synth shredding, upon a rock solid foundation of a bassist and second keyboardist to glue it all together. With being in the same city as VGM CON, AQ benefits from a healthy local VGM scene, playing shows with unique live gameplay elements.
Pokerus Project
Pokérus Project started back in 2012 by Patricio Thielemann (Guitars, arrangements) in Santiago, Chile as a solo project. With more than ten years of Video Game Music albums and live shows, now the full band conformed by Yamil Majluf (Bass), Victor Becerra (Drums) and Gabriel Leon (Keys) is one of the main nerd bands from Chile and Latin America’s scene. Their arrangements go from super chill lo fi tunes to some absolutely mind-bending progressive metal versions from a wide variety of video game tunes.
O_Super
O_Super is an experimental hip hop artist who draws influence from anime, hip hop, jazz, J-Pop, and golden age video games. O_Super has been performing as an independent artist, and is also the musical director for CEO Gaming, producing and releasing the yearly collaborative CEO Original Soundtrack since 2013, and the OST for their annual competitive anime fighting game series, CEOTaku. O_Super’s planning a series of releases this year, including an ode to Japanese date sims, an Animal Crossing-inspired EP, and other TBA projects
Obi-Wan Shinobi
Drawing inspiration from underground rave and nerd culture, Obi-Wan Shinobi is a multigenre tastemaker based out of Columbus, OH. With over 8 years of DJ experience, Obi has headlined cons and raves in the midwest/east coast, as well as opened the stage for acts such as Animal Collective, Valentino Khan, Ase Manuel, Leonce and Cakes Da Killa. As resident DJ and host of the warehouse rave Limit Break and cosplay party series Glotaku, Obi brings smooth breaks and wavy club beats to any function.
Ian Cowell
Ian Cowell is a Bay Area multi-instrumentalist and purveyor of the Dorkly Arts. A MIDIsexual amalgam of every guilty pleasure you’ve ever had, Ian collects the most delicious morsels of various genres and blends them into a rich, pungent broth of rock. In December of 2021 he released Exceptional Goblins to critical acclaim, with twelve tracks ranging from shred guitar to funky synthesizer-heavy takes on VGM classics and deep cuts alike. Ian is currently working on the follow-up to Exceptional Goblins, coming in 2023.
Prize Raffle
There will be a raffle around 10:25pm EST, after the final act. There will be at least five (5) drawings and each of those winners will be contacted by us. Prizes will include albums from the Bandcamps of the Virtua Ongaku 16 acts and more. Every $5 donated to the stream will be an entry into the raffle. So if someone donates $25, that will be FIVE raffle entries! These donations will go toward paying the performers.
Virtua Ongaku 16 logo by Brotha Kyo