Goodiepal Interview on Danish TV

Kristian Vester/Goodiepal talks to Danish television about his work and demonstrates a musical object and game.

Kristian Vester is a Danish musician that goes by the name Goodiepal and sometimes Mainpal Inv. You might not have heard his name, but you have heard his music. He has created music for advertising for the movie The Matrix, Nokia, Lego, and Chupa Chups. Outside of advertising, he got his start with chiptunes and is renowned for his eccentric live performances and sonic experimentation in electronic music. He also teaches music theory and has lectured at Princeton and other ivy league universities. He also creates musical objects such as a clockwork birds that whistle and musical games involving models of the solar system, both of which he demonstrates in this video, found via Music Thing.

Note that the video is in Danish. Music Thing provides a transcript. You have to select the video from March 5, 2007 (in European format, DDMMYYYY). It also says "Goodiepal" in the descriptive text. He starts making music about 20 minutes in. I know it seems like a lot of work, but it is guaranteed to be unlike anything you have seen before.

Like many Scandinavian artists, Goodiepal got his start creating electronic music with chip music, programming the SID chip of the Commodore 64. There is an article about chiptunes up if you'd like to know more. Look for more info about our pal Goodiepal soon.