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KikiCraft

A full-time graphic artist with a Bachelors Degree in Video Game Design. She was voted “Best Costumer” by CityPages in 2016, featured on the cover of a local magazine and has been part of the cosplay scene for several years.

In her free time she enjoys attending cons, crafting and using her artist powers by participating in game-jams, doing commissions and various side-projects with friends. She has several artistic credits in published board/video games, sells custom art/cosplay at conventions and online!

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JustGodlyEnough

Cosplay, props, and whimsical satire.

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Alan Scholting

Award-winning writer and professional fanboy. Previously serving as Editor at Large for Cosplay Culture Magazine and creative consultant for Skin & Ink Magazine. Currently serving as the cosplay lead for Vero Social. Alan has been in the business for 20+ years.

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Anime Layer Cosplay

Anime Layer Cosplay is a midwest based cosplayer who has been cosplaying for 18 years, best known for her Sakizo and CLAMP cosplays. She nurtured her love of costuming through three years of working in a theatrical costuming shop and launched off of that to win multiple Best in Show awards as well as other awards for Best Master at Performance. She put her master level knowledge and love of cosplay to use judging craftsmanship and performance competitions at various conventions around the USA.

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Nur-D

One of the fastest rising starts in Minnesota's music scene, Nur-D burst onto the stage in 2018 and has been making headlines ever since. Performing on stages alongside national acts like Migos, Logic, Tyler The Creator, and The Wu Tang Clan Nur-D is well on his way to becoming a house hold name. Voted Best New MN Artist in 2019 (Citypages), Headlining The "Best New Bands" Show in 2020 (First Avenue), and being voted Best Live Concert 2021 (Citypages) Nur-D brings an explosion of energy every time he hits the stage. With five full length projects each with their own flair to his discography Nur-D has something special for any occasion. Wether you're going out on the town with "Take My Picture", wanting to get cost ,with a special someone with "Chi-Chi", or you cue up "38th" or "Chicago Avenue" to experience the range of emotions that birthed from the Minneapolis uprising in 2021, Nur-D has something for you. Nur-D is a breath of fresh air in the Hip Hop world and fans are feeling the same. Boasting a fervent fan base across the US and around the globe if you haven't heard the name Nur-D yet you certainly will soon. Imagine the soulful sounds of Bruno Mars or Childish Gambino, The powerful energy of Lizzo, the pop culture punchlines of an episode of "Community", all rolled up into a show that everyone can enjoy ala The Fresh Prince then you would be able to see why many people are calling Nur-D the next big thing out of Minnesota.

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Theology

Hey everyone! I don’t like 3rd person bios so I’m gonna speak to you directly. My name is Theølogy and I am a VGM Remix producer and DJ from Lexington, Kentucky. Believe it or not, a few nerds exist here 🙂

I have been DJing and producing for 15 years and I am a veteran of the trance scene (my previous music being supported by Above & Beyond, Cosmic Gate, and Fatum), but I also create every single genre of EDM. My remixes are melodic and beautiful (as video game music is) but I combine this nuance with really uplifting chords and incredibly dirty bass

You may have seen me recently at VGM Con or on Bonus Stage Van, and I have also just made collaboration remixes with the likes of Vector U, Mesmerist, bLiNd, The Arkadian, and more. It has been such an honor to collab with so many of my heroes and be a part of this community! The VGM scene truly has the most talented and accepting people I’ve ever met.

Video Game music is special to all of us, and I hope the journey that my music takes you on inspires you in some way shape or form. It’s a weird world out there, so let’s not only escape together, but come out on the other side better-equipped to spread love!

I cannot wait to see you at 2D Con!

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Do a Barrel Roll

Heroes of the Lylat System! A groove-based VGM band covering deep cuts and mashing them up with popular songs from outside the VGM world.

Do a Barrel Roll! is the real deal. This band uses absolutely no MIDI or studio wizardry to create their music.

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The Masters of Unlocking

We are a video game music band from Austin, TX!

Growing up in the era of the Nintendo and Super Nintendo we spent a lot of time playing video games! Many Friday nights were spent trying to finish that one last level or beat that last boss, only taking breaks to get another slice of pizza until we could finally raise our hands in victory as we passed the finish line ahead of our friend who was determined to beat us on the next track. Video games were a large part of our social lives but we didn’t yet realize that the music from those games was going to be an influencing factor in our musical lives. As the years passed our interest in music grew. We picked up guitars wanting to learn how to play the riffs from our favorite Rush and Metallica songs and to maybe even start a band of our own one day.

And now The Masters of Unlocking have arrived, paying tribute to the games we grew up with, the games being made today, and the composers that have left a lasting musical legacy within those games that we feel is greatly under appreciated!

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Nitrowave TC

Nitrowave Twin Cities is a group of retro-themed electronic musicians from the Twin Cities dedicated to promoting, supporting, and creating outreach within their community.

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Matt Silverberg (Marimba Matt)

Video game enthusiast Matt Silverberg is an accomplished percussionist, composer, and educator. His compositions have been featured at numerous events such as his percussion quintet Hypnotic Crystals being selected as a winner for the 2017 Wisconsin Alliance for Composers (WAC) New Music Festival and the large chamber version of Silver Filled Dreams being featured on a panel at the MidWest Band Clinic in December of 2020. He’s had commissions ranging from percussion ensemble, chamber works, full wind ensemble, and orchestra. Matt has an EP of original Electro Pop Rock Marimba music titled Marimbtronics.

A gigantic fan of video games, Matt has arranged a plethora of video game music. Most notable is his marimba arrangement of Dragon Roost Island from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker which received over 48,000 views on facebook.

As a performer, Matt has performed internationally, in numerous pit orchestras, at video game conventions, at amusement parks, with orchestras such as the Eau Clare and the Dubuque Symphonies, and with other professional groups such as the Heartland Marimba Ensemble and VocalEssence. He has performed on Iowa Public Radio and competed in the Great Plains International Marimba Competition where he was complimented on his tone and musicality. He was the featured music graduate at the Peck School of the Arts graduation convocation where he performed Joseph Schwantner's Velocities in May of 2017.

Matt has given music presentations to middle, high school and collegiate students about the life of a musician and how video game music is an important part of the musical experience. These presentations have been met with high praise and enthusiasm. He has extensive teaching experience ranging from beginners up to collegiate players and currently freelances and teaches and directs percussion ensembles in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area.

His music is published through Leading Tones Publications and Heartland Marimba Publications. He has studied percussion with Fernando Meza, Phil Hey, Tom Wetzel, Carl Storniolo, and Cheryl Grosso and composition with Jonathan Monhardt and Michelle McQuade Dewhirst.

Matt received his MM from the University of Minnesota in Percussion Performance and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BFA in Percussion Performance from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Check out his Instagram @marimbamatt913

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Twin Cities Brass Band

The Twin Cities Brass Band is an English-style brass band based in the heart of Minnesota. The TCBB has performed at various music festivals around the Twin Cities Metro, as well as at educational events. We put on traditional concerts throughout the year, bringing the grandeur and virtuosity of brass band music to audiences both young and old.

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The Arkadian

The Arkadian is a solo/group act based out of OKC that writes songs about video games in the style of 80s heavy metal. The band was founded in 2016 by frontman Jon O’Neal while in Boston and their first live show was at PAX East 2018. Since then, the project taken the gaming community by storm with the release of their 2019 album, “Playing With Power” and an epic catalog of tunes following after.

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DJ Phatzo

DJ Phatzo is the first speedrunner to sequence break the rap game. A nerdcore artist from Wisconsin, current Earworm Entertainment affiliate, and a member of Midwest Speedfest.

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