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# Come watch Matthew Dear spin for free at Kill Screen’s Two5six Arcade
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/come-watch-matthew-dear-play-kill-screens-two5six-arcade/
- Published: 2015-05-11T18:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T17:24:30.000Z
- Description: Electropop’s master illusionist to spin at Two5six Drink, play, and dance at Kill Screen’s free Two5six arcade Matthew Dear will bear his soul at Kill Screen’s Two5six arcade The Two5six festival includes an arcade for all senses
- Author: Kill Screen Staff
- Tags: News, alcohol, arcade, glitch, music, Public Spaces, Twofivesix, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

What better way to enjoy the “sinister hedonism,” as *Pitchfork*‘s Larry Fitzmaurice [described it](http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16973-beams/?ref=killscreen.com), of Matthew Dear’s music than while playing in a free arcade with free beer?

This year, Kill Screen’s [Two5six](http://2015.two5six.com/?ref=killscreen.com) conference has expanded from a single day of [TED-style talks](http://killscreendaily.com/archive/tag/twofivesix/?ref=killscreen.com) on games and culture to a three-day celebration of a life well-played. Beginning with a night of films on May 15, the festival runs through Saturday and concludes with a [public arcade](http://killscreendaily.com/articles/setting-scene-musical-artists-heathered-pearls-and-michna/?ref=killscreen.com) on Sunday, May 17, featuring a number of [unusual games](http://killscreendaily.com/articles/play-russian-roulette-laptop-kill-screens-two5six-arcade/?ref=killscreen.com), and open bar from 12-2PM, and music from Ghostly artists.

“Dance music is a party,” he told *Dusted*‘s Trent Wolbe [many years ago](http://www.dustedmagazine.com/features/427?ref=killscreen.com). “We have a party and we like to party but it’s not our goal to make that image.” For Dear, the truth was, and remains, more banal: “For us it’s just about music.” In the throes of an electropop revival, Dear stressed that his contributions to it were not calculated ones. “We don’t sit around in the Ghostly office and say, today’s mission is really to make it sound like 1987.” Instead, even after ten years of releasing music under his own name, the story of Dear’s music remains a personal one. As he [explained](http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/8932-matthew-dear/?ref=killscreen.com) to *Pitchfork* in 2012, when his most recent album, *Beams*, was released, “The concept is my life: whatever phase I’m going through, my emotional state, my relationships with my friends and family.” And a DJ set at Two5six will bring this ethos to life.

Come and experience the party, the music, and more when Dear and fellow Ghostly International DJs Heathered Pearls and Michna play [Two5six](http://2015.two5six.com/?ref=killscreen.com) on May 17\. The arcade, like the rest of the weekend’s events, will be hosted at Villain (50 North 3rd Street) in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. You can buy tickets [here](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/two5six-festival-2015-registration-15804444519?ref=etckt).

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