IAYD is a young chiptune musician from Corpus Christi, Texas. Possibly the youngest chiptune musician of note. His name stands for “I Am Your Destruction,” he looks like a shorter Joey Ramone, and his music is filled with the kind of growling ferocity one would expect from an approximately fifteen-year-old hormone filled young man. Download his EP “Dirty Electricity” here (full disclosure: I’m due to have a release on the same netlabel…) Also, be sure to download the devastating “Pistol Shrimp,” which was written with the help of New York’s own underage chiptune demons Starscream. Alex (IAYD’s civilian name,) gave one of the most energetic performances at last year’s Blip Festival, producing a quality, level, and style of sound completely original and transcending the medium of Game Boy-sound chip-generated music. Scene veteran Bit Shifter was shocked to learn that it was only his third live performance. So, how do I choose to celebrate the achievements of someone too young to drink who just received wide acclaim for his performance at South By Southwest which I didn’t actually see? By naming a cocktail after his aggressive tune “Galaxy Smasher.”

Take half an orange and smash it into a pulp. Throw it in a blender with some ice, two ounces of Campari, one ounce of sweet sherry and two ounces of grapefruit juice. Blend it up, pour it into a highball glass, top it off with club soda, stir, garnish with a black cherry, and drink it through a straw on a hot Corpus Christi afternoon.