Interview with Matías “Alarkong” Alarcón

In this interview, Matías discusses the Chilean cover band scene, sharing his experience as part of the organization of all the editions of ÑoñoParty, a festival that gathers Chilean and Latin American musicians; and as founder of Ludópatas, a band who covers different videogame classics, drawing influence from different genres such as electronic, Latin American, and Balkan music. From his own experience as part of both the ÑoñoParty organization and Ludópatas, he elaborates on his own background as gamer and musician, on the relationship between the different videogame music projects that were part of this festival, and on the context and challenges of developing those projects and the audiences of videogame music in Chile.