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Chiptune musicians team up to help threatened venue's fundraising efforts

Earlier this week we hosted a guest blog post by Garry Lee, a musician backing the campaign to save the Forest Cafe.

He has been in touch again asking us to share the audio player below. The compilation, titled Ultrachip vs Forest Cafe Closure, contains tracks by chiptune musicians who all played at the Bristo Place venue in a recent two-day festival.

According to this blog post by Firebrand Boy, some of the artists included on it are "chip heroes."

While everyone has their own taste in music, Garry says all types of artists back the campaign and any money raised through the compilation will go towards the charity's £500,000 target to save the building.

The venue's future became uncertain when the building owner Edinburgh University Settlement filed for bankruptcy. The Forest charity's volunteers have declared an interest in the property and continue to hold events to raise funds.

Chris Palmer, co-founder of the Forest Cafe and one of the acts who has donated a track, told this Evening News report:

"Whether it's trying to build the biggest snowman in the world or putting together a compilation, it doesn't matter, we just want to try to raise awareness and financial support. Everyone in the Forest is really appreciative of this effort, it's super."

Artists keen to try and save the Forest are invited to donate their work for an "everything must go" sale at the venue on December 11 and 12. Click here to find out more, or go along to the venue and ask around. The deadline is 8 December.

We have also been contacted by Ericka Duffy, who previously wrote this Forest campaign guest post, asking to share details of a fundraising concert in Pilrig St Paul's church hall on Friday at 7.30pm.

Among those performing is Finn Andrews, frontman of The Veils - a band Ericka photographed extensively in the past. Click here to read a preview by Billy Hamilton in the Scotsman's Radar pages.

We'd like to hear from anyone going to the event who would be keen to write a review. Multimedia content is always welcomed. Comment below or send an email to edinburgh.local@guardian.co.uk

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