Fresh Breaks is the debut album from audiovisual specialists Exceeda. An original mix of danceable breaks, computer animations and sample-based video-cut-up perfectly synced and fused in idiosyncratic style. Features a whole host of extras including AV loops, MP3s bonus tracks, hidden extras and remixes by Two Long Peoples, Max Cole, A Guy Called Gerald and Ben Simms.

In Perpetuity is the debut audiovisual album from The Mellowtrons aka electronic musician Lee Walker, who has been meshing hip-hop beat power with electro pulsations and leftfield electronic weirdness since the mid-90s releasing on labels including Skam, Rawkus and Trent Reznor’s Nothing Records – and the highly original animator Giles Thacker, visuals designer for a host of high profile music acts including Orbital, Turin Brakes, the Verve and Röyksopp.

We Made Our Own Disaster is the debut audiovisual album from long-time Noodles collaborators film-maker Robin Mahoney (Glastonbury the Movie) and prolific electronic dance music DJ and producer Si Begg. A typically humourous and eclectic odyssey of phat electronica and retro video cut-up subtitled ‘A study of fascism in late 20th Century democracies’. With full surround and stereo sound.

For this special event, Addictive TV created a short video to open their set, remixing skiing, snowboarding and speed skating into a fidget-glitch track – all the rhythms and glitch sounds you hear are made from the shots you see!

Click here to view the embedded video.

And in his trademark suit and glasses, turntablist Mike Relm whipped the crowd up into a frenzy with his video scratching skills! Fantastic night, here’s a few photos…

Click on these links to see more photos:  Jonathan Evans and  CMAC

LINKS TO THE ARTISTS SITE:

www.addictive.tv
www.mikerelm.com
www.djk-tel.com

]]> http://optronica.org/?feed=rss2&p=61 0 http://optronica.org/?p=56 http://optronica.org/?p=56#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:41:50 +0000 Francoise http://optronica.org/test/?p=56 Our friends at El Mediator in Perpignan (France) are organising a few competitions for their forthcoming Tilt Festival in March – one of them is for a VJ/DJ set competition on the theme A planet in danger.

Here’s the blurb they sent us:

A planet in danger – audiovisual set for DJ/VJ

We suggest you to use your remix skills to serve the international mobilization against the progressive poisoning of our planet. Because we think that the global warming is just a warning…

You will have to propose an original audiovisual live set inspired by the theme a planet in danger: Global warming, pollution, waste management…Set duration : 60 minutes with 15 minutes minimum on the reserved theme, on March 19th and 20th 2010, the rest of the set being free. Fee: 500€ for one set (not by participant) with transport and accommodation.

More details about the competitions here: www.elmediator.org

And more info about the festival here: www.tilt-festival.org