The DXM Show – CYBER LIFE – peakA EP Launch (Sub Records)
The DXM Show is back on 3 June, the theme this month is “Cyber Life”
Deus X Machina is celebrating our favorite reality, unreality…that is Cyber reality, the bond between man and machine…
Come dressed up as your favorite virtual or cyber character, think Robots, Anime, Matrix, Pokemon, Second life, Leisure Suite Larry, Monkey Island’s Lechuck, Mario, Tomb Raider well you get the drift…
Featuring
peakA (SUB Records, EP Launch – 2 hour live set)
D-Sens (Bus Records – France)
Jamie Stevens (Chamelion Recordings)
Andrew Till (Sub Records)
Suseri (DXM)
HiJacker(DXM)
Crimemaster Gogo(DXM)
visuals : vdmo Kstati Continue Reading
James Zabiela + vdmo Kstati @ Brown Alley - Melbourne : 20th May 2011
I feel that there has been a serious lack of updates on my website. My senciere appologies, this was mainly due to attending to my events and organising future events, festivals, tours, etc. Will pick it up now
This is what I have been up to in last few months… and heaps of shows are coming up.. going to be a busy visual year!
February:
25th Feb – Bimbo Deluxe, Melbourne – Featuring : Deepchild(Trapez), Jamie Stevens, Marko Jux, Volta, Steve Ward
Tom Clark + Volta + vdmo Kstati (No Nonsense 1st Birthday @ Brown Alley -4th March 2011)
March:
4th March – Brown Alley 1am -7am (Side room) : NO Nonsense 1st Birthday! (with VJ BlueMD) – Tom Clark, Guido Shneider
5th March – Big Red Bus @ My Aeon, Bruinswick, Melbourne (with VJ BlueMD)
11th March – Maitreya Festival, Victoria
12th March – Maitreya Festival, Victoria – with Pyrodynamics Fire Crew
13th March – Maitreya Festival, Victoria
19th March – Prognosis @ Loop Bar, Melbourne City
25th March – Red Sky 1 – Brown Alley, -Melbourne – Erphun(Brood Audio), Sun Control Species, Kasey Taylor
April:
1st April – Cairns @Casbah – Freakquency – With Ollie Wisdom & Mr Perculiar ++
8th April – Red Sky 2- Brown Alley – Vibrasphere & Max cooper & Danny Howells
10th April – VJ Union Australia – Melbourne Meet Up @X Studios – St Kilda
15th April – Oliver Koletzki feat Fran Live & Chris Tietjen@ Roxanne Parlour – Chamelion Recordings Night.
16th April – Prognosis @ Loop Bar
22nd April – Trinity @ La Di Da
23rd April – Japan Charity Gig @ MyAeon
25th April – Melbourne – Bimbo Deluxe – Chamelion Recordings night: Thank you City, Jamie Stevens, Steve Ward
28th April – Plug n Play – Melbourne @ Kent St – Fitzroy
May:
6th May – Loop Bar, Melbourne 10pm – 5am
7th May – 10am – 4.00pm video art workshop in Frankston @ Cube 37
14th May – Music Trip@Northcote – Shin’s Techno Night
20th May – Brown Alley, Melbourne – James Zabiela [UK], Robert Hood [USA], Midland [UK], Tom Budden [UK]
20th May – 10am – 4.00pm video art workshop in Frankston @ Cube 37
21st May – Loop Bar
James Zabiela + vdmo Kstati @ Brown Alley - Melbourne : 20th May 2011
I feel that there has been a serious lack of updates on my website. My senciere appologies, this was mainly due to attending to my events and organising future events, festivals, tours, etc. Will pick it up now
This is what I have been up to in last few months… and heaps of shows are coming up.. going to be a busy visual year!
February:
25th Feb – Bimbo Deluxe, Melbourne – Featuring : Deepchild(Trapez), Jamie Stevens, Marko Jux, Volta, Steve Ward
Tom Clark + Volta + vdmo Kstati (No Nonsense 1st Birthday @ Brown Alley -4th March 2011)
March:
4th March – Brown Alley 1am -7am (Side room) : NO Nonsense 1st Birthday! (with VJ BlueMD) – Tom Clark, Guido Shneider
5th March – Big Red Bus @ My Aeon, Bruinswick, Melbourne (with VJ BlueMD)
11th March – Maitreya Festival, Victoria
12th March – Maitreya Festival, Victoria – with Pyrodynamics Fire Crew
13th March – Maitreya Festival, Victoria
19th March – Prognosis @ Loop Bar, Melbourne City
25th March – Red Sky 1 – Brown Alley, -Melbourne – Erphun(Brood Audio), Sun Control Species, Kasey Taylor
April:
1st April – Cairns @Casbah – Freakquency – With Ollie Wisdom & Mr Perculiar ++
8th April – Red Sky 2- Brown Alley – Vibrasphere & Max cooper & Danny Howells
10th April – VJ Union Australia – Melbourne Meet Up @X Studios – St Kilda
15th April – Oliver Koletzki feat Fran Live & Chris Tietjen@ Roxanne Parlour – Chamelion Recordings Night.
16th April – Prognosis @ Loop Bar
22nd April – Trinity @ La Di Da
23rd April – Japan Charity Gig @ MyAeon
25th April – Melbourne – Bimbo Deluxe – Chamelion Recordings night: Thank you City, Jamie Stevens, Steve Ward
28th April – Plug n Play – Melbourne @ Kent St – Fitzroy
May:
6th May – Loop Bar, Melbourne 10pm – 5am
7th May – 10am – 4.00pm video art workshop in Frankston @ Cube 37
14th May – Music Trip@Northcote – Shin’s Techno Night
20th May – Brown Alley, Melbourne – James Zabiela [UK], Robert Hood [USA], Midland [UK], Tom Budden [UK]
20th May – 10am – 4.00pm video art workshop in Frankston @ Cube 37
21st May – Loop Bar
Max4Live for Ableton has opened up great scope of possibilities for AV artists to apply visual elements via dynamic framwork – MAX/MSP/Jitter to bring new dimension to Ableton Live Performance with video Component.
In the recent development, update for a number of projects in this field has been updated which currently resides on Google groups:
Both of these plug-ins have been co-produced to understand one another and work in sync in many cases as they use the similar architecture while growing group of artists continue to add new patches and develop new ideas via Google JitterinMax4Live Group
R/C or Remote Control toys have always been a fun thing to play with, but have you you ever wondered about possibility to put them into a specific VJ use? Most toys have gone much further from the days when you had a simple remote toy car that went forward and backwards. Now such RC toys have come a long way with toys that can be played with on land, sea and air.
From RC Helicopters that employ gyros and have 6 axis of movement, to RC cars that can be “upgraded” piece by piece just like a real car, to RC boats that are exact scale models of their real life counterparts. Add a simply spy cam to one of these and you have a mobile visual unit for your next show. I could recommend XenonProject.com website for such items, these guys are toy and hobby company dedicated to delivering a wide range of quality remote control products to both beginners and experts alike and have really good prices. eg. RC Helicopeters from $30 and upwards… Worth Checking it out.
This needs to be done to raise some awereness as to what is coming up on the visual map in Melbourne and Beyond. After my two weeks in South Queensland and Brisbane for Earth Freq and Elements – Earth Freq Afterparty, I would like to inform that I have returned to my new home Melbourne and will be here for quite sometime where I’ll dedicate great deal of effort to Video Production and Technologies and Performance.
Some exciting shows are up ahead.. I’ll link them all to individual posts, they all very much deserve it, but for now, just a list.
25th Feb – Bimbo Deluxe, Melbourne – Featuring : Deepchild(Trapez), Jamie Stevens, Marko Jux, Volta, Steve Ward (Free Event from 7.30 -2.30) 5th Feb – Big Red Bus @ My Aeon, Bruinswick, Melbourne (with VJ BlueMD) 12th March – Tetris Studios, Bruinswick, Melbourne 11-14th March – Maitreya Festival – I’ll return to Melbourne for Saturday Show @ Tetris Studios 19th March – Prognosis @ Loop Bar, Melbourne City 25th March – Brown Alley, Melbourne with Erphun (USA) 1st April – Casbah – Freakquency – With Ollie Wisdom & Mr Perculiar ++
8th April – Brown Alley 16th April – Prognosis @ Loop Bar 23rd April- Cairns ? 20th May – Brown Alley, Melbourne 20th-26th June- Bushweek – Far North Queensland
This needs to be done to raise some awereness as to what is coming up on the visual map in Melbourne and Beyond. After my two weeks in South Queensland and Brisbane for Earth Freq and Elements – Earth Freq Afterparty, I would like to inform that I have returned to my new home Melbourne and will be here for quite sometime where I’ll dedicate great deal of effort to Video Production and Technologies and Performance.
Some exciting shows are up ahead.. I’ll link them all to individual posts, they all very much deserve it, but for now, just a list.
25th Feb – Bimbo Deluxe, Melbourne – Featuring : Deepchild(Trapez), Jamie Stevens, Marko Jux, Volta, Steve Ward (Free Event from 7.30 -2.30) 5th Feb – Big Red Bus @ My Aeon, Bruinswick, Melbourne (with VJ BlueMD) 12th March – Tetris Studios, Bruinswick, Melbourne 11-14th March – Maitreya Festival – I’ll return to Melbourne for Saturday Show @ Tetris Studios 19th March – Prognosis @ Loop Bar, Melbourne City 25th March – Brown Alley, Melbourne with Erphun (USA) 1st April – Casbah – Freakquency – With Ollie Wisdom & Mr Perculiar ++
8th April – Brown Alley 16th April – Prognosis @ Loop Bar 23rd April- Cairns ? 20th May – Brown Alley, Melbourne 20th-26th June- Bushweek – Far North Queensland
Do it Yourself Project #1: All weather protection box for Projector with cooling fans.
Wheneer you do end up setting up Projectors at the outdoor events, it become obvious to make sure and keep your sensitive quipment such as projectors in cool, dry and water proof environment. My good friend VJ BlueMD from Melbourne has put together a simple DIY project to manage such a thing.
What you’ll need (For each Projector):
Plastic Box container -32 Litre (Approx $10) Every projector varies, so make sure to check that the size of plastic box will be sufficient for what you after.
Portrait Frame with Glass (Approx $12)
Gaffa tape (Fresh roll – Approx $20)
Sharp Knife
Power Board (Approx $12)
2 Cooling Fans (Approx $18 each) eg. eziAIR 120MM COMPUTER FAN 220V 21W from ebay
2 Elastic Straps ( Approx $2.50 each)
The Process is pretty straight forward:
Place your projector inside the plastic box and outline the area which will be used for Photo Frame. make sure that the lens can be visible through that area.
Cut out the area with the sharp knife.
Place the Photo frame and Glass and Secure with Gaffa tape. Go gaffa tape, go!
Add Power board and secure it with gaffa tape.
Outline area for Cooling Fans, insert them and secure with gaffa tape. Additional idea is to place small amout of mosquitto netting outside to protect from dust.
Place your projector in and test it out.
p.s Gaffa tape is so awesome, it can be used for pretty much anything!
Voila… Its done! I’ll add few more notes and final conclusions as the project gets tested in the real world. Hint: Rainbow Serpent Festival – Sunset Stage – Big Red Bus (21st-24th January – Beaufort Victoria Australia. See you guys there, and enjoy!
Very exciting news for any travelling VJs and performing artists.. As most would know, Korg Nano series has proven itself a very popular choice among many VJs and performing artists for its light weight, portablity, USB powered design and being super travel friendly. The news just came out that Korg has just launched its second series of Nano controllers with a number of improvements.
Among new features, you will find:
* nanoKEY2: A new keybed, “modeled after a MacBook.” So, it is still going to feel like a computer keyboard (a necessary evil given how thin it is), but at least it’ll feel like a better keyboard.
* nanoKEY2: Light-up octave shift.
* nanoPAD2: Record gestures on the X-Y pad.
* nanoPAD2: 16 pads instead of 12.
* nanoPAD2: Arpeggiator, chord triggers.
* nanoKONTROL2: 8 faders instead of 9, and a more logical control layout.
* nanoKONTROL2: Mackie HUI support.
For anyone is Melbourne who is familair with live experimental music and holds appreciation for live visuals, Racket night would be an essential night to experience as it attracts great deal of live electronica artists & new media manipulators on a monthly basic. With 6 months of events in its history, the future looks bright for Racket collective. Running every first Thursday of every month @ Miss Libertines, next installement is scheduled for Thursday 6th of January 2011 with a splendid line up of electronic artists and live visualists (7pm-Midnight). The event is aimed to support Melbourne live media scene for performers and pundits alike, all while keeping entry prices to the event most affordable. $5! Bargain! Support those events that support you and soak up great selection of live music and visuals!
As for the venue itself, recently I had inspected Miss Libertines in person, I can say that the venue is a comfortable place to enjoy your night out, with great and tasty food, student friendly beer prices and overall cosy atmosphere. Located at 34 Franklin Street (Melbourne City), its an easy place to find and in close to trains and trams.
