There may be thousands of DJ’s, but the VJ is a more select breed.

Having been part of the VJ revolution from the turn of the century, when performance meant running a desktop PC through a Panasonix MX-12 and a VHS player, it can be honestly said that we have considerable experience in making visuals work for events.

Starting in the year 2000 with a copy of the Japanese software “Composite Station” and “VJamm” from Ninja Tunes/Coldcut, we then progressed to using Resolume (since version 2! currently using version 7 Arena), now with multiple projectors.

The style we’ve developed over those years can be described as a synaesthetic blend of colours and shapes, created (live) from a selection of around 500 video loops all edited to lengths suitable for synchronising to BPM for club performances.

As we find ourselves in a new decade, we have now been investigating the use of Touch Designer for creating more interactive environments and breaking beyond the linearity of existing video loops (although they do still have their uses!).

What has been said many times is that the visuals aren’t intended to be ‘all’ of the environment, but act as an accompaniment to, in a club environment, whatever the DJ’s are playing – it’s all about “what does this music sound like to me in pictures, colours and shapes”.

Whilst the majority of events are in and around London – including places like Fabric, Ministry of Sound and many venues around Brixton/Streatham, we have also ventured further, to Brighton, the highlands and forests of Scotland and event the mountains of Italy. Have laptop (and paperback sized projectors), will travel! 🙂

We have also spent about a decade being the VJ in residence for Kerfuffle, which recently had its 20th-anniversary weekender, which we also recorded and is available to listen to here

However, given that this journey has been almost 20 years(!) we have provided VJ services for more than just club nights.

These include services for a number of charity events, including “Remember”, “Night of the Senses” & “The Sexual Freedom Awards” (the latter two being for about a decade so far), along with seven years at a boutique festival “The Longest Day” and more.

Additionally, we have also had to opportunity to collaborate with other artists, including a number of live collaborations with the very talented Keira Rathbone.

Below, you should see a video showreel consolidating clips from an event from just before the lockdown in March 2020. The ultra-widescreen view is due to the setup being intended for dual projectors. So it doesn’t get too long, each sequence is about 20 seconds (16/32 beats) to give you an idea of how it will look in context with the music, then you’ll be able to, as the saying goes “get the picture”! 😉

Handy tip: export the video at 4k, even when intending it for display at 1080, as then Youtube raises the average bitrate and you get fewer ‘jaggies’.