This should be posted in the Music/Art section but my member status denies me. Sad day.
If anyone has the chance to see the Brazilian electronic dj/producer Amon Tobin do his ISAM tour I strongly urge you to go see it. Amon Tobin is well known in the electronic music world for his work with movie/videogame soundtracks and for his amazing experimental ambient music.

The new tour in support of his new album ISAM (??Indexed sequential access method??) sets a new precedence in visual stimuli for live music. Using some type of video mapping software and a stage set up involving multiple white cubes he is able to quite literally make one feel as if the music and visual are about to start crawling around the venue. I feel words can't do this justice so http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWai4UZ0OqI . I definitely smelled some wisps of spice in the air around me but I myself was not daring enough to blast in around such a crowded, noisy, impersonal space as a music hall filled to capacity. Would have loved to have eaten 1-2g of mushrooms in retrospect... Saw this show at the Ogden in Denver, Co. on 10/19/2011, amazing.

Well worth the $30ish dollar ticket price, if you dig this kinda stuff, dig this stuff. He only has a few more stops in the U.S. then he goes to Canada and off to London I believe so smoke em if ya got em and get yourself to Amon Tobin's show

http://amontobinisam.com/ is actually a direct link to the site, much better video.

Amazing show yeah. I wish to go and see this live.

Check out this thread: Video Mapping for ISAM by AMON TOBIN




Kind regards,

The Traveler

very cool effects, and nice to hear of Amon Tobin again. used to listen to his stuff when i was more into euro/prog trance. love his new project.

kinda reminds me of pretty lights, but a little more advanced^

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wCgxkQj_Qo

here is a vid from bonaroo^^


but for video mapping, Peter Parker is my fav artist. i saw his earlier works at Gian Mind festival in PA a few years back, then stumbled across his new website, and WOW is he into some high profile installations! i want to get into this kind of video creation : especially at festivals!


http://www.parkerism.com/

cheers

The ISAM premiere was in Montreal at the MUTEK festival in the spring and I was meant to go, but had to cancel at the last minute - I missed something amazing... and now it is back in montreal in 4 days, but sold out...

I might still try and get tickets...
JBArk

Got mine a month ago since I knew it would end up being sold out. You can always try and get a ticket at the door if you can afford to pay double (not sure how much the scalpers will be selling em for).

Definitely worth it. All the people I know who went to the MUTEK premiere said it was the most intense audio-visual performance they've ever seen.

Can't wait! (will have to skip my painting class to go there...oh well)

Definitely skip your painting class, its worth it.

Saw Derek (Pretty Lights) for my first time about 3 or 4 years ago, seen him at least twice each year since then (amazing but overrated in my opinion, and a narcissist), have seen Shpongle with the "Spongltron" twice before (but only as a DJ set by Simon) but I have never seen something quite as stunning and breathtaking as what I witnessed Amon Tobin do. Try Explosions in the Sky, Sound Tribe Sector 9, Widespread Panic, Sigur Ros (good luck, buy the Heim/Hvalf DVD), Buckethead, Primus, Tool, Dredg, RX Bandits or any of the Grateful Dead's projects for AMAZING live performances.

A ton of my friends went in SF and they all had their minds blown. Said it was amazing beyond belief.

Thanks so much for sharing this.