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Retcka
Info to follow when available
2up
Technologies
Contact: Randy Jones
Location: Seattle, WA, USA.
Email: rej@2uptech.com
Website: http://www.2uptech.com/
20/20
Visuals
Contact: Kim
Website: http://djspyhunter.homepage.com
[me]jual+ArtiFX
Contact: Takumi Takahashi
Email: ttakahashi@aw.sgi.com
Website: soon...
Notes: I currently belong to a visual unit named ; [me]jual+ArtiFX .
Performing monthly @ Club Asia with several DJ's and the whole event is called :
Sound Alchemy - mixing elements of sound and visuals to create new environment,
back to ancient times and coming back to today. I am writing my own code to
perform VJ in both 2d and 3d - real time.
Acme
Entertainment
Notes: Freaky Frank of Visual Mantra started this visuals
and production company based in LA, CA, USA. Now DEFUNCT.
Alchemic
Visual Department
Website: http://rafale.worldnet.net/~schweit/visual.html
Alien
F/X
ALIEN LITEFORMS
Contact: Stone Cannizzaro
Location: Houston, TX, USA.
Residency: SPY, PRAUGE, LAVA.
Notes: visual artist and live vj since97'; other skills: lighting programmer. I
provide high energy, realtime multilayer video-mixing from tape, dvd,
pc's, cameras, atari falcon. Mobile rack system allows for easy travel. We have
currently provided visuals for events in all areas of texas as well as events in
LA & OK. multi-screen visuals for: raves, clubs, special events.
Contact Info: (713) 409 9333
Alien
Right Brain
Contact Name: Jason Ayers
Address: 4727 East Warner Road #2009
City: Phoenix
State: Arizona
Postal/Zip Code: 85044
Country: United States
Phone Number: (602) 592-0350
Email: beetle87@indirect.com
Alien
SubRetinal Partnership
Location: Israel
Email: asp@interzone.ch
Almost
Blue Inc
Contact Name: Bjarne Haug
Address: Brydes Alle 23, 7
City: Copenhagen S
Postal/Zip Code: 2300
Country: Denmark
Phone Number: 32977264
Email: di970425@diku.dk
Alphachannel
Email: Alpha@kspace.com
ANO ONA
Website http://www.imaginet.fr/kanyar/
Ararat
Productions
Contact Name: David Forbus
City: Houston
State: Texas
Country: United States
Email: forbus@idt.net
Website: www.fortunecity.com/victorian/ferndale/38/rave.html
Brief Notes: Built his own video wall
Arkaos
Location: Europe
Website: http://www.arkaos.be/
Brief Notes: Developed Xpose VJ soft. Have worked w/JM Jarre.
Astral
Scapes
Atmospherex
Contact: Philip Benn
Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA.
Email: info@atmospherex.com
Website: www.atmospherex.com
Atomick
Media Fusion
AudioROM
Located in Europe
AudioVisualizers
Contact Name: David Eagan
Location: Toronto, ON, CANADA
Email: av@audiovisualizers.com
Website: http://www.audiovisualizers.com/
Brief Notes: Well this is my site, and my listing, so...
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AutoPilot
Email: pilot@autopilot.co.uk
Website: http://www.autopilot.co.uk/
Brief Notes: Voodoo2/3 based 3D virtual performers dance
to music. Custom Software,
available by request to other VJ's.
Main Notes: Autopilot creates virtual go-go dancers for
clubs, raves, parties and corporate events. The dancers
are simulated and controlled in real-time, so they can
respond instantly to the changing intensity of the music
and the crowd. Our custom software runs on 3Dfx Voodoo
accelerator cards and requires a Pentium-II class system
or better. We've been running since October 1998 and in
that time have performed at a number of events including
Glastonbury, Burning Man, Tribal Gathering, Southport
Dance Music weekender, Casio G-Club, Return To The
Source, Wiggle, and many others. We will shortly be
announcing a licensing program for our current- and
next-generation software. We welcome collaboration and
often perform as guests of other VJ companies. For a demo
tape, contact demo@autopilot.co.uk
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AV_DAIKANYAMA
VJ Unit
Location: JAPAN
Website: http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/~qataoka/
Axis
Visuals
Website: http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~superfly/
Brief Notes: Have their own custom soft
Bart van
der Ploeg
email: bvdploeg@worldonline.nl
Notes: is making his own Vj software
Believe
Ben
Tripe
Bergaspace
projections
email: beta@chman.com
Bildregler
Location: Cologne, Germany.
Contact: Marcel Panne
Email: marcelpanne@hotmail.com
Website: http://www.bildregler.de
Billy
Sulivan
Location: Montreal, Quebec, CANADA
email: bildakid@hotmail.com
Bionic
Dots
City: New York City
State: New York
Country: United States
Email: DotsPerMin@aol.com
Buck
Burrau
Destruct - 3D Orbit
Email: heiwid@ddd.ch
Notes: VRML Worlds and mpgs avail on website.
Website: http://www.ddd.ch/
Butler
Brothers
Location: Europe
Caprice
Contact Name: Mike Caprice
Address: 25 Maiden Lane
City: West Hartford
State: Connecticut
Postal/Zip Code: 06117
Country: United States
Phone Number: (860) 279-4926
Carol
Goss
Has been doing shows for longer than most of us!
CCC
Channel
Three
Contacts: VJ Gar, VJ Des, VJ Hugo
Contact name: Desmond Germans
Mailing Info: Channel Three, VoF St. Janstraat, 39 1011 HG,
Amsterdam
Phone #: +31-6-218-33-874
Location: Netherlands
Email: desmond@channelthree.net
Website: http://www.channelthree.net/
(pix of performance, screenshots of their VJ software)
Brief Notes: They have their own custom VJ software
Equipment list: Software currently runs on any kind of Windows,
Silicon Graphics or Linux machine. For performances we use one or
two PCs, scan converters (Analog Way), and whatever
postprocessing equipment is available (usually an MX-50 with some
sort of basic setup for multiple beamers).
Act Description:: Using our software video synthesizers, we
attempt to add live visuals to whatever the DJ is doing. Contrary
to using prerecorded videotapes, or prerendered AVI-sequences, we
generate everything -live-. More information: surf to http://www.channelthree.net/
and get our software. It will be available everywhere in Europe
somewhere in the beginning of 2000.
Active Since: September, 1997.
Choice
Video
Notes: Freaky Frank of Visual Mantra was a partner in this
visuals company before he moved on to start Acme Entertainment. Choice
Video was based in LA, CA, USA. Now DEFUNCT.
Chris
Mills
Location: Toronto, CANADA
Brief Notes: He's a video artist & freelance VJ. He produces
HMV/TV for a major music chain, and frequently works with the
local VJ group Projektor.
Chroma
Contact: John Power
email: john.power@rmit.edu.au
Circus
Maximus
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Phone #: (514) 938-5252
Info: Primarily uses film projectors (8,16,35mm)
Clan
Analogue
Location: Austrailia
Email: iana@ebom.com.au
Affiliation: Subvertigo
ColdCut
Contact: Matt Black
Location: Europe
Website: www.ninjatune.net/coldcut/
Brief Notes: Electronic music and multimedia innovators,
Co-development the VJ software: VJAMM with CamArt.
Cosmic
Bug
Email: xav@cosmic-bug.com
Website: http://visual.cosmic-bug.com/
Cosmo
Kino
Location: Belgium
Email: cosmokino@skynet.be
Website: http://users.skynet.be/cosmokino/Website/strictly_cosmo.htm
Cosmolosophy
Contact: Maurice Space
City: Eindhoven
Country: Netherlands
Phone: +31 06 26506120
Email: mouspace@concept.nl
Webpage: soon
Notes: I'm into audio and video for several years now, and I
don't know which profession could be more alive then audio and
video.
Tape Trades: For interest in a demo tape call on the phone or
email.
CSI
Cell
Clearwater
Studios
Cresent
City
Crossfade
Cut-Up
Contact: Geert Mul
Location: Holland
Notes: Affiliated with Liquid Media
CyberLab
7
Contact: Dan Mapes
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA.
Address: 135 Townsend St. #608, SF, CA, 94107
Email: cyberlab7@aol.com
(this email may be invalid)
Notes: CyberLab 7 have created a proprietary video synthesizer
for use in their performances. I am in the process of researching
details at this point, if you have any additional info, please CONTRIBUTE it. Thanks!
History: CyberLab 7, founded by Dam Mapes, is a virtual medialab
of artists and technologists exploring 3rd millennium
perspectives. With a core team of over 30 people and an extended
community of approximately 100, they have a large resource of
talent and skills. Ages range from 16 to 50 years & skills
cover everything from 3D animation to dance, from object-oriented
programming to existential psychology. Dialogue is invited on how
to make life a more ecstatic experience for more of the world's
population.
D1
D-Style
Location: Tokyo, JAPAN
Email: 3rdeye@big.or.jp
Website: http://www.big.or.jp/~3rdeye/
Notes: My "video mixing console V-5" is very cool.
Visual real time switching play is most exciting VJ scene at
Japan, and do you know? It's Hyper speed crossfade play on
manual. This play is crazy flashing and beautiful syncronize with
DJ playing sound. V-5 is best selection on visual switch respons
and durability . VJ D-Style & VJ MION are most high speed
hallucination VJplayer at Tokyo Japan . Yeah!!
Dandelion
Collective
Contact Name: Topherz
City: Seattle
State: Washington
Postal/Zip Code: 98122
Country: United States
Phone Number: (206) 860-1135
Email: czimmerman@wesleyan.edu
Website: http://www.dandelion.org/
David
Tristram
Location: California.
Notes: His main claim to fame is some interesting software he wrote for SGI
& Windows. He's also a founding member of Raster Masters ( www.rastermasters.com
) & still does shows using mini systems (one computer, one deck.)
Email: david@tristram.com
Website: www.tristram.com
Dayv
Deconstructed
Cinema
Ded
Hvore
Deep
Blue Sea
Location: Montreal, Quebec, CANADA
Phone #: (514) 982-2535
Demo Mod
Otaku
Contact: Hideo Ikeuchi
Website: http://demo.and.or.jp/
E-mail: ikeuchi@and.or.jp
Notes: Author of the wicked VJ DeMoTracker software
Trade Tapes: No
Detroit
Bomb Squad
D-Fuse
ART
Location: Europe
Email: art@dfuse.com
Website: http://www.dfuse.com/
Digital
Media
Contact: Dan Mapes
Location: California, USA
Brief Notes: The man behind IS?TV -hi-end vid performance art
more concert VJ oriented. worked w/Billy Idol
Digital
Sketches
Dimension
Se7en
Contact: Todd Jaquith
Location: San Francisco, California, USA.
Email: todd@dimension7.com
Website: http://www.dimension7.com
Notes: I've been a VJ close to 3 years now, mostly been mixing
video on a Panasonic MX-50, and now I'm looking to incorporate
computer programs into the mix. Eventually, I'd like be using a
MIDI keyboard to freak the mix a bit with some fast graphics.
Dionysus
Dreams
Donovan
Double
Helix
Dr.
Hypnotika
Dr. Paradise
Dreamin'
Dreamscope
Dream
Escape
Website: http://www.dream-escape.org/
Brief Notes: More music oriented, but they VJ too! Very well done
website & frequent live webcasts.
Dream
Team
City: Albany
State: New York
Country: United States
Affiliation: Port 23 Collective
Drop
DTV Mania
Location: Japan
Brief Notes: They have a web site, I'll locate it soon
DV8
Notes: I am a dutch video
watchamacallit. Together with my friend Mark I give videoperformances at
parties, and we try to make fun things with old and cheap tech we can
find. Low end means to reach high end results. We also work with a dutch
drum'n'bass band, who have their second CD out now and require a videoclip and a
presentation/concert. Mark is by origin a graphic designer and I have been
trained as a network specialist. Everybody makes mistakes is all I have to say
about that.
In my spare time I hunt for any software I can run on anything from old 486
boxes to 3dfx enhanced beasts.
EBN - (
Emergency Broadcast Network )
Location: USA
Brief Notes: Pioneering cut-up videosampling wizards. high
profile gigs, recently MTV video award show. Current members are
split between different cities, with Gardener Post still
performing as EBN in NYC.
Website: unfortunately none at present, but maybe soon!
EFX
Research
City: Boise
State: Idaho
Country: United States
Phone Number: (208) 336-7340
EG
Visuals
El
Kabong
Contact: Geoff Marshall
Location: Toronto, CANADA
Brief Notes: Seldom seen in the scene, has VJ'd at some Tribe
magazine parties, a local rave mag.
Electrolux
28
Located in California
Encore
Performance
Endorphin
Images
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Notes: We specialize in interactive visuals. Our shows have lots
of Custom made CG, Fractals, videos, video games, etc. Basically
anything that looks cool. We always try to make a new computer
animated scene for every show we do.
Website: http://members.xoom.com/Endorphin/
Eplex
Productions
Epoch.com
Esoteric
Productions
Location: Atlanta
Notes: We specialize in new media (motion graphics, video,
multimedia, future graphics,etc...). We also create chill-out
rooms for raves with original video projections (w/ video mixing)
and far-out decor creating an interesting vibe.
Email: jules@esoteric3.com
Website: http://www.esoteric3.com/
ES
Productions
Eye
Scream
This company was started by Jake Mcguire, and based in LA.
Now DEFUNCT, Jake now only does lighting for Electric Sky Church.
Eyegasm
EyeRational
Contact: Maikel de Laat
Location: Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Email: Maikel.de.Laat@Bolesian.nl
website: very soon!
Info: I started in 1998 with live visuals for supporting the dutch
techno/industrial band arte.fa(t
( http://arte.fact.net ) At
that time i wrote the first version of my custom software. The software enabled
me to switch between 5 AVI files and add some simple effects. Right now, I work
with some other bands also, and i'm working on new software that has a
modular architecture and interface. It will contain modules for AVI/MPG playing,
video capturing, DVD playing, audio visualization, etc. It makes use of two
monitors, one for the user interface and the other one for video output. The
most interesting feature of my new program is that some effects can be
controlled through a cell-phone connection. This means that a party visitor can
dial in to my computer and control some of the visuals components
themselves.
Eyetribe
Factory
Visuals
Contact Name: Gary M Davis
City: Orlando
State: Florida
Country: United States
Email: garyD@visualZ.com
Website: http://www.visualz.com/
Fantasy
Visuals
Contacts: Adam Pierce & Paul Richardson
Feedback
Galore
Fire Fly
Fish
Location: UK
Affiliation: FutureShock Productions
Contact: Bookings: +44 (0) 467 684317
Email: fish@future-shock.co.uk
Fish
Talk
Website: www.babel.de/uco
For Your
Eye
Contact: Gery
Location: Austrailia
Email: for_your_eye@magnet.at
Foxfire
Freelance
Location: LA, CA, USA.
Notes: Now seldom performing, he wasn't too much of a VJ, actually he did mostly
film loops and lighting with some minor dabblings in screensavers and
projectors.
FuriFuri
Co.
Location: Japan
Galore
Genetic
Light
Website: http://www.geneticlight.dk/
Glimpse
Location: Europe
Gomni
Contact: Glenn Millar
Email: gomni@callnetuk.com
Website: http://members.xoom.com/gomni
Notes: I come from a music production background but I have
recently become more involved in AV/VJ projects - I recently
returned to Scotland from France where a friend and I had been
invited to do a VJ performance at Culture Commune. I have been
asked to go to Amsterdam to do some more for a promotions
company. My web site has a fuller description of what's been
happening and some realvideo streaming stuff. I thought it might
be of interest. I'll be posting up some more recent stuff there
soon.
Groovisions
Location: Japan
Website: http://www.groovisions.com/
HeadSpace
Contact: Russell
Location: Europe
Affiliation: ColdCut, & Hexstatic
Brief Notes: aka HeadSpace Module - Russell is the coder of VJAMM
which was a collaboration between his company camART , and the
COLDCUT folk.
Heavier
Than Gravity Visuals
City: Orlando
State: Florida
Country: United States
Residency: CyberZone
Notes: Sound/Video/Lights/Custom Graphix
Email: jeff@fucdup.com
Website: www.fucdup.com
Hello to
Extra
Location: Japan
Website: http://hello.to/extra
Hersenspoel
Contact name: Jelle Herold
Location: Netherlands
Email: jelle@cistron.nl
Notes: I use selfwritten software
which is capable of simple video synthesizing, 2d playback mixing
sequencing and effects. You can control it over a network. I also
use selfbuild hardware, like a control panels and a beat syncer.
My software is also capable of controlling external electronic
devices, like light effects, lasers etc...
HEX
Location: UK
Brief Notes: HEX are now defunct. They were a collaboration
between coldcut/hexstatic/rob pepperell & used SGI boxes.
Hexstatic
Contact: Stuart Warren Hill
Location: Europe
Brief Notes: They are ninja tune recording artists as well as
being VJ's & co-creators of the COLDCUT track 'timber'
Hocus
Pocus
HPX
Contact: Jon
Location: 6920 Roosevelt Way NE, Suite 172, Seattle WA 98115, USA.
Phone: (206) 682 8689
Email: drjon@home.com
Website: www.hpx.net
Hyperactive
Hub
Sound & Vision
Hyperdelic
Video
Contact: Dave Richardson
Hypnotica
Contact Name: Russell Vaz
Location: 1043, St-Denis, Montreal, Quebec, CANADA, H2X 3H9
Phone: (514) 284-2453
E-mail: hypnotica@videotron.ca
Website: http://www.hypnotica.com.bi
or http://come.to/hypnotica
I-Mag
Video
Image Collective Toyko
Notes: We are ICT, Image Collective Tokyo. We mix video with computer
graphics for club events, concerts and outdoor parties. We will be having
quicktimes on our site soon. Please take a look! Thanks.
Contacts: Dave Hodge - Brother Superior, Kevin Jones - Spindry, Brad Bennett -
Racer X.
Website: www.imagecollectivetokyo.com
Imagine
X Productions
Imaja
Makes the wicked eyecandy software Blisspaint. Located in
California.
Incoherent
Infernal
Triga
Notes: Have their own VJ software
Infinite
Vision
Contact: Dominic
Location: Montreal, Quebec, CANADA
Phone #: (514) 499-3618
Notes: Organic Photograpy
Infinium
Digital Imaging
Insight
Jarno
Location: Holland
Email: jarnoburge-@hotmail.com
Jason
Gee
Email: jgee@sysx.apana.org.au
Jason
Twelve - Video Ninja
Email: <jason12@vib.org>
Website: http://www.vib.org/jason12
Jector
Arts Massive Dayglo
Josh
JUXTA
Contact: Mike Sterling
Location: London, England.
Email: mike@ninjatune.net
Website: in association with: ninjatune: www.piratetv.net - coldcut
piratetv tour
Notes: VJ Name History: "CATONKHAT" 94-96,
"MIKETV" 97/98, "JUXTA" 99/00
and was VJ'ing for numerous years in Scotland and the north of
England under various names.
Kaleidoscope
Location: Europe
Kamikaze
Website: http://members.tripod.com/~rsusan/
Katascope
Kiku
City: New York City
State: New York
Phone Number: (212) 260-3182
Email: kiku@interport.com
Klangfarben
Location: Denmark?
Website: http://www.sonoluca.de
KOPF
Productions
Contact: Erik
Website: http://home.swipnet.se/kopfproductions/
Email: kopfproductions@spray.se
Notes: AudioVisual Mind-Design & Reality ReMIX
Laws
Of Robotics
LCD 25
Location: Montreal, Quebec, CANADA
Phone #: (514) 526-5357
Liquid
Media
Contact: Koot
Location: Holland
Notes: Affiliated with Cut-Up
LSD
LSD
Lumitech
Larger
than Life
Laser M
Matt
Light
Fantasik
Light
Surgeons
UK - consist of Andy Firman, Andy Flywheel, &
Chris Allen.
Lightwork
Liquid
Lights
Loopy
Lucid
Visions
Luminosis
Location: Seattle, WA, USA.
Notes: Lasers only.
Maelstrom
Mark
Johns
Mark
Video
Masayuki
Kodaira
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Email: kodatch@evcafe.co.jp
Math
Sound Workshop
Matsuki
Media
Shamen VJ-Team
Location: Europe
MegaTripolis
(Oneye)
Mind
Media
Miss
Hell
Location: San Francisco, CA.
Contact: Michele
Email: misshellsf@chickmail.com
Notes: Miss Hell has been doing visuals in San Francisco for nearly ten years
now. Currently she mixes video at a club on friday nights called Hai
Karate at the Hush Hush Lounge. She doesn't have a web site yet, but is
working on it.
MK ULTRA
Contact: Bill Bradley
Email: mkultra@io.com
Modified
Contact: Joe Maas & others
Location: UK
Email: maas@modified.com
Website: http://www.modified.com/
Brief Notes: Pioneering software, you gotta check the site!
MoRpH
Contact: Grant Muir
Country: Australia
Email: grmuir@hotmail.com
Motion
Dive
Location: Japan
Website: http://www.motiondive.com/
Brief Notes: Very cool shocked site, Custom VJ software,
wicked!!!
MultiMedia
Meltdown
Contact Name: Matt
City: San Francisco
State: California
Country: United States
Phone Number: (510) 848-3375
E-Mail m@multimediameltdown.com
Website: http://www.multimediameltdown.com/
MultiPolyOmni
Mutagen Neurovisual
Deprogramming
Contact Name: Brian Bartram
City: Athens and Atlanta
State: Georgia
Postal/Zip Code: 30601 and 30114
Country: United States
Email: booking@mutagenvisuals.com
Website: http://www.mutagenvisuals.com
Mutant
Media
Contact Name: Rachael Johnston
Email: rachaelmm@yahoo.com
Location: Austraila
Notes: ...Mutate*Create*Recycle... We formed by total accident
four years ago, and since then, a flippant hobby has turned into
a serious hobby We both come from Video/film educated backgrounds
& are a bit light on the the technical side, but learning..
We mostly work with live bands & tour when finances allow.
Until recently been pretty lo fi, being creative with alot of old
(but awesome gear), we like using fairlights, the panasonic MX
50, MX 30, MX 10, high grade domestic VCR's, live digital camera,
a little video feedback, pre mixed and edited original material
and some sampled (but highly processed) material.
NanoTech
Visuals
Contact: James McParlane
NewAje
Laser Entertainment
Contact: AJ
Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Notes: I've been involved with the underground/rave scene for
over 6 years, and have always had a passion for Lasers,
especially after seeing Pink Floyd in concert! I now do laser
shows for clubs, parties, and other events in the LA area.
Sometimes I travel to the Bay Area in Northern Cali, and every
year I go to BurningMan near Reno in Nevada.
My notes: I know AJ, and have built a small YAG laser for him, and am
encouraging him to get into visuals, so I hope to update his status here soon!
Contact Info: AJ, Icq#: 35407907
Email: info@newaje.com
Website: http://www.newaje.com/
Nick
Wallbank
Contact: Nick Wallbank
Location: Manchester, England, UK.
Phone: 0161 226 6520
Notes: I have been working with projected visuals for music for
six years now and have worked with most major British
electronica/dance acts including Orbital and Underworld. I
originally worked on super-8 and 16mm film with the legendary
Megadog organisation but now have my own digital video set-up
which is far more flexible. I work both in clubs and with live
bands but prefer producing a good, tight live visual set for a
band as it is far more satisfying than sitting in front of a
mixer for hours on end (although I must admit that I have yet to
beat the feeling I experienced working from the top of a 20ft
tower in the middle of 16,000 people in the main dance tent at
the Glastonbury festival). My work is mainly based on a mix of
motion graphics, mangled loops and samples and original dv
footage. All my work is guaranteed 100% fractal free. Recent
projects include the Total Eclipse Festival, a Ninja Tune
European tour, working with Graham Massey of 808 State and
providing projected video for Manchester's Millenium
celebrations. Apart from music based work I am also a freelance
camera operator, video editor and technician.
Nobuyuki
Furukawa
Location: Japan
Website: http://member.nifty.ne.jp/wonderbear/
Brief Notes: They use custom VJ tracker software written by: ikeuchi@and.or.jp
Noise
Labratories
Contact: Steven Ryan
Location: MA, USA
Brief Notes: Wicked website, details coming soon.
Nominum Ignotorum
Location: Vancouver, BC, CANADA.
Notes: Hi there. We are a visuals team based in Vancouver, BC (for now).
We are drawn to the belief of producing high quality, professional, video
art. Our aim is to provide a multimedia event where the visual
atmosphere/environment plays a fundamental role. We do so through the use of
slide projectors (for environmental effects) as well as a primary video
projector which is connected to our computers. We are Visual Jockeys who believe
in the visual aspect of music as much as the aural. We treat our computers
as the DJ treats his turntables and our videos like records; that is, we use
software to mix and manipulate our visuals live to the music. We do not play
"eyecandy" - pretty computer programs that run without assistance for
long periods of time, irrespective of the flow of the music. Rather, we aim to
bring visuals to the creative level of DJing. We jockey visuals. We
do a live internet broadcast on Ninjatune's Piratetv (www.piratetv.net),
where our DJ plays off of our visuals just as much as we play off of his music.
Check our website for further details.
Email: nomig@yesmate.com
Website: http://nomig.cjb.net
New
Image
Nyron
Roadster
Location: Japan
Obsidian
Graphics
Contact: Phil Mayer
Location: 90 Kennington Lane, London, SE11 4XD
Tel: +44 (0)207-582 5222
Email: phil@obsidiangraphics.com
Website: www.obsidiangraphics.com
Notes: Also used to perform under the alias: VJ Sorted.
Optical
Delusion
Contact Name: Marco
Phone: (860) 939 9274
Email: mferrero@opticaldelusion.com
Website: www.opticaldelusion.com
Notes: Does both video & laser projections!
Opticus
Organicus
Notes: Now DEFUNCT, this LA based visuals company was
owned by Greg Leeper.
Optikal
Nutrasweet (tm)
Located in California.
Optimystiq
Contact Name: Chris Lee / Kenneth Woodruff
Address: P.O. Box 22621
City: Nashville
State: Tennessee
Postal/Zip Code: 37203
Country: United States
Website: http://www.optimystiq.com/
Affiliation: Assembly Required
Optique
Vidtek
Oriaksnovation
Oriori
Nebula
Out
Visuals
OVT Visuals
Contact: Brian Dressel
Location: Chicago, IL, USA
Website: www.mcs.net/~ovt/
Brief Notes: Very pro VJ, has done many music vids
Ozone
Productions
Peter
King
Located in California, USA.
Phantasm
Laser
Contact: Aeryk Egan
Location: LA, CA, USA.
Notes: Only Lasers.
Philipp
Virus
Contact: pvirus@compuserve.com
Location: Berlin, Germany
Company: ®© Corperation
Website: soon to come
Affiliated with: Digital Hardcore Recordings (DHR) www.digitalhardcore.com
, RC Corporation, & The Force Quit Resolution.
Info: If you know Atari Teenage Riot and Alec Empire, you must
know Philipp Virus. Pioneer in Desktop video production. Started
in 1993 with "CIVILISATION VIRUS". Has done over 25
music videos!!!! (mostly for DHR-destroy 2000 years of culture)
and some shortmovies. The Virus is doing Vj'ing like a raw
diamant, who's scratching visuals with his eyes and blood -is
soon finished with his first feature film "DIGITAL
HARDCORE" in the next months -destroying all old ways of
using footage-combining his own fast edited-killer-mixes with
whatever he recorded -from Black Gestapo to Liquid Sky-what is ©
???? That's history in the old fashion western way !!!!!!
I"m sorry friends -we 'll take over now !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We
show the pictures and me and my friends from TFQR give the
soundtracks and the noise out !!!!!We cut the world into pieces
-right now-that's what we do-since we are here. Trying to set up a label to distribute VJ related
material.
Phuture
Pink 6
Contact: Hollups Baccani
Location: Seattle, WA, USA.
Notes: Still plays out very regularly.
Piripiri
Productions
Website: http://www.piripiri.com/
Prince
Location: Japan
Project
7
Contact: Steve Hendry
Location: Dundee, Scotland, UK.
Email: Stevebeats@yahoo.com
Info: My name is Steve Hendry and a friend and myself run a
lighting and projection company called "PROJECT 7",
based on the east coast of Scotland, Dundee. We have been into
animation and video for about two years. At the moment our rig
consists of a complete stage lighting rig, intelligent lighting,
martin robo scans and the usual lighting fx's. However our
speciality is in customised projection, We have eight bell and
howell 16mm projectors, approximately 24, 35mm slide projectors,
4 martin image scans,etc, etc, etc, We did Scotlands first live
internet club cast in febuary this year and have been moving into
video projection in a big way since hiring in three video
projectors for that event. Since then we have managed to amass
loads of software and bits of hardware relevant to the video
thing. Up to now we have had to film all our video work onto 16mm
film as we can't afford a video projector yet this is very costly
and not very reliable!!! Our main contract is with Dundee
University Students Association where we have worked for about
five years. It is currently getting a complete refit in it's
largest venue and we were asked to design the lighting rig and
projection screens. At last we are finaly getting a video
projector and a wrap round projection screen that covers all
sides of the dance floor for other projections. I also work with
another group of video jammers in Dundee. We may have a video gig
in Holland and the Brittany folk festival before the year is out.
We usually have live video camera footage, live computer
generated graphics and stream video footage all into a panasonic
wjave 55 and then ontol arge screens and projectors. The main guy
is Glenn Millar.
Projektor
Contacts: Richard, Chris & others
Location: Toronto, Canada
Brief Notes: They mainly perform @ Industry nightclub, although
some other gigs too.
Psico.Tico
Psychic
Productions
PsychoWelders
Contact: Chris Williams
Public
Reality Adjustment Centre (PRAC)
Contact: VjIko
Contact name:Iko Prac
Mailing Info: ParKville road
Phone #: +33 565 374527
Location: Europe
Email: prac@prac.net
Website: http://prac.net/
Brief Notes: Used to work for Arkaos as video director and did
the Daft punk tour. Now independent, specialized in video design
and multiple individual streams, Mix simultaneously up to 32
incoming and 12 outgoing video feeds.
Pure
Pure
Light
Quantum
Sonic Productions
Raid-5
Productions
City: Dallas
State: Texas
Country: United States
Phone Number: (817) 784-3829
Email: parker@raid-5.com
Website: http://www.raid-5.com/
Ramos
Raster
Masters
Contact: David Tristram or Ron Fischer
Location: LA and San Jose, California
Email: david@tristram.com, ron@digitalactors.com
Website: www.rastermasters.com
Brief Notes: They work for SGI, so are able to borrow high-end
machines for their shows.
Raya
Atmospheric Engineering
Email: raya@headancer.demon.co.uk
Website: http://www.c8.com/raya/
Re-Volve
Reactivision
Contact: Brian
Location: San Diego, CA, USA.
Notes: Not really a VJ, only did some film loops and that's it. The
company associated with Reactivisuon which did video projections was called
Stacid.
Real VJ
Contact Name: Ming Wu
City: Pittsburgh
State: Pennsylvania
Country: United States
Email: mwu@andrew.cmu.edu
Riptide
Productions
Contact: Peter Bartsch
Notes: Does broadcast quality live video mixing and laser shows
Contact Info: LLC 38 W 38th Street - 3rd Floor New York City, NY
10018 VOX : 917-545-7056 FAX : 212-944-8892
Rodella
Website: http://home.worldnet.fr/rodella/mixer/mixer_f.htm
Notes: Rodella is a female video mixer from France I think.
Ron
Roundhaus
Productions
SIC
Samsaric
Projections
Contact: Frank Heim & Lutz Grimm
Email: heim@Fh-Worms.DE
Sans 1
Screen
Club
Contact: VJ Micko
Location: Helsinki
Email: micko@screenclub.net
Website: http://www.screenclub.net/
Contact Info: It?merenkatu 26 C 75, 00180 Helsinki, FINLAND
Phone: +358-(0)40-584 2998
SDF
Visuals (Synthetic Dreams Factory?)
Location: Ottawa, CANADA
Seer
Media
City: Seattle
State: Washington
Country: United States
Phone Number: (206) 726-4505
Siricom
Smile Co
Solar
Baybies
Sorted
Productions
Location: Europe
Souliers
Aurele
Location: France.
Affilliation: Infernal Triga Association
Spaceman
Location: New Zealand
Email: malcolmj@xtra.co.nz
Spacetribe
Sputnik
Rave TV
Phone #: ++ 41 1 2723 222
Subvertigo
Location: Austrailia
Website: http://chaos.org.au/subvertigo.asp
Affiliation: Associated w/Clan Analogue
Brief Notes: Wicked Site!
Sunset
Airplain Visuals
Location: Amsterdam
Sun Soul
Suzukix
Location: Japan
Website: www.geocities.co.jp/heartland-suzuran/6668/
SYNDiCATE
Synergy
Location: Montreal, Quebec, CANADA
Phone #: (514) 525-7505
Synthetic
Detroit
Contact: Micho LeeRaven McAdow
Location: Detroit, USA.
Phone: (248) 407 8283
Email: synthetic313@hotmail.com
Website: http://www.akadetroit.com/collective/synthetic313
Notes: I am also a video artist and VJ, and have been operating
out here for some 10 years now under many different aliases and
am responsible for much of the visuals locally, as far as video
is concerned in clubs and galleries that is. I am a chaos /
random orientated organism that creates huge multi-dimensional
television installations in clubs either temporarily or
permanent. I do have projection abilities, however, i prefer the
emotions induced by a massive quantity of television monitors as
oppose to projections. Ironically, we also do pyrotechs as well.
I fire breath and specialize in explosive fire orientated
performance art (aka guerilla style).
Technicolor
Techtronics
The
Force Quit Resolution
Contact: 999@ibm.net
Location: Berlin, Germany
Company: ®© Corperation
Website: soon to come
Affiliated with: Digital Hardcore Recordings (DHR) www.digitalhardcore.com
, RC Corporation & Philipp Virus.
Info: The Force Quit Resolution is a project by 2 VJ's (former
Art Centre Students) and took 2 years of preperative work. It is
concentrated around the concept of delivering a complete
audio-visual show which rather be enjoyed in cinema or theatre
environement, LIVE of course. The basic idea is to use samples
and own work in such a way that it can be seen as a movie-like
experience. In other words: T.F.Q.R. will use specially selected
material (motion, audio, speech, picture) from unlimited sources
and fils the gaps with own stuff to mix a completely new 'movie'
with new meaning, new story and new message. This stuff is
omny-political. T.F.Q.R. intends to push the current limitations
of copyright without hurting other artists rights in order to
pave the way for future VJ's just like the first DJ's did in the
70's. The current show is called 'The Sleeper Must Awaken' and
focuses on the 'special' times we currently live in, what the
future can bring if we harness the fruits right which we hold in
our hands, visible or not. Visionaries in it's purest form.
Thunder
& Lightning
Tigger
Contact Name: Glenn
City: Seattle
State: Washington
Country: United States
TimeCode
Contacts: Hiroko Shigemoto, Moto Takagi & Arihito
Locaiton: Japan
Toasted
Light - V3I
Location: France.
Website: http://www.cpp.fr/
Tomorrow
Maximum
Contact: Mic Berends
Email: mic@mindesign.com
Website: http://www.mindesign.com
Notes: I am a musician and performance artist doing work under
the name of Tomorrow Maximum. Synaesthetic work is my focus,
generally sound from images and images from sound, well
synchronised. The best non-real-time tools for this are after
effects on the mac and flint + maya on sgi, as you can use audio
data to drive animation, effects, and plugin parameters. it's a
bit tedious at the moment, because what i do is filter frequency
ranges (i.e. low/mid/high) to get those channels but there are a
number of ways you can interpret this visually, say a simple
trigger, envelope following, etc. as well as how you subsample to
frame rates and cross-modulated control rates. sound from images
is another ball of wax altogether, in both of these it's mainly
how you construct your filters and connections between elements
to get pleasing slash meaningful slash harmonic output. I'm also
working on a live performance using ideas that can be implemented
in real time, which limits you a bit currently due to CPU
horsepower. these will be controlled with the buchla lightning II
infrared wands or the i-cube sensor net along with some MIDI
"tap shoes". http://www.onadime.com/ has the right
idea, i've suggested a number of things to them but they've yet
to return my email. i've written quite a few visual programs
companies with some ideas - i'm beginning to suspect they like
the ideas but fear trade-dress implementation lawsuits if they
communicate with me even though i've stated that i'd rather not
do it myself! . Dave is just starting in graphics coding and this
is a big project for just 2 or 3 people (my other mate Mike is
writing the dynamics engine). The music is approximately a cross
between orbital, underworld, and aphex twin. my voice is
approximately a cross between dave gahan (depeche mode) and
roland orzabal (tears for fears). currently seeking female
vocalist for beautiful duet. I am equal parts technician and
artist. I'm not terribly interested in the fame thing, but in our
media-driven society there is not much other choice if you've a
message to get across. to gain mindshare you need a voice and a
face, i've become convinced. If i find someone with a stronger
sense of purpose than mine i will gladly be support staff, but
not having come across talented and willing collaborators, i
expect i will have to do it myself. this makes me appear to move
at approximately 1/6 the speed of the rest of the human race!
i'm sure you can commiserate.
Tony
Woodhead
Total
Pros
TranceAnimation
Contact: Jörg Fiedler
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Email: joerg.fiedler@tranceanimation.de
Website: www.tranceanimation.de
Notes: I am joerg, living in germany/hamburg and made some 3d
computeranimations and psychedelic live mixes on goa-trance
events.
Tranceportation
Triptease
Visuals
Contact Name: Derek / Emmy
City: Amsterdam
Country: Netherlands
Email: info@triptease.com
Website: http://www.triptease.com/
Ts
Louadir
Location: Toronto, Canada
Brief Notes: Does occassional shows, contact info wanted!
Twelve
Electronic Arts
Contact Name: Jason Schroeder
City: Kansas City
State: Missouri
Postal/Zip Code: 64110
Country: United States
Phone Number: (816) 889-0988
Email: jasons@dlab.com
Website: www.dlab.com/jasons/
Affiliation: Flux Productions
Twisted
Pair Visuals
Contact: Mechno
Email: mechno@albany.net
Type-0
UltraVision
Contact: Travis
Location: Originally LA, now New York and sometimes Malaysia
Notes: They were never really VJ's, a ton of film loops and a little lighting
though.
UnderGround TV
Contact: Jesse
Location: Toronto, Canada
Brief Notes: Not really a VJ, strictly handles video related
stuff at Guverment/Warehouse nightclub, but worth inclusion
anyway.
Urban
Imaging
V-Project
Contact: Stephane
Location: France
Address: V-Project, 9 rue de Dinan 35000 Rennes France
Notes: Stephane works with a team of VJ's called "V-Project", working
with video mixes and loops. Some of the events they have participated in
include: Transmusicales, Travelling festival, and the New-Teknik festival.
Their tools include: A panasonic XMJ video mixer, two P-]['s with various
visuals software, a magnetoscope, a canon XL1 video camera and many video
projectors.
Email: cybfool@wanadoo.fr
Website: http://www.rennet.org/vproject
Vegetable
Vision
Viberation
Graphics
Contact Name: Mike Migurski / Terry Estioko
City: San Francisco
State: California
Notes: Largely creates original source footage
Phone: (510) 841 7710
Email: graphics@viberation.com
Website: http://www.viberation.com/
VideoKill
Contact: Michelle Kasprzak
Location: Toronto, ON, CANADA
Email: kasprzak@videokill.com
Notes: mixes performed in art galleries and in clubs.
VideoProjekce
Contact: Mejby & Koren
Location: Prague, Czech Republic.
Email: info@videoprojekce.cz
Website: www.videoprojekce.cz
Visible
Souls
Location: Germany.
Website: http://www.mediaevents.com/visiblesouls/
Visual
Mantra
Contact: Freaky Frank
Email: CrzyPaco@aol.com
Website: http://www.visualmantra.cjb.net
Notes: "Dual Projection - Mind Expansion" - Video
Projections, Film-Loops, and Lighting...
VForm /
Technovision
Location: France
Website: http://www.technovision.org/
Notes: High end VJ group w/many professional members, also do tv
commercials, other media art
Viral
Transmissions
Email: viral@chaos.org.au
Website: www.chaos.org.au/vtx.asp
Notes: Friends with Subvertigo
Virtual
Visions
Website: http://www.virtualnet.demon.co.uk/
Visual
Dream Productions
Visual
Groove
Visual
Infinity
Contact: Kevin F. Farrell
Location: Philadelphia, PA USA and surrounding areas.
Website: http://visualinfinity.com
Email: kevinfar@vet.upenn.edu
Info: I'm from Philadelphia, I've started my visual company in
mid/99, by running up 3 credit cards and buying a Videonics MX
Pro, Voodoo 3, 100's of feet of s-video cable, and a few scan
converters, and some other stuff, added to my 2 VCR's and 2 Video
Cams. Ran various eye candy softs. mixed with various feedback
techniques. Thats how I started.
Visual
MRTZ
Location: Europe
Visuality
2000
Vivid
Image
Location: Britain
Email: vividimage@enta.net
Website: http://homepages.enta.net/~vividimage/
Vortexya
Contact: Marcel & Simone
Email: new info coming soon
Website: http://www.arcana.com/vortexya/index.html
Brief Notes: Great stuff! 5 STARS!
Warp 9FX
Weasel
Lizard
Location: Toronto, Canada
Brief Notes: He's a retired VJ except for special occasions.
works ft for Nelvana. Extremely bizarre guy.
Wonderworks
/ Viewmaster
Contact Name: Michael Stevens
Address: 215 E Michigan
City: Fresno
State: California
Postal/Zip Code: 93704
Country: United States
Phone Number: (209) 226-8199
Email: Wonderworks@wonderwrks.com
Website: http://www.wonderwrks.com/
Work
Book
Location: Japan
Website: http://www.bu.com/visual/
Xavier
Location: Europe
XETON
XFX
uv-99
I think that's approx 260 Visuals groups worldwide by last count,
and of course, I'm no doubt missing some, so let me know!
This is just a preliminary list. If I've missed you, please submit your info,
to include a short bio, and optionally a picture of you
performing, stills of your output, tell me if you have digital
video clips of your work we can put online or link to, and if
available, give us your www info. Please note: we offer FREE HOSTING for
VJ's, so if you don't yet have a website, and would like space,
let me know!
UNSORTED VJ INFO, email me if you can fill in the
blanks.
-Visuals der Multimediagruppe pReview (Berlin).
-RASTER NOTON.DE -Monolake -Console -Rumpeln -Staalplaat -Goem
-Mark Mancha/TMRX -Zeitblom -TokTok -Rechenzentrum -Visomat inc.
-Monitor Automatique -Duralux -Convex TV -Vanish RGB -Andreas
Schimanski -Angelika Mittendorf,
-VJ's 'Phactory' and 'Kouhoutek' in contact via: From: "Rhys
Cazenove" <rhys@underword.demon.co.uk>
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