video projections act as another element at an event, to add to the overall atmosphere and complement the music being played. there is not one definite way to vj and every vj artist works in a different fashion. a wide range of equipment; varying styles of visuals, from self-created to heavily sample based performances and arrangements of screens to suit each venue/space, keeps it all fresh and exciting.
dubassy's visuals are best experienced live at a club, event, or music festival. vjing using only self-created content, to leave the audience's brain swimming in video excitement. currently using two mac laptops with modul8 software on one, and adobe premiere with a wacom tablet and pen to allow video scratching on the other, the visuals are mixed tightly in sync following the beats and drum rhythms of the music.
from small deep and dirty 100 people basements, to 10 000 strong crowds at an outdoor festival; from a boat moored on the seine in paris, to a superclub in india, salvadore dali's former hangout, rachdangue in spain to the hotel bar of corbusier's famous housing estate in marseille, a converted prison in switzerland to the unbelievable 40 screen setup at urban artforms in austria, and a small hippy festival in deepest dorset to hot and wild mtv fashion parties in barcelona, dubassy vjs at a huge variety of events, always looking for new and interesting opportunities. he has played alongside a variety of world famous djs and live acts and is always on a musical journey mixing to drum and bass, beats, electronica, through to jazz, funk and hiphop.
get ready to have your retinas tickled with crazy, sense altering pixels. check the full history of events below...
2009
23-25 july
avit kezamork event, slovakia
the first eastern european avit event, a few days of workshops and performances in this lovely small slovakian town.
18 july
elektrovision at the roxy bar and screen london.
performed a set at dr mo's intimate audio visual night, usually well attended by vjs and visualists in the know.
11 july
la terrazza , barcelona
la terrazza is a very cool open air club in barcelona. took control of the screens for a session this night.
5 june
selector festival , krakow, poland
a great 2 day festival in poland. amazing wraparound led setup. with a good lineup of acts.
27-29 may
Live producers meeting, rome
the annual meeting of all people visual. a great chance to catch old friends, meet new ones. learn, share, see and play....
1-3 april
musikmesse event , frankfurt
was one of the 5 vjs playing visuals on the edirol stand at the enormous frankfurt musikmesse event. showcasing edirol equipment to passers by.
7 feb
docks de sud, marseille
a huge 7000 person rave in this large warehouse space in marseille dock area.
2008
9 aug
la palace, aix en provence, france
techno rave in the south of france
31 may
pacha la pineda
supporting kyle lyons and dj pascal kleinman at the huge pacha la pineda in tarragona, spain
2-3 may
elekro circus, capentras, france
a nice chilled two day festival in the south of france
19 april
name festival , lille
back once again to lille, for the name event, and in the same great warehouse space to project visuals
31 march
miambient at the standard hotel
down tempo event at the wmc. had access to the spa all week, and vjed in a dressing gown
30 march
mobilee records warehouse party
alongside anja shneider at this warehouse party during the winter music conference
27 march
beatport remix hotel, miami WMC
playing to an up for it afternoon crowd in the hotel garden of the art deco national hotel , miami
27 feb
breakspoll awards, fabric, london
once again fabric blew apart for this breakbeat spectacular. great screen setup to blast some visuals to the beat
26 feb
cinetrip festival , budapest
only able to spend the first day at this hungarian vidoe festival, with a short set on the opening night
2007
25 nov
discover - ibiza
it was winter on the white isle. but who cares!! dubassy was interviewed on ibiza global radio before this event
27 oct
elektro-luz - luzern, swizerland
great location, a converted prison on the outskirts of luzern, fun underground night
9 oct
bournemouth unversity, vj perfomance and lecture
vj performance in a uni lecture theatre!, bringing along the brilliant bubaking experience to provide the beats, and setting of a vjing related project for the final year BA students.
26 aug
catwalk - barcelona
3-4 aug
urban artforms - austria
fanstastic 40 screen setup at this amazing event, playing for christopher just
21 jul
electromind festival - montpellier
great outdoor festival, on the drum and bass stage for andy c
4 jul
mtv bread and butter event - shoko - Barcelona
mtv's hot and sexy afterparty for the bread and butter fashion event in barcelona, with kissy sellout on the decks
21-24 jun
roots tent - glastonbury festival - uk
back once again at glastonbury, in the roots tent with asian dub foundation amongst others
4 - 5 may
Studio88 - Aix en Provence
7 apr
Rachdingue - Spain
great club in northern spain, famous for being a former hangout of salvadore dali in the 60s
1 mar
Oogie bar - Marseille
march
Space - Valencia
22 feb
breakspoll @ Fabric - london
the fantastic international breakbeat awards party, with the cream of breakbeat djs playing
11 feb
siel expo @ porte de versailles - Paris
20 jan
houztekk - linz, austria
2006
29-31dec
avit event - berlin
4 nov
av_social - clerkenwell house - London
29-30 sep
marsatac - marseille
electronic music event, with hype and the scratch perverts
23 Sep/15 jul/22 apr/18 feb
club class - ministry of sound- london
22-23 sep
name festival - Lille
17jun
escape in the park festival , Swansea
17 mar/17 feb
switch - ministry of sound - london
4 mar
hotel corbusier - marseille
24 feb
breakspoll - Fabric
21 jan
avit paris 2006
24 feb
hospital records - Heaven
djs include ltj bukem for hospital's 10 year anniversary
2005
new years eve 2005/06
ministry of sound - london
bringing in the new year in style at the world's most famous club, with tim sheridan and smokin jo
3 dec
opus vj 1 - la belle friche, Marseille, France
the first vj event staged in marseille, with vjs invited from 6 countries
25 nov/22 apr
hospital records - Heaven
with roni size, london elektricity, and high contrast
7 oct
vj set and lecture at bournemouth university media school
26 aug/ 2 sep
urban development gigs - stratford circus
13 aug / 8 oct / 10 dec
NastyDirtySexMusic - ministry of Sound, london
6 aug
clockwork orange - koko
funky house night with norman jay and danny rampling
30 jul
global gathering - stratford upon avon
vjing in the polysexual arena alongside djs lisa lashes, tidy boys and anne savage
23 jul
lovebox weekender - victoria park , london
fusion east tent
1 jul
uproar - nottingham arena
24-26 jun
west dance tent vj- glastonbury 05
vjing in one of the large tents in the all new dance world at this years glastonbury alongside stereo mcs 808 state, plump djs and bt
15 may
back 2 the old school - Scala
6 May
tilted - studio 33
30 Apr
funkinyou - Canvas
28 apr
avit - heducation, birmingham
12 feb/19 feb/5 mar/19 mar
koko - camden
1st sat / month 2004/2005
mishmash - Cargo
great night from glaswegian ocsar fullone with rev milospeedwagon and zero 7 and an early mylo
24 feb
breakspoll - Fabric
4 feb
wildchild - Heaven
2004
17 dec
retrovert - rhythm factory
1 month residency
elevate club - delhi, india
11 oct/29 aug/2 jul/30 may/20 mar/6 feb
wildchild - heaven
17 sep
mtv icon event featuring the cure
11 sep
soxan - rhythm factory
12 sep
av_flux - batofar, paris
9 sep
mtv staff party - ministry of sound
28 aug
uproar = passion, coalville
8 aug
orange - fridge
31aug
quantic soul orchestra set - big chill
23 jul
turaya festival - dorset
18 jul
ashton court festival - bristol
6 jul
4x4 - 291 gallery - london
25-26 jun
dance tent - glastonbury festival04
29 may
rui da silva set - homelands festival, hampshire
9 may
slowsound - foundry
2 may
absolutely - tantra
10 apr
fuse - the key, kings cross
19 mar
enigma - glasshouse, london
28 feb
anotherplace - sex in the city bar, london
various nights monthly 2003/2004
vibe bar
previous
fruity at the rhythm factory, whitechapel
pontins holiday camp, camber sands
late lounge at the national theatre, london
93 feet east
mass
aka bar
big beat boutique, concorde2 ,brighton
prologue at the cross
retrovert at the rocket
pacha london
the santuary, milton keynes
