Eclipse/Blue

November 27, 2012 10:34 AM

Los Angeles-based electronic artist Nosaj Thing has collaborated with with the artist/scientist, Daito Manabe (previously) and Creators Project (info) to produce a stunning and graceful audio/visual feast for his new single "Eclipse/Blue", which features Kazu Makino of Blonde Redhead on vocals.
posted by raihan_ (5 comments total)

I'd always wondered about Nosaj Thing but I'd never gotten into him. What a great introduction to his music.
posted by immlass at 5:32 PM on November 27, 2012

Some other stuff from Nosaj,

the beauty: aquarium

the brawn: FWD

the brain: us

the bonus track: harrison ford

& the portishead remix

enjoy!
posted by raihan_ at 10:48 AM on November 29, 2012

Thank you! Youtube also tells me he's playing here in December; I'll have to check him out if I can possibly manage it.
posted by immlass at 2:01 PM on November 30, 2012

some tech comment (missed the limit by 67 words) :
usual setup is using even infrared lighting on background -
camera tuned to that wavelength will give clean silhouette, a live video mask.
the mask is so good you don't even need a computer if you have a descent video mixer and only intrested in overlays and no physics engine.
calibration is no problem or even necessary if the projector and the camera lenses paired and far from the scene.

notice dancers motion is somewhat slow. this is latency in the system.
and forces the choreographer to slow the dancers speed.
it might be a kinect depth camera was used.
posted by yosh at 9:42 AM on December 7, 2012

yosh --

"It’s all a live dance performance. We used a Point Grey high-speed camera for tracking the dancer and then beamed onto the dancer’s body."
posted by raihan_ at 11:54 AM on December 9, 2012