I have been wanting to make a visual representation of the songs in a DJ mix for a long time now. This is my first attempt. I started with an excerpt from Mustard Pimps: Catastrophe Mix Vol 2. I wanted to come up with sequences that would be separate but similar enough to easily transition into each other, much like how a DJ mixes music. In the second sequence (Tiga- You gonna want me (Hey Today Remix)), each layer of the bridge is a real time representation of every sound in the song. Every car represents a note in the song, and it reads almost like the software interface of electronic music production programs such as Reason or Abelton Live. The same is true for each of the trains in the next sequence (LA Riots- I want to), each of the trains are a sound in the song, the box cars each represent a note. I see this video as an example of more progressive visual representation than what currently backdrops electronic music at shows or raves. The lack of sophisticated visuals only lowers the experiential spectacle that contemporary electronic music pushes with its live shows and advertising. This realization drove me to make this video, in an effort to transform the spaces that electronic music fills.
