In a far 2015, I have received an email from Excision's project manager, offering to create some stage visuals for the upcoming Excision "Paradox" Tour. He asked if I could do a small preview of my vision of it, and provided me with the template for upcoming stage design I could use.
As I completed the task, they were satisfied with test and we moved forward. During next few years, I have created a lot of different kinds of stages, some of which you are able to see below.
As a spoiler, you can jump to the end if you wish to move straight to the videos.
To begin with, here is a list of some tracks to provide you with an overview of those for which I have created the visuals:
Excision & Dion Timmer - Home
HeRobust - Debt 'N Eight
Eliminate - Final Warning
Boy Kid Cloud & Skeez And Stacks - Gang
Flux Pavilion - International Anthem Feat. Doktor
Excision Feat Sam King - Death Wish
Bro Safari Feat. Sarah Hudson - Reality(Dion Timmer Remix)
Alesso - Heroes (we could be) ft. Tove Lo
All tracks are dubstep tour versions/remixes edited by Excision and other musicians.
Thank you for your interest and let's move forward to my illustrated story.
This is one of my favorites. It was created in 2017 during my trip to Barcelona. I was, of course, obsessed with this straight swift lines spotted in gothic architecture of this ancient city. I spent hundreds of hours on making conceptual drawings and smooth animated passages for every single point of this track. The name of the track they asked me to do is "Home". Presently, you can still see it in Excision's visuals; but, it's now rebuilt for another beautiful song called "Oxygen".
In the middle of the song, the light waves start spreading around the screen
As music starts becoming more dynamic, shiny details appear
Another task I was asked to develop was the visuals for the DJ Booth, a separate screen in front of the musician's DJ table. Below, you can see the way it was turned into life
The next stage design is called "Final Warning". It was created the same year, 2017, a few months later.
On chorus, all geometric details start blinking, sparkling and moving extensively.
To give the stage an individual character and to achieve a unique futuristic look compared to the next - which was made at the exactly same time - I used "Venetian blinds" effect here
The screenshots below are the next project I would like you to get exposed to. It is called "4 Bars" and has the same sci-fi look.
The chorus culmination fragment can be seen once you scroll down
Here, you can also see the example of the DJ Booth
The next elegantly technogenic and retro-futuristic visuals are presented below. I have spent endless days and nights to make it smooth and shiny. A stylish DJ Booth is included.
In the beginning, it was a glowing blinking circle-shaped violet-colored sacred geometry pattern.
It grows changing its geometric forms and styles. The DJ Booth can also be seen on this picture
A wonderful culmination of an infinite number of lights and forms can be seen on the next shot
On chorus, only the colors remained the same; meanwhile, the visuals change their shapes drastically: now, it's a futuristic tunnel you can see
There are some shots of the mechanism at work
Now, the following example of my work is presented for your attention. A futuristic, dark, black and white space travel style theme
At this point, the Excision's most recognized "X" logo sign was introduced. From now on, it starts appearing on the screen from time to time
Here is an example of the blinking lights during the song
In the beginning of 2016, I made this triangle-shaped retrofuturistic stage
In the beginning of the track, geometry starts to appear as light trails first
In this video, I payed attention to small details more than ever before. Everything is animated, everything is moving
Someone has mentioned that it looks like a Sierpinski triangle in this concept. But, actually, I just created it without any references. So, it is a fantastic coincidence that they have got something in common
A triangle-shaped geometry is changing colors during the track. This geometry is also tied to the sound-analyzing software ability and moving in z-depth synchronously with the sound
These are just some of the appearing shapes' transformation
On the chorus accents, there are different backgrounds appearing during the track behind the main structure
Global Illumination algorithm render was used to achieve this shiny retrofuturistic effect, where every line and dot are a source of light
Straight before chorus, the logo of the "Paradox" 2016 Tour appears in the middle of the main triangle
Next, the "X"-shaped black and white space futuristic sci-fi theme is reviewed
A note to add is that the angle of the camera is changing
This is what the "X"-shaped booth looked like
The following is the Snakes&Flowers theme
So, in this project, we have three different states of the mind reflected through the images on the screen: snakes, flowers and psychedelic visions. Simply choose the one you like, as it is you and the way you see things
Are you still here? Great, as I want to offer you to take a look on the video ;) Enjoy!
Thank you for watching!
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