{"id":199,"date":"2011-09-08T22:16:47","date_gmt":"2011-09-08T22:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/misharabinovich.com\/blog\/?p=199"},"modified":"2021-04-11T12:32:38","modified_gmt":"2021-04-11T12:32:38","slug":"lmnopf-presents-madlib-at-empac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/misharabinovich.com\/blog\/?p=199","title":{"rendered":"LMNOPF Presents: Madlib, Kid Koala, Back From Japan, and Prefuse73"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1894635\" height=\"477\" width=\"720\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>A celebration of EMPAC&#8217;s opening with video drums.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>EMPAC&#8217;s Opening Gala after-party in October 2008 was headlined by the legendary musician and producer Madlib. The ever-innovative VJ collective <a href=\"http:\/\/vidvox.net\/\">Vidvox<\/a> was asked to take advantage of the one-of-a-kind cylindrical screen hanging over the stage and asked me to join them. I played the electronic drum instrument we created for the event that controlled custom video synthesizers. \u00c2\u00a0We began rehearsing and realized we could be a Live Video (VJ) band which led to performances under the name LMNOPF Presents.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/misharabinovich.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Kid-Koala-Setup1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-204\" alt=\"Kid-Koala-Setup\" src=\"https:\/\/misharabinovich.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Kid-Koala-Setup1.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/misharabinovich.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Kid-Koala-Setup1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/misharabinovich.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Kid-Koala-Setup1-300x106.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the Kid Koala show at Revolution Hall in Troy New York we rigged up a butcher paper screen over the dance floor. We projected mashed up websites, text, and live digital painting with video synthesizers powered by our VJ electronic drum set. The drum set was actually just a drum controller from the video game Rock Band that we piped into the VDMX software.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_203\" style=\"width: 729px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/misharabinovich.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/EMPAC-Prefuse73-Screen-Shot-2013-12-02-at-2.35.39-PM1-e1386024492828.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-203\" class=\"size-full wp-image-203\" alt=\"LMNOPF Presents: Prefuse73 EMPAC\" src=\"https:\/\/misharabinovich.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/EMPAC-Prefuse73-Screen-Shot-2013-12-02-at-2.35.39-PM1-e1386024492828.jpg\" width=\"719\" height=\"348\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-203\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LMNOPF Presents: Prefuse73 EMPAC<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We were excited to VJ for Dan Deacon but at the last moment Dan got hurt and couldn&#8217;t come. \u00c2\u00a0In the end Prefuse73 came instead, and I was already a fan after having seen Prefuse in Brooklyn a few years back. \u00c2\u00a0I was excited to bust some video drum groovers for this noble purpose. \u00c2\u00a0The show was great all around and we shared the bill with Skeleton$ and Luciano Chessa. \u00c2\u00a0Skeleton$ showed us their crazy vintage electric guitars which had super ancient shitty pickups paradoxically getting louder (though noisier) as they degraded giving the band all sorts of microtonal range. \u00c2\u00a0Luciano Chessa did a fantastic rendition of Marinetti&#8217;s Futurist sound poem <em>Zang Tumb Tumb<\/em>. \u00c2\u00a0I&#8217;ve known about this poem for years but have never heard it read by an Italian live, especially one with such theatrical fervor. \u00c2\u00a0Below are some stills from our video show that night.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/misharabinovich.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Picture-52.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-205\" alt=\"Picture 5(2)\" src=\"https:\/\/misharabinovich.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Picture-52-1024x576.png\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/misharabinovich.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Picture-152.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-201\" alt=\"Picture 15(2)\" src=\"https:\/\/misharabinovich.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Picture-152-1024x576.png\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/misharabinovich.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Picture-192.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-206\" alt=\"Picture 19(2)\" src=\"https:\/\/misharabinovich.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Picture-192-1024x576.png\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Throughout this time we were backing DJs such as Back From Japan and even playing holiday parties. \u00c2\u00a0Another highlight was VJing a music performance battle by Disposable Rocket Band and My Robot Friend which I curated and for which we created a video performance called\u00c2\u00a0<em>Citizen Burger<\/em>. \u00c2\u00a0We mined video from the Nintendo game\u00c2\u00a0<em>Burger Time<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0as well as video of David Lublin walking around and eating many different hamburgers from several restaurants while wearing a specially designed POV camera harness. Below is the flyer I created for the event.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/misharabinovich.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/poster.clash_of_the_titans.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-209\" alt=\"Poster for Clash of the Titans musical battle between My Robot Friend and Disposable Rocket Band\" src=\"https:\/\/misharabinovich.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/poster.clash_of_the_titans.jpg\" width=\"474\" height=\"785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/misharabinovich.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/poster.clash_of_the_titans.jpg 474w, https:\/\/misharabinovich.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/poster.clash_of_the_titans-181x300.jpg 181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A celebration of EMPAC&#8217;s opening with video drums. EMPAC&#8217;s Opening Gala after-party in October 2008 was headlined by the legendary musician and producer Madlib. The ever-innovative VJ collective Vidvox was asked to take advantage of the one-of-a-kind cylindrical screen hanging over the stage and asked me to join them. 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