Yesterday on VJ-U I interviewed VJ Giles Hendrix, a 10 year veteran of the visual performance world who’s done visuals with Paul van Dyk, Armin van Buren, and, surprisingly, no one else with “van” in their name. Giles is a prolific, dynamic artist who creates original content for every show to give it a unique look and feel. Check our interview below, which was the first at our new host harvestworks. Thank you, harvestworks!
After the show, Giles and I headed to the Highline Ballroom, a fabulous new venue, for a party hosted by Thwak.com and Boards Magazine, where Jonny Wilson, a friend of VJ-U and member of the DVJ trio Eclectic Method, performed a kick-ass AV set. If you’re not familiar with EM, watch the Pioneer DVJ Kitchen Jam (scroll down to find it). At last night’s show, Tony Verderosa debuted his video drum kit, which Jonny helped create. It was hot. They used MIDI drum pads to trigger A/V clips in VJAMM. Looking forward to further developments there.