Singingwithlights’ work at lighting company Intelligent Lighting Creations also helped him grow his familiarity with lighting rigs and let him get his hands on the latest technology. When asked how he contributes to this feeling, Smalley told us rather point-blankly, “in all things I do.”īut Ellis has certainly graduated from Glenbrook, as the past decade has seen him grow his craft at festivals like Summer Camp and Electric Forest while also touring with Gramatik twice and Space Jesus several times. It’s as if all the physical senses perfectly sync up to move audiences onto the ethereal, other-wordly planes. The lights are so critical to this feeling.
Then, color combinations on top of that seal the deal.”Įveryone knows that feeling of transcendence in the live music experience. “When he builds a moment, it’s not just about the cue hitting on time it’s about the journey as well.”īefore he starts setting up the lights, Smalley says he always closes his eyes, listens to music and imagines what it will look like with lights: “I communicate a lot of intention with the physical focus of the light. “Chris Kuroda, the lighting designer for Phish and other artists, has been a huge inspiration for me,” Smalley onced told Samsung Harmon. Show business came naturally for Smalley given how he grew up as a theatre kid, had college scholarships for choir, and describes himself as a Phish head. Smalley has likewise contributed to the stages of HARD Summer and Electric Forest. In the broader festival landscape, Fraboni has designed installations at Day For Night. Without further ado, and in no particular order, here are CE ‘s Top Ten Lightning Designers in EDM.
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This is an ode to the industry professionals who bring us the 400nm to 700nm dimension-in fully radiant display, full definition, along the full ROYGBIV light spectrum. Therefore, Conscious Electronic is paying homage to the people behind the booth, the mathematicians and geometrists, the energetic light workers and visible light benders, the movers and shakers of the visual wavelengths. Lighting is magical-particularly, lighting musical performances is majestic. Without them, sound would have no visual dimension, and artists would just be performing in a dark room. Without them, there would be no stage spectacle. Nowadays, one particularly vital and often overlooked piece of the live music experience are the lighting designers, creative directors, and stage technicians. Little times, though, do audience members and music fanatics pause to reflect on those responsible for creating our beloved dance music artist’s spectacle spotlights. Now DJs and producers enjoy rock-and-roller status, celebrity levels of fame, and pervasive influence beyond the decks. With the “EDM”-boom of 2012, however, that all changed. In turn, the producer’s work would make pop artists more famous and further push them out-of-sight and out-of-mind.
They were busy mixing, mastering, and synthesizing the musician’s body of work to perfection as artists enjoyed a front stage life of fame. Before the early millennium aughts, producers took a backseat to pop performers, often relegating themselves to the behind-the-scenes technical work in the studio. In the current era of commercial dance music, producers and DJs have enjoyed life at the center of the spotlight.
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