fret_1 by Equiloud and Leisure-B from EQUILOUD. on Vimeo.
I really enjoy when I get the chance to cross-post stories on Create Digital Music and Motion; I think it means maybe we’re doing something right.
Inspired by Autechre, the collaboration of Leisure-B and Usselino produced this pulsing music video full of primitive geometries. It’s not entirely unlike some works we’ve seen before, but at the same time, there’s enough here to spark imaginations about how visual geometries and music might be connected (a topic foremost on my mind these days). I also like that you can download the Massive synth presets and Cinema4D file used to create it. It’s also interesting to watch Ableton Live, designed by and for musicians, in the hands of people doing video production. In all frankness, I think visual software has often lacked the invention of music software in thinking about time, rhythm, and user interface, even if music software often tends toward large arrays of clunky virtual knobs. I hope this decade brings more creative thinking. (Alternative approaches to the timeline on tablets, perhaps?)
The creators comment a bit on the visual process:
fret_1 was made with Cinema 4d 11.5 and its Mograph, Deformer Objects (like Explosion FX) and Particle Emitters. Also, After Effects CS4 was used for all the compositing work and some 2.5D-Animations. Inside After Effects, different Plug-Ins like Twitch and Optical Flares from videocopilot.net were also applied. Of course a whole bunch of standard Plug-Ins like Levels,Time-Remapping, Glow, Blur etc, were involved.
Usselino originally created the video based on the Autechre track “Vose In”. After showing the video to Leisure, both gentleman figured that a change of tune might not be a bad idea.
Usselino:
“I personally very much appreciate geometric primitives. They have a certain perfection to them and appear very statical. So why not play around with them and make them more vivid somehow, and with that more interesting for a broader audience? How can I do it, and make other people enjoy it as well?
The project evolved over a beer, which I find can also be an essential ingredient to artistic workflow.
Humanworkshop on the project
Download the Cinema4D file
On the music side, on Create Digital Music
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