d.v.d: Watch The Beat Of The Drums
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Their name is easy to remember: Tokyo-based d.v.d is a trio with two drum players, Itoken and Jimanica and visualiser Takashi Yamaguchi (ymg) on the hardware front. So while the two are furiously beating two drum kits in front of a huge screen, their sounds trigger geometrical shapes with processing, Pong-style game settings or bizarre drop landscapes that interact, transform or collapse. As a pure live act, their fun visualisations are cheering up folks at the Transmediale in Berlin or at the Yokohama Triennale and just got them a honorary mention at this year’s ARS Electronica, by the way. After having played at a recent Tenori-on concert night in Harajuku, Jimanica explained their concept to PingMag.
For a better understanding of what exactly d.v.d does, watch first their pinball wizard performance titled “Flip” where balls go totally mad triggered by drum kits!
d.v.d live pinball visualisation
