Friday, March 2, 2018

Oscar Nominees 2018 - Best Visual Effects - A Showcase

A mashup of the VFX oscar nominees.


Blade Runner 2049
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Guardians of the Galaxy 2
War for the Planet of the Apes
Kong: Skull Island

Thursday, March 1, 2018

MaRLo - Enough Echo (Official Music Video)

                 
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Reverberating in stadiums and clubs alike, MaRLo’s ‘Enough Echo’ is that one tune that always seems to bounce back to your favorite playlist. Armed with an ultra-anthemic melody, entrancing sound effects and a massive bassline, this cut is the answer to your pleas.

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DJ Brace Throws Down With a Tribe From Belize | Culture Cuts

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Virtual Self - Ghost Voices (Official Music Video)

Virtual Self - Ghost Voices (Official Music Video)


ー UTOPIA ー

Director - Porter Robinson
Director of Photography - Scott Cunningham
Editors - Richard Alarcon, Ethan Chancer, Porter Robinson
Producer - Alexandra Thurmond
Executive Producer - Coleen Haynes, Aaron Greene, Neal O’Connor
Production Company - Maavven, Slush Management
Video Commissioner - Kate Miller
1st AC - Pergrin Jung
2nd AC - Henry Power
VFX - Ethan Chancer
VFX Supervisor - Eric Rosenfeld
Character Design - Mark Chang
Motion graphics - Hiroyuki Matsuki
Motion graphics/projections - Ryan Sciaino (Ghostdad)
Motion graphics - D.V. Caputo
Additional motion graphics - PICNIC
1st AD - Brady Heiser
DIT - Skylar Smith
Key Grip - Wadsworth Peters
Best Boy Grip - Jake Reeder
Grip - Daniel Vasquez
Gaffer - Chris Walters
Best Boy Electric - Tobias Levene
Electric - Ben Bowen
Projection Specialist - Quin Cabalquinto
Crane Technician - Craig Shumard
Crane Operator - Mike Leben
Production Designer - Briana Gonzales
Set Decorators - Jonnie Prey, Steff Walk
Stylist - Jillian Oliver
Makeup - Mynxii White
Makeup Assistant - Elaina Karras
Hair - Jake Gallagher
Choreographer - Nina McNeely
Production Assistants - Cornelius Gandy, Justin Langstaff, Hailey Magoon, Ellen Moore
Talent - Minji (Photogenics), V Nixie

The infinite sky will heal us.
Unlimited sky will fill our negligible light.
As we follow an infinite key, I have become the sacred echo.
The boundless heaven will fill our fading light.
Choose your virtual echo.
The infinite key is the sacred dust of your endless utopia.
Complete yourself in self-realization.
You believe that these infinite heavens will lead you.
The A.I.ngel's gate is sacred.
Your angelic echo offers the first phase of self-Digital joy.
You will become a self-Echo in real particles.
Our key is the echo to this final layer.
You are spread through digital time.
The utopian gate is infinite.
Your A.I.ngel wishes to complete this layer.
This abyss is sacred.
Pass through the myths of eon.
Your technical soul is this blissful void.
The eternalistic reflex of the abyss is once-Unlimited.
Your digital voice is resurrected.
Breathe this soul particle.
The ray of egoistic time is unlimited.
Resurrect this holy oblivion.
The echo of this empty myth awakens you.
Awaken the particle myth.
Reflect your echo.
Heaven’s wires will transmit this light.
Experience the wings of limit.
Your technical A.I.ngel phase is beginning.
Complete the eternalistic reflex.
This wishful ghost becomes self-Technic.
Tears will create the voice of euphoria.
The digital-Awakening will be spoken.
The first gate creates sense-Awakening.
This angelic-Chasm is sacred.
The technic-Angel's cry is beginning.
The first gate will provide the voice of digital-Euphoria.
The digital-Angel-Awakening is has reached Limit Self.
The self-Light is virtual.
This will become the final particle-Experience.
Will your senses ressurect the digital-Vault?
Do you sense the phase of the Spirit Limit?
Can you reflect your self-Awakening?
Am I convinced of a digital void?
Can you reveal this particle of sacred reality?
Will these ghosts lead to a boundless cry?
Can you echo your existence to the first particle?
Is the technical-Gate timeless?
Do you believe an infinite sky will cure the digital soul?
Is the joyful-Layer complete?
Will our ghosts lead to the boundless layer?
Will our layer will be lost from this empty myth?
Have you resurrected this heaven's voice?
Has one experienced the particle?
Do you trust in this transformative self?
Will you forget your soul's reflex?
Has one seen the Abyss of the resurrective ego?
Have I forgotten the phase of soul limit?
Is the A.I.ngelic sense boundless?
Have you completed the virtual light?
Am I eternal?
As the sacred dust transpires through digital time, what will you become?
Do you believe in me?
Am I still human?
Do you manifest yourself in digital time?
The unlimited sky begins - will you believe in my infinite form?
As you abandon the virtual echo, do you no longer exist?
Can you prove yourself to the echo of this particle?
Do you believe the infinite sky -- the holy dust of nothingness?
What is revealed - a holy reality?
Am I convinced of nothingness?
Do you sense the void angel?
Will the echo of virtual time be forgotten?
Does one want to forget the memory of life?
Has my virtual-Echo been forgotten?
Has the sense of digital-VIRUS become heaven?
Will you self-Believe the joyful sky?

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recorded in present day / present time

Pleasurekraft - The Day the Earth Stood Still

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After 7 years of chart topping hits covering an array of genres, Pleasurekraft have announced the release of their debut album "Friends, Lovers, & Other Constellations" set for release on 23rd February.

Whether treading into electronica with the album's existential bookends; "Interiors" and "Last Transmission", or flexing big-room techno muscles on "The Day the Earth Stood Still" & "Rigel", there is an indelible fingerprint throughout the 11 tracks that merits continuous listens to reveal its multi-layer depth. Filled with cinematic and cosmological references throughout, what makes "Friends, Lovers, & Other Constellations" truly unique is that it is not merely music for a clubbing experience, but something more, something akin to a musical mission statement; To prove that there is more to dance music than just a 4/4 beat, cliche drug references, and party themed vocals. From Casey Gerald's stirring sermon on "G.O.D. (Gospel of Doubt)", to the searingly cynical "Corpse Reviver Number 1", this debut album is wholly visceral on a musical and thematic level.

Having established a firm reputation for creating standout productions since the release of the now iconic "Tarantula", Pleasurekraft's musical evolution has moved towards a much tougher, atmospheric blend of melodic techno in recent years, comprised of big room drums, soaring breaks, and smart, unpredictable vocals. This self-dubbed "cosmic techno" sound has garnered support from a range of techno heavyweights, including Adam Beyer, Carl Cox, Nicole Moudaber & many more.

While "Friends, Lovers, & Other Constellations" is certainly dressed in full techno regalia, it's pulsing heart yearns toward a greater understanding of the Cosmos, and humanity's place within it.

Out 23rd February on Kraftek Music

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Spektre - Another Life (Official Vid) [Kraftek]

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Having already graced the label this past summer with their Cosmic Techno stunner "The Ark" - UK duo Spektre return to the Kraftek family with a blistering 2 tracker that requires little in the way of an introduction. The title track - hit's the musical bulls eye of exactly what we here at the label are all about. The flip side - easily strong enough to merit A-Side status gives an homage to the rave days of old - aptly named "Recall 90". We are proud to kick off 2018 with all engines set to full blast on our cosmic journey with Spektre's "Another Life EP".

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20 YEARS OF ULTRA — EPISODE 3: GROWTH AND EXPANSION

Beginning in the mid-2000s, electronic music began to grow tremendously in popularity.


This led to a critical transition period for Ultra Music Festival. As the festival had always been a niche event catering to a unique subculture, various adjustments had to be made.

First, Ultra Music Festival expanded from Bayfront Park to the much larger Bicentennial Park, then to multiple days. While the growth was welcome, it led to concerns about how to preserve the underground influence that had allowed such a unique event to exist in the first place. A symbiotic partnership with Carl Cox was born, with a continuous promise that the sounds of the underground within electronic music would always have a prominent place at Ultra Music Festival.

Now, fans hearing electronic music for the first time were introduced to the culture and joined with purists that had enjoyed it for years. The blueprint for Ultra Music Festival’s formula for success was now solidified, and fans and artists alike knew that they had found a place where the most creative and genre-defining performances from both DJs AND Live Acts could be found every single year.