Top 20 VJs of 2008 - Ne1co (UK)

 Ne1co is a hybrid startup, fulfilling both duties of label and agency for selected audiovisual artists. Its primary aim is to provide a one-stop-shop for the growing demands in moving-image products and services for the music, arts and entertainment industries.
Skilled teams of video artists, illustrators, programmers and designers come together under Ne1co – on a project-by-project basis – to produce compelling works and events in partnership with musicians, brands and public events of all kinds.
Self-produced personal projects are also acknowledged within Ne1co, and showcased via The AV Social, a sporadic event well attended by media savvy audiences. Whilst offering great networking opportunities for creative professionals, The AV Social always packages a balanced line-up of invited performers with artists from Ne1co’s own roster.
+ Preferred URL links:
ne1co.info
http://www.myspace.com/avsocial
http://www.myspace.com/anyonevj

+ Promo - upcoming gigs, releases, etc:
Subject Zero on Mixmash (DVD)
decollag.tv on VMS (DVD)
various AV Singles on download websites (TBC)
The AV Social at Tate Liverpool 27 Nov
Mid-E conference 17 Dec
Ibiza Underground 31 Dec
+ Type of work you do: We work with big brands in and out of clubland like Bacardi, Nokia, Global Gathering, Ministry of Sound and many more. this enables us to self finance more experimental projects which are mainly showcased at media festivals like Optronica, Hypersonica, Machinista, Cimatics, etc as well as our own event called The AV Social. all these range from installations to AV performances, screening and commissions.
+ Best gig: Top100 DJ countdown 2008 / Ministry of Sound
+ Your team and what people generally do (even if you’re solo, you usually work with certain people frequently - how does that work?):
Oli Sorenson
Born in L.A., Oli Sorenson AKA VJ Anyone started performing at Sona, Tiga’s club in Montreal back in 1997. Soon after moving to London in 1999, he got his big international break going on the road with Talvin Singh’s Untouched tour. He since never stopped travelling from Berlin to Tokyo, Miami to Dubai, providing visuals for the likes of Layo and Bushwacka, Danny Tenaglia, Riccardo Villalobos and many more. Recently Oli’s been working more closely with specific musicians again, as when providing visuals for Meat Katie’s AV Vibrator album, or Sander Kleinenberg’s 2007 world tour.
Countless brands have commissioned him to perform at sponsored events, including Ray Ban, Intel, Motorola, Bacardi and more. On a more personal level, he has produced numerous AV performances and film remixes, thus getting a lot of attention at top media festivals like NokiaTrends, Optronica and Soundframe.
Also an accomplished writer, Oli wrote numerous VJ related articles in DJ Mag, essays in dedicated VJ books for Paul Spinrad, D-Fuse and Xarene Eskandar, as well as a six part series on the international audiovisual scene for Roland. Over the years, Oli took part in promoting visual events like Vectors at AKA Bar, AVIT UK, the VJ Cult screenings at the ICA, VJ workshops at 01 in Soho, and now The AV Social.
Ed Shaw
Ed Shaw AKA VJ Movement has been creating and showcasing his work for the past eight years in the UK, at such venues as AIR, The Gallery, Ministry of Sound, The Arches and The Paper Club. He’s currently holding residencies with Global Gathering, Godskitchen and Polysexual, playing at their home events and on their numerous international festival, arena and club tours.
Movement has been a member of Ne1co since early 2007, and has worked on most client briefs including Angel Music Group, Sander Kleinenberg, Calvin Harris, Eristoff, Motorola, Speedo, VANDAL(LOT49) and Ministry of Sound.
2008 gave him a busy festival season with dates in Poland, Balarus, Ukraine, Russia and Turkey. Other recent international dates included USA, Greece, Slovenia, Hungary & Germany.
decollage.tv
decollage.tv aka Diane Karner and Roland Lindner quickly shot to prominence in 2002, from a makeshift club in Austria. Audiences were captivated by their use of video cameras, to directly grab movie clips from their laptop monitors, strait onto the main venue screens. Since then, their success as visual performers and designers has endured, thanks to a solid background as architects and product designers. They value above all the development of a personal and distinctive style, which can be equally flexible and diverse.
Besides vjing in clubs and venues of all types, they have also performed at arena-size events like Mapping festival (CH), Urban Artforms (AT) and Spring festival (AT) alongside international artists like Princess Superstar, Goldie, DJ Marky, Kraak & Smaak and many others.