This Is Not A Test.. v2

This Is Not A Test.. v2 from vjMandala on Vimeo.

THIS IS NOT A TEST is not a test! During the 2021 Covid lock-down I felt an urge via my craft to once again to reach out to friends at home most likely online on the interweb. This spontaneous live stream via YouTube emerged.

This was an exciting opportunity to experiment with the Metta Machine video feedback contraption, framed against the luscious sonic ambience sourced from Gus Till's album - titled River of Arrow.

I hadn’t performed with this device against ambient music before. Ambience provides a performance looseness and freedom that suits the Metta Machines functionality.

The live YouTube recording was downloaded and taken into Premiere where mix was trimmed and slates added top and tail; an adjustment of levels and saturation to compensate for the light spill was also done. This also accounts for the lorez artefacts that appear, part a compressions aesthetic.

Stay tuned for further broadcasts. Remember, this definitely is not a test!

TITLE: THIS IS NOT A TEST.. v2
TAKEN FROM: Facebook live stream
RECORDED AT: My studio - Melbourne c.2021
APPROX DUR: 01:11:11min
VJ MIX: VJ Mandala > Adem Jaffers
aka Nuero 1990 & Tekno Mandala 1991-95
mandala@humanoid.net vjmandala.com
VISION TYPE: Long-form VJ mix
H/S-WARE: Metta Machine, Numark Mixer, OBS, PC, Premiere, Restream.
AUDIO: Gus Till – River of Arrow