Addictive TV
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Addictive TV was formed in 1992. The UK DJ/producers and audiovisual artists are the team who ran Optronica (2005–2007) - the visual music
and VJ event held at the NFT and British Film Institute
IMAX in London
, UK.
In 1998 they produced Transambient for Channel 4
in the UK and from 2000 - 2005 produced the ground-breaking DJ:VJ music series Mixmasters
for the UK's ITV1
. In 2003, working closely with the R&D area of Japanese manufacturer Pioneer Electronics they became instrumental with the testing and development of their DVD turntables, the first being the Pioneer DVJ-X1
released in 2004, the follow-up DVJ 1000 was released in 2006.
In the same year, in the international publication DJMag
annual poll, Addictive TV were voted #1 VJs in the world for a second time (the first being in 2004 in the magazine's first ever VJ poll alongside their Top 100 DJ poll). In the five years the poll ran, Addictive TV were the only act to stay in the top 3 positions.
As artists, Addictive TV have performed in in over 40 countries in venues from the Pompidou Centre in Paris
and the Royal National Theatre
in London
to festivals like Roskilde Festival
in Denmark and the San Francisco Film Festival in the US.
They are known for their bootleg film remixes, and in 2006 they became the first group to officially remix
a Hollywood film, reworking New Line Cinema
's dance-centric Take the lead
into an audiovisual Viral video
. In 2006 they also worked on Snakes on a Plane
remixing the film for its TV commercials. Also in 2006, they performed at Siggraph
'06 - the world largest digital arts events. Then in 2008 they cut a remix for Paramount
and Marvel's Iron Man film
.
In 2008 Mark Vidler of Go Home Productions
notoriety joined Graham Daniels cementing a new era of Addictive TV. In 2008 they were asked to remix the Olympics live for television, with Austrian broadcaster ORF as part of an IOC sanctioned and EU funded project looking at new forms of television. In 2009, they created official remixes of Oscar winning Slumdog Millionaire
for film company Pathé
and Vin Diesel
movie Fast & Furious for Universal
as alternative trailers. Bands and accidents go together, and in 2009 Graham fell of stage at Razzmatazz (concert venue) in Barcelona, Spain, breaking his leg!
2010 saw them play the opening of the Cultural Olympiad with Mike Relm
for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics
. Also in 2010 they supported Sengalise star Youssou N'Dour
at Sfinks Festival
and later that year traveled to Senegal to film and record West Africa musicians working with both him and Baaba Maal
, including famed tama drummer Samba Diop. Still working on their forthcoming project Orchestra of Samples, in 2011 they filmed and recorded sessions in Brazil with Viola virtuoso and Latin Grammy Award Nominee Mazinho Quevedo and in Tunisia with leading percussionist Seifeddine Helal.
In 2011 they played the opening of Fest2011 in Paulinia, Brazil, supporting Brazilian rock legend Rita Lee (Os Mutantes
). The same year, along with artists Arnaud Rebotini
(Black Strobe) and DJ Leonard de leonard they formed the line-up of the record breaking largest ever ´silent disco´ in the world (over 10,000) in Grenoble, France organised by Cabaret Frappé in partnership with SilentArena France.
, releasing nine DVD albums of their Mixmasters
and Transambient projects. They have also released through Naive in France, Absolut via Universal Music Group
in Germany and both Pinnacle and Pias in the UK.
Titles include:
TRANSAMBIENT (2000)
SPACED OUT (2001)
MIXMASTERS #1 - #5 (2002–2005)
AUDIOVISUALIZE (2005)
Visual music
Visual music, sometimes called "colour music," refers to the use of musical structures in visual imagery, which can also include silent films or silent Lumia work. It also refers to methods or devices which can translate sounds or music into a related visual presentation...
and VJ event held at the NFT and British Film Institute
British Film Institute
The British Film Institute is a charitable organisation established by Royal Charter to:-Cinemas:The BFI runs the BFI Southbank and IMAX theatre, both located on the south bank of the River Thames in London...
IMAX in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, UK.
In 1998 they produced Transambient for Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
in the UK and from 2000 - 2005 produced the ground-breaking DJ:VJ music series Mixmasters
Mixmasters
Mixmasters was a late-night music show, and later a DVD series, of audio-visual and DJ:VJ mixes produced by AV artists Addictive TV . The series ran from 2000 to 2005 and aired in the UK on ITV. It has since been screened in a number of countries worldwide...
for the UK's ITV1
ITV1
ITV1 is a generic brand that is used by twelve franchises of the British ITV Network in the English regions, Wales, southern Scotland , the Isle of Man and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey. The ITV1 brand was introduced by Carlton and Granada in 2001, alongside the regional identities of their...
. In 2003, working closely with the R&D area of Japanese manufacturer Pioneer Electronics they became instrumental with the testing and development of their DVD turntables, the first being the Pioneer DVJ-X1
Pioneer DVJ-X1
The DVJ-X1 is a DVD quasi-turntable that allows VJ's to scratch and mix video like a vinyl record. Released in 2004 and designed for professional use in clubs, it features real-time digital video scratching, looping and instant hot cueing. It has capability to sync video and audio streams even...
released in 2004, the follow-up DVJ 1000 was released in 2006.
In the same year, in the international publication DJMag
DJMag
DJ Mag is a British monthly magazine dedicated to Electronic dance music and DJs. Founded January 31, 1991, the magazine is translated monthly to Portuguese, Polish , Ukrainian, Lithuanian, Chinese, Bulgarian, Spanish, French, German and Italian.- DJ Blackbook :In January 2008, the magazine...
annual poll, Addictive TV were voted #1 VJs in the world for a second time (the first being in 2004 in the magazine's first ever VJ poll alongside their Top 100 DJ poll). In the five years the poll ran, Addictive TV were the only act to stay in the top 3 positions.
As artists, Addictive TV have performed in in over 40 countries in venues from the Pompidou Centre in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
and the Royal National Theatre
Royal National Theatre
The Royal National Theatre in London is one of the United Kingdom's two most prominent publicly funded theatre companies, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company...
in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
to festivals like Roskilde Festival
Roskilde Festival
Roskilde Festival is a festival held south of Roskilde in Denmark and is one of the six biggest annual music festivals in Europe . It was created in 1971 by two high school students, Mogens Sandfær and Jesper Switzer Møller, and promoter Carl Fischer...
in Denmark and the San Francisco Film Festival in the US.
They are known for their bootleg film remixes, and in 2006 they became the first group to officially remix
Remix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
a Hollywood film, reworking New Line Cinema
New Line Cinema
New Line Cinema, often simply referred to as New Line, is an American film studio. It was founded in 1967 by Robert Shaye and Michael Lynne as a film distributor, later becoming an independent film studio. It became a subsidiary of Time Warner in 1996 and was merged with larger sister studio Warner...
's dance-centric Take the lead
Take the Lead
Take the Lead is a movie starring Antonio Banderas, Rob Brown, Alfre Woodard, Dante Basco, Marcus T. Paulk, Jenna Dewan, Lauren Collins and also features former America's Next Top Model contestant, Yaya DaCosta. The film was released in mainstream cinema on April 7, 2006...
into an audiovisual Viral video
Viral video
A viral video is one that becomes popular through the process of Internet sharing, typically through video sharing websites, social media and email...
. In 2006 they also worked on Snakes on a Plane
Snakes on a Plane
Snakes on a Plane is a 2006 American horror-action-thriller film directed by David R. Ellis and starring Samuel L. Jackson. It was released by New Line Cinema on August 18, 2006 in North America...
remixing the film for its TV commercials. Also in 2006, they performed at Siggraph
SIGGRAPH
SIGGRAPH is the name of the annual conference on computer graphics convened by the ACM SIGGRAPH organization. The first SIGGRAPH conference was in 1974. The conference is attended by tens of thousands of computer professionals...
'06 - the world largest digital arts events. Then in 2008 they cut a remix for Paramount
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
and Marvel's Iron Man film
Iron Man (film)
Iron Man is a 2008 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Directed by Jon Favreau, the film stars Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark, an industrialist and master engineer who builds a powered exoskeleton and becomes the technologically advanced superhero, Iron...
.
In 2008 Mark Vidler of Go Home Productions
Go Home Productions
Go Home Productions is the alter ego of Mark Vidler, a producer/remixer/DJ based in Watford, Hertfordshire, England...
notoriety joined Graham Daniels cementing a new era of Addictive TV. In 2008 they were asked to remix the Olympics live for television, with Austrian broadcaster ORF as part of an IOC sanctioned and EU funded project looking at new forms of television. In 2009, they created official remixes of Oscar winning Slumdog Millionaire
Slumdog Millionaire
Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British epic romantic drama adventure film directed by Danny Boyle, written by Simon Beaufoy, and co-directed in India by Loveleen Tandan. It is an adaptation of the novel Q & A by Indian author and diplomat Vikas Swarup...
for film company Pathé
Pathé
Pathé or Pathé Frères is the name of various French businesses founded and originally run by the Pathé Brothers of France.-History:...
and Vin Diesel
Vin Diesel
Vin Diesel is an American actor, writer, director and producer. He became known in the early 2000s, appearing in several successful Hollywood films, including The Fast and the Furious and xXx...
movie Fast & Furious for Universal
Universal Studios
Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....
as alternative trailers. Bands and accidents go together, and in 2009 Graham fell of stage at Razzmatazz (concert venue) in Barcelona, Spain, breaking his leg!
2010 saw them play the opening of the Cultural Olympiad with Mike Relm
Mike Relm
Michael Wong , better known by his stage name Mike Relm, is an American disc jockey, turntablist, and VJ from San Francisco, California. He has performed with notable hip-hop artists Lyrics Born, Money Mark, Gift of Gab, Del tha Funkee Homosapien, and D-Sharp. In 1999 he won the International...
for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics
2010 Winter Olympics
The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...
. Also in 2010 they supported Sengalise star Youssou N'Dour
Youssou N'Dour
Youssou N'Dour is a Senegalese singer, percussionist and occasional actor. In 2004, Rolling Stone described him as, in Senegal and much of Africa, "perhaps the most famous singer alive." He helped develop a style of popular music in Senegal, known in the Serer language as mbalax, a type of music...
at Sfinks Festival
Sfinks Festival
The Sfinks festival is a Belgian festival for world music at Boechout. The festival is held during the last weekend in July.-History:The festival was originally held in a local school park. In 1982 the festival featured exotic music for the first time which changed its appearance forever...
and later that year traveled to Senegal to film and record West Africa musicians working with both him and Baaba Maal
Baaba Maal
Baaba Maal is a Senegalese singer and guitarist born in Podor, on the Senegal River. In addition to acoustic guitar, he also plays percussion. He has released several albums, both for independent and major labels. In July 2003, he was made a UNDP Youth Emissary.-Biography:Born 12 November 1953...
, including famed tama drummer Samba Diop. Still working on their forthcoming project Orchestra of Samples, in 2011 they filmed and recorded sessions in Brazil with Viola virtuoso and Latin Grammy Award Nominee Mazinho Quevedo and in Tunisia with leading percussionist Seifeddine Helal.
In 2011 they played the opening of Fest2011 in Paulinia, Brazil, supporting Brazilian rock legend Rita Lee (Os Mutantes
Os Mutantes
Os Mutantes ) are an influential Brazilian psychedelic rock band that were linked with the Tropicália movement of the late 1960s. It was formed by two brothers and a vocalist, but has gone through numerous personnel changes throughout its existence...
). The same year, along with artists Arnaud Rebotini
Arnaud Rebotini
Arnaud Rebotini is a French musician. He is a member of the band Black Strobe, which released their debut album Burn Your Own Church in 2007.He has previously been a member of the death metal band Post Mortum, which later became Swamp....
(Black Strobe) and DJ Leonard de leonard they formed the line-up of the record breaking largest ever ´silent disco´ in the world (over 10,000) in Grenoble, France organised by Cabaret Frappé in partnership with SilentArena France.
Discography
From 2001 to 2005, Addictive TV were signed to US label Moonshine MusicMoonshine Music
Moonshine Music was an electronic music record label founded by Steve Levy in Los Angeles in 1992, and later headquartered in West Hollywood, California. Moonshine released over 250 compilations albums, many of which were DJ mixed. Moonshine helped to launch the career of DJ Keoki and his side-kick...
, releasing nine DVD albums of their Mixmasters
Mixmasters
Mixmasters was a late-night music show, and later a DVD series, of audio-visual and DJ:VJ mixes produced by AV artists Addictive TV . The series ran from 2000 to 2005 and aired in the UK on ITV. It has since been screened in a number of countries worldwide...
and Transambient projects. They have also released through Naive in France, Absolut via Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...
in Germany and both Pinnacle and Pias in the UK.
Titles include:
TRANSAMBIENT (2000)
SPACED OUT (2001)
MIXMASTERS #1 - #5 (2002–2005)
AUDIOVISUALIZE (2005)
External links
Addictive TV articles & interviews
- (link to radio show) Addictive TV interviewed on "Rock 'n' Soul" on French national radio Le Mouv'
- Article in UK newspaper The Times
- "Cobra Starship, Addictive TV and Salvador Dali" :: Pedia Digest- The Interesting Parts of Wikipedia
- DJ Vibe website
- interview by Alec Empire (Atari Teenage Riot)
- INTERVIEW IN MONDO MAGAZINE
- Interview with Addictive TV founders
- Interview on clubbing & music website Partysan