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VJing with Geminii and Todd Reynolds, August 2008

Music by Geminii Trio: David CasT – saxophones, samplers, electronics; Thomas Bell – electric bass, keyboards, electronics; Gregg Jarvis – drums, percussion, electronics, samplers

with special guest Todd Reynolds – violin, electronics

Visuals by Love Intelligence Group: David Resnick – laptop, keyboard, DVDs
some footage prepared by Erik Jacobs (Love Intelligence Group), Tomas Ceddia (Aquabooty), and VJ V2 (VSquared Labs)

These clips were taken from a live performance of Geminii with Love Intelligence Group at the Pearl Gallery in Stone Ridge, NY on August 16, 2008.  This concert was part of the Pearl Jamzz Concert Series brought together by multi-instrumentalist David CasT to explore improvisation in its deepest forms.  The group layers the interactions of live rhythm, sampled grooves, and instrumental solos with live visuals.  The improvisations move through electronica, acid jazz, hip-hop, drum ‘n bass, funk, and ambient.

http://www.vimeo.com/2039045 Clip 1 features fast-moving visuals, but the rhythm that the speed creates with the material used actually has a 1/4 time sub-rhythm that syncs up with the music quite nicely.  The music is electronica-y with a rhythmic pad provided by effected violin and then a saxophone solo on top.

http://www.vimeo.com/2039293 Clip 2 features a color-sparse cut-up looking foreground element moving in place over very soft, blurry, more lush backgrounds.  The music is a pleasant ambient that evolves into an idm groove with jazzy overtones.

http://www.vimeo.com/2039646 Clip 3 is the most intense of the bunch.  The visuals are wild and freaky with both abstract and figurative elements.  The music has a harder funk/hip-hop groove and an acid-jazzy multi-octave effected saxophone solo.  For me, the visuals in this clip do the best job of syncing with the music–I remember hitting my keyboard wildly during the performance.

http://www.vimeo.com/2039843 Clip 4 does not contain my favorite visuals, but the violin solo is just so fantastic that I had to include it.  There’s a distinct middle eastern flavor to the music with a hard world-funk groove that evolves into a glitchy ambient section (where the visuals work better with the music).

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