Both NiGHTS into dreams… and NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams are classics of pdychedelic gaming. They combine Sonic’s joy of movement with Peter Pan’s dream of flying.
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Les Twins are messing with your perception of time and space
18 DecAnother psychedelic dance video after yesterdays Digital Dance. But this time none of those mind bending psychedelic special effects have been edited into the dancing afterwards. Instead we see dance moves imitating and modulating movement patterns that originate in computer generated action sequences.
So what would you suggest is the first psychedelic dance move? Is it the moonwalk?
Oneohtrix Point Never – Pelham Island Road
11 DecThis one is breathing light and color. There is a constant swelling of complexity, a constant unfolding movement and at the same time everything seems to return to simplicity and form. It’s dazzling and soothing, just what the doctor ordered. Enjoy!
John Maus
4 DecThe video for Believer:
Directed by Jennifer Juniper Stratford
Video synthesizer programming by Seth Nemec
Motion Control Camera by Bodo Holst
Director of Photography Nicolas Amato
The video for Through The Skies To You:
by Dima Dubson
Bill Viola
27 NovLuminescent beings captured on video by the artist Bill Viola. I really like how you have a clear concept of what you are seeing at every moment and still you can’t help but feel overwhelmed by the actual sight of it.
The Autechre Sound and Vision
20 NovThe Autechre sound and the famous congenial video clip by Alex Rutterford offer an explicitly synthetic synaestetic experience to our senses. The computer generated textures of image and sound recall the promise of a limitless richness to our modern days once again. And this time (again) the creatio ex nihilo is in the hands of man… and it is rather available compared to heavy industry. The promise of the artificial paradise grows in the vast amount of “unofficial videos” created to the sound of Autechre and similar artists.
I think this version of the promise of an artificial paradise is typical for the 90’s and early 00’s.
Boards of Canada – Dayvan Cowboy
13 NovBoards of Canada have mastered the art of revealing the magical and psychedelic power documentary footage. And this video hits that nail right on the head.
Enjoy!
Dusty Digital Psychedelia with Jesse Malmed
6 Nov“seriously, there is nothing that you can give me, that I couldn’t turn into a black hole ”
If you are one of the millions of fans of blurry psychedelic super-heil-man pixel disco art out there, you should check out Chicago based artist Jesse Malmed.
Morton Subotnick – Silver Apples of the Moon and The Wild Bull
30 OctEnjoy the trippy electronic sounds of Morton Subotnick with some equally trippy visuals!
Peter Gabriel – Sledgehammer and Digging in the Dirt
23 OctI did the search three times… I just couldn’t believe that nobody posted this until now.
These music videos really left an impression on my young brain when I encountered them accidentally on MTV in the late 80’s and early 90’s. I still get the feeling that these impressions get locked away again the moment the video stops. If you asked me now what happens in either one – five minutes after watching them again- I think I couldn’t tell you. There is something about a snail…
