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Vaz was born and raised in [[Montreal, QC]], where he spent much of his youth playing the [[guitar]], listening to mostly classic [[hip-hop]], [[new wave music|new wave]] and [[industrial music|industrial]], and watching [[B_movies_(Hollywood_Golden_Age)|B-movies]] and current [[Hollywood films]]. Vaz was also influenced by the local [[punk music|punk]] scene and the music of touring American and Canadian bands that would play at show bars such as [[Les Foufounes Electriques]] (translated from French: The Electric Pussycat) including [[Ripcordz]] and [[Nirvana]]. |
Vaz was born and raised in [[Montreal, QC]], where he spent much of his youth playing the [[guitar]], listening to mostly classic [[hip-hop]], [[new wave music|new wave]] and [[industrial music|industrial]], and watching [[B_movies_(Hollywood_Golden_Age)|B-movies]] and current [[Hollywood films]]. Vaz was also influenced by the local [[punk music|punk]] scene and the music of touring American and Canadian bands that would play at show bars such as [[Les Foufounes Electriques]] (translated from French: The Electric Pussycat) including [[Ripcordz]] and [[Nirvana]]. It was there that he was exposed to artists like [[Kraftwerk]], [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]], [[Public Image Limited]], [[Depeche Mode]], and [[Nitzer Ebb]]. Vaz later frequented a local underground house record store called [[Inbeat Records]], where he became acquainted with the sounds of [[dance music]] [[genres]] like [[trance]], [[house]], [[techno]], [[acid]], and [[tribal]]. |
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He gained experience in the Mars Bar [[nightclub]] as the [[Light_board_operator|light board operator]] for a short time prior to founding Hypnotica Visuals in 1995.<ref name="elle-quebec-9-most-notable-1997-rave-scene">[http://vjhypnotica.com/Articles/Elle-Quebec-Avril-1997-Ca-Groove-Top-9-People-in-Quebec-Rave-Scene.pdf ''Elle Quebec'', April 1997, pg 63-66], scanned from the magazine.</ref> |
He gained experience in the Mars Bar [[nightclub]] as the [[Light_board_operator|light board operator]] for a short time prior to founding Hypnotica Visuals in 1995.<ref name="elle-quebec-9-most-notable-1997-rave-scene">[http://vjhypnotica.com/Articles/Elle-Quebec-Avril-1997-Ca-Groove-Top-9-People-in-Quebec-Rave-Scene.pdf ''Elle Quebec'', April 1997, pg 63-66], scanned from the magazine.</ref> |
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Russell Vaz, commonly known by his stage name VJ Hypnotica, is a Canadian VJ. One of the originators of Vjing in Canada in 1995[1], VJ Hypnotica's style has evolved markedly from early beginnings, consisting more of scratching, B-movie and synthetic synesthesia than psychedelic and geometric[2].
Biography
Vaz was born and raised in Montreal, QC, where he spent much of his youth playing the guitar, listening to mostly classic hip-hop, new wave and industrial, and watching B-movies and current Hollywood films. Vaz was also influenced by the local punk scene and the music of touring American and Canadian bands that would play at show bars such as Les Foufounes Electriques (translated from French: The Electric Pussycat) including Ripcordz and Nirvana. It was there that he was exposed to artists like Kraftwerk, Ministry, Public Image Limited, Depeche Mode, and Nitzer Ebb. Vaz later frequented a local underground house record store called Inbeat Records, where he became acquainted with the sounds of dance music genres like trance, house, techno, acid, and tribal.
He gained experience in the Mars Bar nightclub as the light board operator for a short time prior to founding Hypnotica Visuals in 1995.[3]
The first few years of VJ work saw Hypnotica performing live VJing for many underground raves, installing very heavy analog slide and video projectors, and remixing live video with video cassettes, live cameras and video special effects units. He also operated the Technodrome website (the public rave calendar on the internet), was depended upon by the promoters artists and venues in the scene to act as a fair mediator in disputes that broke out, and ran the Smart Info Booth kiosk at events which gave out safety info leaflets on the effects of drugs.[3]
1997 saw VJ Hypnotica serve as an original advising consultant and beta tester to ArKaos for their first VJing software X<>pose which was released the following year, 1998.
In 2002, VJ Hypnotica's uncredited work producing the visuals that were projected on the giant screen behind the live performance[4] recorded for the French-Canadian singer Garou's 2002 DVD release [5], with the participation of Celine Dion and Luc Plamondon, produced by Sony Music Entertainment and BMG, helped this DVD receive a professional review score of 17 out of 20 points: the “Image” section of the DVD review, which covers the quality of the projected visuals as part of the emotional impact of the live performance, received 5 out of 5 points. The reviewer concluded, translated from French, “For those who haven't caught on yet, this DVD is a bomb that you must absolutely explode in your living room.” [6]
Honors
Named to the list of the 9 most notable people and organizations working in the underground rave scene of 1997.[3] Named to the Nightlife 99 Most Influential People and Places of the Decade.[7]
References
- ^ Rave, Inc. by Patricia Bergeron, Scanned from original printed newspaper article in La Presse, 21 March 1996, page C1. Bergeron asks VJ Dr. Hypnotica for his evaluation of the health of the underground rave scene.
- ^ Video-Jockey: Artist of the Digital Age, MusiquePlus, 11 October 2003. VJ Hypnotica is interviewed from 11:15 to 13:13.
- ^ a b c Elle Quebec, April 1997, pg 63-66, scanned from the magazine.
- ^ Youtube clip of Sous le vent showing some of the visuals by VJ Hypnotica, from the Garou: Live a Bercy DVD, uploaded by garoulive.
- ^ “Garou: Live a Bercy”, DVD with comments and ratings.
- ^ Review of the DVD “Garou: Live a Bercy” on dvdcritiques.com, "Bref, pour celles et ceux qui n’auraient pas encore tout compris, ce DVD est une bombe qu’il faut laisser absolument exploser dans son salon!"
- ^ Montreal Mirror Nightlife 99, 21 October 1999, Cover story, pgs 28-29.
External links
- VJ Hypnotica official Website
- VJ Hypnotica official MySpace
- VJ Hypnotica official Facebook fan page
- VJ Hypnotica official twitter page
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