VIDEO: Lucky Dragons
Posted on February 15, 2009 - Filed Under: Video
February 3rd American sound artist Lucky Dragons visited Musikcaféen with his unique take on what a concert is supposed to be. Starting out with ethereal soundscapes to a flowery video backdrop he moved more and more into crowd participation. Already with his laptop on the floor (not on the stage, but in the middle of the venue) the audience sat and stood around him in the half-dark. Starting with handing out odd shakers with attached wires the audience could produce their own echo-treated rattling sounds adding them to the sounds already coming from the laptop. An electronic device was then introduced which reacted to hand movements increasing the flow of sound. This machine later had long wires added which then allowed the audience to influence the sound further. Intensifying the sounds by touching the wires and even more so by touching each other - affecting the current running through them in some way. Neat idea. And it could just have been that if it was not also for the fact that the music produced was both beautiful and mesmerizing. A very “social” event, so to speak. When did you last see so many strangers holding hands at one time in this day and age?
The organizers of LJUD once again set up a great show.
Below is a collection of moments from the show captured on video. Sorry for the dark quality of the pictures. The show was pretty much without any lighting. It’s quite okay for the human eye, but difficult for a videocamera to pick up.
Lucky Dragons.
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