Only 4 more sleeps till we Never Grow Up @ Fluid Bar!
We are putting the final touches to the best laid plans.
Finalising the visual line up we now have VJ Psycho
Monkey (rejectbeats), Subpixel and TransOpacity
joining our resident VJ; A Beautiful Mess and the
live AV show from the really exciting FADE IN FADE OUT.

We caught up with the lads from F.I.F.O. and talked the
talk from Pro Evo to SoulWax, Festival plans to Brandon
Block …. We’ve also got an AV show reel for you to see
what you can expect from these guys!

Fade In Fade Out Reel 09 from Fade In Fade Out on Vimeo.

What have you been up to today?

Andy:

Spent most of the day in weekend traffic coming back
from seeing the family on the south coast, then saw
Terminator Salvation, it's not so bad, but I was probably
just blinded be all the great effects.

Chris:

My only aim today was to play Pro Evo on the ps3.
(Which I managed) A relaxing end to a busy week.

Nice, Coops is a bit of a Pro Evo fiend too!...

Next question, What made you jump around
like a loon when you were a teen ... who helped
forge your mind musically?

Andy:

The prodigy always made me get excited, I would say
they were where my love of dance music and rock came
from originally. They were the first ever live gig I went to,
at the BIC (In Bournemouth) in 1996. I took quite a lot
of my musical influence from my older brother; he was
into the grunge and indie scenes in the early 90's. I would
often be in trouble for 'Borrowing' his cassettes.

Chris:


I started off with lots of metal and grunge. Lots of
Metallica and Nirvana. This soon turned to britpop
which led me to my first real musical love (obsession)
Manic Street Preachers. For me growing up they were
the most important band ever and broadened my
musical horizons.

First record you ever bought?

Andy:

Um, I want to say something cool, but I think it was Kylie.
No that was on cassette! It was the 'Ghostbusters' by Ray
Parker Jr, on 7" from oxfam or something.

Chris:

My first 7" was The Frog Chorus by Paul McCartney
which is better than my first cassette which was
something shocking like Ace of Bass.

We like that question!

Where are you from?

Andy:

I grew up in the Dorset countryside, just on the outskirts
of Bournemouth, a lovely seaside town.

Chris:

I'm originally from Hastings in East Sussex. Home of the
most famous battle of 1066.

What do you love most about London?

Andy:

The ability to do just about anything you want, the
variety is huge. Restaurants, Bars, Clubs, every
taste is catered for.

Chris:

I love there is always something to do. There's always
an art exhibition to see, the latest 'next big thing' to
catch live or the current 'best pub' to see what the fuss
is about. Or if you just want a quiet afternoon there
are plenty of open spaces to escape to.

Last Big Night out?

Andy:

We both went to the Radio Soulwax show last friday
at Brixton Academy. Met up with a load of friends
from uni and got mashed to Zombie Nation, James
Murphy from DFA, and 2 many djs. The set by 2
many djs projected animated artwork from the tracks
they were playing, so even those guys are getting i
nto the visual scene now.

Chris:

As with Andy, It was the Radio Soulwax show at Brixton
Academy. They were amazing, the best I've ever seen
2 many djs. They are proof that when djing musical
choice is far more important than talent.

We really like the concept of the VJ/DJ in one act.
How did it come about

Andy:

We were getting sick of the crappy house music being
played at our student union. I had been DJing a few
years before uni, and Chris was interested in actually
using his music collection that spanned different i
nternational time zones. We put on a night called
'Electro Indie Rocks', which went down well, and we
were soon doing a monthly slot. By the end of our
3 year Graphic Design Degrees, we had added the
vjing element as it was only natural for us to combine
our love of music and time based design.

Chris:

Andy persuaded me into djing with him at our Student
Union. At the time our union was the canteen with the
lights turned off! Both doing a Graphic Design Degree
we decided to bring some life (and much needed excitement)
to the SU so the vjing started. We began by using the biggest,
heaviest, most powerful machine in the Design department
with an external monitor. Luckily we've progressed to the
far easier to carry laptops now.

And now you’ve VJd for brandon block and Eddie Temple Morris!
how did this collaboration come about?

We got offered to VJ at Sellindge Music Festival on
the Headroc Dance stage, and got given the choice
of acts we wanted to cover, which doesn't often
happen. Eddy TM has a very similar music policy
as us, so our visuals fitted really well, so that was
a natural choice. Brandon Block is a complete
legend, so we jumped at the chance to witness
the skills of the God Father of Ibiza.

Tell us a bit more about Sellindge festival

It's only in its second year, but doing extremely well.
Fantastically organised, and more of your boutique
festival than just camping and bands like Reading
or Leeds.

What was your stage / set up be like there?

We were just off to the side of the stage, so we could
see what the dj's were doing, the crowd’s reaction and
the main screen behind the dj. We took our usual set
up of two Mac laptops running arkaos vjing software,
a video switcher and we had a live camera running to
mix the dj and crowd into the visuals. We control all
this with a Korg nano keys controller and a BCD
3000 Midi Mixer.

Tell us about any visual acts you really rate. Worked with / seen ?

United Visual Artists (UVA) are probably the most
ground breaking visual artists around at the moment.
Their work is awesome. The set they did with The
Chemical Brothers in Trafalgar Square was mind
blowing. Very simple graphic techniques but
executed so well, and completely synced with
the music. Also their on going collaborations
with Massive Attack on their live shows. UVA w
rote a completely new piece of software for them,
producing randomly generated 3D geometry.
Again very simple in terms of graphic look,
but worked outstandingly.

Your visual material is vivid, bright and exciting.
Where do you get inspiration?

Andy:

Inspiration comes from all over, quite often I'm
thinking about new styles and techniques whilst
listening to music. Visualising the individual sounds
and beats in my head, asking myself what would
these sounds look like? We try and stay away from
using film/video footage, and create everything
ourselves. This means we have complete control
of the colours and graphic style. We try and use
current graphic trends, things we've seen online,
in advertising, fashion, music videos etc..

Chris:

As a designer I like clean, simple, easy to understand
graphics so this just came across in the visuals we create.
The way our visuals are evolving more typographic
elements and basic colours are being added. I remember
when we started we had a 4 colour palette we worked from,
now we've a bit more variety. I think working as a designer
day to day means you want to express yourself more with
what you do outside of your day job.

Any Festival plans for the summer?

Andy:

Think we are both gonna head to Bestival at the
end of the season. I have been to Secret Garden
Party for a number of years now, but missing out
this year as I'm moving house that weekend.

Chris:

My regular festival is Truck in Steventon, just
outside of Oxford. I worked there last year and
it has such a great atmosphere and a lot of
small bands to enjoy. I'm hoping to make
Bestival this year as it has such a stellar line up,
then I'll be rounding out the year with ATP in
Minehead.

How has 2009 been panning out for you and what
else is in the pipeline for the rest of the year?

We started the year off in style, VJing at Bristols O2
Academy for Propaganda on NYE. Following that a live
AV set at Cafe 1001 at the Electrovision night run by
our good friend and VJ, Dr Mo. It's been a steady
flow of gigs this year as promoters have started to
embrace the visual side of things more and more.

Where can we catch you after Never Grow Up?

We will be at Brixton Windmill for 'Best Laid Plans' on
June 26th and at 'All Star Lanes', Brick Lane on July
5th for a night of Raving and bowling!!!

Sweet! You looking forward to the 20th? Let the good
people know what to expect from you....

Yes we are defiantly up for a big one at
'Never Grow Up'! People can expect an eclectic
mix of electronic indie rock and rave, bright
colours, explosions and strobing!

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