Optronica 2005 : Addicitve TV

Voting them number one in their 2004 Worldwide VJ poll, DJ Magazine said of London based Addictive TV "If there ever was a truly ground-breaking bunch of guys in the VJ world, it's certainly this lot." The group of VJs, DJs and producers have been championing the art of the VJ and pushing it into mainstream media for a decade now; performing, producing TV shows such as
their seminal DJ:VJ music series Mixmasters for ITV1 in the UK and releasing DVDs (Addictive TV set-up what's acknowledged as the first VJ-oriented DVD label back in 1999), releases have included Audiovisualize, the Mixmasters compilation series and DVD cult classic Transambient.

Criss-crossing art and club worlds, they've played at venues from the Pompidou Centre in Paris to Tokyo superclub Ageha. And as VJs, they've mixed live visual sets for artists including Howie B, Andrew Weatherall, Goldie and Fatboy Slim. This year, Addictive TV are the judges for the VJ
category at the 2005 Diesel-U-Music Awards.

Teaming up with the UK's The National Theatre to launch their Watch This Space outdoor strand, Optronica presents Addictive TV performing their AV show The Eye of the Pilot live on the fly-tower of the National Theatre building. With giant projections visible across the River Thames and an original soundtrack from Addictive TV featuring live guitar from Alejandro de Valera, the aerial travelogue remixes the incredible 8mm colour archive of French airline pilot Raymond Lamy, filmed during his global travels back in the 1950s.

The following night at the Optronica club night, Addictive TV will also perform a special short live AV set, where The Streets meet Elvis and The Italian Job gets completely remixed.

Addictive TV - The Eye of the Pilot
National Theatre, London SE1
10.30pm. Friday July 22

Optronica at The Spitz
The Spitz, London E1
Saturday July 23

Streaming on Samurai FM is Addictive TV's audiovisual breaks remix of the
first US TV performance in the 60's by The Rolling Stones of 'Satisfation'.

www.addictive.tv
www.optronica.org