Giger robot with flames belching through its hidden pipes. An array of giant cubes designed by Heather Shaw of Vita Motus flashed with lightning, rotating like the guts of an H.R. Audiences and critics across the globe cheered his mechanistic, pulsating visuals. In 2011, Vello tipped the international hat with Amon Tobin’s ISAM tour. In a glass cabinet are rows and rows of DV tapes from his past shows, an impressive archive of nocturnal wonder. A corkboard on the wall is filled with fliers and photos from his almost 30 years of VJ performance, including pictures of ’90s breakbeat act Rabbit In The Moon, who he supported for many moons. We’re sitting in Vello’s tidy new office. There is something nice about the early ’90s: easy.” In his 40s, he retains a wide-eyed excitement that makes one feel at home in his Alice in Wonderland tales. “The last two years have been like wildfire,” Virkhaus explains, as if he’s about to run out of breath. They’re dreaming big, and more and more people want a piece of the action, from major corporate brands to high school kids raised on Xbox and Bach. From here, dazzling insights moving at light speed blaze through eyeballs to light up today’s music on the inside. In the heart of the San Fernando Valley on the other side of Tinseltown’s railroad tracks among the dusty warehouses of Panorama City, Vello Virkhaus’ V Squared Labs is busy hatching a new way of seeing the world. Lightwaves Bouncing Through an Empty Cityscape
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