Close on the Tesla coil: a thread of white lightning arcs from the toroid to a glowing blue tube held up to it

SPIF

Put lightning into your crowd's hands

A melodic house DJ set with a live Tesla coil that fires to the beat. Lane 8, Joachim Pastor, Worakls, Einmusik territory.

Amsterdam · NL Listen ↓

№ 01 — The set

Listen.

A new live set, recorded in one take. Follow on SoundCloud to catch it first.

Recorded live · one continuous take

№ 02 — The ritual

Hands on the lightning.

A crowd raises glowing tubes toward an arcing Tesla coil on a wooden plinth in a draped tent
The Tesla coil arcs blue lightning; glowing tubes radiate around it in the tent
Figures reach glowing tubes toward the top of the coil under blue light
Glowing tubes fan out from the coil like spokes against the dark tent, orange glow beyond
People cross glowing blue tubes at the coil, forming a star of light in the tent
Figures in fur and feathers near the coil, tubes glowing blue in the deep tent light
Long-exposure: glowing tubes streak the dark like a field of blue and orange rays around the coil

№ 03 — What it is

The instrument is the room.

The crowd plays with fluorescent tubes, becoming part of the music: hold one up and it lights, drawing lightning from the coil. The coil is a speaker as well as a spectacle: the arc itself makes the sound, ionising the air into notes.

Form
Melodic house DJ set · live Tesla coil
Length
30 to 90 min
The coil
Musical Tesla coil, tube-to-hand arc
Rig
Eurorack modular · hardware voices
Needs
Power, cover, headroom above the coil
Played
A'dam Tower · De Lievelinge · Burning Man NL
Based
Amsterdam, NL
For
Festivals · clubs · art spaces
Booking · Amsterdam · MMXXVI

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