Chris Biggins + Cagan Yuksel, crobar NY
“It’s all about synchronizing with the DJ and the crowd,” says VJ Chris Biggins. Half of Biggins’ and partner Cagan Yuksel’s visuals are created at home in pre-production, but the other 50% are done on the fly, in total synch with the surging crobar crowd. Using a technique they call beat match visuals, the duo “play” regular and 3-D images to a 4/4 beat – an effect that went over well with Bad Boy Bill, who had them do the entire visual aspect of his live “Behind The Decks” DVD. Biggins and Yuksel also synchronize recorded images with live people shots from wireless, hand-held cameras, controlled by an Edirol V4 mixer. –DS
www.unitedvision.tv

Psyberpixie, Revolution Ft. Lauderdale
Looking like she stepped out of a fast-action anime, Marina Rao, aka Psyberpixie, is an emerging VJ whose on-the-fly blends splash across Revolution’s many plasmas and single centerstage big screen. Her show combines a montage of fast “micro” cuts with lots of frames, depicting a techno-organic blend of visuals pulled from multiple video sources, graphics and 3D animation. The goal? “To make a visual symphony of thought-provoking pixels.” Fast on the rise in the South Florida scene, Psyberpixie has provided visuals for Carl Cox, Crystal Method and Josh Wink, as well as corporate events for MTV and Reebok. –DS
www.psybervision.tv

Roonie G., Jet Las Vegas
“It’s like watching MTV in a nightclub,” says Steven Lockwood, marketing director for JET in Las Vegas, about Roonie G’s action-packed show for weekly party A/V. Last year’s “Best Resident VJ” winner takes music videos and manipulates them the way a DJ scratches a record, integrating pop-culture references like Napolean Dynamite and “Baby Got Back.” The locals dig G’s high-energy cuts, while tourists and newcomers go nuts watching the show on fifteen 50-inch plasmas. And the hype around this one-man audio-visual show has recently caught the attention of MTV, which featured Roonie in its first episode of “My Super Sweet 21.” –DS
www.roonietunes.com

Russell Edwards, The Docks Toronto
The University Of Wales alum has been tech captain of The Docks since the entertainment complex’s inception. When he’s not constructing DJ booths, reconstructing sound systems, spec-ing new lights or curing that week’s gear hiccups, Edwards finds time to master and operate the club’s extensive (and growing by the year) video system. The dedicated visualist even creates his own material by clipping up music videos, and recording life’s odder moments on his trusty video cam. “With my own footage available to scratch on the Pioneer DVJ-X1’s, my slides and banners on my PC, the third world of BrashLive!, and the hands-on loops of my Arkaos, I really am in heaven,” he says. –KLM
www.thedocks.com