American Idol star and Opticlash 1 host Blake Lewis on the mic at Opticlash with DJ Flave on the wheels of steel in the background.
Music
DJ Flave, Kid Hops, Nick Tornetta, KEXP, UHF, KMFDM, Aaron Simpson, Adam Freeland, AK1200, Anne Savage, Astral Projection, Audiophile, Bad Boy Bill, Blank & Jones, Brett Michaels, BT, Charlotte Birch, D:Fuse, Darude, Dave Aude, David Garcia, Deep Dish, Deepsky,
Dieselboy, Dig Dug, Digital Assasins, DJ AM, DJ Craze, DJ Dara, DJ Diamond, DJ Enrie, DJ Eva, DJ Icey,
DJ Irene, DJ Kemal, DJ Keoki, DJ Keri, DJ Mea, DJ Micro, DJ Rap, DJ Skribble, DJ Tamm, DJ Venus, DJ XL, Donald Glaude, East Coast Boogeymen, Ferry Corsten, Gabriel & Dresden, George Acosta, Heart, Hernan Cattaneo, Infected Mushroom, James Zabiela, Jimmy Hoffa, Jimmy Van M, John Digweed, Johnny Dangerous, Josh Wink, Juju, Junkie XL, K Swing, Kenny Rogers, Kid Krazy, Kimball Collins, KMFDM, Lil Mz Booty, Lisa Lashes, LSDJ, Madam Friction, Mauro Picotto, MC Armanni, Mike Anthony, Mike Barrett, Miss Behavin', Miss Lisa, Morgan, Paul Van Dyk, Phil Anthony, Portio Surreal, Qbert, Rabbit in the Moon, Richard Humpty Vission, Sandra Collins, Sasha, Satoshi Tomie, Scott Henry, Scott Keith, Seb Fontaine, Shy Brothers, Simply Jeff, Sirmixalot, Spacegirl, Steve Smooth, Svenson, Syrup (Siren vs. Stareyes), Tall Paul, The Crystal Method, The Hoodlums, The Knuckleheadz, Tomcraft, Total Science
Movies
Terry Gilliam, Ridley Scott, Alejandro Inarritu, Quentin Tarintino, Robert Rodriguez, Adrian Lyne, Tony Scott, Doug Liman, J.L. Stone, James McTeigue, Michel Gondry, Spike Jonze, James Cameron, Chris Cunningham
Television
The Simpsons, The Sopranos, The Shield, Family Guy
Books
Natural Capitalism, The VJ Book, the works of Jonathan Carroll, Michael Crichton, Kurt Vonnegut, Nathan Fowler, Raymond Carver, Steinbeck, Denis Johnson.
Heroes
Everybody single person at Opticlash 1, August 20th, 2005. And our sponsors!!!
Opticlash 2 is the second annual VJ Battle in Seattle. Like a DJ battle, our contestants pit their live performance prowess against one another: instead of scratching records and mixing music, they mix video images on two huge screens. A live DJ plays music to which the VJs sculpt their video art, all in real-time. The winner will be selected by a panel of local expert judges and will take home a kick ass grand prize (last time it was an Edirol V-4).
J-Justice | SunTzu Sound (Sea) ROUND 3 Aaron Simpson | Xposure Records UK (Sea) ROUND 2 Swank | UHF, The Vortex on C89.5 (Sea) ROUND 1
Judges
Gary Tucker | Director of Communications, Seattle International Film Festival Gregg Grinnell | Senior Broadcast Editor, KIRO Television Donte Parks | Writer: The Stranger, Seattlest.com Kris Moon | Co-founder: Laptop Battle, Educational Director: Decibel Festival Cheryll Hidalgo | Video Program Director, Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences
Thanks for the support. George Acosta is America's #1 dj. Dont miss your chance to see him perform in Utah June 7th. Its going to be sick. Catch him at Groove Nation's - Sensual Summer of Love Festival.
Hey Opticlash
This is your official invite for you and your friends to attend the wildest Halloween show of the weekend! ZOMBIE PROM, featuring the musical innovations of the Staxx Brothers, The Panda Conspiracy and Flowmotion. But that's not all... we have Burlesque Dancers breathing real fire, The PURE Cirkus gang, the Arifact Show and a free champagne pour at 9:30 to get the evening started right. This is a show not to miss. Music will be going late night with Flowmotion until the wee hours. Plan accordingly. Hope to see you Zombie with us.
THANK YOU to everyone at OPTICLASH for putting together such an amazing event!!!! Thank you to all the VJs who competed with such grace and honor and represented VJing at it's best. And thank you to everyone who came to the show, your energy and enthusiasm made it a night I will never forget! Thank you!
Hey Opticlash, Thanks for checking out the Flowmotion Summer Meltdown Festival.
Glad we can be friends, we really appreciate your support and hope you can make it this year.
We have a ton more information at the Offical website with
lots of fun pictures of last years event and amazing grounds. www.SummerMeltdown.com
