The intention is for this to supersede Arcade as a moniker and start afresh in these increasingly exciting times.

Here is a photo of my bitJockey setup. I say bitJockey because no discs are used when playing the music and I know folk that DJ using records get a little bit sniffy about using the DJ term – although some were used in the encoding process.

My setup includes the following hardware:

• first generation iPad
• third generation iPad
• Numark IM1 mixer
• pair of Sennheiser headphones

And the following iOS apps

• Meta.DJ
• Looptastic
• Korg iElectribe
• Glitch Machine
• Animoog
• iKaossilator

I predominantly use meta.DJ as this allows me to run up to 8 virtual decks simultaneously with great sounding effects and decent (if not amazing) stability. Meta.DJ also allows you to sync to a midi clock master but I’ve only managed to get this working with a computer (which I was hoping to leave at home).

I’m gonna continue developing my bitJockey-ing skills over the coming months and hope bleeping the heck out of local sound systems in the coming months. Watch (or listen to) this space for further info.

Bring Your Own Beamer (part of the Flat Pack Festival) on the 16th April was a resounding success. Organised by Antonio Roberts and Pete Ashton; a wide range of artists participated making Vivid a kaleidoscope of colour, light, movement and bodies. The space transformed from white box into a multimedia assault on the senses.

I was lucky enough to be adding some musical accompaniment to the event following Bobby Bird from Higher Intelligence Agency / Modulate and managed to cram a wide range of electronic tunes (inspired by the visuals) into the hour and a half slot as possible. My mixing skills were rusty (having not aired them for some time) but people were responsive to what I was putting out and forgave some of my ham fisted mixes as the tunes were more important than how they were diced together.

I’m looking forward to playing more out with my iPads and mixer and hope to catch you at some in the not too distant future.

The free event invites digital artists with projectors to show their original works in Vivid as part of the Flat Pack festival. I’m also pleased to announce that I have been invited to provide some digital audio accompaniment to the proceedings.

I’ve dusted off the laptop, got the Launchpad launching and am chopping up audio in Ableton Live in preparation.

For more info about the event click here.