WMC 09 March 25

Ten top visual talents from across the globe competed head to head in a VJ challenge as about 200 spectators looked on at WMC 2009.

Hosts VJ Psyberpixie and Felix Sama introduced the rules and, alongside judges consisting of Lars Schlichting (DVJ Vision-Advanced Visual Stimulation), Dan Tait, Johnny Duece (DVDJs) and myself (Experience Jockey), had the unenviable job of ranking some of the best visual talent on display at the Winter Music Conference - VJ Challenge. Click here for photos.

Two VJ booths contained a pair of interlinked Pioneer SVM-1000 mixers - stage left featuring 3 DVJs, stage right featuring a sole DVJ and space for laptops and accessories.

Foresite is a local dude who had some really unique content. C. Flo is a cat who came in and dominated, mixing everything from Seinfeld to Akon to U2 to Dirt Nasty, culminating in a rick roll of epic proportions then moving on to a three-way mashup of Rihanna, Chris Brown and the Prodigy’s ‘Smack My B**** Up.’ He even broke out a stack of google-eyed dollar bills to go with a remix of the goofy Geico commercial.

Serdgio from Russia grabbed the top slot with a display of crisp, tightly woven graphics, taking home a coveted Pioneer DVJ-1000 DVD Turntable and complete library of DVDs from Motion Loops. No one walked away empty handed, as the event supporters and some of the contestants were generous with their cache of exclusive DVDs.

Psyberpixie and Johnny will be performing at Ultra Fest March 27 (Friday) and March 28 (Saturday). You can catch me performing at Remix Hotel on March 29 (Sunday) from 5-7 p.m.

”I would like to Thank WMC for shedding light on the growing Visual scene, and also thank the Judges and my co-host Felix Sama,” VJ Psyberpixie said. “ I loved seeing the VJ Community come together and show support in so many different ways. Stay tuned for next year bigger and better - Miami , locked and ready to Visualize Sound!“

Thanks to all the participants, it was a really great display of creativity:

Bluecrash (Orlando)

C.Flo Foresight (S.FL)

Fr3Qnast3

Klat

Kod 3000

Madmaxx (Orlando)

Rhett Serdgio ( Winner - From Moscow Russia ).

-- JUSTIN KENT