Beloved DJ and dubstep producer Mersiv is returning to Colorado’s legendary Red Rocks Amphitheatre for his third headline present on April 4th. However this time round, innovation can be taking heart stage.
Dubbed “Assault on Mars,” the present’s lineup guarantees an evening of blistering bass by way of supporting performances from Seth David, Zen Selekta, Lumasi, Mr. Carmack and EDM.com Class of 2025 star ALLEYCVT. Consider eight audio system positioned strategically across the crowd for an immersive listening expertise, and the result’s an inevitably unforgettable evening.
Already carried out efficiently at Mersiv’s efficiency at The Caverns in Tennessee final 12 months, the “Audiosphere” expertise refers to these audio system’ placement across the crowd in addition to their capacity to govern totally different parts of the music because it performs. The manufacturing is the “first of its variety,” in response to Mersiv and AKA Occasion Productions’ Andrew Kirschman.
And with anticipation already simmering for the “Audiosphere,” it was successfully introduced it to a boil when Denver residents began recognizing mysterious posters on town’s streets containing Mersive’s unmistakable swirl brand, the quantity 444 and a message: “New album reside at Pink Rocks 4.4.25.”
We caught up with Mersiv and Kirschman to debate the formidable “Audiosphere” expertise and what followers can anticipate on the present.
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EDM.com: When did you notice that the Audiosphere expertise may occur on your Assault on Mars Pink Rocks present, and what modified in your set preparation (musically, visually, or in any other case) after placing the plan into motion? How is it comparable and/or totally different to the Audiosphere expertise at The Caverns?
Mersiv: As soon as we pulled it off on the Caverns, we knew it might be achievable on a bigger scale—we simply didn’t know the place but. And when the thought happened to do it at Pink Rocks, we acquired so excited and began chipping away at what was attainable and what wasn’t, till we ended up with the model of it that we are going to be deploying on April 4th. It’s totally different from the Caverns in some ways as a result of nature and format of Pink Rocks itself, however the idea and expertise will probably be very comparable in essence.
EDM.com: Your followers on social medias know the way a lot you respect a 360 set—how does the thought of a kind of spherical expertise contribute to your undertaking and inventive course of?
Mersiv: It’s simply a lot totally different than something we’ve performed earlier than, and a lot totally different from something than any artists have performed within the reside house earlier than. It’s extra participating for the followers, and a brand new option to hearken to reside music.
EDM.com: How do you anticipate the progressive “Audiosphere” to raise and ship your sound? How would you like it to affect the Mersiv Sound Mission as a complete?
Mersiv: What we’re aiming to do has not solely by no means been performed at Pink Rocks, however will even be the primary Mersiv set of its variety. I don’t need to give an excessive amount of away, however we’re actually excited to share one thing we’ve got put numerous hours and days into creating for the following chapter of the Mersiv Sound Mission.
EDM.com: In your opinion, how does the Audiosphere expertise differ from and rise above the standard sound dispersion at Pink Rocks?
Andrew Kirschman: The Audiosphere, particularly for this occasion, is all about further protection. Whereas there will definitely be key moments the place sound will journey freely up and down, left and proper, for a particular listening expertise, the principle aim is to extend protection within the viewers space to create a extra even listening expertise for the patrons, no matter the place they’re situated within the amphitheatre.
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EDM.com: What challenges do you face in creating this dynamic sound expertise in an open-air venue versus a contained venue like The Caverns? Is any fullness of sound misplaced to the wind, or do you anticipate that the rocks will amplify the impact?
Andrew Kirschman: In comparison with the debut of this undertaking at The Caverns, the most important change is simply the sheer dimension of the viewers space. With out the usage of leading edge processing for object based mostly mixing (on this case D&B Audiotechnik’s “Soundscape”) the listening expertise can be considerably impacted with totally different arrival occasions of a number of sources for the listener.
Moreover, care has been put into making certain that each listening place maintains some baseline of all sounds, no matter their automation. Say a selected sound comes out of the arrays on the high of the amphitheatre, the individual on the entrance row wouldn’t be capable of hear it. To mitigate this, time has been spent to make sure that even when one thing could pan arduous in a single course, it nonetheless has a baseline stage emitting from all sources, in order that content material isn’t misplaced based mostly in your location.
EDM.com: How do you hope this undertaking will depart its mark on Pink Rocks and the broader respective scenes of music and sound design transferring ahead?
Andrew Kirschman: This explicit undertaking, and our mission at AKA Occasion Productions typically, has been so as to add a brand new software for creativity for the artist to precise themselves. Doing this not solely breathes new life into songs that will already be fan-favorites, nevertheless it additionally elevates the listening expertise for everybody within the crowd.
This win-win state of affairs hopefully stimulates new concepts, inspiration and permits artists new avenues to precise their creativity by including a brand new layer during which they will contemplate their artwork to be represented.
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