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Time for an update
It’s been awhile since we revealed the teaser for the new ICARUS stage and while we’ve been keeping the whole project pretty tightly under wraps, we’ve been busting our asses off to get this project finished. Having spent three of our vacation weeks working on the stage, the finish line is in sight and we can assure you that it’s looking beautiful. I don’t want to brag, but my mom said it was “wonderful, honey!” and you know she knows what’s up.
 
Another announcement we’d like to make is our latest collaboration with a new friend of ours, Ben-E. Hailing from Salzburg, Ben-E is a super laid-back techno DJ that we’ve been hanging out with recently. He saw some of our work and decided to contact us to see if we’d like to collaborate for a live set. Of course we said yes, and now we’re on our way to having a perfectly synced set for this man when ICARUS is finished. We’ll be getting live midi information from his music and translating that straight into light. I think it’s a pretty nice concept, don’t you think? I’ll let you decide for yourselves when everything is finished. For now, check out some of Ben-E’s music on Soundcloud, it’s pretty mesmerizing stuff.

I think the title says it all. We have officially embraced hipsterdom.
Time to release a new mix. All we need is horn-rimmed glasses and we’re good to go. Things have been going pretty well for us recently. Progress on the new stage ICARUS is coming along as well, so you’ll soon be seeing an update on that as well. We’ve been getting more gigs as DJs as well, which naturally makes us happy, so if you see a poster with ‘The Paranormal Unicorn’ on it, stop by, say hi and have a drink with us. You know we’re down to meet new people. As for this mix, I think it’s pretty boss. So turn up the volume on your Beats by Dre, stare wistfully out the window and let this mix flow through your bones.

Woot woot! Last Friday was a blast with everyone who came out…
A big thanks to everyone involved and to the Cafe Leopold as well, I couldn’t have asked for a better birthday. The music was loud and the visuals were tight. We premiered our newest addition to our visual repertoire: BLOONS, and I think it’s fair to say that we rocked some socks. Though I gotta say, I think we underestimated the setup a little. You can’t really tell on the video but those LEDs are about 8cm wide, so getting them into the balloons was…a struggle. We dubbed it artificial LED insemination. Also, when you have a cable running out of your balloon, it’s pretty damn difficult to get the balloon air-tight. In the end though, all turned out for the best, so without further ado, I give you our impression of the night.

Cafe Leopold, here we come again
It’s been a whole year since we last graced the Cafe Leopold with our presence, and the time has come again to celebrate. It’s Superbacon‘s 1st Birthday and they’ve once again asked us to do something special for the event. We’ve been itching to try out something new for awhile, so we’ve developed a concept that we’d like to try out on the dance floor. I don’t want to entirely spoil the surprise for you but it has to do with balloons. And daaaaancing.

It’s not only Superbacon’s birthday, it’s also my own, so stop by on the 15th of March to join in the festivities. You won’t regret it, I promise. I wouldn’t lie to you, would I?

We’ll be playing with Wild Culture and some other great DJs so here’s a cool little teaser we cooked up for the event

Whadduppers? Time for some breaking news
While we hold our beloved Stage One dearly, it’s simply time for us to move on and create some newer, bigger projects. We’ve been working on this one for awhile now and we’re confident enough to show it to the world now. Code-named ICARUS, we decided to once again to go with LEDs instead of projection mapping. We just love the aesthetic that only true light can provide. This time around we took a departure from the square feeling and decided to go with a polygonal vibe. Estimated date of completion: March (ish). While I won’t reveal too many details here, check out the teaser yourself and go tell your friends. Until then, stay sweet…

Good day or night to you, dear fans, depending on where you are.
I would like to say a few words about this past year. 2012 was an amazing year for us as visual artists. We played for some amazing crowds and we played with some exceptional individuals. As you may or may not have known, Philipp and I are DJs as well and this year, as our notoriety as visual artists gained, we were also able to get bookings as DJs alongside our visual set. And so now we’ve decided to combine our musical and visual talents under one name: The Paranormal Unicorn. All our DJ mixes and visual material will now be released under one name.

In honor of this we’re revamping the cover artwork of our old mixes, starting with the ‘Ides of March Mix’. So check out our Soundcloud and stay tuned for more updates. Until then, stay gorgeous.

“Sometimes, music gives me a boner”
This little gem was uttered by a drunk party-goer at our last set in Kufstein, where we had the express privilege of doing lights -and- djing. The night was wild, exuberant and out of control, what did you expect? If you’re wondering who that handsome devil made of polygons is, well that would be yours truly. I created a paper model of myself and gave it to various party-goers throughout the night to wear. It was quite the identity crisis, and pretty sexy to boot. Ego, my friends, I have it.

We’ve got the whole collection of photos from the evening if you want to check them out after the jump. As for the polygon head, he got pretty thrashed up at the party, so I don’t know if you guys will see him again. But who knows what the future holds? Until next time, peace out.

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We had an absolutely lovely time playing the Freakwave Festival last Friday.
We had a chance to meet some really cool people and had a pretty crazy weekend overall. The Freakwave Festival isn’t just for music, but a festival of sports, fashion, visuals and film. Seriously cool stuff. We watched the Slackline World Championship (and subsequently tried it drunkenly ourselves), saw some great short films at an outdoor screening and got up to all sorts of shenanigans. With talent like Ogris Debris, ETEPETETE, Funkberater Exklusiv! and more, I’d say the crowd got their fair share of vibes and visuals. We were in charge of the visual program on Friday and were accompanied by the boys from Schaukasten with their mapped, hanging squares. If I may reiterate, seriously cool stuff. Check out this mind-blowing rendition of Sea Lion Woman that Ogris Debris threw down at our stage.

For me personally, the highlight of the weekend though was the night we didn’t play, on Saturday. One of the most talented beatboxers I’ve had the pleasure to meet, Knackeboul, Switzerland’s premiere mouth-music-man, was backstage with us when we stumbled upon a piano. Soon enough, I was banging away and beatboxing while he was freestyling in the most hardcore Swiss dialect. Hit the jump for a bonus video of that jam.
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Alright kiddos, we have some news.
We were honored to be asked to play for a whole weekend at the Poolbar Festival in Feldkirch. We played with the legendary DJ Hell one night and with Photek and Atomique on the other. Needless to say, it was pretty badass. From what I hear at least. Unfortunately I was in America at the time, so Flip and Benni were on their own for the evening. Which was truly a shame, not only because we love each other and hate to be separated, and not only that they considered it to be the best evening we’ve ever played, but because we had some technical problems that could only be solved through my computer. So imagine my surprise when I woke up to a call at 8.30 in the morning asking for tech support across the globe.

One way or the other, we got some truly amazing pictures out of the evening. Our friend Matthias Rhomberg (whom you may remember, took pictures for us for Netsky) was the photographer of the evening and really pulled out all the stops on this one. Truly stunning stuff. Check out a few of the pictures here and stop by the Poolbar website for the rest.

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Wow! Just wow… What a weekend
If I might say so, the Urban Art Forms Festival was probably one of the best weekends of my life. For everybody who’s not from Austria or just doesn’t know the festival, the Urban Art Forms is a festival dedicated to electronic music and visuals. So we were right at home when arrived on Thursday to set up shop at the Red Bull Music Academy Stage and, to be honest, also a bit nervous, considering this was our first major festival debut. The weather was beautiful and we were ready to melt some faces. The space we were given was freaking tight, on a barge on the lake. Not only was the location great but we were stoked to be playing with the likes of Richie Hawtin, Peaches and Aeroplane.

We’ve got some great pictures of the whole weekend for you and a video with a full-write up is on the way. Hit the jump to see the full gallery along with a link to an awesome recap of the stage by Red Bull.
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