J/producer and all round Godfather of mash-up Mark Vidler aka Go Home Productions, renowned for his Blondie vs the Doors hit that featured on his EMI Mashed album, has taken the lift to the next level of remixing, joining forces with audio/visual pioneers Addictive TV.

“It’s just so obvious” says Vidler of his new found partners in crime “creating music from samples that you can actually see, it’s like clubbing and cinema fused together, two of my greatest loves”.

No strangers to the world of audio/visual remixing, pioneering alchemists of the audio/visual dark arts, Addictive TV have twice been voted best visual act in the World in DJ Mag and have blown away audiences in over 50 countries now, dazzling crowds with their dynamic brain-twisting live shows. Praised by music innovators like Moby, Grandmaster Flash, Jeff Mills and former Kraftwerk star Karl Bartos for their unique style of remixing, they’re also in demand in Hollywood for their movie mashing talents, where the guys have notched up an unrivalled number of official film remixes for blockbusters like Fast & Furious, Iron Man and the Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire.

Emerging from the world of audio bootlegging, Vidler gained prominance as a producer officially remixing artists including David Bowie, Kasabian, Bob Dylan, Gang of Four and Alicia Keys. His “Mashed” compilation became the first ever officially sanctioned mashup album, released on EMI and hitting the top 10 UK albums in February 2007.

“Mark’s well-known in the audio mashup world for his ability to seamlessly fuse tracks as if they were joined at the hip at birth and that creative and production skill brilliantly compliments what we’ve been doing with Addictive TV, building fully integrated tracks from both audio and video” says frontman Graham Daniels “and bootlegs aside, we’ve made a lot of work together this year – my personal fave was the Channel 5 football adverts.”

Vidler first worked with Daniels in 2006, on his Blondie vs The Doors release, when EMI sanctioned the bootleg and commissioned Addictive TV to create an audio/visual mash-up of his remix. Fans of each others output, sporadic collaborations ensued and it was only a matter of time before the two camps would join forces more permanently.

Gigwise, February 2010 sees Addictive TV head for cold climes to play at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, for the opening night of Code Live, Canada’s 18-day Cultural Olympiad featuring artists like Kid Koala, Deadbeat and LA Riots. And in April 2010, at what promises to be an absolute blinder of an audiovisual night, Addictive TV join DJ Yoda at The Forum in Kentish Town, London, for an extra special version of that most happening of AV nights, Videocrash. Other dates include Bangkok, Berlin, Dubai, Paris and many more to be confirmed soon.

Spinning their mind-bogglingly intricate tracks from video turntables, expect the Addictive TV boys to drop their audiovisual extravaganza at a club near you soon!

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