Novation Debuts “Pad Culture // The Story of the Launchpad Lightshow” Short Film

There’s nothing like a Launchpad Lightshow in full effect: Art, precision, science — and oh yes, scintillating sound — combine for a unique sound + vision convergence.

Now the creators of the Launchpad, Novation, have released a thoughtful ode to this diverse Ableton Live controller. After inspiring an entire community that’s created incredible Lightshows like this one to make stunning music and visual performance pieces, Novation presents a new short film, Pad Culture // The Story of the Launchpad Lightshow.

The new film, showcases the community of YouTube artists who make Lightshow videos, which often garner millions of views from around the globe. Six prominent Lightshow creators are profiled, and beginning with Madeon’s entrancing Pop Culture video it explains how the Lightshow movement unfolded.

Pad Culture features in-depth interviews with Exige (AUS), Kaskobi (UK), Madeon (FR), M4SONIC (AUS), Nev (US) and R!ot (US). Pad Culture // The Story Of the Launchpad Lightshow was produced in-house at Novation and directed by Chris Mayes-Wright. According to Mayes-Wright, the movie’s objective was, “To look at Lightshow creators from another angle, both metaphorically and literally,” he says. “I didn’t want a single overhead shot in the piece! My goal was for the audience to actually meet the creators and find out what inspires them.”

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