what we do
Animation
3D fractal, reactive, reductive, geometric, procedural or organic animation. Production of screen & web ready custom music videos.
Still images
3D fractal image production. Organic, geometric, abstract forms for your artwork project.
music
Original music, soundscapes, sound design. Drawing on twenty five years of production experience worldwide.
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Sonic Installations
Sonic Installations originate from the Sonic Network sound + painting installations exhibited by John Aslanidis & Brian May in contemporary art spaces and galleries throughout Sydney, Melbourne, New York and Berlin. The 3D animations in this collection are an expansion of the physical Sonic Network sound & painting installations. VISUAL The enclosed environment of a Read more about Sonic Installations[…]
Catalog – Requiem For Industry + more
Sonical has listed a small number of works on the music NFT platform Catalog. Each composition is available in editions of one, and the owner has access to the stems/samples that make up the track/composition itself. That’s something which isn’t possible via the usual online shopping methods of stream and/or download. The Supercollisions EP and Read more about Catalog – Requiem For Industry + more[…]
Beam up – Otaku Dub (オタクダブ) EP
A collaboration between Beam Up and Yugo Taguchi. Otaku (オタク) is Japanese for ‘nerd’. The Otaku Dub EP embraces a raw, manga tinged flavour of dub, running on the DTFG, 8- 7-1, Babni riddims. Guest players are Giotto – drums (Braintheft), Mathias Engstrøm – keys & melodica (Dub Across Borders / Odd Harmonics / Laomo Read more about Beam up – Otaku Dub (オタクダブ) EP[…]
New Jungle/Halftime 7″ on Leipzig’s 45Seven records!
One of soundsystem culture’s most fascinating elements is the sound clash for sure. Comrades join a convention, presenting freshest treasures in friendly competition.Imagine this single as a peaceful battle between two heavy weight pro-dubbers of the bass music scene. One like long-term 45seven hero Beam Up meets Bukkha on the other side debuting on this Read more about New Jungle/Halftime 7″ on Leipzig’s 45Seven records![…]
Genesis Drop on knownorigin.io
The Genesis drop on KO is Quiet Riot! A seductive looping animation for qnp‘s dub techno track of the same name Turn up the bass and check out qnp‘s 5 tracker EP on Bandcamp
Known Origin, here we come!
Beaming Studios joined top NFT art site Known Origin today. Planning to drop animations and still 3D images there in the near future. Keep an eye on our page there!
async.art #2
Second drop on async.art continuing the series of fractally generated, potential real world objects. 2K dynamic artwork with day/night views. Open to bids.
Giclée prints
Mandelbulb3d is one of the tools used at Beaming Studios to generate surreal and hyperreal 3D images. These often relate to or reflect nature & real world objects. In order to bring that reality forward some test Giclée printing on archival quality paper was done. The results are stunning! First A3 example went off to Read more about Giclée prints[…]
Genesis drop under the hammer
A great start to sonical’s drops on async.art – The Airborne Collector sold today for a shade under $400! The work features day, dusk, night and dawn views which update to the owner-set timezone – dynamic programmable artworks kicked open the door to new possibilities in transferrable digital artworks 😉 This is now available on Read more about Genesis drop under the hammer[…]
async.art
Beaming Productions’ sonical joins premier programmable NFT art platform & market async.art! New drops coming soon!
Cover art for alllone’s “Shifting Frames” LP on Zenarchy
The artwork was made while listening to the album – a very pleasurable experience! A rather esoteric 3D program from 2011 called Mandelbulb3D was used for all 3 images. Minor extra colour work in PS. Shifting Frames is the first full length album of „alllone”, a collaborative project of two producers based in Graz, Austria. Read more about Cover art for alllone’s “Shifting Frames” LP on Zenarchy[…]
qnp – upside down dub
Beamed up from the ashes of Braintheft comes qnp, a bleep heavy excursion into outer bass. Call it post-dubstep, minimal techno or whatever you like, their debut EP ‘Quiet Riot’ is guaranteed to wobble your bottom end, tickle your feet and enliven your mind. qnp launches the EP here in Berlin with labelmates Pitch Black
Canadian Animation
Beaming Studios has been working on a 3d animation sequence as half of a 10 minute live action / CGI animation. Release and screeening info tba.
World Cup Tribute
Beam Up and 1/3 of Berlin’s Braintheft wrote a track during Germany’s national team’s massacre of Brazil in the 2014 World Cup – It took a while coming, but here it is!
LONGCHAMP OMATESANDO PROJECT TOKYO
John Aslanidis has completed his major site-specific commission for Longchamp’s Omotesando boutique in Tokyo’s Harajuku precinct. Taking one month to complete, the 84 sqm wall painting extends across three levels and is now open to the public. This commission is in keeping with Aslanidis’ elegant chromatic paintings which offer a vision firmly grounded in knowledge Read more about LONGCHAMP OMATESANDO PROJECT TOKYO[…]
IDFF Karlsruhe screen 2 BP animations
Karlsruhe’s 19th edition of the Independent Days Film Festival has selected both Locker X and Caritas Mechanica for screening in their animation programme this April!
Video for Civil Civic’s “The Mirror”
Fan video produced for buddies Civil Civic. After Effects romp on found footage. Do yourself a favour and check out their excellent music!
Anilogue, Budapest
We’re happy to announce that Locker X has been selected for Budapest’s finest animation festival Anilogue in November.
Animatou, Geneva
We’re happy to announce that Locker X has been selected for the excellent Animatou animation festival in October this year in Geneva, Switzerland!
Melbourne International Animation & Sydney Film Festivals
We’re really pleased to have 2 animations in Melbourne’s International Animation Festival. Locker X is featured in the official opening screening of the festival on Sunday June 18th and Caritas Mechanica rolls out on the Summer Solstice in the “installation” series of screenings. Locker X also gets an airing during the Pitt Street Mall open air Read more about Melbourne International Animation & Sydney Film Festivals[…]
London & Paris festivals
Locker X has been selected for screening at London’s Proxy Act and Paris’ Parachute Light Zero III festivals!
23rd International Trick Film Festival Germany
Tickets booked for Stutgart in April – Our production “Locker X” is part of the official selection and competition at the 23rd ITFS!
Festival screening additions
Official selections: Locker X has been added to the Hong Kong Arthouse and Martinique film festivals 2016. Gaussian Swagger has been added to the Experimental Superstars (SR) animation festival 2016.
Locker X on David’s Video Zoo
Locker X has been added to the music video barometer site – David’s Video Zoo. Check out the range of curated clips there -it’s worth a long visit. We’re chuffed to be up there amongst videos from New Order, Chemical Brothers, Adele, Skrillex and Coldplay!
IAMag feature : Locker X
Happy to announce a feature for Locker X in the VFX industry magazine IA Mag. Click the image to check out the feature.
Locker X selected for US/KR documentary
We’re pleased to announce that an excerpt of Locker X will be included in the upcoming (2016) Documentary called “The Fusion” by NYC based South Korean artist So Young Yang.
Sonic Network no.14 in Sydney & Berlin
2 events running (almost) in parallel: ‘Sonic Network no. 14’ the latest in the series and the largest work John Aslanidis has made to date and will be shown at Gallery 9 alongside a new generative sound piece by Berlin-based sound artist Brian May – June 30th to July 25th. More info here ‘Sonic Network no. Read more about Sonic Network no.14 in Sydney & Berlin[…]
Gaussian Swagger selected for MIAF ’15
Gaussian Swagger, was described as “A twisting, bending, re-perspectivising tour-de-force through the innards of the machine” by the program selectors of the Melbourne International Animation Festival 2015. We approve of that description and since then, the music video has been selected for official screening at the largest USA based animation festival – Northwest A.F. ’16 & Read more about Gaussian Swagger selected for MIAF ’15[…]
Group show : Ethan Cohen fine arts NYC
BBBBBREEZE 2014 SUMMER GROUP EXHIBITION Ethan Cohen New York is pleased to present BBBBBREEZE, our summer group exhibition opening Thursday, July 31 and running through September 6, 2014. BBBBBREEZE presents over 30 works by a diverse mix of international talent hailed from cities that start with the letter B. Combining large scale site specific sculpture and installation, Read more about Group show : Ethan Cohen fine arts NYC[…]
Colour Music exhibition, Drill Hall, ANU Canberra
From August 15th to September 28th 2014 COLOUR MUSIC brings together the work of visual artists who speculate on connections between pictorial form and pitch, harmony, movement and musical notation. A core of historical works by Roy de Maistre, Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack, Jozef Stanislaus Ostoja-Kotkowski and Frank Hinder provides the framework for contemporary artists who are also Read more about Colour Music exhibition, Drill Hall, ANU Canberra[…]