As part of Chicago Artists Month, we are profiling Mightybytes folks on their artistic endeavors. Travis Chandler, James Johnston and Mightybytes alum Whit Nelson are all involved in Terrible Spaceship, an interactive band with live triggered cinematic shows behind them in a theater-esque performance, whose style is called ‘ambient synthetic horror pop.’ The next performance is Saturday, October 3rd at Martyrs on Lincoln Ave.

Though it’s only 1.0 software, Tim and Travis both agree that Arkaos’ Grand VJ software is a big step forward in the evolution of VJ products.

Terrible Spaceship, an ‘ambient synthetic horror pop’ ensemble comprised of Bumpus members and folks from Mightybytes, performed their very first show at Martyrs in early September.

The experience was a well-received sensory overload of music, performance and synced video clips that captured audience attention and got the crowd moving. The show gave us an opportunity to experiment with triggering visuals and creating real-time motion graphics on-the-fly using an M-Audio Trigger Finger and new software from Arkaos called Grand VJ.