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Photo Gallery: Que Bajo at Santos Party House (January 27, 2011)
Posted on 31 January 2011
To say that Uproot Andy and Geko Jones brought the heat to Que Bajo?! at Santos Party House on Thursday night would be an understatement – the place was on fire.
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Flying Lotus' Brainfeeder Take Over BBC Airways with Live Jam Sessions and New Tunes
Posted on 28 January 2011
In Benji B's absence, the Brainfeeder crew stopped by Flying Lotus' LA living room for a jam session on BBC's Radio One. Matthew David, TOKiMONSTA, Teebs and Samiyam deliver some spaced out DJ sets while FlyLo, Thudercat and Austin Peralta jam out two live impromtu sessions. If this isn't enough to get your ears jumping, FlyLo drops two previously unreleased cuts from Warp, "Wax" and "Mcrr". Listen below and check out the full lineup and tracklist after the jump.
Flying Lotus Brainfeeder Special [1.27.11]
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Spring Festival Round-Up: SXSW, Ultra, Coachella and More
Posted on 27 January 2011
As we continue to endure this brutally cold weather, thoughts of spring – and the wonderful slew of music festivals it brings – certainly help lift our frigid spirits. After the jump, we break down the spring's hottest festivals – whether you're looking to travel (Snow Ball, SXSW, Ultra, Coachella), stay local (Hard Weekend, Bamboozle), or really go all-out for our wild card selection (SonarSound Tokyo) – you're bound to find something to combat the winter blues… click through for more.
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Ben Watt Takes Cielo Deeper
Posted on 26 January 2011
Ever since I first moved to New York, Cielo has been one of my favorite nighttime destinations, not only due to the Funktion One system and sleek aesthetics, but because the artists that are booked there represent the highest standard of electronic musicianship, and they in turn draw out the best of the city's audiophiles. This past Thursday was no exception, with Giant Step bringing Ben Watt in to make the sunken dancefloor pulsate to his particular brand of deep house. Local favorites Sleepy & Boo started the night off right with a stellar set of deep house tunes, warming up the eager crowd's ears and bodies, as everyone quickly realized no one was leaving early that night.
Ben Watt settled in around 1am, gazing from piercing blue eyes out over the glass barrier before the DJ booth, and onto the room that was packed wall to wall with upturned faces and hands in the air. His set was exemplary of his long and successful career, as a musician, songwriter, producer, DJ, and label owner. The progression of his set and the choices he made in his track selections, while encouraging movement on the floor, was also wise and insightful, demonstrating his far-reaching understanding of music across many genres, as well as his bountiful experience in and around the industry.
It was an honor and a privilege to, if only for a few hours, cross paths with such a prolific and visionary man; an true artist in a time when so many have forgotten their integrity and let creativity and progress take a back seat to fame and financial glory. I can only hope that more artists will follow in his footsteps, and turn their careers into meaningful contributions to the development of music.
Check out the full photo gallery HERE.
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Contest: Win Tickets to Dark Disco This Saturday
Posted on 26 January 2011
It's that time again! Meanred's Dark Disco is back this Saturday January 29th, and I couldn't be more excited. This time, the merriment will take place at multi-level, subterranean Hell's Kitchen space Good Units, which is sure to lend itself perfectly to the vibe of the event because hey, what's darker than being underground at night? It's no secret that we over at The HiFi Cartel are massive Ikonika fans, but if that's not reason enough to attend, the lineup features Blaqstarr performing live, as well as sets from Jakwob, Tittsworth, Falty DL, and Redfoxx.
Ikonika is a UK-based electronic musician, producer and DJ often associated with Hyperdub Records and the Dubstep genre.Ikonika's music combines melodic synth patterns, driving drums, melancholic sub bass and unorthodox song structures. She was described by The Observer as "a rare female face in the male-dominated world of dubstep, Ikonika melds the genre's juddering bass with Aphex Twin-style melodic mischief-making."
Blaqstarr is a crafty producer and a unique vocalist — his beats hit hard but leave plenty of room for mind-altering textures, while his voice carries a high-pitched, practically atmospheric, rough-hewn elegance. He gained a lot of recognition for his contribution to M.I.A.'s 2007 album, but he had already been well-established in his base of Baltimore, with productions notched on Young Leek's "Jiggle It" and D.O.G.'s "Ryda Girl," along with his own "Tote It" and "Feel It in the Air" — tracks that filled up Baltimore's airwaves.
Jakwob first came to acclaim via some major appreciation in the blog world for his bootleg of Ellie Goulding's 'Starry Eyed' and bolstered such support with his remix of 'Under The Sheets.' He's since gone on to remix the likes of Empire Of The Sun, Temper Trap and Penguin Prison as well as the likes of Audio Bullies, Dan le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip and I Blame Coco. Jakwob is a multi-instrumentalist, which goes a long way in explaining his style, transcending genres and combining elements of dub step, electro, ghetto-tech and break-beat (to name a few). This eclecticism also manifests itself in Jakwob's DJ sets, which take in dub, hip-hop, drum and bass, dub step and beyond.
Representing club music from the U.S. Capital, Tittsworth continuously dominates crowds with his signature blend of energetic dance music.From URB and XLR8R to NME and Fader, his production continues to gain equally high praise. Titts music is a permanent fixture in blogs, charts and DJ sets. He has been asked to remix pop icon Kanye West, disco legend Grace Jones, D&B front runner Subfocus, Steve Aoki's Dim Mak label and AC Slater's Party Like Us Records to name a few.
New York City's Falty DL ia making garage 'n stuff with his hands. He crafts nostalgic tracks immersed in the old New York and Chicago sound, yet creating a more subtle futuristic Big Apple version mashing together influences from hip hop, dubstep, garage, soul, jungle and electronica, thereby creating his own unique sound.
Get pumped with this awesome mix that Ikonika put together for FACT Magazine in November 2010.
Check out photos from December's edition of Dark Disco HERE.
We've got two tickets to give away to one lucky winner! Just fill out the form below to enter.
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Next Week: Trouble & Bass Ground Hog Day Get Down w/ the Bad Lupo Brothers
Posted on 25 January 2011
Get ready to get down with the Bad Lupo Brothers next Wednesday, February 2, when Trouble & Bass hosts a very special event at Liberty Hall in the Ace Hotel in honor of Ground Hog Day. Why so special? Well, for starters, the Bad Lupo Brothers, which consists of 2 secret members of the T&B crew, will be taking us back with an oldies set. Expect Rockabilly, Motown, Jive, Doo-Wop, and much more. If you were at the "Hot As Hell" release party last Halloween, then you know how well the T&B crew does Rockabilly. And if you weren't, then we highly recommend that you come by and see for yourself.
It's a free party, all you have to do is show up. What else could you possibly want? How about a Trouble & Bass tote bag filled with all kinds of T&B goodies, including a t-shirt, stickers, and a Bad Lupo 7″? Enter to win after the jump, the winner will be notified by email and can pick up the gift bag at the party.
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Win Tickets to Que Bajo?! this Thursday at Santos Party House
Posted on 24 January 2011
This Thursday, Que Bajo?! will return to Santos Party House to give us a much needed dose of the tropics. Fresh off their Paper Mag nomination for Best Party of the Year, Que Bajo?! is back and bigger than ever. Resident DJs Uproot Andy and Geko Jones will be joined by Munchi, the 19-year-old Dominican wonderkid from Rotterdam.
Preview some tunes HERE, and be sure to click through for your chance to win a pair of tickets to the event… good luck!
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Photo Gallery: Worldwide Smash Anniversary Party at Tammany Hall (January 18, 2011)
Posted on 19 January 2011
While the horrifically disgusting weather that took over our fair city deterred many an otherwise adventurous soul from venturing outside of their apartments, I personally don't see any better way to beat the winter blues than some good tunes and cheerful company. So, we braved the puddles of semi-frozen black slush and made our way to Tammany Hall, formerly The Annex, where East Village Radio was throwing an anniversary party in honor of their show Worldwide Smash.
DJ Still Life who hosts Worldwide Smash started the night out, followed by Jojo Mayer + Nerve who performed using live instruments, with the central focus being centered on the drums. Their performance was fascinating, as they essentially deconstructed electronic music and then proceeded to piece the beats back together using live instruments. Rather than music that has traditionally been created using instruments being constructed using computers, which is common these days, this presented the opposite – computer music on instruments. After this Shigeto took the stage, playing a subdued set of his sophisticated and temperamental sound, combining classic elements of UK funky and house with more jazzy and ambient tendancies. Matt Shadetek was up next, followed by a second performance from Jojo Mayer + Nerve, whose second set was so powerful it spurned one guy into dancing his clothes off to the tune of resounding cheers from the crowd. Jubilee closed out the night with a typically awesome variety of bass music, with an attendee even referring to her as "this bad-ass pint size bottle rocket". Not bad for a typical Tuesday in January. Next week? Keep the street slush away and the good tunes coming.
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Photo Gallery: Flashing Lights with Uproot Andy at Public Assembly (January 15, 2011)
Posted on 18 January 2011
The first Flashing Lights of the 2011 brings Que Bajo's Uproot Andy to the decks at Public Assembly.
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California Moves Forward with Anti-Rave Legislation
Posted on 17 January 2011
I went to my first rave when I was 16. As a teenager growing up in Orange County, all I wanted was a respite from the endless parade of beach parties, the masses of identically pleasant looking inhabitants, the uninspiring AP classes, and the rotation of the same mix CD consisting of Bob Marley, Sublime, and Tupac that every single person seemed to have made. My discovery of electronic music was the natural progression of my evolution as an audiophile, but also presented a new and thrilling world that was, above all else, something entirely different. I followed this new concept of computer music until it's pulse became my heartbeat, and suddenly I was plugged in to an entire new community of kids just like me; kids who were tired of hanging out at the taco joint, tired of wearing Abercrombie and Rainbows, tired of smoking pot in someone's garage and discussing which boy in AP US History was the cutest. We found each other on the internet, in forums and chatrooms, and on the streets using the 4×4 as our beacon – a secret language where we communicated with our bodies and our hearts, across race, gender, age, and economic background.
Through raves we created our own worlds, an environment free from the constraints of everyday life, where we could experience an overwhelming sensation of unity, as if our pounding basslines and stomping feet were sending signals all around the world – you are not alone. Brother, sister, I am here with you, and Mother Earth will protect us and we will protect each other, and together we will experience a life worth living. I experienced the aforementioned first rave as something akin to a baptism. I grabbed a friend, a car, a neon top, the secret location scrawled on a post-it and a map to San Bernadino and hit the road to the tune of poorly ripped techno on a burned CD. The experience of entering that field, of wandering between warehouses, of learning the difference between drum & bass, hard house, and trance, is impossible to put into words. But above all else, it was the dancing – dancing with complete abandon, in silly costumes, in the middle of the empty pathway, in the crowd in front of the speaker, in line for the bathroom, alone, with others, unrelenting and primal and free. I was changed.
Many say that the nature of the rave has altered in recent years, and to a certain extent I would agree. If you use the term "rave" loosely, the experience of the event has become heavily commercialized, with large event companies seeing opportunity to turn a gargantuan profit due to the scarcity of such large events in a place like California and therefore the scale on which they operate. I have been to my fair share of what are referred to as "massives" in Los Angeles, where thousands upon thousands of people are herded into a gigantic sports arena, tickets are $60+, water is $7 for a small bottle, and police guard all the exits, which are few and nearly impossible to get to. It is not surprising that tragedies have happened in such situations, where the venue is overcapacity, water is too expensive to drink, and it takes nearly an hour to get from the dancefloor to the exit. Drug usage, which could under different circumstances be relatively safe and responsible, becomes a huge problem, with partygoers overheating due to dehydration and too many bodies too close.
This recent issues that have arisen with such events are not issues that stem from the inherent nature of the rave, but the greed and lack of preparation on the part of the companies who have been orchestrating these parties. It is entirely unjust to punish the attendants for mistakes that are clearly the fault of the promoters, which is precisely what the new Anti-Rave legislation will do. Assembly Bill AB 74 prohibits the conducting of "a public event at night that includes prerecorded music and lasts more than 3 1/2 hours". This essentially prevents any musical gathering from taking place, aside from those in established bars or clubs, most of which are only available to those aged 21 and up. Although there were rumors of the bill being put to rest, these have been quieted after San Francisco Democrat Fiona Ma issued a statement on Tuesday the 4th that the bill is in fact moving forward, though it may take up to 9 months.
While I understand the sentiment behind the passing of such legislation, it is entirely reactionary and unwarranted. Banning such events is only going to force them underground, which is turn will mean higher risk for attendants who will be forced to sneak around the law. These events will now take place in entirely uncontrolled environments, probably far away from civilization (including hospitals and police), where safety and security will be minimal at best. the logical steps to take would seem to be capping ticket sales at a lower capacity, increasing the water and food supply, setting an age restriction of 16 or so, and ensuring that the venues selected are easy to navigate with multiple exits. Instead, the state is electing to outright ban all such events, which will only create increased hostility towards authority and an accompanying desire to ignore the law and rebel.
The struggle of freedom and choice against the confines of what we are told, and often forced, to do is one that has been present since humankind established community, and we must fight on to preserve our right to individual expression. I suppose I can only hope that the giant heartbeat of the culture will pound on, and that we as members of that culture will remember to take care of each other and of ourselves.
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Joomla! 1.5: Beginner's Guide
Joomla! 1.5: Beginner's Guide
Book Details
About This Book
- Create a web site that meets real-life requirements by following the creation of an example site with the help of easy-to-follow steps and ample screenshots
- Practice all the Joomla! skills from organizing your content to completely changing the site's looks and feel
- Go beyond a typical Joomla! site to make the site meet your specific needs
- Get to grips with inspiring examples and best practices and implement them to enhance your Joomla! site
Who This Book Is For
If you want to build and maintain your own web site, the Joomla! Beginner's Guide is perfect for you. It helps you build on the skills and knowledge you may already have on creating web sites—but even if you're new to this subject, you won't have any difficulty understanding the clear and friendly instructions and explanations. You learn how to build and maintain web sites without having to dive deep into HTML and CSS.
Table of Contents
What You Will Learn
- Create a feature-rich site that's easy to expand, customize, and maintain without having to learn web languages such as HTML and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
- Design attractive home pages that provide a quick overview of the site's contents and direct people to the content they could be interested in
- Engage your web visitors and turn them into active users by enabling them to register, add content, and leave comments
- Design clear and easy navigation using menus, submenus, and text hyperlinks
- Make full use of templates to get your site to look just right, tweaking the CSS and customizing templates using your own logo, fonts, and colors
- Extend Joomla!'s capabilities by finding and utilizing must-have extensions that perfectly meet your needs
- Increase your site's visibility for search engines by applying highly effective Search Engine Optimization (SEO) techniques
- Secure your site from hackers and potential threats using easy-to-follow techniques
Chapter 1: Introduction: A New and Wasy Way to Build Your Web Site – In this chapter you'll learn why you'd want to use Joomla!: to create a cool looking, feature-rich site that's easy to expand, customize, and maintain.
Chapter 2: Installation: Getting Joomla! Up and Running – You'll learn how to install Joomla! on your own computer or on a web server, and how to install a sample site.
Chapter 3: First Steps: Getting to Know Joomla! – In this chapter you'll get familiar with the basic concepts of Joomla!: the Joomla! interface and the principles of a web site constructed out of 'building blocks'.
Chapter 4: Web Building Basics: Creating a Site in an Hour – Face a Real-Life Challenge – In this chapter you'll use Joomla! to build a basic but expandable web site fast – customizing Joomla! 's default sample site to fit your needs, adding content, menu links, and changing the site's look and feel.
Chapter 5: Small Sites, Big Sites: Organizing Your Content Effectively – Making it easy to add and find information on your site: designing a clear, expandable, manageable structure for your content.
Chapter 6: Creating Killer Content: Adding and Editing Articles – In this chapter, you'll learn to create content pages that are attractive and easy to read, and you'll learn about different ways to tweak the page layout.
Chapter 7: Welcoming Your Visitors: Creating Attractive Home Pages and Overview Pages – When you've got your content set up, you'll create a home page and overview pages to entice visitors to actually read all your valuable content.
Chapter 8: Helping Your Visitors Find What They Want: Managing Menus – In this chapter, you'll practice designing clear and easy navigation through menus. How can you help the visitors to find what they want easily?
Chapter 9: Opening Up the Site: Enabling Users to Contribute and Interact – You'll learn how to enable users to log in and allow them to create content and manage the web site. Enable visitors to register and give them exclusive access to premium content. Another powerful way to get visitors involved is to allow them to leave comments.
Chapter 10: Getting the Most out of Your Site: Extending Joomla! – In this chapter, you'll learn how to extend Joomla!'s capabilities using all sorts of extensions: using an image gallery to attractively display pictures, automatically showing article teasers on the home page, or enhancing your workspace by installing an easier content editor.
Chapter 11: Creating an Attractive Design: Working with Templates – Templates will give your site a fresh look and feel – and make it easy to create an individual look, different from a "typical" Joomla! site. You'll learn how to install and customize templates.
Chapter 12: Attracting Search Engine Traffic – This chapter shows you how to increase your site's visibility for search engines applying Search Engine Optimization (SEO) techniques, such as creating friendly URLs.
Appendix - Keeping the Site Secure – In this chapter you'll learn simple, common sense steps you can take to keep your site safe from hackers.
In Detail
Joomla! is one of the most popular open-source Content Management Systems, actively developed and supported by a world-wide user community. Although it's a fun and feature-rich tool, it can be challenging to get beyond the basics and build a site that meets your needs perfectly. Using this book you can create dynamic, interactive web sites that perfectly fit your needs.
This practical guide gives you a head start in using Joomla! 1.5, helping you to create professional and good-looking web sites, whether you want to create a full-featured company or club web site or build a personal blog site.
The Joomla! 1.5 Beginner's Guide helps beginners to get started quickly and to get beyond the basics to take full advantage of Joomla!'s powerful features. Real-life examples and tutorials will spark your imagination and show you what kind of professional, contemporary, feature-rich web sites any developer can achieve with Joomla!. It gives you a head start and explains what's good and useful about Joomla! features and what's not. The focus is on clear instructions and easy-to-understand tutorials, with minimum of jargon. This book provides clear definitions, thoroughly covering the concepts behind the software and creating a coherent picture of how the software works. This book is not about what Joomla! can do—it's about what you can do using Joomla!.

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Stars of 'Coronation Street' are said to be considering striking after show bosses announced a cut in pay.
They are in talks with ITV after it emerged that the show's omnibus edition would move from ITV1 to ITV2 from this weekend.
Currently, actors get paid a repeat fee of 37.5% of their episode pay for the omnibus on ITV1, but the move to ITV2 would mean they would instead get a much smaller royalty.
A show spokesperson said: "We are in the process of talking to cast members whose pay may be affected by the ending of the omnibus repeat on ITV1.
"We expect to come to an arrangement in the next few weeks. In the meantime we have confirmed that we will continue with repeat fee payments." [The Sun]
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The BBC has refused to edit nude scenes out of the repeat of New Year's Day's episode of 'Sherlock', despite receiving around 100 complaints from viewers that the action was too racy to be shown before the 9pm watershed. The repeat will be show even earlier, from 7pm on BBC3. Nine million tuned in to watch 'A Scandal in Belgravia', the first episode of the new series. [Metro]
'X Factor' star Chico Slimani is to step in to replace Chesney Hawkes on 'Dancing On Ice' after the 80s pop star broke his leg during training. "I am gutted," said Hawkes. "I'm determined to be back, though. I won't be able to appear in this series but I'm hoping I will be able to appear in the show next year." [The Sun]
New 'Countdown' host Nick Hewer has revealed that he blurted out an answer while filming the show. "I spotted a good word among the letters and shouted out, 'Conifers'. It ruined the shot and filming was stopped," he said. The new series starts on Channel 4 on Monday. [The Sun]


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Meaning & Origins
The original Latin form of Mark, of unknown derivation; it may possibly be connected with Mars, the name of the Roman god of war, or the adjective mas 'male, virile' (genitive maris). This was one of the very small number of Roman given names of the classical period. There were only about a dozen of these in general use, with perhaps another dozen confined to particular families. Marcus has been in use in the English-speaking world since the 16th century if not earlier; in the 20th century it enjoyed a considerable increase in popularity. As an African-American name it is sometimes bestowed in honour of the Black Consciousness leader Marcus Garvey (1887–1940).
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German and Scottish: from the personal name Anders, vernacular form of Andreas. The German name is also found in Poland and has yielded a family name in Czech (Anderš).
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Nicknames & variations
Marcos, Marceda, Marcis, Marcas, Marcius, Marciso, Marcosa, Marchese, Marcques, Marcisa
Anderson, Andersen, Anderton, Andes, Andersson, Anderegg, Anderberg, Andel, Anderle, Andert


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Antimicrobial mouth rinses and toothpastes reduce the bacterial count and inhibit bacterial activity in dental plaque, which can cause gingivitis, an early, reversible form of periodontal (gum) disease. ADA-Accepted antimicrobial mouth rinses and toothpastes have substantiated these claims by demonstrating significant reductions in plaque and gingivitis.
Fluoride mouth rinses help reduce and prevent tooth decay. Clinical studies have demonstrated that use of a fluoride mouth rinse and fluoride toothpaste can provide extra protection against tooth decay over that provided by fluoride toothpaste alone. Fluoride mouth rinse is not recommended for children age six or younger because they may swallow the rinse.


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DENVER — The sound of a thump carries with it a unique effect. A healthy, proper thump is remembered as much as it's heard.
This is Mike Bellotti's football memory of T.J. Ward at the University of Oregon. In his early days as a walk-on, Ward was remembered as much as he was heard.


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TMT Investments injects $250,000 in US fashion rental platform Le Tote
In late July TMT Investments, a UK-headquartered venture fund backed by Russian businessmen, announced the completion of a $250,000 investment in San-Francisco-based fashion rental platform Le Tote.
Le Tote provides women with unlimited access to garments and accessories for a fixed price of $49 per month. The platform defines its mission as "to become the leading fashion discovery platform where women can access, learn about and shop the best fashion every day."
The startup is addressing a very large market estimated at $240 billion for fashion retail and more than $65 billion for fashion e-commerce in the US. Le Tote believes it is in an excellent position to capture this market through its "Try before you buy" solution for women across the globe who want to look fashionable on a budget.
Le Tote was founded in 2012 by two serial entrepreneurs, Brett Northart and Rakesh Tondon.
"The ever changing nature of the Western fashion and cosmetics industries has led to a trend towards trial purchases, which are very popular amongst teenagers and young people. This group of consumers is the most progressive, as they do not have strong attachments to traditional brands and love to experiment. The team at Le Tote works with this demographic and shows great dynamism," Rusbase quoted TMT Head of investments Artem Inyutin as saying.
TMT, which is traded on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange, has raised $28 million since its inception in 2010. Its portfolio includes more than 30 startups from the USA, Russia and other countries.
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Pacific Rim is a sci-fi film about humanity fending off an alien attack by enormous monsters called Kaijus with human-built giant robots called Jaegers. The film contains all sorts of cool looking FUI found both in the cockpits of the Jaegers and in the Local Command Center (LOCCENT) which communicates with them. An 85 member team at the Canadian-based studio Hybride, in partnership with ILM, was responsible for all the holographic UI found in the film.
The cockpits of the Jaegers feature numerous holographic screens projected in front of the pilots, holographic projections on each of the pilots arms and hemi-spherical projections on the pilots hand disks. Like most command centers, the LOCCENT filled with many 2D monitors as well as a unique circular holographic display made up of multiple single color layers.