Addictive TV
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| Origin | London, United Kingdom |
| Genres | world music, Electronica, audiovisual, trip hop, breakbeat, drum and bass |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Labels | Studio_!K7, Moonshine Music |
| Website | Addictive.tv, Orchestra of Samples |
| Members | Graham Daniels, Mark Vidler |
| Past members | Tolly |
Addictive TV are the British audio/visual electronic duo known for their movie supercuts and creation of audiovisual remix material, sampling movies and TV. After a number of years recording and filming musicians around the world, in 2017 they signed with German label !K7 to release the album of their Orchestra of Samples project, fusing electronic and world music. Based in London, the group comprises Graham Daniels and Mark Vidler (aka Go Home Productions). From 2000 to 2005 they produced the DJ:VJ music television series Mixmasters, and in DJMags 2006 annual poll, Addictive TV were voted #1 VJ in the world for a second time - the first being 2004.
Having released several DVD albums in the United States and the 2014 audio/visual project Orchestra of Samples, Addictive TV have performed in over 50 countries including at Glastonbury Festival, Roskilde Festival, WOMAD World of Music, Arts and Dance and the San Francisco Film Festival.
In 1998 they produced Transambient for Channel 4 in the UK. From 2000 to 2005 they produced the DJ/VJ music series Mixmasters for the UK's ITV1.
From 2001 to 2005, Addictive TV were signed to US label Moonshine Music, releasing nine DVD compilation albums of their Mixmasters and Transambient projects. They have also released through Naive in France, Absolut via Universal Music Group in Germany and both Pinnacle and Pias in the UK and now worldwide with Studio_!K7.
The UK producers and audiovisual artists are the team who ran Optronica the visual music and VJ events held at the NFT and British Film Institute IMAX in London, UK in 2005 and 2007. In 2006 in the international publication DJMag annual poll, Addictive TV were voted #1 VJs in the world for a second time (the first being in 2004 in the magazine's first ever VJ poll alongside their Top 100 DJ poll). In the five years the poll ran, Addictive TV were the only act to stay in the top 3 positions.
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