Expertise
Stage-hardened hardware and software for live production
Wireless LED costumes, video garments and show control that integrate with the lighting desk and run every night on stadium world tours.
- Companies
- Smooth Technology
- Clients
- Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Janelle Monáe, Japanese Breakfast, Nicki Minaj, Red Bull
Selected work
14 projects
Lady Gaga: MTV VMAs 2020
A protective, sound-reactive light-up mask Lady Gaga could sing live in for her mid-pandemic VMAs performance. Fans built their own copies within days.
Childish Gambino: The New World Tour
Radio-controlled wearable lighting and truss-spanning LED displays for an arena tour, running reliably in venues saturated with RF.
Taylor Swift: 1989 World Tour
Taylor Swift’s LED dress and 12 dancer suits, each wirelessly controlled from the lighting desk. The dress now lives in the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Katy Perry: Witness and Lifetimes Tours
Two world tours: a wireless LED “video bra” the touring light director called the most reliable system on tour, then wireless props and set pieces for The Lifetimes Tour.
Billy Porter: Grammy Awards
“The hat that inspired a thousand memes”: a radio-controlled mechanical hat for Billy Porter’s 2020 Grammys look, now on permanent display at Madame Tussauds.
Janelle Monáe: Met Gala
Mechanical design, movement and programming for Janelle Monáe’s Picasso-inspired 2019 Met Gala look.
Paris Hilton: Infinite Icon
Lighting built into a custom Marchesa gown and Hello Faerie wings for Paris Hilton’s Infinite Icon performance at the Hollywood Palladium.
Mariah Carey: Christmas and Caution Tours
Lighting for Mariah Carey’s wings on the 2018 All I Want for Christmas Is You tour, and LED curves for the 2019 Caution tour.
Japanese Breakfast: Jubilee and Melancholy Tours
Video-capable LED persimmons and a hit-reactive gong seen on SNL and at Coachella, then a wireless antique lantern for the Melancholy tour.
Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 20th Anniversary Tour
Custom addressable light forms echoing the album’s Marina City towers, for Wilco’s 2022 anniversary tour.
LOW: Double Negative Tour
Three monolithic, video-controlled LED towers that backlit and silhouetted each member of the band.
Lady Gaga: Enigma, Las Vegas
A radio-controlled lit bodysuit for Lady Gaga’s Enigma + Jazz & Piano residency in Las Vegas.
Nicki Minaj: Motorsport
An LED costume for Nicki Minaj’s Motorsport music video, built with Asher Levine in a one-week remote sprint.
Jinkx Monsoon: Drag Race All Stars
Custom lighting and programming for the “burning witch” dress on RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars.