Powersoft Mover helps tell the story of electronic music with an immersive experience

In the museum and nightclub Our House have been installed 64 Powersoft Mover transducer, powered by four Quattrocanali amplifiers 4804 DSP+D.

The compact transducer Powersoft Mover has been installed in the heart of the immersive experience performed in the electronic dance music museum and nightclub Our House.

Located in the Rembrandt district of Amsterdam, Our House has been a thriving nightclub and the heart of the electronic music scene since the 20s. 80. The emblematic place has maintained its musical legacy by becoming a museum of digital storytelling, that promises a journey of 75 minutes by musical genre, through interactive exhibitions, shows and performances. Tells the story about how electronic music, which was once a scene underground rebellious and reserved, has evolved into a global cultural phenomenon.

“When we got here, about two years ago, the place was very analog. There was a sound system, strobe lights, a smoke machine and some LeDs. That was it.”, Explains Jeroen Jansen, CEO of Our House. “We wanted to rebuild the club with facilities that could tell the story of more than 40 years of music using mixed technology. To renovate the premises and take it to a completely new level, we receive support from the industry, including Powersoft”.

At night the place is a nightclub, Club Air, and for the day, shares the same space with museum visitors. The power of the amplifiers and the Mover system is used to visually connect with the video content in the museum., while at night the lower frequencies intensify on the dance floor to accentuate the music and bass line..

Jansen asked Powersoft engineers for advice to evaluate the number of Mover systems they would be to support the dance floor structure they had in mind.; the double layer floor had to withstand 100 people and 12 tons of weight.

They opted for 64 Move, Powersoft's compact linear transducer, powered by four amplifiers Quattrocanali 4804 DSP+D. Versatile equipment can be attached to a large number of objects and structures, as game chairs, seating of entertainment venues, wall panels and, in this case, under the double-layered dance floor.

“We came up with the idea of actively involving all the technical elements that are associated with electronic music., like light, the video, laser and special effects. We wanted the movement from under people's feet to form a completely immersive experience., created by a timecode content system”, says Jansen, which refers to content specifically designed as “The all-point connector, that unites all technology in musical points, like when the rhythm falls or the musical crescendo”.

The construction of the 'double floor' consists of a hydraulic surface, that can slide up and down 20 cm, and the secondary soil at the top. The latter has the 64 Move Docked, one to each floor panel, so that it can be felt wherever the person is standing.

Jansen attributes to his passion for electronic music the drive to create this experiential museum, which pays tribute to the 'protagonists'’ (Djs, iconic bands and producers, as Daft Punk, Carl Cox and Diplo) that helped create a unique experience. “It was very important for us to create a complete VR experience., without glasses, at the highlight of visitors' journey. Hence the idea of a haptic experience: linking all technology to movement, so that everything worked in harmony”.

The System Integrator Lagotronics worked in collaboration with Our House to develop the 'free fall' hydraulic floor system, that not only vibrates but falls downward. “We add a special element that nobody expects, So it's quite shocking to people when they're here. “, adds Jansen.

The creative designer of the audio system, Joshua Dutrieux (JDX Music), was contacted by Jansen and Fourmation, your entertainment company, with the commission to create something that would never have been done before and that made the dance museum something really memorable.

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