Gallery: The M Machine Builds iPad-Controlled Light Show From Scratch

  • M Lit Up
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    *Electronic band The M Machine built this giant, laptop-and-iPad-controlled light wall in its San Francisco warehouse.*
  • M Machine Heads
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    *The members of the M Machine (in paper-head form) sit in the band's studio.*
  • Band and Artists Hang Out
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    *Casey Gray, Chris Blackstock, Andy Coenen, Ben Swardlick and Eric Luttrell (from left to right) hang out in the studio space of their warehouse.*
  • Casey Gray In Studio
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    *Casey Gray works on a piece in one of his studio spaces.*
  • Casey Gray Art
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    *The wall of one of Casey Gray's studios.*
  • Garcia Room
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    *The M Machine's Andy Coenen chills out in the Garcia Room.*
  • SprayPaint
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    *Rows of paint cans in one of Casey Gray's studios.*
  • In the Warehouse
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    *Chris Blackstock, Casey Gray and Gordon Brislawn chat in the M Machine's warehouse.*
  • Monkey
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    *A very tiny monkey in the M Machine's warehouse space.*
  • In the Studio
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    *Andy Coenen, Ben Swardlick and Eric Luttrell (from left to right) hang out in their studio.*
  • Detritus
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    *Shades, headphones and words of wisdom.*
  • Andy Coenen Works the
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    *Andy Coenen works on the laptop and iPad that control the giant, M-shaped light wall he built.*
  • Watching the M Machine
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    *Members of The M Machine and the artists who share their warehouse home watch a demonstration of the band's light wall in action.*
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