Ray Li and Michael Ndubuisi currently reside in the vibrant city of Las Vegas and together they’re known as . Both have backgrounds in Engineering and a wildly ambitious mindset. When Ray and Michael combined their passions for technology and music, their revolutionary invention of essentially creating sounds out of thin air came to light.
Their ultimate goal was to create an “instrument” where you can manipulate sound simply by moving your hands in various ways. The duo set out to create various prototypes of gloves, some successful and some not. After roughly 6 years of perfecting the technology, they’ve recently announced the creation of Veserium 2.0.
At the moment, Veserium 2.0 is their most innovative advancement for music production.
Watch Veserium 2.0:
Michael and Ray have big plans for the future of Veserium.
The idea behind the project is more than just pushing the boundaries of music technology. The bigger picture is being able to bring back the human element into live EDM performances.
The lack of creativity and interaction of live sets in the industry is a problem that Veserium hopes to rectify. All too often it’s difficult for crowds to see and understand what’s being done to create certain sounds. Honestly, some DJ’s out there don’t have the best stage presence and that can make watching them play just downright boring. Ray and Michael offer more than a press and play performance.
Get to know more about how Veserium came to life in our exclusive interview.
I know you guys both have engineering backgrounds. How did the idea for this project initially come about?
Do you have any artists that inspire the type of music you create or are you focused on creating a completely original sound?
Recently, they’ve also been busy with collaborations featuring violinist . Their cover of “Friends” by Marshmello and Anne-Marie is already a huge hit.
Listen to Veserium’s remix of “FRIENDS” (feat. Rob Landes):
What kind of events do you guys perform at? Have you ever done shows or music festivals or do you plan to in the future?
Where do you see this technology going in the future? Could you ever see this being made as a product that the general public could buy and use on their own?
Veserium’s live performance of “Awakening”:
Is Veserium a full time job for you guys? What kind of things are you interested in doing outside of this project?
What kind of challenges have you run into so far? Was there ever a point before the technology was completed that you thought it wouldn’t work?
What kind of music backgrounds do you have? I assume you guys have some previous knowledge of music production before you got into Veserium?
I was looking at some old posts on the Veserium Facebook page and noticed you guys used to be called Spectrum. What made you want to change to Veserium? What is the meaning of Veserium?
Where are you both from originally? Where are you based now?
What can we expect from you guys in the future? Any specific long term goals? Any word on when your first album will be out?
Clearly, there’s a lot of big ventures happening for Veserium in the coming year. On top of their first full length album, they’re also planning a nation-wide tour that will begin this September. The future seems rather bright for these two industry pioneers. Stay up to date on announcements regarding this year’s tour and album their socials linked below.