VNCCII unveils new single ‘Hyper Drive’ alongside latest creative project
The Australian artist combines pop and electronic music on her latest track
VNCCII, the digital avatar alias of Australian singer-songwriter Samantha Tauber, has unveiled a brand new single titled ‘Hyper Drive’.
‘Hyper Drive’ landed today, July 26, entirely produced, written, and vocalised by VNCCII with additional mixing and mastering from GRAMMY Award-winning engineer Luca Pretolesi.
The new single gives a look into the futuristic world of VNCCII combining pop and electronic music, with lyrics touching on female empowerment. Check it out below.
VNCCII is the metaverse musician and alias of Samantha Tauber, the Australian-born, London-based artist behind multidisciplinary projects spanning animation, AI, game design, and live music, often blurring the lines between each.
“My live shows are a layered blend of visuals on LED volume, utilising animated, pre-recorded, and live motion capture generated in Unreal Game Engine,” VNCCII explains.
“I also use a layered blend of holographic visuals, live triggered visuals and auditory events, real-time visualisation, as well as my live presence in costume as the embodiment of my virtual Superheroine avatar, VNCCII.”
Using VR, augmented reality, spatial computing, and game developing tool Unreal Game Engine, VNCCII’s performances promise a step into an “emotional, immersive world".
Alongside the release of her new single, VNCCII has also announced a brand new project in the form of a debut novel, an “epic space opera” exploring alternate human worlds.
The science fiction novel will be released soon, VNCCII has revealed, marking the launch of her new multimedia science fiction franchise.
VNCCII's extensive discography soundtracks the "emotional journey of the VNCCII superheroine character", fusing cinematic pop with futuristic electronic tracks. Along with her productions, VNCCII also directs and produces the "visual story" behind each track with her music videos.
In 2023, VNCCII won the prestigious Music Metaverse Award at the Metaverse Entertainment World Summit in Monaco, and has since developed her own live show, meticulously crafted through the use of XR technologies.
Find out more about VNCCII’s latest projects here.
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