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Controlling a massive crowd with your voice and dance moves is the frontman's goal/superpower, and De Staat founder, Torre Florim lives that dream on what looks like a nightmarish prison planet in the new music video for "Witch Doctor." The Dutch band teamed up with Studio Smack to create the lo-fi CGI horde Florim commands, which slowly becomes the cranked-to-11 circle pit of every Northern European rock band's dreams. Sure, his audience isn't real, but the human tornado whipping around him is brutal as hell.You can check out the making-of video to see how Studio Smack used wearable sensors and few other movie magic tricks to produce that crowd, and listen to the rest of I_CON (2013), the album "Witch Doctor" is from, here.Related:Fire Breathers and Mosh Pits Spin into Dizzying Light TunnelsThe Physics Of The Mosh Pit Could Help Design CG Crowd ScenesCGI Test Footage Pits A Tiny Crowd Against A Massive Swinging ArmGoth Industrial: Even More Metal in 360 Degrees
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