In Lille, a DJ at the top of the ladder for a virtual fire ball

A large scale ball, digital and weightless. This is enough to revolutionize the evening of firefighters on July 14. “When I was offered to mix in the air, I found the idea great. Then I wondered how it was possible and especially if I would feel dizzy, ”says Manu Falcon. The answer is no. The DJ from Lille played an hour-long set in the middle of the Lille Bouvines fire station, 20 meters from the ground.

The image is spectacular, but the performance was secure. "There was a lot of technical work done and more than two months of intensive implementation before filming this set with 7 cameras and a drone," says Antoine, firefighter in charge of the organization. At the helm, the association Monkey's Live, which mixes DJs in emblematic places of the territory, the Departmental Fire and Rescue Service of 59 and the barracks of Lille Bouvines.

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“Usually the firefighters' ball brings together more than 1000 curious people on July 14th. We did not want to leave them with nothing this year and technological progress has enabled us to make this original virtual project a reality, ” specifies Antoine. On house, disco and funk sounds, the curious will admire from their sofa the fire trucks to go into intervention, as if they were there.

A ball 2.0 for a good cause

"In addition to the vertiginous side of the experience, the project is human and charitable" , underlines Manu Falcon. The digital ball is free, but during the live, a link will be available on the social networks of the organizing groups to make donations to the Work of orphan pupils of firefighters, an association which helps families of firefighters. deceased in service.

This unusual performance also gives a spotlight to the DJ profession, in the shadows since the closing of nightclubs and the cancellation of many festivals. "Despite the crisis, we can continue to create links and make people dance from their living room with retransmissions of this type," explains the DJ from Lille, spotted for his remixes of forgotten hits from the 80s.

“We give pleasure and we take just as much. After such an experience, it only remains for me to play at the top of the Eiffel Tower, ” jokes Manu Falcon.