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Muse has created an interactive Flash-based lyric video for their upcoming single Panic Station, which is premiered exclusively on Wired.co.uk.
The non-interactive version was produced by Mike Isted of Liverpool-based visual effects studio Deerstalker, which has previously worked with Muse to create the band's stage visuals for their recent tour.
For the interactive version, independent London-based creative agency Yuki took Isted's work and morphed it into a 3D visualiser, using Away3D 4 and Adobe Flash.
"Various embedded actions within the audio file were used to control the cameras position and various commands for the particles," Isted tells Wired.co.uk, "providing a nice
'sit-back-and-just-watch' experience. There's also the ability to control of the camera's pan and tilt at any point by pressing their mouse down and moving around."
You can view the non-interactive video on Muse's YouTube channel.
Panic Station, which is the fourth single from Muse's sixth studio album The 2nd Law, will be released on Helium 3 / Warner Brothers Records, 3 June. The band is also playing several live UK dates in May and June. Details can be found at Muse.mu.
This article was originally published by WIRED UK
