The Pioneer CDJ and mixer have new clothes.
Off-White designer and fledgling DJ Virgil Abloh has revealed a new collaboration with Pioneer DJ: a transparent CDJ and mixer set. The bold transparent design will be part of Abloh’s upcoming career retrospective, “Figures of Speech,” set to appear at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art this summer.
“As a means to give a new look and feel to the industry standard of the CDJ and DJM, I aimed to design a see-thru and non-labeled rendition of the classic models to inspire a different sound while DJing,” Abloh said in a press statement. “And perhaps a new way for music technology and human interaction to equal a different result.”
“Virgil Abloh’s creations can’t be defined by genre,” added Pioneer DJ President and CEO, Akio Moriwaki. “He boldly connects various art forms, demonstrating unlimited creative possibilities to audiences around the world, and this embodies DJing. We hope that our collaboration with Virgil Abloh will trigger a new story for our customers and our company, and lead to the further development of DJ culture.”
“Figures of Speech” is set to run at the MCA from June 10 to September 22.
