Alt-J debut new video technology aiming to stop fans recording gigs on mobile phones

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The long-running debate and general nuisance of gig-goers recording concerts on their camera phones has reached a peak with the likes of Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Savages each speaking out in hope to deter fans from filming their shows illegally. Recent Mercury Prize winners Alt-J, however, feel like they’ve found the solution, premiering new technology last night which hopes to put an end to the problem.

The fourpiece, who also picked up the ‘Album of the Year’ award at the Ivor Novellos yesterday, debuted new app Soundhalo at their Brixton Academy show last night. The app hopes to discourage people from picking up their smartphones mid-gig by offering almost instantaneous live audio and visual recordings of each song played, available for downloading immediately after the band stop playing.

Soundhalo combines the mastered audio from the sound desk with the images shot by a video team, uploaded onto the cloud and ready to download for around the same price as a regular track.

You can find out more information on the app here.

[Photo by Burak Cingi, news story via The Guardian]