Steve Vai - 'Dark Matter' Official Music Video

Official Music Video for the track "Dark Matter" off of the album "Modern Primitive".

"Hey Folks, Steve here.
Enjoy this little video adventure we made for 'Dark Matter', a track from Modern Primitive where I get to steam punk out a bit.
The idea was to create an alien type landscape where each band member was filmed at a different speed and then brought together in various shots.
I had to learn the song backwards! This left me knowing the future for a few days after the shoot, and I discovered all is well.

s"

11/07—Oakland, CA, Fox Theater
11/08—Anaheim, CA, City National Grove
11/09—Las Vegas, NV, The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
11/10—Tempe, AZ, Marquee Theatre #
11/11—Albuquerque, NM, El Rey Theater
11/13—Denver, CO, Paramount Theatre — Denver
11/15—Kansas City, MO, Uptown Theatre
11/16—Salina, KS, The Stiefel Theatre
11/17—Tulsa, OK, Brady Theater
11/18—Des Moines, IA, Hoyt Sherman Theatre
11/19—Cincinnati, OH, Taft Theatre
11/20—Grand Rapids, MI, 20 Monroe Live
11/21—Detroit, MI, Fillmore Detroit
11/23—Medford, MA, The Chevalier Theater
11/24—Niagara Falls, NY, The Rapids Theatre
11/25—Kitchener, ON, Centre in the Square
11/27—Bethlehem, PA, Sands Bethlehem Event Center
11/28—Port Chester, NY, Capitol Theatre
11/29—Albany, NY, The Palace Theatre
11/30—Atlantic City, NJ, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City — The Theater
12/01—Rochester, NY, Kodak Center
12/03—Greensburg, PA, The Palace Theatre
12/04—Westbury, NY, NYCB Theatre at Westbury
12/05—Richmond, VA, The National
12/08— Atlanta, GA, Tabernacle
12/09—Orlando, FL, Hard Rock Live
12/10—Davie, FL, Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
12/11—Clearwater, FL, Ruth Eckerd Hall
12/13—Austin, TX, The Moody Theater
12/14—Dallas, TX, The Bomb Factory
12/16—Salt Lake City, UT, The Complex – Rockwell
12/18—Los Angeles, CA, The Wiltern

[stratrovarius]

Intro riff starts... My 8 year old daughter from the other room: "... are you watching that video with 3 Steve Vais again?!"

[tanjirokamada]

Director : how much visual fx do u want?
Steve vai : yes

[Kwb]

This is definitely the most Steve Vai thing I've seen in a while.

[certaindeath]

I think Steve Vai should give us all an honest-to-goodness metal album. Just, tune 'er down, shred and go for it.

[vegaslowblower]

He obviously didnt want anyone to cover this song

[jnb]

I finally figured it out - Steve doesn't bend the strings, he bends his guitar and the strings answer with cries for mercy

[zbudgiez]

This is just perfect harmony in mess. Absolutely one of the best

[Luckyman]

I wouldn't be surprised If he summoned copies of himself to play this live. Soul power

[pallmall]

Of all the great guitarists of the 80's, I think Steve Vai has the most imaginative music, the best videos, and the coolest style. His music is also the most relevant of any of the artists from that period without losing too much of what made the 80's great in terms of extreme technicality. So much taste and lyricism in every bit of what he plays. Really special.

[jc]

Everytime I listen to it I love it more and more, phenomenal trio! LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT!!!

[Gadirus]

This video looks like an After Effects tutorial, but without the explanation part

[clifftotten]

thing I love about Steve is that he is ALWAYS growing and trying new things. So bad ass!

[Adam-pinb]

Probably the most complete guitarist ever! Amazing technique and beautiful composition

[mas.bro.]

this song is to epic that need 3 steve vai's to play it

[LeonTodd]

So the next G3 tour is going to be Steve and 2 holograms of himself?

[rolandguilford]

It's brilliant. Repulsive yet exhilarating. Strange and serene harmonically with a kick ass attitude. Love it or hate it, you can't deny he is a master of his craft! He's quite incredible in my humble opinion.

[sadramalekian]

Imagine hearing this before you hear tender surrender...

[siwa]

This song is one if the best things Vai have done in years! This is just beautiful and perfect

[sebastiannieto]

Steampunk Vai, you are awesome Steve, big inspiration the best of the rock on !!!!

[metalmcfly]

The universe can barely contain 1 Vai .... but to have 3 would cause a massive rift in the space time continuum and the entire universe would be swallowed into a black hole. Dark Matter with 3 Vai's.... I see what you did there Steve 😎