VJ Fader · James Cui · Berlin
Audio-reactive visuals, VFX, and stage design for live experiences.
Winner · Janus Award – Best Sonic Experience · Fulldome Festival Jena 2026
01 · Realtime
I create realtime visuals for music, immersive platforms, and digital experiences, combining particle systems, environment animation, motion design, and interactive visual storytelling across Unreal Engine, Unity, and After Effects.
02 · Live
I treat a stage like a sculpture shaped by the event and its audience. Indoors or outdoors, modern or classic, LED screens, projectors, lasers and light are the materials I build with. Every design starts with a strong concept that gives the show its identity.
Services
Fader works across music visualization, stage design, and live visual production — building immersive experiences for concerts, festivals, VR projects, and experimental audiovisual work.
Real-time, audio-reactive visual systems created for live music, immersive environments, and performance-led experiences.
Stage concepts and visual identities designed to support the atmosphere, scale, and flow of a live event.
Video mapping, LED content, VJ workflows, and show visuals developed to feel fully connected to the performance.
A collaborative process with artists, studios, producers, and technical teams to turn ideas into production-ready visual experiences.
About
I'm James Cui, aka VJ Fader, a Berlin-based motion designer and VFX artist. For 15+ years I've made visuals for music — festival stages, real-time particle systems, and now AI video.
I started with video mapping in 2010 and spent eight years designing stages for INTRO Festival. Since 2021 I've built audio-reactive VFX in Unreal Niagara for VR DJ experiences at TLM Partners and Sensorium. Today I take those real-time animations further with Runway and ComfyUI. I also teach Unity and video mapping workshops, from Berlin to Cape Town.
Contact
If you have an upcoming project or questions about my past work, feel free to write.
