Infrared Sightings is a video by the
Grateful Dead, consisting of
computer animation and other imagery set to music from their album Infrared Roses. It was released on
VHS video tape and on
laserdisc in 1992, and is 18 minutes long.
Infrared Roses is known to fans as "the all Drums and Space album". Produced by Grateful Dead sound designer Bob Bralove, it contains free form
improvisational music recorded live at a number of different Dead concerts.
The visuals for Infrared Sightings combine computer generated images, many of them
abstract, with
found footage that has been altered or edited in various ways. The video is therefore somewhat reminiscent of the light shows that were projected on large screens at many Grateful Dead concerts.
Track listing
intro – FreeQuency Beach
part 1 – Underwatermelons (music: "Riverside Rhapsody")
part 2 – Synchronations (music: "Post-Modern Highrise Table Top Stomp")
part 3 – Yes I Kandinsky (music: "Infrared Roses")