I was watching New Divide live at iTunes 2011. What's that instrument Mike used at the start? I never saw it before. The thing he's waving his hand around. [video=youtube;8ru5AvGE2n4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ru5AvGE2n4[/video]
The theremin was a cool experiment that didn't last long in LP's live rig - it was only around for the A Thousand Suns tours. Mike used it on When They Come For Me too.
Yeah, but they only use it for two songs so I can see why it probably wouldn't be an important aspect of the live setup to them.
In action : [video=youtube;w5qf9O6c20o]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5qf9O6c20o[/video] And I guess mike uses it more like a filter, as in here : [video=youtube;HkjFCN8u8MM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HkjFCN8u8MM#![/video]
The video quality, the melody and the guy's skin color and movements..... All of this made me think of old horror movies
I believe this has been covered before. Another note: What's unique is not just that it's a theremin, but it's a theremin that Mike is using to control a filter cutoff instead of using it as a sound producing instruments (as the video above demonstrates). I imagine he does this because A) It's cool, very cool and B) It keeps his hand free in a sense, instead of finding a physical knob or slider to move.