A Cathedralof Light
A one-of-one machine built where overclocking meets the rave — a partnership between the world’s #1 overclocker and Joe De Pace of Loud Luxury.
Two people who chase the same moment — the instant light, smoke and sound collapse into one feeling — built it from silicon.
An idea
before a machine.
This collaboration didn’t start with a parts list. It started with a question: what would a rave look like if you poured it into a single PC?
The answer became A Cathedral of Light — a build tuned to the architecture of a peak-time set. A cooling loop that breathes like a fog machine. Memory clocked to the tempo. Fans that double as screens, throwing the collab’s visuals into the haze the way a mainstage looks the second the bass drops. Every decision was made together, in the language both of them already spoke: pushing hardware past where it’s supposed to go.
It isn’t a product line. It’s a single, signed, hand-built piece — a record of what happens when an overclocker and a DJ design for the same feeling.
Two worlds,
one drop.
A partnership between two people who spend their lives chasing the edge of what hardware can do.
The world’s #1 overclocker and a breaker of world records. He doesn’t ship “gaming-ready” — every chip is hand-binned and pushed far past stock, stress-tested for 72 hours before it earns a name. For this build he tuned the whole system to one brief: hold its nerve at peak intensity, frame after frame, like a rig that never clips.
One half of the multi-platinum Canadian duo behind the billion-stream anthem “Body” and a JUNO Award winner. A decade of reading rooms at EDC, Lollapalooza and a thousand peak-time sets taught him exactly when light, smoke and sound lock together. He brought that instinct to the design — the palette, the lighting choreography, the art on the screens, the feel of the drop.
Every part is
a stage element.
The choices they made together — each component cast in the role it plays in the show.
Built to be felt.
Tap the meter. Bring the room up.
What’s inside.
Where the lights cut.
A Cathedral of Light is the first in a series of Splave artist collaborations. Follow along to see how it was built — and what comes next.
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Splave × Joe De Pace (Loud Luxury)
Overclocking & Build
Splave — world’s #1 overclocker, hand-built in the USA
Creative & Visuals
Joe De Pace — concept, palette & screen art
Edition
One of one · signed showcase build · 2026