Everybody feels bad for the guy all alone up on the stage hiding behind his laptop pecking at the keyboard. But the thing is, you can do so much with that laptop. It’s true that a good DJ behind the decks is the type of show people want. And a rapper or a rocker performing up there gets even more attention. But electronic music has its own not-so-secret weapon—the moving image.

Things have reached some impressive new heights on the visual front, and the past few years in particular have seen some major advances: video mapping that wraps around sculptures; house-sized, rotating LED screens; holographic images. It’s getting to the point where it’ll be hard to write science fiction soon because everything is coming to life.

So to celebrate the further meshing of visual art with beats and bass, we put together a list of some of the year’s best collaborations. From entirely immerssive clubs, to deeply connected visuals, there’s a lot of eye candy here:

Mike Ventura + Zoo

Egyptrixx + Andreas Nicolas Fischer

A/B Til Infinity

Actress + Lucy Benson

Krewella + V Squared Labs

1024 Architecture + THUMP

STRKT + Lorenzo Durantini

Case à Chocs + Tarrabass

Maotik + Fraction

Mutek Société des Arts Technologiques

Boys Noize + MentalDisorder

ANTIVJ + ANTIVJ

Mike Steyels can’t wait for the future to get here – @iswayski