Archive for May 10th, 2012

Cold Specks ‘Blank Maps’ by Olivier Groulx

Olivier Groulx: “Al Spx (Cold Specks) and I were walking around the marshes in Clapton trying to figure out what we could shoot there and we wandered into this ice rink nearby. There was a figure skating competition happening and I was struck by the whole thing. The building, the skaters, it was all very [...]

G FrSH ft. Arrows ‘Start Again’ by Jak FrSH

Jak FrSH delivers this heartwarming promo for G FrSH’s Start Again, focusing on the very ordinary lives of an old couple. “The video is centred around the simplicity of a day in a life of an elderly couple that have gracefully grown old together,” explains Jak. “It demonstrates the on-going and evolution of love. I [...]

Maximo Park ‘Hips And Lips’ by Luke Bellis

Luke Bellis ropes in Tom Turgoose (This Is England) to play the obsessive fan in his excellent Alan Partridge-inspired promo with a rehearsed dance routine to rival Napoleon Dynamite. The guys from the band even helped out with props for their most deranged fan… “Working with Thomas Turgoose was an absolute pleasure” explains Bellis. “He’s [...]

Tenacious D ‘The Roadie’ by Jody Hill

Today’s Tenacious D video is… The Roadie. Plot: The long search by Tenacious D – aka Jack Black and Kyle Gass – for a new roadie ends when they find the most amazing roadie that’s ever toured the roads – who happens to be Danny McBride. He’s worked with Van Halen, Metallica, AC/DC… As you [...]

Rea Garvey ‘Heart Of An Enemy’ by André Maat

Rea Garvey teams up with André Maat for this cinematic late-night drive for new single Heart Of An Enemy with some great photography and lighting from DP Christopher Häring. Shot over one night in Berlin, the team had only a challenging 11 hours in which to complete the task… Rea Garvey Heart of An Enemy [...]

Hervé ‘Blamalama’ by Graham Smith

Graham Smith keeps it cool and old skool with his promo for Hervé’s Blamalama where a Technics 1200 vinyl deck comes to life – changing, spinning and throbbing in perfect sync with the soundtrack… Hervé Blamalama (Strutt Music) Directed/Produced/Edited: Graham Smith DP: Charlie Jones Post/Creative: Electricpalmtrees.tv

Neneh Cherry & The Thing ‘Accordion’ by Ted Says

Neneh Cherry’s collaboration with The Thing on the cover of MF Doom’s Accordion – from forthcoming album It’s A Cherry Thing – the video by Ted Beagles (in his alternate guise as Ted Says) was shot in complete darkness using night vision and infrared lights rigged in bushes and trees with near-subliminal appearances from MF [...]