Shot at the impressive Spiegelsaal in Clärchens Ballhaus in Berlin, Jeff Desom delivers his promo for Hauschka’s Radar. With an excellent performance from Twoface – aka Patrick Williams – as the human marionette who grows arms, Desom delivers a quirky and engaging promo to match the odd instrumental soundtrack… Radar is the third memorable video [...]
Alex Rutterford returns to music video directing to shoot a lively performance from Geordie rockers Maxïmo Park for the promo to new single Write This Down – powered by Ben Magahy’s classy photography and some nifty on-screen garish pink swirls punctuating the chorus… It’s Alex’s first video in ages, and a departure from his renowned [...]
In his seriously intense promo for Manchester duo The Tenfivesixty, Michael Pearce takes us into a twisted world of ultra-violence focusing on a couple in need of some serious counseling. Compelling, un-nerving and very dark, the couple are played by Tenfivesixty band members Rik Hornby and Jen Bailey, who live in a laboratory of mutual [...]
French pop combo Studio Paradise’s infectiously catchy Crazy Situation gets a wildly imaginative video by Videodrome – that’s Nassim Maoui and Christophe Mentz. Videodrome may be best known for their motion graphics and animation work, but this is a surreal comedy-thriller featuring a mysterious and rather dangerous femme fatale with an interesting way of eating [...]
Three party animals get togged up, hit the vodka, hitch a ride and drive out to some wasteland for an impromptu rave-up in Tim Erem’s very ‘up’ and fun promo to Chechen’s EPA… Chechen ft Carli EPA Director: Tim Erem Production Company: Diktator Director of Photography: Niklas Panthell Focus Puller: Max Rangner Production Coordinator: Sebastian [...]
4AD’s first hip hop signing Spaceghostpurrp’s dark, uncompromising Osiris Of The East gets a woozy, graphic lo-fi video by Timothy Saccenti, following on from his cover photography for the Miami-Miami based producer and rapper’s album Mysterious Phonk. “When he asked me to create the promo for Osiris Of The East I treated it like a [...]
A group of scientists experiment on the Foreign Beggars in Mike Tyler and Joe Elliot’s excellent, darkly humourous sci-fi drama for their single Flying To Mars, featuring vocalist Donae’o. And with some fairly graphic medical procedures going on, it’s not for the squeamish… “The Beggars and Mau5trap approached us after they saw the music video [...]
The deadline for the James Brown Music Video Challenge – a competition to make a video for one of James Brown’s classic songs, win a cash prize, become the official video for the track, and work on a project at Saatchi & Saatchi – has now been extended to mid-July, and the cash prize doubled. [...]
Lana Del Rey teams up with Anthony Mandler for the gorgeous promo to her next single National Anthem. The endlessly photogenic Ms Del Rey channels both Marilyn Monroe and Jackie Kennedy looking every inch the American icon with red hot New York rapper A$AP Rocky as her JFK. The epic seven minute-plus promo was shot [...]
Neneh Cherry gives one of her trademark maverick performances in Ted Said’s promo for Dream Baby Dream – whilst flicking elastic bands at windchimes, highlighting the odd nature of the track. “The idea just followed on from some of the conversations with Neneh about how free she felt now compared to other times in her [...]
