A pulsating, piledriving and rather naughty visual feast by Adam Baroukh and Eddie Sternberg – nothing less than a day-glo psychedelic cocktail of pixelmorphing FX, nudity and serious strobing – for the summer vibes of Bobby Tank’s Afterburn.

“The video has been described as ‘three minutes of hitting the turbo-boost on Mario Kart’s Rainbow Road, except everyone’s topless’…I guess is kind of what we were going for!” says Eddie. “As soon as we saw the brief up on Radar and first heard the track we sat down in silence, open-mouthed, thinking about the possibilities. It was epic, immense, frantic, celebratory, beautiful and as Bobby Tank himself calls it; maximalist.

“We had been experimenting with pixel morphing and had always wanted to use it for the right video, then the idea came to us…: ‘F*ck yeah’ moments from scenes that don’t exist, all morphing in and out of each other in bright neon, 80s, yet futuristic technicolor. Essentially it’s a celebration of ‘f*ck yeah’ mixed in with our version of the psychedelic journey at the end of 2001: a Space Odyssey.”

Bobby Tank
Afterburn (MofoHifi Records)
Directors: Adam Baroukh and Eddie Sternberg
Production Company: Superplex Pictures
DoP: Eben Bolter
Camera Assistant/Gaffer: Anais Lorie
Prod co: Superplex
Editor: Adam Baroukh
Opening Credits: Charlie Toqué @ kiupe
Animation: Charlie Vicetto
Production Designer/ Prop Maker: Aurelie Taillefer
Production Designer Assistant: Zoe Knibbs
Hair & Make Up Artist: Katie Gill
Hair & Make Up Assistant: Victoria Stride
Costume Designer: Hayley Crompton
Costume Assistant: Teresa Lyander
Creative Consultant: Federica Lazzarini
Production Assistants/Runners: Terry Ashby, Danni Godsi and Alex Baroukh
Edit Consultant: Linton Davies
Grade: Adam Baroukh
Commissioner: Hal Ritson, via Radar