Archive for January, 2013

2 Chainz ‘I’m Different’ (Director’s Cut) by Elisha Smith Leverock

Elisha Smith Leverock steps up to the plate to work with 2 Chainz, one of the biggest names in US hip-hop right now, and makes a very different hip-hop video for I’m Different. Shot in Miami, barely a hip-hop video convention is left unscathed – particularly in this directors cut of the video that’s pulled [...]

Chad Valley ‘I Owe You This’ feat Twin Shadow by White Rabbit

Jon Park and Grant White – aka White Rabbit – explore the joy of youthful mischief with Chad Valley and his guest, Twin Shadow. Here, a bunch of bashful teenagers break into a bowling alley late at night to have all the fun you can have with the rules in place. This includes treading on [...]

Clubfeet ‘Everything You Wanted’ by Josh Thomas

Here’s an ingenious one-shot video for Aussie synth-pop outfit Clubfeet’s Everything You Wanted by Josh Thomas at Melbourne’s VFX hub Oh Yeah Wow, which is all the more satisfying for being able to see the trick coming a mile off… Clubfeet singer Yves performs the song while walking down a road – towards a still [...]

Becky & Joe join Blinkink

Animation duo Becky Sloan and Joseph Pelling – aka Becky & Joe – have signed to Blinkink for representation for commercials and music videos. Renowned for their handmade approach to animation, and absurdist sense of humour, Becky & Joe are directors of the award-winning Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared and hugely popular Bad Things That [...]

Chrome Canyon ‘Generations’ by Ace Norton

Brooklyn-based producer Chrome Canyon (aka Morgan Z) teams up with director Ace Norton for this gorgeously cinematic seven minute film to his 80s film soundtrack-inspired Generations. Beautifully shot by Jackson Hunt, the video finds dancer Amanada Wells in a state of despair following a tense, furniture-throwing argument with her lover. “My goal wasn’t to make [...]

Teddybears ‘No More Michael Jackson’ by DBT

Shot last year in Miami, DBT take a trip to ‘Neverland’ – former home of the King Of Pop – for the promo to No More Michael Jackson by Swedish electro rockers Teddybears. At first Jacko’s home looks like ‘a deserted gilt cenotaph in remembrance of the former King of Pop’ but then we discover [...]

The Knife ‘Full Of Fire’ by Marit Östberg

After her solo diversion as Fever Ray, Karin Dreijer Andersson is back with The Knife – her band with brother Olof Dreijer – and evidently making some uncompromisingly quirky electronic music. Full Of Fire, from the new album Shaking The Habitual, is accompanied by an equally intriguing/challenging film by Stockholm and Berlin-based filmmaker and visual [...]

Sinead O’Connor ’4th and Vine’ by Kathryn Ferguson

Sinead O’Connor is back with a new album ready to drop next month. In the meantime, she’s released her new video for ’4th and Vine’ as a taster of what’s to come. Directed by Kathryn Ferguson, it’s an artfully done black and white promo focusing on Irish wedding customs, filmed just outside Dublin. It’s also [...]

Spaceship Media lifts off in London

UK-based production company Spaceship Media officially opened their doors for business at the start of 2013, with the launch of a brand new website – having already built a strong portfolio of work from shooting music videos over the past two years. Founded by director/producer Christopher Kiani in 2011, Spaceship Media has produced promos for [...]

Shugo Tokumaru ‘Katachi’ by Kijek / Adamski

Polish animation duo Katarzyna Kijek and Przemyslaw Adamski have a knack of manipulating everyday materials in ingenious ways – from their stop motion work with cut-up paper for Oi Va Voi, to their remarkable video for Polish jazzer Tomasz Stanko, created from 1km of yarn and a bunch of flashlights. But Kijek / Adamski’s video [...]