Taken from their News From Nowhere album (out on Warp from February 4), Darkstar join forces with director Drew Cox for the promo to Amplified Ease, for which Drew shot the band at Pinewood Studios in the same water tank used by the makers of Skyfall – with some great facial warping going on as [...]

David Wilson has taken sexual exploration into the cosmic realm with his superb video for Tame Impala’s Mind Mischief. David tells Promo News all about how he created the video… • Promo: How did you come up with the idea for the video? I guess the title had something to do with it…? David: The [...]

A truly psychedelic journey is on the cards for Liverpool’s Wave Machines. Their synthy electro-pop is perfectly suited to Jack Whiteley’s camera and computer experimentation with colour in abundance. Jack and his team have used a variety of different ingenious tricks to create the promo’s many different visual effects. This included projection mapping, special effects [...]

Using over 3,800 video frames that were handcut then animated, LAMAR+NIK’s promo for Samantha Crain’s Never Going Back marries the sparse soundtrack with this simple but very effective stop-motion video in delicious lo-fi monochrome. “The frames were set in a row, filmed in one single take/shot, and later sped up to match the song” explain [...]

Adam Powell delivers a unique and rewarding promo for UK singer/songwriter Shiv to partner new single Better Man Than He. Inspired by his research into improving the management of children born with a cleft lip and palate, Powell placed Sivu into a MRI scanner at London hospital St Barts and filmed the results. “I’ve just [...]