Director Mattias Erik Johansson brings German synth-pop explorer Ben Ivory alive in a blend of children’s revolution, fantastic outfits and interesting moments. The video alternatives between a wonderfully styled performance from Ben Ivory and two other instances – one is the tragic tale of persecution featuring revolution-clad children and the other a violent struggle between [...]

Hot on the heels of his Young Buffalo promo, Jonny Kight works with impressive vocalist Bebe Black on the video to Deathwish. Set in a large empty warehouse and flanked by dancers Jane Leaney (also the choreographer) and Janina Rajakangas, Bebe turns in a maverick performance powered by contrasting photography from Sam Goldie. Bebe Black [...]

The distinctive part-live action part-animation style of Ruff Mercy (aka Bristol-based Russ Murphy) has graced excellent promos for ScHoolboy Q, Flying Lotus and Blu, and ‘new king Of Hip Hop’ Kendrick Lamar in the past few months. Now he’s just dropped another killer for the claustrophobic, twisted, Odd Future-influenced hip-hop of Black Dhalia – a [...]

Danish director Laerke Herthoni’s third video for Rebecca and Fiona, after Dance and Bullets, moves Swedish DJ/pop stars’ bad girl aura into another strange and intriguing place, for Taken Over. Rebecca and Fiona pair play a couple of glamourous yet desperate ‘good time girls’, entertaining middle-aged businessmen at the behest of their mother/madam in what [...]

Award-winning editor Adam Zuckerman – aka ‘Zuk’ – has signed to Portobello Post for exclusive representation for UK commercials and music videos. Zuk’s work for Lady Gaga, Rihanna, The Script and countless other platinum-selling artists have helped established him as one of the world’s most successful music video editors. His pop promo credits include Lady [...]

Dani Deville delivers a somewhat disturbing but hugely watchable ‘fashion short’ masquerading as a music promo for Deft’s leftfield electronic tune Let’s Hook Up. The erotic ‘Frankenstein experiment’ taking place in a hospital bed – in what appears to be a dungeon – only highlights the oddness of the soundtrack, nevertheless to dramatic effect. “This [...]