In a sparse office building, a group of unprepossessing office workers become mesmerized by the sounds of CSS playing Hangover on the TV, and erupt into an impromptu dance – a dance as it happens, choreographed by one of the great names of the golden age of music video… Matt Dilmore had been waiting for [...]
Mathy & Fran have applied an indie aesthetic to the proper housey dance of Russ Chimes’ Turn Me Out – and the result is a bit of a triumph. The pastel shades and portraiture of young hipsters turns out to be the starting point for all kinds of quirkiness – and in particular lots of [...]
The lovely alt-soul of Deptford Goth’s Feel Real gets a suitably soothing video directed by Aneil Karia and the Goth himself, Daniel Woolhouse. Aneil and Daniel have abstracted the human forms of dancers Anna Richmond and Laura Williamson so they appear almost as geometric shapes, usually contrasted with a ball of clay… Deptford Goth Feel [...]
For the third single from her acclaimed album Sing To The Moon, Laura Mvula teams up with director Wendy Morgan for this highly watchable promo to That’s Alright. Morgan draws on the infectious rhythms within the soundtrack by pairing the fast-rising UK Singer, wearing a striking red dress at one point, with a posse of [...]
Thom Yorke, Garth Jennings and Wayne McGregor created a landmark clip for Radiohead’s Lotus Flower a couple of years ago. And now the gang is back together, in the services of side project Atoms For Peace – with the important addition of Fukiko Takase, Thom’s dance partner and doppelganger. And why not? McGregor is a [...]
Dynamite French duo Jonas Euvremer and François Rousselet – aka Jonas&François – have never been ones to shy away from frenetic pop explosion, and this promo for the aptly named Electric Guest is no exception. The new Les Miserables not for you? Well then maybe this impressive stage-based song and dance with a 1920′s theme [...]
For C2C’s Happy, Wendy Morgan delivers this brilliant period-set black and white dance promo set in a marquee and featuring a bunch of guys who are possessed by the fervour of the gospel-influenced track. This is all about the dancing. With stunning performances from the six dancers – including King Charles, who devised the brilliant [...]
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 [...]
Caswell Coggins’s second dance film for the Channel 4 arts strand Random Acts is The Estate, a mesmerising piece choreographed and featuring contemporary dance group the BalletBoyz which skilfully brings the laws of nature smoothly into a brutally urban setting. It’s shot by Deane Thrussell, with music scored by the director’s regular collaborator MEANRED. “I [...]
Filmed on location in New York between May 12 and 14th 2012, the video for Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros’ Man On Fire is a documentary of dance and movement taking place at community venues around the city, from elite cheerleaders to double dutch skippers, their coaches and their moms – and, finally, on [...]
