It’s rather shaming to have to admit it, but I’ve only just discovered that the wonderful animator Run Wrake passed away last October following a year-long struggle with cancer. Run was a superb, highly distinctive animator – his visual style, often distinguished by his use of marker pen, cutouts and photocopies, is unmistakeable. His short [...]
The world of music and beyond is mourning the sad loss of Adam Yauch, the member of the Beastie Boys better known as MCA, who died on Friday, May 4, following a three year battle with cancer. As well as being the bass- and keyboard-playing member of the seminal Brooklyn hiphop outfit, Adam was also [...]
It’s very sad to report that Eric Watson, the photographer and director known best for his work with the Pet Shop Boys, has died suddenly following a heart attack. Having taken some of the most iconic photographs of the Pet Shop Boys in the first years of their career – and helped create some of [...]
News of the death of Peter Stenhouse, the hugely talented animator who was a member of the London-based directing team Dirty UK, has shocked his former colleagues in the music video world, who have only recently learned of his tragic death. Peter drowned while swimming off the coast of La Coruna Province in Spain last [...]
