She’s back – and back with Emil. Jessie J returns with Wild, the big comeback single from the long-awaited second album – together with friends Big Sean and Dizzie Rascal, and a startling new blonde suedehead cut. And it’s all brought together in an audaciously spare visualisation by her regular director/collaborator Emil Nava. This is [...]
Wednesday, 29. May 2013 | No comments »
Tags: Ailsa Robertson, Big Sean, Dizzee Rascal, Emil Nava, Island, Jessie J, Pulse Films, Universal Island, Wild
Following his stint as guest vocalist with Rudimental, powerhouse soul singer John Newman launches his solo career with Love Me Again, complete with a spellbinding Vaughan Arnell promo. Filmed at the gloriously retro Mildmay club in Stoke Newington (you half expect Ronnie Kray to swagger in at any moment), Vaughan authentically re-creates a late 60s [...]
Monday, 13. May 2013 | No comments »
Tags: Island, John Newman, Love Me Again, Rokkit, Tamara Dolly, Vaughan Arnell
Following his promo for White Noise, Luke Monaghan delivers this character-led video for Disclosure’s new single You & Me. We follow a young couple on the road experiencing the highs and lows of leaving their day-to-day lives for a wild trek across Europe, culminating in a banging warehouse gig. “I wanted to make a video [...]
Tuesday, 30. April 2013 | No comments »
Tags: Disclosure ft Eliza Doolittle, Island, Luke Monaghan, Mike Mooney, You & Me
Alexander Brown teams up with Jamie Cullum to make this perfectly realised one shot promo for his new single Everything You Didn’t Do. Shot in a huge empty space, Alexander’s lively promo focuses on the performance where Jamie and his band give it their all. Alexander on shooting ‘Everything You Didn’t Do’ “What I really [...]
Monday, 15. April 2013 | Comments Off
Tags: Alexander Brown, Everything You Didn't Do, Island, Jamie Cullum, Mike Mooney, Nice & Polite
Four band members, four ways to get to a gig. Jim Canty has Mumfords fans seeing quadruple in his video for Whispers In The Dark as he splits the screen four ways to show the journey that each band member takes to get to their gig in Camden, New Jersey. The concept was concocted by [...]
Thursday, 14. March 2013 | Comments Off
Tags: Greencard Pictures, HSI London, Island, Jim Canty, Mike Mooney, Mumford & Sons, Whispers In The Dark
Emil Nava joins forces with the critically-acclaimed London duo AlunaGeorge for this dramatic promo to new single Attracting Flies. The video sees Emil put a gritty, modern spin on some classic fairytales including Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White and The Seven Dwarves – giving the fluffy stories some street cred ‘for the [...]
Tuesday, 12. March 2013 | Comments Off
Tags: Ailsa Robertson, AlunaGeorge, Attracting Flies, Emil Nava, Island, Pulse Films
Rising star Wily Moon hits the streets of Los Angeles with Focus Creeps for the promo to new single My Girl. Released just ahead of his debut album Here’s Willy Moon (April 8), the directing collective deliver an infectious slice of retro Americana as they shoot the singer (clad in a smart black suit) and [...]
Wednesday, 6. March 2013 | Comments Off
Tags: Ailsa Robertson, Focus Creeps, Foundation Content, Friend, Island, My Girl, Willy Moon
Building anticipation for the forthcoming Wish To Scream album (May 20), Tribes get together with director Tom Beard for the promo to first single How The Other Half Live. As the cool Camden rockers deliver an enigmatic performance within a ‘TV studio’ set-up, Beard overlays graphics (helped out by Hayden Keys), text and lo-fi grunge [...]
Monday, 4. March 2013 | Comments Off
Tags: How The Other Half Live, Island, Partizan, Tom Beard, Tribes
Charlie & Joe have delivered an intriguing promo for Jamie Cullum’s Love For Sale featuring Roots Manuva – this is their director’s cut – with a compelling performance from East Enders star Larry Lamb as a man going door-to-door in inner-city London, offering to perform very special service. In fact he’s peddling a deal worthy [...]
Thursday, 21. February 2013 | Comments Off
Tags: Charlie & Joe, Forever Pictures, Island, Jamie Cullum ft Roots Manua, Love For Sale, Mike Mooney
Taken from their third album Changing Tune, UK alt-rockers Lower Than Atlantis join forces with Luke Bellis for this belting, spirited performance promo to Go On Strike. Intercut with the live, lo-fi footage, Bellis took to the streets enticing real members of the public to give the middle finger… Lower Than Atlantis Go On Strike [...]
Thursday, 10. January 2013 | Comments Off
Tags: Agile Films, Go On Strike, Island, Lower Than Atlantis, Luke Bellis, Sam Lunn