Enter Shikari make their extremely topical theme very plain right off the bat in their video for Radiate as the on-screen lyrics announce their political stance:”To take away our expression it to impoverish our existence.” And also right from the start their identities are hidden by censorship blocks in what turns out to be an [...]
Wednesday, 12. June 2013 | No comments »
Tags: Enter Shikari, Kode Media, PIAS, Radiate
A rousing performance by Deaf Havana of their song Boston Square captured by Frederick Lloyd on location in Churchill’s house in Putney (where the recent video for Dido was also shot). “I wanted to do something that matched Deaf Havana’s new image and sound, but also resonated with the lyrics as it’s an incredibly personal [...]
Thursday, 16. May 2013 | No comments »
Tags: Boston Square, Deaf Havana, Frederick Lloyd, Jamie Osman, Kode Media
Coasts second single from their soon to be released EP ‘Paradise’, brings together again; director Duncan Roe and DP John Miguel King. “We were going for something epic but intimate for this one,” explains Duncan. “We didn’t know exactly what the high frame rate strobe shots were going to come out like, because of the [...]
Tuesday, 30. April 2013 | No comments »
Tags: Coasts, Duncan Roe, Kode Media, Wallow
Jamie Muir’s video for Trust by Chasing Grace – an emerging singer-songwriting duo from Hertfordshire who have supported Emeli Sandé on tour and plan to release their first EP shortly – confronts sensitive issues through a young deaf girl who battles with low self esteem. The girl’s journey takes us across London and a heartfelt [...]
Monday, 29. April 2013 | No comments »
Tags: Chasing Grace, Jamie Muir, Kode Media, Trust
Lower Than Atlantis singer Mike Duce takes a trip on the Tube, and gets more than he bargained for in Daniel Broadley’s entertaining video for the band’s Something Better Came Along. Daniel Broadley: “It’s a slightly satirical look on daydreaming, in which we see the singer Mike doze off whilst riding the London Underground. The [...]
Wednesday, 17. April 2013 | Comments Off
Tags: Daniel Broadley, Kode Media, Lower Than Atlantis, Mike Duce, Something Better Came Along
A short sharp burst of hard rock and colourful Japanese TV and games fun by Enter Shikari and director Love Vis-Art for Paddington Frisk. And yes, those fun and games might involved a little bit of hanging… Enter Shikari Paddington Frisk Director: Love Vis-Art DOP: Jamie Michael Korn Producers: Jack Goodwin & Nathan Killham 1st [...]
Tuesday, 9. April 2013 | Comments Off
Tags: Enter Shikari, Kode Media, LOVE Vis-Art, Paddington Frisk, PIAS
Featuring a fully live recording of her balled Wanderlust, Joshua Sanger places Lauren Aquilna and her string players on an ice-rink as ice-skaters Yasmin Tilly and Max Berry go about their impressive routine – all for Comic Relief. “Ultimately the song & video is about letting go of the person you love and putting their [...]
Monday, 18. March 2013 | Comments Off
Tags: Joshua Sanger, Kode Media, Lauren Aquilina, Wanderlust (live session)
Lovelife wanted something completely different to their previous style and aesthetic so turned to Frederick Lloyd for this dark, brooding promo to partner the equally brooding and claustrophobic Your New Beloved. “With the nature of the video and its instrumentation I felt what was needed was some sexual charge with voyeuristic, dark undertones of lust [...]
Tuesday, 19. February 2013 | Comments Off
Tags: Frederick Lloyd, Kode Media, Lovelife, Your New Beloved
Don Broco discover their sexier side in this Hugh Heffner-indebted video from Daniel Broadley. The boys are suitably suited and booted to appear with an array of lady-folk in a country mansion, with singer Rob Damiani putting in a great performance as a Casanova lead. The video also benefits from a top-notch split-screen style edit [...]
Monday, 4. February 2013 | Comments Off
Tags: Daniel Broadley, Don Broco, Hold On, Kode Media, Search and Destroy
Frederick Lloyd directs In Colour’s debut video, delivering slick, minimal car-based imagery, in the style of Drive, to reflect the hypnotic pop of Listen To The Rain. Singer Daniel sings eyes closed inside a car travelling at night, macro shots of rain on the windscreen. Then as the track builds to an climax, it all [...]
Friday, 25. January 2013 | Comments Off
Tags: Frederick Lloyd, In Colour, Kode Media, Listen For The Rain