Is Tropical released their new EP ‘Flags’ with this promo of clever and interesting visuals. Taking some footage of Dancer Akiyo Ishihashi, director (and regular collaborator) Gareth Phillips has created a mirrored, distorted and warped montage, with an interesting colour palette. “Is Tropical asked me to make something for their track Venezuela last September,” says [...]
The 1975 hit the road in Gareth Phillips’ promo for Chocolate, taken from their Music For Cars EP. Drawing on the gang mentality of the band – who have known each since a young age – Gareth feeds in some paranoia and loneliness to contrast the uptempo pop of the soundtrack. “The whole video is [...]
New Mercury Records signing Mikill Pane plays the part of narrator, unravelling the exploits of a fresher hitting the student party circuit in this Pickering Bros-directed promo for new single Good Feeling. “Pane tells the story of a young man starting out at university,” explain the directing duo. “Our main character has had a tough [...]
Gareth Phillips’ latest work is a surreal, gluttonous and stomach churning promo for Marika, featuring some chaps getting their chops around a awful lot of food, whilst Marika watches. The greedy diners don’t have the most delicate table manners and Gareth makes sure to include plenty of close ups that, depending on your personality, will [...]
Set in the same Korean city, this music video-style documentary is certainly a million miles away from ‘Gangnam Style’, showing a more real face of Seoul. It follows Jong-Kwon Hong – a homeless recycle collector- trying to save money to buy a motorcycle. The epic ambiance provided by Sigur Ros only catalyses the tear-jerking atmosphere, [...]
UK dupstep duo Matrix & Futurebound, aka Jamie Quinn and Brendan Collins, hit the streets with singer Baby Blue and director Thomas Bryant for the promo to their Magnetic Eyes single. “We wanted to create an energetic performance video” says Thomas. “Blue nailed it as did Thomas English throwing some great light around on the [...]
Aided by the MK-V AR revolution rig with operator/DP Thomas English at the helm, The Pickering Brothers help Clement Marfo and friends remember ‘the crazy night before’ in their promo for Last Night. With appearances from big brother contestant Georgia Salpa, Made In Chelsea stars Hugo Taylor and Spencer Matthews, we see Clement and the [...]
Shot against a gorgeous early morning sky to match the serene, ‘quiet storm’ of Luke Sital Singh’s Fail For You, Joseph Rodrigues Marsh delivers a promo dripping in atmosphere for the singer-songwriter. Joseph says: “The aim of the video was to introduce Luke as an artist. It was important to match the mood of the [...]
Intercut with footage of Kav’s show at London’s KOKO last month, Martin Pickering (aka The Pickering Brothers) delivers this (literally) hard-hitting promo for the former Happy Mondays guitarist’s new single King Of The World. In this ultra-violent video, we see pro MMA fighters Lee Coville and Jarek Maryszczak punch it out in a bloody bareknuckle [...]
“We wanted to make a fun video for Smiler and let him be himself in a slightly tongue-in-cheek way,” explains Thomas Bryant on his promo for Smiler’s new single Top Of The World. “We wanted to let his personality shine through – which was achieved by him having a good time interacting with both Tawiah [...]
