Tom Smith’s band Editors return for a fourth record following a three year hiatus and the loss of a founding member. Fortunately, where there was one there are now two, ensuring that Editors still have the performance power to blast through Mark Thomas’s high-contrast, smoke-projected and water-affected promo for A Ton Of Love – all [...]
Romain Chassaing departs from his usual style of pastel colours and post-production trickery to deliver an altogether more cinematic experience for Vitalic’s Fade Away – a blackly comic procession of hit-man killings in order to take hold of a briefcase and its mysterious contents, and a true cycle of violence… Romain’s choice of locations is [...]
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 [...]
Highly watchable video for Harper (son of Paul) Simon’s rousing Bonnie Brae, directed by George Salisbury, longtime associate of Flaming Lips and fellow son of Oklahoma City, who takes Harper and buddies on a tour of the city’s more interesting establishments, including a very good record store and a tranny bar… And it looks suspiciously [...]
Halcyon Nights – that’s Jack Pirie and Alex Hylands-White – have ‘unearthed’ a lost film of scientific experimentation from the 1970s…. experiments at ‘Zenith Medical Technologies’ in the field of ‘ecteneic energy’ which are murky, dangerous, and ultimately devastating. “We wanted to subvert the upbeat nature of the track and address the sinister undertones of [...]
It’s strange, it’s glamourous, and it’ll have you on tenderhooks… AlexandLiane directed a cult classic video for Tiga’s Shoes a couple of years ago. Now the iconoclastic Canadian DJ and boy/girl directing outfit get back together in Berlin for another ultra-cool and slightly bizarre visualisation of Plush – populated with more models in cutting edge [...]
Andy Burrows’ Hometown has inspired a flowing one-take video from Stefan Parker, which sees the singer performing in a cosy, decorative room that keeps revealing new characters – like a string quartet and a choir. These additional characters then disappear as quickly as they materialise as the camera continues on its journey. The video for [...]
In what appears at first to be a homage to the iconic Peter Murphy TV ad for Maxell tape back in the early 80s, David Higgs lets his imagination run riot with this excellent twisting, turning and ever-evolving promo for Zulu Winter’s Key To My Heart. Filmed on a carefully built three-sided set for each [...]
After the unforgettable Blonde Fire and ingenious Future Worlds, Belgian director Joe Vanhoutteghem delivers his third brilliant promo for The Hickey Underworld, for The Frog. Like its predecessors its wonderfully odd and more than a little creepy. Focusing on five characters – including the leads from Blonde Fire and Future Worlds – who are stuck [...]
Shot in the forest at Pinewood Studios, Alex Turvey delivers a little Hitchcockian treat in this promo for Zulu Winter’s Silver Tongue. Featuring a performance from actress Anna Walton, the sister of the band’s guitarist Henry, art director Chris Jarratt worked with Alex to create the film’s distinctive look. Zulu WInter Silver Tongue (PIAS) Director: [...]
