Depeche Mode are back, with a surprise: Heaven, first single from forthcoming album Delta Machine, is a mighty pop tune, and Timothy Saccenti’s video is a straight-ahead performance video of the band, shot appropriately enough in an abandoned church in New Orleans, embellished with live projections and imagery that touch upon a voodoo theme. The [...]
Because you demanded it… after the iconoclastic assault that was El-P’s The Full Retard – starring, you’ll remember, Mr Killums, the very naughty, very sozzled squirrel, El-P and director/partner-in-crime Tim Saccenti bring you the origin of Mr Killums… And it happened at a El-P gig, in front of a very lairy crowd of ladies. Plus, [...]
Tim Saccenti’s video for Yeasayer’s Longevity is a straightforward performance video with a difference. It appears to last nearly a lifetime… Yeasayer lay down Longevity in their recording studio with Tim cameoing as their producer himself. But singer Chris Keating undergoes a remarkable transformation during the performance, thanks to a beautifully calibrated mixture of in-camera [...]
4AD’s first hip hop signing Spaceghostpurrp’s dark, uncompromising Osiris Of The East gets a woozy, graphic lo-fi video by Timothy Saccenti, following on from his cover photography for the Miami-Miami based producer and rapper’s album Mysterious Phonk. “When he asked me to create the promo for Osiris Of The East I treated it like a [...]
Drugs, guns, sex, hip hop, more drugs, more of everything – and degenerate puppet squirrels… it’s Tim Saccenti’s marvellous video for El-P’s The Full Retard – an utterly scurrilous mix of early Beastie Boys, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, Scarface and The Muppets. We’ve had badly behaved puppets before, but this little squirrel punk, [...]
Top model Coco Young stars in the ‘girl on a motorbike’ video for Washed Out’s Eyes Be Closed by Tim Saccenti and Alan Bibby. Minimal, mesmeric and, of course, gorgeous. Luckily Coco’s forgotten her helmet… Washed Out Eyes Be Closed Director: Timothy Saccenti + Alan Bibby Prod co: Partizan/Timothy Saccenti Photography Producer: Brian Graf Starring: [...]
Previously spotted on Mark Ronson’s Bang Bang Bang, electronic duo MNDR’s own single Cut Me Out is augmented by a video by Tim Saccenti inspired by the MNDR’s Amanda Warner and director’s shared interest in early analogue video art and primitive synth technology – but created with some of the most cutting edge tech ever [...]
Supreme imagemaker Tim Saccenti plays with light and creates a sumptuous performance video to herald Blonde Redhead’s new album Penny Sparkle – and new musical direction. Best enjoyed at the highest possible resolution, big image and a nice clean screen… Blonde Redhead Not Getting There (4AD) Director: Timothy Saccenti Producer: Brian Graf Prod co: Partizan [...]
One big song from The Big Pink gets a sumptuous treatment from Tim Saccenti, who appears to have taken the naked girls from the band’s cover artwork, rebuilt them in ice – and then blown them to bits, sensibly capturing the action at 1000fps. Take that, ice maidens! Tim has been busy, as ever. His [...]
A new video from Tim Saccenti has been long overdue. But now this very fine photographer and director, who’s made a massive impression with his handful of vids – particularly the brilliant Battles’ Atlas (the first video shown at the very first BUG) and Animal Collective’s Peacebone – returns with a surprise: a proper pop [...]
