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Catching Flies ft Trim 'The Light' by Greg Barnes

Promonews - 11th Mar 2019

Greg Barnes creates a wise, world-weary character to personify the lyrics of Trim, in his video for Catching Flies.

Our hero is a suitably reflective figure found in different locations around London for The Light by Catching Flies, who has been described as sitting on the "smooth, mellow side of electronic music" somewhere "between Flying Lotus and Bonobo".

GREG BARNES:

I wanted to depict Trim as an elderly version of himself, played by an older actor.

"The track was dreamlike and somehow sobering all at once - I knew I wanted to bring that hauntingly powerful mix into the video.

"Trim’s lyrics are a soulful reminiscing of his youth; full of nostalgia, regrets and hindsight - written with the wisdom of someone beyond their years - who has lived life. I wanted to personify that wisdom, and depict Trim as an elderly version of himself, played by an older actor.

"From there, the image of an ageing and lonely MC began to apparate; melancholic and gnarled, navigating the world of his youth - ghost-like in his invisibility but visually sticking out like a sore thumb, a metaphor for the immortality we feel when we're younger - and the mortality we didn’t plan for…"

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Director
Greg Barnes
Producer
Holly Wolfers
Production Company
Executive Producer
Martin Roker
Production Coordinator
Frankie Markot

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Director of Photography
Howard Mills

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Production Assistant
Jess Newby Vincent

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Editor
Greg Barnes

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