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Benson Udia

Renee Maria Osubu tells the story of a grieving family, within the wider context of the Black British experience, in Dirt In The Diamond, a short film that incorporates three songs from Jords album, with the same name, performed by the artist.In the first part, we are introduced to the main characters at a family gathering at the home of the Walkers, prior to the funeral of their son, where Jords performs MoBay with Tay Iwar. It's&nbsp;shot by cinematographer Courtney J. Bennett in rich colour, with an intimacy that recalls Steve McQueen's 'house party' film Lovers Rock.That is followed by the funeral of the son - the procession behind the coffin and church service -&nbsp;shot in stark black and white, in which we hear iPray by Jords, Wretch 32 and Miles from Kinshasa. Finally, the drama is replaced by a montage of&nbsp;archive footage of Black Londoners from the 1970s to the present day - including footage of era-defining protests against racism and prejudice -&nbsp;&nbsp;as Jords performs Fist In The Sky.&nbsp;Renee Maria Osubu&nbsp;brings the personal and the political together, and interrogates the nature of grief - which one character describes as "the truest form of love" - in compelling fashion.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;&nbsp;[imgtoken data:2]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

United Kingdom

Renee Maria Osubu

Maëva Demurger

Amara Rossell

Somesuch

Andre Reid-McKinley

Courtney J. Bennett

Lainy Black

Jodie-simone Howe

Elena Muntoni

Femi Konteh

Will Berger

Kharmel Cochrane

Rose Powell

Josh Fashola

Anne-Sofie Lindgaard

Danny Rumbelow

Dan Deighton

Ryan Rae

Grant Sandy Phillips

Luis Lopez

Krunal Saadrani

Léa Anderson

Lamar Lee

Phoebe Armstrong-Beaver

The Assembly Rooms

Jason Wallis

Electric Theatre Collective

Olivia Jessop

Motown Records UK

Hip Hop

Jords 'Dirt In The Diamond (a short film)' by Renee Maria Osubu

Jords - DIRT IN THE DIAMOND (A SHORT FILM)

Two music genres&nbsp;battle for supremacy&nbsp;in Sau Ali's stylish yet gritty promo for Jords and Lil Sykes' Drill Vs Grime.&nbsp;The narrative follows the artists as they&nbsp;enter an abstract simulation, in which the two genres go head-to-head in a high-energy showdown.Sau Ali recreates a street environment, in which both types of music emerged, in a studio environment - a rather brilliant move.&nbsp;It was also shot by DoP Henry Gill on black and white 16mm film - Kodak Double-x 7222&nbsp;-&nbsp;that adds another layer of texture to the visual.&nbsp;"The track is militant and explosive. I wanted to complement that by exploring the iconography of the two genres," says Sau Ali. "The ‘Street Monolith’ (concrete wall) that Jords &amp; Lil Sykes stand either side of; the huge speaker cone that pulsates above it; and the severed island street scenes... they all speak to these British genres’&nbsp;cultural kinship and shared DNA.[imgtoken data:1]"I wanted to create an experience that emphasised the retrospective theme but leaned towards a surreal tone to match the abstract narrative. DoP Henry Gill bought that to life. Shooting on 16mm and heading down a moody and nocturnal direction that I wanted the world to exist in."Production designer Jade Adeyemi essentially created the entire world. I wanted everything to look like we’d lifted it from real places. Jade understood and accomplished that beautifully."I worked closely on this concept with talented VFX artist Lee Delves before the job was even commissioned. We wanted to achieve an exaggerated visual that still maintained its authenticity. The ‘Genre Morphing’ shot (Jords &amp; Lil Sykes standing on either side of the street monolith) was intended to be achieved ‘in camera’ but budget limitations meant Lee was tasked with creating the shot in post - which actually accomplished the otherworldly&nbsp;sentiment that I was looking for, and is an example of how limitations can lead to great creative solutions in a music video."

Jade Adeyemi

Andrew Patrick

Sau Ali

Micheal Newton

Greatcoat Films

Conrad Russell

Henry Gill

Simon Oxley

Georgia Rae Sterling-grant

Harry Coleman

Gordon Wong

Daniela Rotaru

Glassworks London

Lee Delves

EMI Records

Kodak

Grime

drill

Jords ft Lil Sykes 'Drill Vs Grime' by Sau Ali

Jords-Ft-Lil-Sykes-'Drill-Vs-Grime'-by-Sau-Ali

Melody Maker explores freedom and restrictions in her hallucinatory promo for Greentea Peng.&nbsp;Locked inside an apartment building, we see the artists isolated from the world outside, unable to connect with&nbsp;anything outside of the four walls that encase them.&nbsp;The hazy cinematography blurs into a surrealist dreamworld, as the artists&nbsp;appear as giant döppelgängers,&nbsp;staring at their true selves&nbsp;through the window glass as if they were experimental guinea pigs.&nbsp;It's a clever commentary on the extended period of time we have been trapped away from each other, and the ongoing severance of our natural ties to the world and our true purpose.[imgtoken data:1]

Melody Maker

Jake River Parker

Ramy Dance

Common People Films

Oliver Hill

Joe Starrs

Hunter Daly

Rupert Hornstein

Danny Williams

Peter Gregory

Charlie Grumbar

Jake Hunte

Maha Alselami

Charles Gamble

Ruth Wardell

Okay Studios

Jomar O’Meally

Reggae

Greentea Peng ft Simmy, Kid Cruise 'Free My People' by Melody Maker

Greentea-Peng-'Free-My-People'-by-Melody-Maker

Edem Wornoo directs a reflective new visual for Jords, featuring Kadiata and&nbsp;Masego, based at a very special social gathering and celebration.&nbsp;In the video, we follow the artists as they&nbsp;prepare&nbsp;for and attend&nbsp;this surreal celebration, surrounded by loved ones. The story is told through a series of symbolic moving vignettes, and celebrates the act of unapologetic self-love in the face of adversity.&nbsp;Incorporating ballet, luxurious dinner engagements and unusual classical art portraits - which move and perform on their own accord - this is anything but a typical&nbsp;video concept, and is enhanced by&nbsp;Ahmet Husseyin's beautiful cinematography.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]

Edem Wornoo

Ade Mogaji

33 Bound

Sam Roffey

Ahmet Husseyin

Sam Harding

Zaine Zeini

Joss Garnet-Lawson

Levi Hinds

Mh’ya Mclean

Curtis Essel

Johan Barrios

Jords, Kadiata & Masego 'Enemies' by Edem Wornoo

Jords-Ft-Kadiata-&-Masego-'Enemies'-by-Edem-Wornoo

Greentea Peng meditates on human nature, and a tumultuous year, in a perpetually-moving rollercoaster of a concept for Revolution devised by Melody Maker.&nbsp;Shot in Ridley Road market in Dalston, East London, the charismatic singer-songwriter delivers an absorbing performance and&nbsp;optimistic call to arms.&nbsp;Through the use of a motion control rig - operated by DoP Thomas English -&nbsp;the Dalston environment changes in front of our eyes, documenting the people, places and events that have taken place in this shared universal experience. &nbsp;“A result of recent turmoil: political, societal, and individual. 2020, a painfully transformative year for the collective," states Greentea Peng.&nbsp;"Revolution is a product of this pain and also the anger we’ve been struggling to move through, at the same time it represents the hope conjured. A reminder to remember where the first revolution must take place and also a reminder to be aware of where and what we put our energy and belief into.”

Heba Elgamal

Tony Roberts

Thomas English

Chris Steel

Lou Macnamara

Matt Bohun

Louis Simonon

Lauraine Bailey

Jess Vile

Neon City Media

Capital Studio

Alice Mccall

Alternative

Greentea Peng 'Revolution' by Melody Maker

Greentea Peng - Revolution (Official Video)

Maayaa by Juls, is an ode to black mothers and black culture. And the video directed by Jeremy Cole and Marco Grey - with great cinematography by Olan Collardy - is jam-packed with the celebration of black beauty and culture - with the emphasis&nbsp;on black women.

Jeremy Cole

Yout

Olan Collardy

Benjy Kirkman

Vini Curits

Barbara Aoyzie

Lu Curls

Giselle Ali

Virgin EMI

Marco Grey

Juls, Tiggs Da Author, Santi 'Maayaa' by Jeremy Cole & Marco Grey

Juls-Ft-Tiggs-Da-Author-And-Santi-'Maayaa-'-by-Jeremy-Cole-/-Marco-Grey

Benedict Cohen decontructs the music video-making process in his new video for BenjiFlow - with Benji taking on numerous important roles with the help of some canny VFX work.From writing and performing the song, an important business meeting, to the film set, Cohen employs motion control to have several BenjiFlows in the same place at the same time. A video that goes with the flow.

Benedict Cohen

Kieran Nolan Jones

Zoya Films

Tatenda Jamera

Ty Hack

Lorenzo Levrini

Marcus Albertsen

Marti Guiver

Helio Ribeiro 

Nicola Sadori

@sons_of_craft 

Leanne Aldrich

Josh Mallalieu

Thomas Mangham

The Mill

Blendvfx

Gokcecangursoy 

Universal Music Group

Afro-Beat

Benjiflow 'Can't Lose' by Benedict Cohen

Benjiflow-'Can't-Lose'-by-Benedict-Cohen

Sophie Jones&rsquo;s first official music video under the <a href="https://www.darkroomworld.com/">Darkroom</a> banner&nbsp;- Partizan&#39;s reactivated division for up and coming&nbsp;talent &ndash; is her second collaboration with artist Roses Gabor.&nbsp;The promo for I Could Be Yours&nbsp;is a dreamlike sequence of vignettes, set in sun-kissed countryside, which juxtaposes idyllic bliss with pure aggression.While Roses&nbsp;gazes through a car windscreen, bare-chested dancers execute a battle, drawn out in slow motion, which leaves the viewer to focus on the details of the movement.Following on from the striking casting of her previous Gabor video for&nbsp;Illusions, this features an array of unusual faces and figures, and Sophie Jones&#39;s very considered approach and pacing allows the artist performance of the song some room to gradually take centre stage in the piece.

Sophie Jones

Darkroom

Partizan

Mayling Wong

Ben Pengilly

David Foulkes

Luke Jefferson

Alison Martin

Jake Whitehouse

Jazz Balhall

Kusi Kubi

Yasmina Bentaieb

Mouthpiece

Jamie O’donnell

Cut+Run

Jonny Thorpe

Glassworks

Tytiah & Jordan

Alt Soul

Roses Gabor 'I Could Be Yours' by Sophie Jones

In this mesmerising promo for Roses Gabor, Sophie Jones draws inspiration from classical Renaissance art and still life and gives it a very contemporary twist.&nbsp;Jones juxtaposes traditional imagery with modern black figures to create a moving work of art - at first a serene piece, but one that becomes increasingly frenetic and intense and the energy picks up in the song.&nbsp;The beautifully styled cast start moving with abandon, with&nbsp;transported expressions to match the imaginative fuzzy electronics of Illusions.&nbsp;

Benson Udia

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