Producer

Dan Matthews

Constantine // Spence create&nbsp;a darkly evocative promo for Léa Sen.The video for Dragonfly sees the artist in an enigmatic industrial location, where heavy smoke and grungy textures disguise an abstract figure, who follows Sen like a physical shadow.&nbsp;Purposely abstract and cryptic, the video feels like segments of a dream, playing out in a liminal time and space.&nbsp;Lovely work from the duo and creative team.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]

United Kingdom

Suzie Walsh

Constantine // Spence

OB Management

Ramshackle Productions

Jake Crossland

Yan Murawski

Borja Llorens

Grace O'connor

Sinan Yilmaz

Alan Scott

Lewis Walker

Shani Mushington

Constantine//spence

Alberto Rodriguez

Anna Cabañas

Artic

Partisan Records

Alternative Pop

Léa Sen 'Dragonfly' by Constantine // Spence

Léa-Sen-'Dragonfly'-by-Constantine-//-Spence

Niall Trask directs a suitably bizarre promo for Gaz Coombes' Long Live The Strange.&nbsp;Living in a world inhabited solely by mannequins, we see Coombes go about his day-to-day routine, seemingly unphased by the plastic&nbsp;inhabitants.&nbsp;Diving directly into uncanny valley territory, many of the mannequins have their own style and hobbies - including yoga, football, and being down the pub - and Coombes' dynamic performance contrasts perfectly with the lack of movement and energy elsewhere on screen.&nbsp;

Sara Murrell

Niall Trask

Andy Little

Chris Little

Harry Chapman

Rascal Post

Daniel Levy

Virgin Records

Gaz Coombes 'Long Live The Strange' by Niall Trask

Gaz-Coombes-'Long-Live-The-Strange'-by-Niall-Trask

Jamie T has a nighttime romp through the city, in Niall Trask's promo for 90s Cars.&nbsp;Sitting in the passenger seat of a car, we see a bruised-up, bloodied&nbsp;Jamie chill out&nbsp;as a blur of nighttime scenery passes by.&nbsp;Stopping by the river for an impromptu performance, the narrative of the video is left mysterious and secretive, instead focusing on the cinematic driving vignettes.&nbsp;

Jai Durban

Ella Gaskell

Emily Jeffery

Sam Crook

Rob Jarvis

Klim Jurevicius

Aimee Loosley

Jamie T '90s Cars' by Niall Trask

Jamie-T--'90s-Cars-'-by-Niall-Trask

Nick Suchak directs a very enjoyable promo for&nbsp;Kid Kapichi, in which each band member attempts living the high life,&nbsp;and fails miserably at every turn.Expensive rental vehicles, trading stocks and high-stakes games of poker, and other symbols of wealth and success&nbsp;are all on display in the video for I.N.V.U (geddit?). But when it comes down to it, charismatic personalities and get-rich-quick schemes just don't cut it.&nbsp;Suchak packs an impressive number of vignettes into the video's runtime, and it is great fun throughout.&nbsp;

Suzie Grochala

Nick Suchak

Matt Gentleman

Louis Elliott

Cam Sander

Dan Moran Colour

Spinefarm

Kid Kapichi 'I.N.V.U.' by Nick Suchak

Kid Kapichi - I.N.V.U. (Official Video)

Niall Trask directs a stylish promo for The Lounge Society.&nbsp;Intercutting between colourful performance setups and breezy portrait shots of the group, the video moves at a breakneck pace, employing speed-ramping effects to switch up the tempo.&nbsp;This manipulation of time, along with vintage CRT screen effects and glitchy transitions creates a slick aesthetic, which boasts plenty of understated attitude.&nbsp;

Chris Sherrington

Speedy Wunderground

PIAS

The Lounge Society 'Remains' by Niall Trask

The-Lounge-Society-'Remains'-by-Niall-Trask

Gregg Houston directs a punchy performance&nbsp;promo for Wunderhorse.&nbsp;Shot in an empty office building, the video focuses solely on performance, without frills or superfluous additions - and that's what makes it so spectacular.&nbsp;Imbuing the visual with a sense of high-energy vigour, the band are completely absorbing from every angle, and the gritty textures of the 16mm film lends a rawness and intimacy to the concept.&nbsp;"These guys are earning a reputation for intense live shows and so for this music video we kept things very simple and let them do their thing," Houston says.&nbsp;"We found a pleasing location and got as much 16mm film as we could afford. What else do you need! With roughly one take per angle, the gentlemen gave it their all from the first moment. This is the director's cut so we were allowed to indulge ourselves with some 6fps footage and other flashes that took our interest."

Jai Mhach Durban

Gregg Houston

Charlie Shawcross

Luke Chambers

Jed Darlington-Roberts

Scott Griffiths

Montgomery Smith

Rascal.post

Communion Records

Rock

Wunderhorse 'Leader Of The Pack' (Director's Cut) by Gregg Houston

Wunderhorse--'Leader-Of-The-Pack-(directors-Cut)'-by-Gregg-Houston

Flohio heads out on a road trip in Aiden Harmitt-Williams' bouncy promo for SPF.&nbsp;Shot at&nbsp;Elmley National Nature Reserve, the video jumps between sun-kissed daytime shots and fiery nighttime setups, all shot on Kodak 35mm for a vintage, timeless feel.&nbsp;Interwoven with degraded digital footage to contrast the performance, Flohio brings out the summer vibes just in time for another heatwave.&nbsp;“Making this music video was truly a labour of love on my part and if I can speak for my majestic team: I’m sure it was for them too,"&nbsp;says Harmitt-Williams. "We went through the fire to make something great but luckily we were wearing our SPF.”&nbsp;

Ellie Rimmer

Aiden Harmitt Williams

Guilia Ferrazzi

Natasha Shehata

Alyandro Restreop Celis

Matt Gillan

Scarlett Gardner

Dan Levy

Awal

Flohio 'SPF' by Aiden Harmitt-Williams

FLOHIO - SPF (Official Video)

Phoebe Green creates a Monster she can spend time with, in Niall Trask's Frankenstein-inspired promo for Just A Game.&nbsp;The chromatic video blends live-action and animation to create a playfully nostalgic aesthetic, which follows Green as the creator - and then partner - of the cute Monster (Astile Doherty)&nbsp;she brings to life.[imgtoken data:1]Lo-fi and campy, the video doesn't take itself too seriously, instead focusing on the surrealism in the performances and the idea.&nbsp;A colour palette of neon greens and oranges, as well as a prism-style effect overlaid on the footage, elevates the video, standing out amongst other similar ideas.&nbsp;It's also a real departure into indie-pop, and a chance to explore a more light-hearted style than previously for Niall Trask - although it also shares a certain ghoulish sensibility with his recent video for Jamie T.&nbsp;

Hugo Harris

Will Street

Yan Murrawski

Daniel Lillie

Marnie Perkins

Emma Tierney

Georgia Hope

Astile Doherty

Chess Club Records

Iain McCray Martin

Phoebe Green 'Just A Game' by Niall Trask

Phoebe-Green-'Just-A-Game'-by-Niall-Trask

Teen trailblazers Hotwax crash an arty party&nbsp;in this tongue in cheek, self-directed promo for Barbie (Not Yours).&nbsp;The pink-hued, lo-fi promo is home to a menagerie of weird and wonderful characters, and captures the riotous, DIY stylings of the track.&nbsp;From low-key photography event to intimate rock gig, the Hotwax crew know how to get the party started, and it's brilliant fun to watch.&nbsp;

Hotwax

Hotwax 'Barbie (Not Yours)' by Hotwax

HotWax - Barbie (Not Yours)

Edie Lawrence creates a life action cartoon for Katy J Pearson&nbsp;- featuring Paul McGann, the I in Withnail &amp; I. McGann cameos as an astonished diner in a sloppily-run café where surreal things happen. But it's mainly Katy who becomes the victim in an unravelling psycho-nightmare.The video explores the song's themes of paranoia, anxiety and intrusive thoughts, playing with perspective to mimic the effects of a panic attack. Katy is placed in a shrinking cafe of hysterical bean shovelling, age switching and glass eating customers.Known for her work in claymation on videos for IDLES and Sad Night Dynamite, the café itself resembles one of Lawrence's trademark miniature sets - with all food made from latex, clay and gelatine, while the counter, fridge, doors and frames are all cardboard - to amplify the absurdity.

Edie Lawrence

Meredith Colchester

Jamie Wolfeld

Oscar L Mitchell

Ben Saunders

Hebe Wallace

Tim Smith

Gary Inskeep

John Steed

Jennifer Sano

Paul McGann

Rozine Jahfar

Maddie Haworth

Ernie Tee-Penhey

Tom Gould

Heavenly Recordings

Katy J Pearson 'Alligator' by Edie Lawrence

Katy J Pearson - Alligator (Official Video)

After six&nbsp;years away, Jamie T makes his triumphant return - rotting in a gibbet in medieval rural England.Niall Trask directs the impressive comeback promo for The Old&nbsp;Style Raiders, shot in black and white with a rather unsettling concept at its core.&nbsp;The artist is being tried for an unspecified crime, and as he is left to fend for himself in the torture device, we witness maggots creep ever closer to&nbsp;his body...&nbsp;It's a bold take which mirrors the off-kilter creepy stylings of the artist's previous videography -&nbsp;including the excellent&nbsp;<a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2014/08/21/jamie-t-zombie-james-slater/28642">Zombie</a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;yet it also manages to keep an emotional, relatable core beneath the grunge and guts.&nbsp;

Joanna Szyczewska

Jasper Clarkson

Adric Watson

Lauren Judd

Lucy Thomas

Polydor

Jamie T 'The Old Style Raiders' by Niall Trask

Jamie T - The Old Style Raiders (Official Video)

Niall Trask directs a Lord Of The Flies-inspired promo for DC Gore.&nbsp;In the video for I Like You, we see the artist lead a dishevelled bunch of brass instrument-playing kids, as they collect the remains of their crash-landed aircraft from Pett Level beach, in East Sussex.&nbsp;The enigmatic video cuts between their present situation - trying their best to survive and get help - and the moments leading up to the crash, creating a heightened, tense atmosphere that lingers until the final moment.&nbsp;

Klim Jurevucius

Alice Denny

Syd Harmony

Faith Powell

Aimee Loosely

Michael Pearce

Domino Recording Co.

DC Gore 'I Like You' by Niall Trask

Dc-Gore-'I-Like-You'-by--Niall-Trask

Gregg Houston directs a hopeful promo for Memorial's Honest.&nbsp;The video centres upon a character (played by Jeremy Zinunu) who seemingly has it all, but is numb and lost in life. Memorial - consisting of best friends&nbsp;Ollie Spalding and Jack Watts - appear in a series of vignettes, intermittently recording each other's performance on a boom mic, providing light relief to the character and opening his mind to the potential of a catharsis.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]<blockquote>The band providing a short term relief for the character...</blockquote>"When I first heard the song the line 'I know neither of us have the right to be here'&nbsp;really stood out to me," says Houston. "I applied it to the idea that 'here'&nbsp;could be referring to happiness/contentment and the issue that some people don’t feel they have the right to be happy."People regularly distract themselves from their problems. They look for short term fixes to make them feel complete ie a new car, jumper, gadget or whatever. It gives them a shot of contentment but inevitably that feeling doesn't last. I would interpret the video as the band providing a short term relief for the character in this case. The character is lifted by these musical interludes but inevitably the music doesn’t solve their issue.[imgtoken data:2]"It's only when on the boat that the character doesn’t get distracted by the band. At that moment they are looking for more. When we see all of them in the car at the end the band are barely playing - they can’t distract the character any more."He needs to face up to whatever his issue is. It is only when the character sees the long term fix in the distance, that they can find happiness."

Lucy Rose

Peter Wilkinson

Jeremy Zinunu

Real Kind Records

Alternative

Memorial 'Honest' by Gregg Houston

Memorial--'Honest'-by-Gregg-Houston

Niall Trask creates an impressionistic documentary about match day at Dublin football club Shelbourne FC, for Irish artist David Balfe, aka For Those I Love.For the video for To Have You, Trask captures the place, the club, and the people who make it and are connected to it, on black and white Kodak 16mm film. This is a world away from the glamour of the English Premier League and the Euros. but with its incisive camerawork, Trask covers a thrilling game and much more besides - particularly&nbsp;the passion and pride of players and fans alike.[imgtoken data:1]"The trip out to the football can feel like a pilgrimage," says Balfe. "Every mix of bliss and pain and glory is felt in the terraces each week, but it's been lost for us all since the world changed overnight. Being back in the stands as 'To Have You' was shot felt like a shower of relief and beauty, and I can't thank Niall enough for his vision and understanding of what it all means."The track is very much about survival, reflecting on a world me and mine grew up through and confronting those who question it. I am blessed to be able to hear this in a new light now as it's mixed with Niall's art."

Albert Hooi

Jp Quill

September

Aaron Mcenaney

Gavin White

For Those I Love 'To Have You' by Niall Trask

For-Those-I-Love-'To-Have-You'-by-Niall-Trask

Fox-hunting is reimagined as a dystopian game targeting society's outcasts in James Green's&nbsp;thoroughly entertaining video for Kid Kapichi.&nbsp;Picked on by pompous locals as "thugs", the band,&nbsp;dressed in orange bomber jackets and jeans, are then targeted by the local hunt. And one of them ends up as the captive of the demented lord of the manor - played by Steve Furst.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.jamesgreenfilm.com/" target="_blank">James Green</a> strikes a tone of broad&nbsp;comedy, dressed in&nbsp;a&nbsp;retro, B-Movie aesthetic. But there is a political edge that&nbsp;nails the political zeitgeist in modern Britain. It's about the&nbsp;divide between rich and poor, old and young, and the rising tide of closed minds and bigotry. But as it turns out, help is at hand...&nbsp;Action-packed, well performed and with a very satisfying conclusion, the concept brings Kid Kapichi's rallying-cry&nbsp;lyrics to life, and demands to&nbsp;be watched multiple times.That&nbsp;is especially&nbsp;impressive, as Green says: "We pulled this video together in record time with a low budget, shooting on the British coast during Storm Ciara. What perfect timing."&nbsp;&nbsp;

James Green

Richard Bell

Mark French

Philly Piggott

Marty McMullan

Silk Post

Andrew Patrick

Matt Sheern

Steve Furst

Rory Tilford

Rory Hern

Lillie Pierce

Francesca Amoroso

Indie

Kid Kapichi 'Thugs' by James Green

Kid-Kapichi-'Thugs'-by-James-Green

Later this month Two Door Cinema Club headline the O2 in London for the second time. This is what happened the first time they played there in 2013 - through the prism of tilt-shift photography.This Lego-fied version of the gigantic arena, as the crew prepare the stage, the build-up and the actual event was devised by Gregg Houston - who also shot the show in a more conventional manner - and photographer Matt Wicks.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Babysweet

Melissa Meadows

Matt Wicks

Two Door Cinema Club 'A Small Film About A Concert' by Gregg Houston

Two-Door-Cinema-Club-'A-Small-Film-About-A-Concert-'-by-Gregg-Houston

James Green pulls out all the stops and has a lot of fun in this 60s/70s-style B-movie shocker about the demonic power of rock music.This rum tale about a producer's greed at the alluring power of Death Dips by Hastings band Kid Kapichi, is much enhanced by being shot on glorious Kodak 16mm film.

Ben Pierce

Ben Marshall

Bubble TV

Giles Warner

Edward Vijayavargiya

Kid Kapichi 'Death Dips' by James Green

Kid Kapichi - Death Dips

A lucid nightmare set in the dank basement of a Victorian Turkish baths for Hastings&nbsp;band Kid Kapichi.In Dan Matthews&#39; video for Puppet Strings, the band play with time, shadows, the grotesque and the concept of enjoying being claustrophobically kept captive, before breaking free through performance in a cavernous round Georgian Church.

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