Gaffer

David Witchell

Two giants of grime appear as 50ft monsters above a post-apocalyptic London backdrop in Will Norman's impressive video for Manga Saint Hilare featuring Frisco.In the video for Kill Sound a&nbsp;mammoth Manga performs over an abandoned Oxford Circus, while a very big Frisco stands before Buckingham Palace, which is littered with deserted military vehicles and graffitied barricades.[imgtoken data:1]The video’s high-octane opening quickly clues us into the cause of the city’s collapse. A montage of microscopes, hazmat suits and crowds fleeing the streets is superimposed under a flashing red light that comes to dominate the video’s colour palette.The video blends performance, cutaway and VFX to convey chaos as archive of a viral outbreak is cut together with dynamic studio performances and grainy black and white shots of the duo rapping back-to-back against thunderous skies.

United Kingdom

Will Norman

Fahim Ahmed

Grime

Manga Saint Hilare ft Frisco 'Kill Sound' by Will Norman

Manga-Saint-Hilare-Ft-Frisco-'Kill-Sound'-by-Will-Norman

Joseph Wilson creates a powerful visual allegory around the return of Patrick Wolf in The Bowline Knot - a short film that incorporates two songs from Wolf's EP The Night Safari - the artist's first full body of work in ten years.The monochromatic film features title track The Night Safari and Nowhere Game - the latter released separately in March. In the full film, it is revealed to be the climactic second half of an extraordinary journey that Wolf undertakes. It comes via&nbsp;boat on Styx-like river, from a domestic house and garden to forbidding industrial complex, but the move represents&nbsp;his escape from claustrophobic&nbsp;inertia to activity, and final angelic glory.&nbsp;&nbsp;Wilson provides Wolf's redemption with his distinctive sensibility,&nbsp;full of vivid iconography and incredible costumery - Wolf collaborated with Marco Tullio Siviglia for the wonderfully creative costume design - and myth and religious symbolism are drawn into an aesthetic&nbsp;that nods to the tradition of queer filmmaking.Above all, the fact everything is shot at night, filmed in black and white, establishes a dreamlike tone of endless possibilities. A highly appropriate way to mark the return of Patrick Wolf as a unique and idiosyncratic creative force.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;JOSEPH WILSON:&nbsp;&nbsp;“When Patrick first approached me, he mentioned that he had two videos that were being released, and it had always been a dream of mine since watching Vincent Haycock’s The Odyssey&nbsp;[for Florence + The Machine] to create a short film that connected multiple tracks - so we decided to release The Night Safari&nbsp;as a prequel to Nowhere Game."Patrick had introduced me to the thrilling boat scene in Night Of The Hunter, which helped me to bridge the two films together, and shooting on water felt imperative to the music Patrick had created. We shot the video over three days, including a reshoot on the canal... It was completely iced over, and I had to go out with my DP to break the ice with a rowing oar so that we could shoot!"The edit was fused by my interest in Artist Moving Image and drew inspiration from Paul Bettell’s Queer psychedelic Illegal Tender. Some of the footage felt too ‘clean’ in post so I played around with crystal earrings and broken glass to make the shots feel more menacing and distorted."Getting to work with Patrick after all these years was a real privilege. I am so proud of the magic we created and grateful to Patrick for inviting me on board and letting my creativity run wild.”[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2]

Joseph Wilson

Chris Murdoch

Prettybird

Ros Earls

Anibal Castano

Juliette Larthe

Teddy Jackson

Hongyi Zhao

Patrick Wolf

Marco Tullio Siviglia

Sophie Gouk

Big Life Management

Alternative

Patrick Wolf 'The Bowline Knot' by Joseph Wilson

THE BOWLINE KNOT (feat. "The Night Safari" + "Nowhere Game")

Lily Lepage

Katharina Nikelski

Adele Bonavita

Seb Luke Virgo

Clara Grace Stewart

Mouthpiece

Plus Another One

Joanna Szyczewska

Anand Singh

Thomas Devlin

Jay Wylie

Anya Mcdevitt

Jay Swanborough

Polydor

Singer songwriter

Cian Ducrot 'Victory' by Seb Luke Virgo

Joseph Wilson directs a cinematic, eerily surreal promo for Patrick Wolf, the second part of an extended film for the artist's new EP,&nbsp;The Night Safari.&nbsp;Following Enter The Day - the&nbsp;romantic and wistful first instalment of Wilson's longer film - the video for Nowhere Game is defiant and thrilling, with a&nbsp;stark, brutalist aesthetic of the video that complements the complex soundscapes in the track.Shot within the extraordinary Beacon Hill Fort on the Essex coast,&nbsp;Wolf enters the imposing edifice by boat, to be confronted by 'Nowhere People' - dancers attired in outfits that give them an uncanny inhuman appearance, that were designed by Wolf himself with&nbsp;Marco Tullio Siviglia.[imgtoken data:1]The story was inspired by&nbsp;the Greek myth of Sisyphus, and&nbsp;Wilson worked with movement director Ted Rogers to direct the performers - or the ‘gloms’ as Wilson and Wolf named them - to develop their own metaphor for breaking the cycle of endless toil."Patrick spoke about how he had learnt to let go of his resentments, lifting a great weight of his shoulders," explains Wilson. "So the idea was that the ‘gloms’ were pulling around their resentments - which start off as small pieces of coal -&nbsp;and develop into large heavy boarders as the story goes on."[imgtoken data:2]Being approached to collaborate with Patrick Wolf on the project on this and the longer film to accompany the new EP "was a ‘pinch yourself’ sort of moment," according to Wilson.&nbsp;"I used to listen to Patrick at college before I came out, and had been to a couple of his London shows when I was 17. I saw a lot of myself in Patrick and he gave me hope that there were other people like me out there."So to be working with him all these years later is very poignant for me. Aside from our creative vision, we share a lot of similarities growing up as outsiders, and both overcoming our own traumas through the pandemic.[imgtoken data:3]&nbsp;"I had come across Beacon Hill Fort a few years ago -&nbsp;[and] I’d been saving it for the perfect project. Located at the very edge of a quiet coastal town in Essex, the cold concrete structures and its prolific history of war, battle and invasion created the perfect setting for the Nowhere Game. Many of the cast and crew were lifelong Patrick fans, which made the shoot feel even more worthwhile."I remember looking up to the sky and seeing a dozen shooting stars as the performers pulled rocks around Patrick whilst he played the viola. It was such a moment! Regardless of the fact there was no electricity, and it was the coldest day of 2022! It was all worth it.”

Lee Sharrock

Patrick Wolf 'Nowhere Game' by Joseph Wilson 

Nowhere Game

Pip + Lib direct a poignant promo exploring the breakdown of a friendship, for Mathilda Homer's Rock Bottom.&nbsp;As the artist rides in the backseat of a car cruising down forest roads, there is an air of awkwardness as none of the characters talk to each other. There is the suggestion of a fight, or an undiscussed rut keeping them from connecting.&nbsp;Interweaving portrait style shots of Homer, with abstract vignettes of the three characters, it's a breezy visual with plenty of backstory to imagine and uncover... and some very decent fire effects at the end.&nbsp;

Pip + Lib

Meghan Willcox

BELIEVE MEDIA

CAMP 

Amy Francesca

Fola Abtan

Eyaz Chishty

Bradley Panda

Shanice Noel

Lucy Pearson

Chloe Griffin

Joe Knight at Dynamite FX

Alexa Haywood at Free Agent UK

Mathilda Homer 'Rock Bottom' by Pip + Lib

Mathilda-Homer-'Rock-Bottom'-by-Pip-+-Lib

A romance between two anthropomorphised piñatas is threatened by persistent festival participants, in Lewis Cater's offbeat video for Darlin'.&nbsp;Soon&nbsp;after the local festivities have finished, a trio of young, nosey kids happen upon a house, and decide to break in to terrorise the couple, ending in a climax of spewed up candy corn and a lot of cleaning up to do.Brilliantly weird, Cater has given life to these characters through clever movement and staging, elevated by&nbsp;Anya Jane Magee's spectactular costume design work.&nbsp;

France

Lewis Cater

James Norbury

Zebrafish Media

Jens Klit Nielsen

Jonny Pickup

Francis Lane

Louis Vella

Charlie Tierney

Anya Jane Magee

Brooke Davies

Dan Moran

Matt Allsop

Cam Petschi

Virgin EMI

progressive house

Arno Cost & Norman Doray 'Darlin'' by Lewis Cater

Arno Cost, Norman Doray - Darlin' (Official Music Video)

Nana Rogues and Ms Banks team up in&nbsp;Darnell Depradine's vibrant video&nbsp;for Issues.&nbsp;Taking place inside a nondescript flat in London, the concept is split between two main setups- Rogues'&nbsp;neon lit performance&nbsp;in the living room and Banks in the bathroom, soaking in the tub surrounded by flowers and luxury.&nbsp;DoP&nbsp;Francis Lane utilises burst photography to create glitchy and erratic cutaways, helping&nbsp;bridge the scenes&nbsp;and&nbsp;create a striking&nbsp;change of pace. These shots are juxtaposed with the glossy and considered cinematography in the main scenes. A heavy use of green lighting is a brave and bold choice for a video like this, but works&nbsp;nicely and sets it apart from other current videos in the genre.&nbsp;Simple yet incredibly ambitious in its concept, Issues is a strong visual which highlights Rogues' and Banks' performance skills, whilst bringing something fresh and exciting to the table.&nbsp;

Darnell Depradine

Melissa Massey

Creativs Label

Tony Longe

Naomi Segal

Jack Fontaine

Jomar O’Meally

Nina Athill

Nzimah Akpan

Jonny Thorpe

Pierre Marku

Denova Media

OB Management

Nadya Persuad

Nana Rogues ft Ms Banks 'Issues' by Darnell Depradine

Nana-Rogues,-Ms-Banks--'Issues-'-by-Darnell-Depradine

"I wanted to take us back to the old school garage grime raves but mixed with a fashion week after party vibes," says Mollana Burke."Xpensive&nbsp;follows, one Acen, JME, Ghetts and Chip as they navigate their way through the rave, where everyone is in their best fits and having a good time. I had a lot of fun in the edit, playing with photography and collaging, giving the video different textures."

Mollana Burke

Nilante Ebun-Cole

JM Films

J. Adesanya

Stephen Eniraiyetan

Arran Green

Chris Steel

James Tileyard

Nicola Sheppard

One Acen ft. JME, Ghetts, & Chip 'Xpensive Habits' by Mollana Burke

One-Acen-(ft.-Jme,-Ghetts,-&amp;-Chip)-'Xpensive-Habits'-by-Mollana-Burke

Mollana Burke's video for&nbsp;Maybe Baby follows&nbsp;Tolani through the different stages of love.Mollana says: "I wanted to visually show the passion and sparks we feel when first meeting someone, combined with dreamlike scene as if she’s really falling for him. However, Tolani is alone in&nbsp;most scenes because you can feel so much when it comes to love but at the same time feel so alone."

Toby Leary

Jean Dakar

Taz Lima

Gary Kent

Krishna Modhwadia

Tolani 'Maybe Baby' by Mollana Burke

Tolani-'Maybe-Baby'-by-Mollana-Burke

Mollana Burke's video for Nigerian artist Joeboy is a coming-of-age love story between a young couple blissfully living in this tropical-esque haven.We see Joeboy slowly falling deeply in love with his girl, to the point where he asks her to marry him. Mollana says: "I had a lot of fun shooting this video, being able to create this utopia through a vibrant colour pallet and lots of plants."

Nigeria

Ben Worthington

Caroline Morin

Wash

Empawa

Afro-Beat

Joeboy 'Beginning' by Mollana Burke

Joeboy-'Beginning'-by-Mollana-Burke

A girl see’s a man with a Godzilla mask lying asleep on a carpark floor and imagines what could happen if he was awake. In fact, he turns out to be Mr Eazi, and he's a lot of fun.Meji Alabi's latest for the Nigerian Banku star is bright and breezy, and gives a special focus to the clothing in Eazi's fashion brand, FashionNova. Appropriate for the track Supernova.

Meji Alabi

Andrei Croitor

Jimi Adesanya

Danny Ormerod

George Phull

Asia Rose Kilgallon

Sereeta Venkanah

Leannah Carer

Chris Bell

Creep Post

We Fix It In Post

Mr Eazi 'Supernova' by Meji Alabi

Mr-Eazi-'Supernova'-by-Meji-Alabi

Cyrus Mirzashafa gives singer-songwriter Jennings Couch an &#39;80s-inspired divine touch with this starkly-lit performance video&nbsp;for the rousing Saviour.

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