Lead Dancer

Jay Allen

Trailblazing London jazz outfit Ezra Collective hit the ring in Femi Ladi's joyous video for Victory Dance.Customers of a cornershop receive a mysterious invitation by the shopkeeper, leading them downstairs into the basement and a magical space. Suddenly we are in&nbsp;a big hall, a boxing ring in the middle - not to witness a boxing bout, but the moves of jazz dancer Jay Allen, and a thrilling performance of the individuals of Ezra Collective, and then the group as a whole.[imgtoken data:1]This is the band's first ever music video, reflecting their position at the heart of London's resurgent jazz scene. Femi Ladi achieves a sense of wonder and real occasion by keeping things based around the performances, and top and tailing the piece with the narrative element involving the audience. It really works.&nbsp;"I’m a big fan of the Ezra Collective, I find their music so refreshing and unexpected," says Ladi.&nbsp;"I had a personal experience of hearing the band's music for the first time when I stumbled into a performance of theirs by accident a few years back. I instantly became a fan. So, we went with an Idea that had similar journey of discovery with the band playing a secret gig somewhere quite unexpected."

United Kingdom

Femi Ladi

Jake River Parker

Somesuch

Maëva Demurger

Andre Reid-McKinley

Rowan Mackintosh King

Courtney Bennett

Oliver Bingham

Scarlett Gardner

Jay Gomez

Jamie Hitchens

Philips Nortey

Rosie Taylor

Katie South

Jenny Glynn

Kaz Ove

Yoomin Lee

Chris Anthony

Company 3

Shivam Solanki

Jazz

Ezra Collective 'Victory Dance' by Femi Ladi

Ezra Collective - Victory Dance (Official Video)

Harry Deadman directs a trip into an otherworldly dimension in his splendid promo for funk-pop duo Two Another.&nbsp;Riding the elevator up to the 51st floor, we see vocalist Elliot start to picture himself in a variety of weird and wonderful&nbsp;situations with the other people in the lift, including Angus, his bandmate."Angus and Elliot hit me up on Instagram last August and said they had a new single and were keen to collaborate on a video," explains Deadman. "They already had a solid idea of the kind of world they wanted to create for the video - dreamy, otherworldly and soaked in colour. Which is exactly what I love to hear!"[imgtoken data:1]The resulting video was shot against greenscreen with a flurry of visual effects to create the abstract, uncanny environments we see the artists in. Deadman worked with his Brisbane-based friend and regular collaborator Liam Blenkinsop on the VFX builds for the video, taking their creative collaboration to a new level."We met at uni and have been working together on various projects since then," says Deadman.&nbsp;"We normally do five to ten shots per video so I kind of underestimated how long this would all take. I think there was something like 185 shots to get through!"&nbsp;The time and effort has all paid off handsomely here as the slickness of the production design and VFX aligns with the energy of the performances from Two Another and two accompanying&nbsp;dancers.&nbsp;It&nbsp;acts as a wonderful introduction to viewers who might not be familiar with the dynamic duo.&nbsp;

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