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Directing trio Three Shades helm this fast-moving story&nbsp;of escape, adventure and sexual chemistry for Australian producer Luude's Oh My - an interpolation of Moby's late 90s classic Porcelain.When a boy/girl couple welcome another girl in their midst on the dancefloor it leads to a night of passion and hi-jinx. Then the following morning the trio hit the road&nbsp;on a getaway through sun-bleached countryside to deserted beaches.It's an intoxicating combination of tantalising narrative and fluid filmmaking technique by the directing collective who have just signed to Knucklehead in the UK for music video representation.[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2][imgtoken data:3]

Australia

Three Shades

247 Productions

Ethan Lodge

Andi Chu

Warner Records Uk

Dance

Electronic

Luude & Issey Cross ft Moby 'Oh My' by Three Shades

Luude & Issey Cross ft Moby - Official Music Video

Knucklehead have announced the signing of directing team Three Shades - aka Dean, Sim and Warren - to their music and content directors' roster.Three Shades describe themselves as a 'one-hive mind, three creative brains' who synchronise their ideas and vision into one. Within two years, the trio has managed to build up a portfolio of work creating music videos for Bastille, Josh Barry, Inji and others - as well as working with brands such as M&amp;S, DAZN, Urban Outfitters, KLM Airlines, and Levi’s.Friends since childhood, Three Shades bonded over their shared love of film, music and travel, cutting their filmmaking teeth on a 2.5 year round-the-world trip, which was documented on their popular YouTube channel Travel Blaggers.When they returned home with a showreel of music promos and content, they began shooting music videos, fashion, food and everything in between. Three Shades’ ability to cover a lot of ground quickly facilitated their rapid rise and development, and during lockdown, they decided to focus their energy on directing as a trio and honing their style.“People are often very intrigued by the directing trio dynamic and it’s something we pride ourselves on, being such close friends with similar tastes but also how we push ourselves and bring the best out of each other, constantly pushing the limits of our creative output,” they explain.The trio have already directed two videos with Knucklehead for the dance artist Luude - the second of which, for <a href="https://wdrv.it/60307cfd0" target="_blank">Oh My</a>, has just launched.“You know 2023 is going to be a big one when you find out you’ll be joining the Knucklehead crew!" say Three Shades. "Having worked independently for the last few years, we felt this was the right time to reach out to a production company and the connection couldn’t have been more natural."Their reputation and experience in pushing creative standards is exactly what attracted us and we’re humbled they wanted to take us on. It’s an honour to be on a roster with so many incredibly talented individuals and we’re ready to start this next stage of the journey with the team!”Knucklehead’s Head of Music Video &amp; Content, Ore Okonedo: “Three Shades are smart, they're talented, and the process with them is always fun. I’m excited to see what we make together.”• Watch Three Shades' showreel at Knucklehead <a href="https://wdrv.it/9a56e3b06" target="_blank">here</a>

Knucklehead sign directing trio Three Shades

Nathan James Tettey reunites with Headie One to direct&nbsp;a cinematic promo for viral track Martin's Sofa.&nbsp;The director leans into the themes of the track, which pay tribute to a friend who helped the artist right at the start of his career.&nbsp;A montage of&nbsp;vignettes play out across the four-minute runtime, ranging from dreamlike, vibrant set pieces to exterior performance sections, all tied together with a sense of community and friendship. And having just signed to Knucklehead for global representation, it's a great way for Tettey to start a new chapter in his career.&nbsp;&nbsp;"Making Martin's Sofa was the most out of body experience I’ve endured in a while but I loved every second of it and to see the response from Headie’s fans has been incredible to witness because really making this video was for them as well as for Headie and Martin," Tettey has said. "Martin's actual sofa is real and was used in the video but the sentiment of what Headie is talking about is also real as well and for me was perfectly illustrated in the process all of us went through trying to bring his vision to life. Getting up each day at the crack of dawn and working into the deep of night to try and solve as many problems and tick as many boxes as is humanly possible before getting back up to do it all again the next day. "I just want to thank every member of the immediate team...&nbsp;Myself, Headie and Martin couldn’t have done it without you…"&nbsp;

United Kingdom

Nathan James Tettey

Ore Okonedo

Alex Ayodele-Otele

Theo Hue Williams

Jack Green

Kai Blamey Nguyen

Beau Pritchard James

Lee Parfitt

Hugo Harris

Matter SFX

Toni Blaze

Ollie Paxton

Matthieu Touliet

Chris Anthony

Company 3

Mike O'Keefe

Grime

Headie One 'Martin's Sofa' by Nathan James Tettey 

Headie One - Martin's Sofa (Official Music Video)

London-based production company&nbsp;Knucklehead has announced that Nathan James Tettey has joined their directors' roster for global representation - for music videos, commercials and brand content.One of the most versatile and experienced creatives in UK music videos, Tettey brings a wealth of experience from having worked in a variety of roles. He is now focussed primarily on directing, and in the past few years he has directed videos for&nbsp;many of the leading UK artists in pop, grime, rap and hip-hop – including Headie One, Stormzy, Fredo, and Ghetts, and particularly the rapper Dave, for whom Tettey has directed seven videos.&nbsp;Most recently he directed the ad campaign for Dave’s apparel brand Psycho.&nbsp;&nbsp;Tettey's first music video since his arrival at Knucklehead has just been released. He has&nbsp;reunited with Headie One for the video for fan favourite <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cKPgHCciEA" target="_blank">Martin's Sofa</a>."Nathan’s work is at the very sharpest point of contemporary culture in the UK music scene,"&nbsp;says&nbsp;Tim Katz,&nbsp;Knucklehead’s Managing Partner. "He’s a modern-day polymath and joining forces with him to introduce his work to agencies, brands and clients is going to be a wild and enjoyable ride. We can’t wait to get started.”Nathan James Tettey adds: "As a wonderfully hard-headed guy, it’s only right that I’ve joined the Knuckleheads. I’ve long been an admirer of their work and work ethic.”&nbsp;• Watch Nathan James Tettey's showreel at Knucklehead <a href="https://wdrv.it/53745d349" target="_blank">here</a>

Nathan James Tettey joins Knucklehead

Broken Antenna return to music videos with this playful, technically adept video for Fatima and Joe Armin-Jones.The track&nbsp;#1, a song about a lover that’s emotionally disconnected due to past trauma, is paradoxically paired with a visual that demonstrates that love and compassion can still exist. The day to day goings-on in a&nbsp;domestic life are&nbsp;captured in a single tracking move, with its complexity highlighted by an additional layer of video squares, highlighting small details.&nbsp;It's a welcome return to music for the directing duo, whose work includes acclaimed videos for Hak Baker, Clark and Slick Don.&nbsp;

Tim Crosbie

Thomas Malins

Lily Wright

Broken Antenna

Michel Bewley

Alex Reid

Nibras Alwasiti

Fatin Hasado

Jack McGinity

CHEAT

Cosmo

Aquarii Records

Soul

Fatima & Joe Armon-Jones '#1' by Broken Antenna

Fatima & Joe Armon-Jones - #1 (Official Video)

Dave Bullivant's&nbsp;second video for DJ producer legend Bonobo (aka Simon Green) follows <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2016/11/07/bonobo-kerala-bison/44522" target="_blank">his&nbsp;first one</a> in focussing on a performance through a very distinctive visual prism.For Otomo, roller skater Harrison Peterkin speeds through cityscapes and stunning natural settings, often distorted through the lens of a 360 camera.&nbsp;The video was shot over three days in South Africa, an absorbing visual for a hypnotic track.

Dave Bullivant

Harrison Peterkin

Bonobo ft O'Flynn 'Otomo' by Dave Bullivant

Bonobo - 'Otomo (feat. O’Flynn)' (Official Video)

Knucklehead have announced the signing of director and photographer Dave Bullivant (above) to their roster in London and Amsterdam for music videos and commercial projects.Bullivant has nearly ten years directing experience, with&nbsp;music video credits for London Grammar, Bonobo, Friendly Fires, George Ezra and more. His commercial clients include BMW, Samsung, O2, Three Mobile, Nike and Farmdrop.Originally directing in the directing duo Bison, Bullivant assumed the Bison monicker as a solo director in 2015, before starting to direct under his own name in the past year or so. He has also returned to music videos in a big way in 2021, reuniting with London Grammar to direct a trio of videos for tracks from their new album, including the acclaimed video for America.His latest video is his second for DJ/producer Bonobo (aka Simon Green) for the track <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39NfSiXXgcE" target="_blank">Otomo</a>, featuring O'Flynn, from the forthcoming new album. It was shot over&nbsp;three days in South Africa using a 360 camera that follows roller skater Harrison Peterkin as he glides through stunning natural settings and cityscapes.&nbsp;"I’m excited to get in to bed with Knucklehead," declares Bullivant.&nbsp;"They seem like a genuinely decent bunch who evidently make f*cking great work. Long may that continue - but with me now, please."

Dave Bullivant signs to Knucklehead

A lone choirboy in his choral gown collects fragments of electronic equipment along mudflats in Broken Antenna's poignant video for Clark's Small.The track is taken from the electronic musician and soundtrack composer's latest album&nbsp;Playground In A Lake, released on classical label Deutsche Grammaphon, and features young Nathaniel Timoney on vocals - who plays the beachcoming choirboy&nbsp;in the video.Filmed in the Thames estuary, this is a tonal departure for the directing duo&nbsp;- that's&nbsp;Myles McAuliffe and Gustav Newby&nbsp;- compared to previous videos for&nbsp;Hak Baker and others. But the result is a&nbsp;distinctive vision of a Ballardian 'Drowned World' evoked in Clark's new album,&nbsp;with a splendid&nbsp;performance&nbsp;from their young lead.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]

Matthew Tregoning

Caolan Caddell

Cody Cruiz Brown

Fin Sullivan

Maria Bracher

Ben Boullier

Big Buoy

Nathaniel Timoney

Greg Eden

Deutsche Grammophon

Clark 'Small' by Broken Antenna

Clark-'Small'-by-Broken-Antenna

For their latest video for Hak Baker, Broken Antenna&nbsp;try something different: a mini-drama of a London wedding in the early 2000s, that brings white and black families together, shot entirely on Hi8.Hak and his band provide the entertainment as the wedding party in a local church hall gets into full swing - performing his latest ode, Venezuela Riddim. There's drinking, dancing and other stuff. Tempers fray, connections are made... and fans of Hak Baker's previous videos will not be surprised to learn that&nbsp;the charismatic troubadour&nbsp;is soon in the thick of it.&nbsp;This is&nbsp;a subtle change-up into drama for Broken Antenna - that's Myles McAuliffe and Gustav Newby&nbsp;- which&nbsp;they handle with aplomb. Everything feels right about it - the sizeable cast is pitch perfect, the use of the home video camera helps to deliver that sense of authenticity. And although the wedding is not genuine, the party probably is.An excellent addition to the Hak Baker canon by Broken Antenna, which includes&nbsp;the UKMVA-nominated <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2017/12/19/hak-baker-it-or-lump-it-broken-antenna/51088" target="_blank">Like It Or Lump It</a> and Wonderland.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Ore Okenodo

Ben Keswick

Josh Higgins

Ashton Obertelli

Aimee Meek

Tara Chang

Thomas Goldser

Avenues

Hak Attack Records

Singer-songwriter

Hak Baker 'Venezuela Riddim' by Broken Antenna

Hak-Baker-'Venezuela-Riddim'-by-Broken-Antenna

Myles and Gus of Broken Antenna make a welcome return, bringing a trademark mash-up of live action and lo-fi visual effects to Japanese hipsters Yurufuwa Gang's woozy tour of London.With its disorientatingly slow frame rate and London-themed&nbsp;cut-out animation, it's a pretty-perfect encapsualtion of the band's rebellious attitude and aestethic for their scuzzy anthem No Visa.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Abdullah Al-wali

Warp Records

Hip Hop

Alternative

Yurufuwa Gang & Ryan Hemsworth 'No Visa' by Broken Antenna

Yurufuwa Gang & Ryan Hemsworth 'No Visa'

Hugh Rochfort's video for punk-jazz combo&nbsp;Melt Yourself Down is a frenzied and euphoric examination of society's outcasts and their refuges.Though all vastly different, the characters share an internalised claustrophobia, which is brought to light as they're not&nbsp;able to satisfy their natural desires, and their need to belong. They are consciously or unconsciously trying to shield their own spleen from the societal 'Boot'.Colourful and wacky, the video is relentlessly frenetic courtesy of the quickfire edit by Greg Hayes, allowing just enough time to catch your breath before it goes somewhere even wilder than before. The extensive use of closeups helps to portray the feeling of claustrophobia, the unusual camera angles adds to disorienting effect - pretty much perfect for the&nbsp;uncompromising Boot And Spleen.&nbsp;

Hugh Rochfort

Bruno Loureiro

Alex Mill

Jake Gabbay

Musa

Max Gabbay

Owain E. Morgan

Dale Oliver Slater

Grace Ellington

Greg Hayes

Whitehouse Post

Alexandre Nerzic

Big Bouy

Andy Salem

Talent Talks

Ugly Models

Punk

Melt Yourself Down 'Boot And Spleen' by Hugh Rochfort 

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Charlotte Regan’s latest work is a coming of age tale, touchingly told through the relationship between a father and daughter - played by Charlie Creed-Miles and Kasey Bentham.Regan’s love for human stories shines through in her video for Stereophonics' Fly Like An Eagle. In this, the connection between the characters feels raw and real – perfectly accompanying the track’s stripped back instrumentals.Franklin Dow's cinematography is naturalistic and unfussy, pulling all of the focus onto the story and characters, which helps things feel true to real life, and never forced in any way.It's a charming, inspirational piece of work, and will leave you feeling optimistic and hopeful. The song, a testament to overcoming life’s challenges, comes from Stereophonic’s latest album Kind.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Charlotte Regan

Natalie Steiner

Daniel Stoker

Franklin Dow

Owen O'Sullivan

Marshall St Editors

David Ludlum

The Mill

Sam Seager

Rock

Stereophonics 'Fly Like An Eagle' by Charlotte Regan

Stereophonics--'Fly-Like-An-Eagle-'-by-Charlotte-Regan

UK hip hop super group Cult of the Damned return with another one take video, this one shot on 16mm by Broken Antenna.And it also features multiple lens and rig changes whilst still rolling - BA reminding the viewer that there definitely were no cuts when the camera went to white on a lens change by scratching in &#39;This is Not a Cut&#39; to the negative.

Joshua Montague

Joe Wilson

Oliver Wilson

Time Based Arts

Cult Of The Damned 'Nicole' by Broken Antenna

Cult-Of-The-Damned-'Nicole'-by-Broken-Antenna

Broken Antenna and Hak Baker have reunited, following the UKMVA-nominated <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2017/12/19/hak-baker-it-or-lump-it-broken-antenna/51088" target="_blank">Like It Or Lump It</a>,&nbsp;for the first single of his upcoming project, and it&#39;s a belter.&nbsp;Floating between real life and a dreamlike drunk utopia (the titular &#39;Wonderland&#39;), the viewer is treated to an insight into what happens on an average weekend for Hak and his mates. Essentially lots of drinking, and then everything else to follow...Graded in cinematic monotone tones to make the mundane occurances seem outwordly, it&#39;s arguably the best example yet of the talents of Broken Antenna (aka Myles McAuliffe and Gustav Newby), who have <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/news/2019/03/22/broken-antenna-join-knucklehead/57840" target="_blank">just signed to Knucklehead</a>.But probably the main reason to watch this is Hak Baker himself. He&#39;s a unique, searingly honest&nbsp;London voice, with on-screen charisma to burn.

Josh Hillman

Mother Studios

Dave Bird

Pete Wade

Jean Ash

Hamza Twomey

Elena Muntoni

Jack Williams

Assembly Rooms

Cranrust Vfx

Hak Baker 'Wonderland' by Broken Antenna

Hak-Baker-'Wonderland'-by-Broken-Antenna

London-based directing team Broken Antenna has joined Knucklehead's UK directors roster.&nbsp;Broken Antenna are&nbsp;Myles McAuliffe and Gustav Newby, who's inventive music videos output includes work for Slick Don, Trellion, Oscar Worldpeace and Hak Baker, and recognition with nominations at the UKMVAs.&nbsp;Their recent work includes Jam Baxter's Mask, featuring Ray N Bone Man, and the just-released video for Hak Baker's Wonderland.Their approach, often using inventive in-camera visual effects, has attracted brands such as Nike, Irn-Bru, and the British Heart Foundation.McAuliffe and Gustav Newby grew up in Camberwell, South London. After starting out in&nbsp;the location department on films such as Skyfall and Made in Dagenham, they went to university to study film. Early work included a fascinating documentary Lo-Down in London, which followed the London chapter of a New York gang called Lo-Lifes who exclusively wear Ralph Lauren clothes.Agency experience came at Mother London, before a move into shooting music videos which has also been recognised at the UKMVAs and Berlin MVA awards and air time on Channel 4’s Random Acts.• View Broken Antenna's showreel at Knucklehead <a href="https://knucklehead.tv/director/broken-antenna" target="_blank">here</a>&nbsp;

Broken Antenna join Knucklehead

A sick mother and her son escape from hospital to have a special day together, in Charlotte Regan&#39;s emotional video for Mumford &amp; Sons&#39; Beloved.Filmed in and around Port Talbot in South Wales, photographed by Jack Wilkinson, the film&nbsp;features Deirdre Mullins as the mum, Lucy, and first time actor James Sykes as her son Conor.Regan&#39;s story is an interpretation of the sense of loss at the heart of the song Beloved. Commenting on the video, the band say: &quot;The song has very different meanings for everyone&hellip; but somehow Charlotte has managed to capture the same wild spirit that we felt when creating it.&quot;&nbsp;

Earleatha Oppon

Anthony Jones

Tom Wynborne

George Batchelor

Jack Wilkinson

Luke Jefferson

Connor Hunter

Andrew Fletcher

Bobby Williams

Scott Youlden

Oliver Cronk

Claire Bleasdale

Deirdre Mullins

James Sykes

Paul O'Reilly

Homespun

David Knight

Island Records

Mumford & Sons 'Beloved' by Charlotte Regan

Mumford & Sons - Beloved (Official Video)

The driver for a hardened&nbsp;criminal finds himself losing touch with reality, and drifting off to places he would rather be, in Hugh Rochfort&#39;s video for Icarus.The young man (Jed Quaresma) finds that his car becomes his vehicle to another dimension: a series of distorted visions and memories, as if the Sirens of Icarus&#39;s song are calling him back to his old life.

Josh Northover

Benjy Kirkman

Liam Meredith

Marshall Street Editors

Double Negative

Hannes Sap

Catarina Gonçalves

Jed Quaresma

Parlophone Records

Icarus 'Sirens' by Hugh Rochfort

Icarus-'Sirens'-by-Hugh-Rochfort

Fanny Hoetzeneder&rsquo;s splendid promo for Adelphi Music Factory captures the rhythm, passion and joy at the heart of this fusion of gospel and house music through a constantly repeating&nbsp;sequence.We join a boy as he runs from his home, pounding past footballing mates through the streets and into the local Baptist church. He&#39;s running late for choir rehearsals,&nbsp;the Reverend glancing at his watch as the boy takes his seat and starts drumming.As the scenario repeats, scenes layer upon each other in an ever growing spiral of drumming, running and preaching. It&#39;s marvellous, and&nbsp;Fanny Hoetzeneder has&nbsp;created a video as upliftingly joyful as the song.&nbsp;Filmed on location in Sheffield over a weekend, the video for Javelin (Calling Out Your Name) features&nbsp;Rev. Daniel Anang and his teenage son Jeryhuda, in the roles of the Reverend and the running drummer respectively.&nbsp;Janine Dyer is the lead singer,&nbsp;and other singers and cast were drawn&nbsp;from the Cemetery Road Baptist Church, the New Testament Church, and Sheffield&rsquo;s Community Choir.&nbsp;

Fanny Hoetzeneder

Henry Napier-Brown

Nick Coleman

Jessica Oxley

Chris Sarginson

Laura Little

Charlie Von Rotberg

Tim Smith

Emily Ann Sonnet

Ministry of Sound

Weapons Music

House

Gospel

Adelphi Music Factory 'Javelin (Calling Out Your Name)' by Fanny Hoetzeneder

Adelphi-Music-Factory-'Javelin-(calling-Out-Your-Name)'-by-Fanny-Hoetzeneder

Charlotte Regan, recently named Shots Awards&rsquo; Young Director of the Year, shows exactly why she is so highly regarded in her new video for Wilkinson.&nbsp;It stars Thomas Turgoose of This Is England fame trying to make a connection with a girl who lives in his building. Negotiating numerous fellow residents along the way, and demonstrating his general good-egg qualities, Regan tells a story of a slowly budding romance from a single perspective. Everything takes place in the lift.&nbsp;What stands out is how Regan teases out the characters of her leads within a situation that, realistically enough, involves the rich tapestry of people who live in the building. And everyone else comes alive under her direction too. Impressive stuff.&nbsp; &nbsp;

Jamie Feliu-torres

Robin Crowley

Wilkinson ft Hayla 'I Need' by Charlotte Regan

Knucklehead

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