Director

Marcus Lyall

Long term visual collaborators Adam Smith and Marcus Lyall direct an evocative promo for The Chemical Brothers, in a variation of the&nbsp;distinctive style that has graced the directors' previous&nbsp;videos (including the superb <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2019/06/21/chemical-brothers-eve-destruction-adam-smith-marcus-lyall/59347" target="_blank">Eve Of Destruction</a>) and live visuals for the dance behemoths.Starring actors&nbsp;Zofia Wichlacz and Mateusz Wieclawek the video for Goodbye explores different moments in an intense relationship, overlaid by hallucinatory textures and patterns. The video boasts a quick-cut montage of clashing emotions, reflecting the dizzying speed in which our relationships and feelings can change.&nbsp;Feeling like an engaging middle ground between music video and the stunning visuals that Smith &amp; Lyall have created for the Chemical Brothers' live shows for years, it's a&nbsp;powerful accompaniment to the electronic track.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;

Smith & Lyall

Black Dog Films

Matt Cummins

Martin Roker

Ella Crawford

James Sharpe

Ula Pontikos

Alasdair Baines

Ernie Griffiths

Adrian McCarthy

Jack Maddison

Paul Burns

Jake Shepherd

Wiz Francis

Deanna V’Icevska

Wilma Stigson Lundin

Jono Griffith

Jonny Stopford

Adam Smith

The Chemical Brothers 'Goodbye' by Smith & Lyall

The Chemical Brothers - Goodbye

Adam Smith and Marcus Lyall, collectively known as Smith &amp; Lyall, have unveiled a captivating new visualizer for the latest single No Reason&nbsp;by The Chemical Brothers.With a longstanding collaboration spanning over 25 years, the duo has been instrumental in crafting the live shows and has contributed to various aspects such as stage design, lighting design, and filmmaking. Once again, Smith &amp; Lyall were summoned to bring their distinctive vision to the project.The video for No Reason features a set of hyper-vibrant characters who march and move in an abdurdist way, multiplied into a hypnotic pattern on-screen.Smith and Lyall's inspiration for this visualizer - dubbed the Neon Marching Band Video -&nbsp;draws from multiple sources, including the rhythmic drum rolls reminiscent of military style, the iconic musical film Sweet Charity,&nbsp;the comedic absurdity of Monty Python's 'Ministry of Silly Walks',&nbsp;and the dynamic movements of David Byrne in early Talking Heads music videos.[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2]&nbsp;

The Chemical Brothers 'No Reason' by Smith & Lyall

The Chemical Brothers - No Reason (Neon Marching Band Video)

Adam Smith and&nbsp;Marcus Lyall's latest for The Chemical Brothers is a shot of lightning from the arm - a maverick, Japanese sci-fi B-movie sent from the future.&nbsp;A mousey businesswoman transforms into an intergalactic superhero to fight craterous monsters, furry cyborgs and a robot wizard. And there's Aurora too, dressed like Robot Boy.Lyall and Smith’s video has the renegade spirit of a cult movie. There are shades of&nbsp;Kung Fury, the low-budget Youtube movie that spawned an entire genre. And also of Ed Wood, the eccentric 1950s filmmaker, who directed the camp classic Plan 9 from Outer Space (It’s nice to imagine that if Wood were resurrected today, handed a 4K camera and a box full of lycra, he would have tried to make Eve of Destruction).The real hallmark of a Chemical Brothers video is a frenetic harmony of music, choreograph and editing. This is a shining example. The video is exhausting in the best way: no beat, bar or lyric goes by without a punch, a strobe or a spark. The costume design is also top-tier.&nbsp;The characters are not only original and impressive, they are also charmingly homemade, with fantastic costume design by Katie Tabor.And the sheer directness of the direction is best explained by the relationship that Smith and Lyall&nbsp;have with Tom and Ed of the ChemBros. Individually the pair work on very different things: Lyall creates light installations in grand public spaces; Smith is the legendary director of the band’s own Galvanize, as well as some of the best-loved episodes of Doctor Who and Skins.&nbsp;As a team they&nbsp;have been making the band's distinctive live visuals for years. And the Eve Of Destruction video was originally created as visuals for their live show.Best live visuals ever?

United Kingdom

Matthew Cummins

Suzie Lavelle

Job Reineke

Matt King

Sol Saihati

Ollie Tiong

Katie Tabor

Amit Lahav

Dave Garrick

Mark Whelan

Marcus Lyall Ltd

Dance

Dance, Electronica, Pop

The Chemical Brothers 'Eve Of Destruction' by Adam Smith & Marcus Lyall

Chemical-Brothers-'Eve-Of-Destruction-'-by-Adam-Smith-&-Marcus-Lyall

The Chemical Brothers have shared new song &#39;MAH&#39;, featuring concert visuals from Marcus Lyall and Black Dog Films&#39; Adam Smith.The video, directed by Lyall, was shot during a concert at London&#39;s Alexandra Palace and captures Smith and Lyall&#39;s acclaimed visuals. &#39;MAH&#39; is from the duo&#39;s forthcoming ninth studio album, No Geography, out this Spring.

Caroline Milsom

The Chemical Brothers 'Mah' by Marcus Lyall

The-Chemical-Brothers--'Mah'-by-Marcus-Lyall

Don&#39;t Think, the Chemical Brothers&#39; feature length concert doc directed by longtime visual collaborator Adam Smith, is released early in 2012. As the new trailer suggests, it&#39;s completely awesome.Adam&#39;s innovative direction of the BBC&#39;s coverage of the Chems&#39; Glastonbury show this year was a mere taster of what he&#39;s achieved with Don&#39;t Think. Shot at the famous Fuji Rock Festival in Japan, its a complete immersion of live event and concert visuals into an extraordinary sensory experience. It&#39;s also the first-ever concert recorded in Dolby 7.1 surround sound.&quot;After 18 years of working on the Chemical Brothers live show we have finally captured it on film; you could almost say it&#39;s 18 years in the making,&quot; Adam has told the NME. &quot;The aim was to create a different type of concert film for a different type of show.&quot;There&#39;s a special advance screening being held at Picture House, Hackney on Thursday, 26 January 2012. Tickets to the event can be purchased <a href="http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/film/The_Chemical_Brothers_Dont_Think_Exclusive_Advance_Screening/" target="_blank">here</a>, and a special event to be held on February 3rd, with details coming soon.<iframe frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/21UItm9UCr0" width="560">&lt;/p&gt;</iframe>

Svana Gisla

Lee Groombridge

Jessica Wylie

Marc Swadel

Ash Clifford

Tom Balkwill @ Dirty Looks

Stefan Demetriou 
Don't Think Website

The Chemical Brothers 'Don't Think' by Adam Smith: the trailer

Wizard-Sleeve’s-Get-Down-Tonight-by-Thomas-Goldser

UK-Music-Video-Awards-2012-–-all-of-last-night's-winners!

An immense amount of work went into the project with over 60,000 frames created for the video using a number of analogue printing techniques, then with each frame handcut and photographed before being reanimated into the promo.

Jimmy Turrell

Mark Logue

Jim Beach

Aislinn Clifford

Ross Hallard

Yellowire 'Starlife' by Marcus Lyall

Yellowire-'Starlife'-by-Marcus-Lyall

Adam Smith, now more usually occupied directing telly like Dr Who, resumes his longstanding role as visual-maker for the Chemicals and takes it to the next level.Including first single Swoon, which follows the thematic tradition of Adam aka Flat Nose George&#39;s previous work with Tom &amp; Ed: reverse silhouettes rush by, cleverly lit up in a myriad of colourful ways, and a young couple remember to escape from the mundanity of ordinary life.Like the other visual work this is also on a DVD which comes with the album...

Marcus Lyall

Director

7 videos featuring Marcus Lyall

2023 (2)

2019 (2)

2011 (2)

2010 (1)

Popular content

Is this your profile?

Feedback

Latest Videos