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Nick Rutter delivers this superb, simple but hugely effective slo-mo promo for Your Soul by Rhodes.&nbsp;Nick effortlessly matches the emotional impact of the song with a couple falling through the air after losing their grasp on each other...

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Nick Rutter

Sonny

Tina Pawlik

Sarah Aranda-Garzon

Stephanie Zari

Ben Fordesman

Tom McFarling

Denzil Dean

Dom Arnoin

Casey Williams

Victoria Reynolds

Simona Harrison

Rushes

Michal Drabicki

Sita Bhuller

OB Management

Oli Mason

Angie Abramovitch

Chris Belcher

Joe Werry

Mike Drury

Al Orange

Ministry of Sound

Caroline Clayton

Singer-songwriter

Rhodes 'Your Soul' by Nick Rutter

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Directing duo Ben + Lewis explore the dialectic of hedonism and hard knocks at the heart of Crystal Fighters&#39; Champion Sound with their new video.Luke Treadaway (Killing Bono, Attack the Block and Clash of the Titans) plays the concertina-playing busker who&#39;s lured by revellers - and particularly the luminous Georgina Bevan - onto a surreal journey towards self-realisation.Employing a challenging number of locations, cast members and sumptuous styling - with Vivienne Westwood providing clothing throughout - this ambitious production (through Soho-based Saloon Films) is a visual feast - and the band themselves pop up as the extravagantly dressed pied pipers of the pleasure dome.&quot;This is a cinematic narrative-driven piece, which was developed conceptually to reflect the spirit of Crystal Fighters,&quot; explain Ben and Lewis. &quot;The film was a journey for everyone involved. The track was inspiring, as was the commitment of everyone involved in the making of the film. We somehow managed to pull off a huge scale shoot over just two days.&quot;

Ben Strebel

Saloon Films

Ben Lack

Shiobhan Lyons

Poppy France

Michael Floyd

Houmam Abdallah

Leo Beamish & Chandra Ruegg

Joey Seager

Frankie Chambers

Ian Barwick

Ben Plant

Kevin Foy

Simon Frost

Boris Becker

Louis Barron

Mark Couzens

Giant Men Management

Bruno Martins

The Mill

Lewis Kyle White

Crystal Fighters 'Champion Sound' by Ben Strebel & Lewis Kyle White 

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Filmed over two days in freezing December, the video was shot on a combination of 7D and Go Pro Cam, the 7D served to observe the scenes much like a documentary from afar, while the Go Pro Camera provides the perspective of the pulsing heart - and the basis of some impressively executed sequences, particularly one gravity defying shot at the start in which the viewer is lifted off into the air and caught again.
"We met the band at one of their gigs at Cargo, where we first heard the track - the song, with its ethereal tones and heavy beat really spoke to us," says Ben. "Within 10 minutes after the show we'd sat down with the band and established the narrative of the heart. Everything unfolded quite organically from there. The melody of the song at first appears light hearted and innocent, however the lyrics and grating synth speak of a darker gothic vibe. Luck was definitely on our side in terms of the weather and cast, seeing as it had been snowing the previous week. The idea was to combine a sense of the real and transpose it into the more surreal and mystical."

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