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Crystal Fighters work alongside Jay Green to craft a captivating video for their eagerly awaited comeback.&nbsp;The video for Manifest&nbsp;unveils a mesmerizing tapestry of vibrant, psychedelic visuals, presented in an iPhone format.&nbsp;Shifting through uncanny AI shapes and textures, the video melts into a smorsgabord of colours and hypnotic patterns, giving the video a joyous - yet&nbsp;slightly disconcerting - vibe.&nbsp;

United Kingdom

Jay Green

Kiran Mandla

COMPULSORY

Leethal Reppin

Masha Thorpe

Sam Hooper

Orlando O’mahoney

Martin Perrin

Dan Levy

John Moule

Dance

Crystal Fighters 'Manifest' by Jay Green

Crystal Fighters - Manifest (Official Music Video)

Joe Wood directs a body-positive performance promo for South African singer Toya Delazy.&nbsp;Shot in a dark studio environment, the video blends movement and colourful styling to create an absorbing, hypnotic vibe.&nbsp;The video uses&nbsp;a spotlight to reveal a variety of different characters breaking through the darkness, each moving and performing in a carefree, jubilant way, helping to elevate the message in the track.&nbsp;

Rosalie Pearce Bell

Hilary

Chanai Destinee

Pili Mateos

Joe Wood

Alexa Haywood at Free Agent UK

CAMP 

Benjo

Francesca Woods

Oli Robertshaw

Arie Priede

Dale K

Yong-Chin Breslin

Ella Turner-Bridger

Jai Mhach Durban

Toya Delazy

Afrorave Records

Toya Delazy 'QOBA' by Joe Wood

Toya-Delazy-'Qoba'-by-Joe-Wood

Pregoblin's Alex Sebley&nbsp;goes on a leisurely trip to La Rochelle in France&nbsp;with none other than Pete Doherty, in Niall Trask's breezy promo for the former Fat White Family collaborator's new project.&nbsp;Doherty took time out of his busy schedule of touring and recording with The Libertines and touring with French songwriter/producer Frederic Lo, to contribute vocals to These Hands AKA Danny The Knife, with the lyrical content of the song focussing on themes of loneliness and a lack of fulfilment.Backdropped by beautiful coastal views, the video plays out like a joyous&nbsp;buddy road trip, and if you didn't know better, this could be any pair of friends going about their holiday - and that's the beauty of the video.[imgtoken data:1]"Budget allowed us: 800ft of film, two returns to La Rochelle, an Airbnb and 24 hours in La Rochelle," explains Trask. "With no producer, I felt like my year 7 teacher on the South of France trip, trying to herd Peter Doherty and Alex Sebley around town whilst keeping them out of trouble."‘Be cool and don’t sound too bossy in front of Pete Doherty’ I thought to myself as I hurried him to finish his coffee as we lost daylight."Small fact: On my year 7 trip I smuggled a flick-knife in a pair of swimming trunks I was wearing under my shorts, praying that the blade wouldn’t unleash in my trunks as I waddled past the makeshift teacher security that were searching all the boys, finding fire crackers and BB guns."

Niall Trask

OB Management

Polly Millner

Sam Davey

Ramshackle Productions

Adric Watson

Dan Matthews

Jai Durban

Pregoblin ft Peter Doherty 'These Hands aka Danny Knife' by Niall Trask

PREGOBLIN These Hands aka Danny Knife feat: Peter Doherty

Bombay Bicycle Club are back with their new video for the title track from their latest album My Big Day&nbsp;- directed by Kit Monteith of Foals and Jonathan Higgs of Everything Everything.Featuring a cast of the weird and wonderful, we see frontman Jack Steadman&nbsp;as a bong-smoking news anchor on a local news channel, while other BBC bandmembers are reporters covering the strangest 'news', ultimately resulting in chaos in the studio.[imgtoken data:1]

Molly Ashman

Jonathan Higgs

Kit Monteith

Megan Markley

Up The Game

Laurent Arnaud

Dave Tree

Katie Cooper

Josh Connolly

Toby L

Otto Shed

Manu Amler

Sophie May

Tillie Robinson

Indie

Alternative

Bombay Bicycle Club 'My Big Day' by Kit Monteith, Jonathan Higgs

Bombay-Bicycle-Club-'My-Big-Day'-by-Kit-Monteith,jonathan-Higgs

Niall Trask completes the third part of his trilogy of videos for Eyes Of Others - and this one really does get the most from shooting the series in the rural Norway in winter.It also puts the artist - real name&nbsp;John Bryden - through the kind of endurance test that recalls Thom Yorke's experience making the video for Radiohead's No Surprises. When he nearly drowned.&nbsp;&nbsp;In this case the&nbsp;video for Once, Twice, Thrice is a totally captivating one-shot reveal. The camera draws out from a close-up of Bryden's eyes, to show what appears to be a snow-covered&nbsp;field behind him. But then we find that it's actually a frozen lake - and Bryden is chest deep in the icy waters.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;How did this happen? Did Scotland's latest exponent of groovy indie-electronica&nbsp;survive the experience? Thankfully, yes - and he explains all here.[imgtoken data:1] "This video began as the mad and bad idea of Simon, our Norwegian host at The Betty Fjord Clinic. He had a mate who had an ice hole in one of the neighbouring lakes. Niall phoned me up in advance of the trip, asking if I’d be up for getting in the water for the duration of the video. I said 'Yes - I do my own stunts'. "I thought I’d better get into training. Like Pierce Brosman prepping for the ski chase scene atop the snowy Caucasus in The World Is Not Enough.&nbsp;I’d be ready."I began taking cold baths at home - miserable - and swimming in the sea at Wardie Bay, Edinburgh - also miserable. I never quite reached those zen awakenings that you hear Wim Hof followers go on and on and on about. But I could feel my tolerance for cold water steadily increasing so I hoped I could pull it off on the day with the help of some adrenaline.<blockquote>What if I died? Pulled under the ice by some invisible current...</blockquote>"Three weeks later, it’s January 18th and we are off to Norway, using The Betty Fjord Clinic as our base. The clinic is a residential recording studio tucked away in the Søndre Land region. It is also equipped with sauna and a host who offers good times and a can-do approach to everything. "Cut to the morning of the shoot. I was under strict instruction by Simon to stay in the sauna while the small crew went to set up the shot. After a leisurely hour of sauntering in and out of the sauna, he appeared, saying that the original ice hole was inaccessible due to the previous night’s blizzard. So they were off to cut open another hole in another lake. Fine by me. I was enjoying a relaxed morning. "Simon returned an hour and a half later with his buddy Åge - a retired lumberjack - to say that they needed to pick up a bigger chainsaw. By this point I was getting restless, sitting with those same feelings I get before going on stage, namely; excitement and dread. "I feared after 10 seconds in the water I'd go into a state of shock and have to be hauled out, thus reducing the whole thing to one big waste of time and money. Further, what if I died? Pulled under the ice by some invisible current. I felt a sense of embarrassment around my imagined future death. I began to feel sorry for Niall who would probably feel responsible as producer/director, his life ruined by guilt. "Anyway I was spiraling a bit so I reminded myself to have faith in my training. I found comfort in some words of affirmation, my mantra if you will: ‘don’t worry about it, you’ll be fine, don’t worry about anything at all, ever.’ Simon finally returned early-afternoon to announce that the hole was ready. I got into his toasty car and requested some ambient music for the journey. We put on Brian Eno’s Music for Airports. All going to plan, I’d be at the airport the following day. "Arriving, I walked across the frozen lake and observed the ice hole. I’d imagined something more pure and pristine. It looked like there had been a struggle, with scraggly blocks of ice strewn about the entrance and there was a lingering odour of 2-stroke fuel in the air. The water was murky, equipment had already been lost to the water in the form of an ice fishing drill, it was -10 degrees Celsius and they all looked knackered. "I stripped down to my favourite swim shorts and pulled on a pair of wetsuit socks that Rob had lent me. Simon said he had a trick. He produced a flask of hot water and tenderly poured the contents into my socks. He then lassoed a rope over my head, pulling it down and around my torso. I was taken aback as Simon looped his end of the rope around his own torso. A sense of responsibility washed over me. We were brothers-in-arms. "Niall was brief and to the point with his instructions. I repeated to myself my ‘don’t worry about it’ mantra and slipped into the water. It didn’t feel cold, it didn’t feel like water as I’d known it before. Was it the hot socks?&nbsp;As everything began to slow down, the camera started rolling and in four&nbsp;and a half minutes we were done.”

Åge Osflaten

Sam Davey @ob Management

Polly Millner @ob Management

Danny Mitchell

Rob Jarvis

Simon Tickner

John Bryden

Heavenly Recordings

Eyes Of Others 'Once, Twice, Thrice' by Niall Trask

Eyes of Others - Once, Twice, Thrice (Official Music Video)

Niall Trask follows <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2023/03/02/eyes-others-new-hair-new-me-niall-trask/80573" target="_blank">New Hair New Me</a> with his second video for John Brydon,&nbsp;aka Eyes Of Others, filmed in Norway.By contract to the wide snowy landscapes of the first video, for the driving Big Companies, Large Tentacles Trask builds a claustrophobic atmosphere, rotating shots of Brydon in several performance set-ups filmed after dark - including in a sauna - and winding things up to a pulsating climax."I sat in a pub in New Cross and convinced Heavenly Records to depart with their money to help me pay off my tax bill in January," explains Trask.&nbsp;"With no real plan or direction, we ate some magic mushrooms and filmed a bunch of stuff in minus twenty&nbsp;degrees. I don’t feel well."[imgtoken data:1]

Pias Recordings

Betty Fjord Clinic

Eyes Of Others 'Big Companies, Large Tentacles' by Niall Trask

Eyes-Of-Others-'Big-Companies,-Large-Tentacles'-by-Niall-Trask

Niall Trask takes John Brydon, aka Eyes Of Others, out into the depths of snowy Norway&nbsp;for New Hair New Me, the first of three&nbsp;videos he's directed by Trask for the Edinburgh-based purveyor of electronic pop.Brydon gamely marches through a series of spectacular landscapes, including struggling through deep snow, whilst clutching his mini-keyboard and lipsycing the charming electronic pop track, before finally arriving at the forecourt of a rural petrol station. It's the first of three videos for Eyes Of Others by Trask - all shot in Norway."This shoot was the second coldest of the three and I needed physiotherapy afterwards," explains Brydon. "A highlight for me was throwing a mild-mannered strop towards the end of the last day on set - somewhere in Norway - after being asked, yet again, to trudge through knee-deep snow and run along various icy roads as the twilight looked especially good. “'Who gives a shit about the light', I said under my breath. Niall asked me if I was alright. Nice touch that I thought. "It took me back to a time when I was an extra in a T-Mobile advert where I was told I would be last in the queue for lunch due to (the lowly status of) my role in the production. And look at me now…star of the show, dancing outside a Scandinavian petrol station."[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;

PIAS

Eyes Of Others 'New Hair New Me' by Niall Trask

Eyes-Of-Others-'New-Hair-New-Me'-by-Niall-Trask

Niall Trask directs a suitably bizarre promo for Gaz Coombes' Long Live The Strange.&nbsp;Living in a world inhabited solely by mannequins, we see Coombes go about his day-to-day routine, seemingly unphased by the plastic&nbsp;inhabitants.&nbsp;Diving directly into uncanny valley territory, many of the mannequins have their own style and hobbies - including yoga, football, and being down the pub - and Coombes' dynamic performance contrasts perfectly with the lack of movement and energy elsewhere on screen.&nbsp;

Sara Murrell

Andy Little

Chris Little

Harry Chapman

Daniel Levy

Virgin Records

Gaz Coombes 'Long Live The Strange' by Niall Trask

Gaz-Coombes-'Long-Live-The-Strange'-by-Niall-Trask

Life is passing Ashley Singh by, in Chris Fowles' affecting video for Autopilot.The director -&nbsp;a winner at this year's UKMVAs for his video for <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/04/05/cavetown-ft-beabadoobee-fall-love-girl-chris-fowles/75741" target="_blank">Cavetown's Fall In Love With A Girl</a> - places the artist's song of loss and heartbreak in an everyday context.[imgtoken data:1]But Singh is not just a guy left alone in a suburban house - it's more painful than that.&nbsp;As others come&nbsp;and go around the house it becomes clear that everything in the house is being removed, including him.Fowles gets a very good performance from the singer-songwriter, and Henry Gill's cinematography intensifies the emotion - and his painful fate.

Felix Coles

Wizzo

Chris Fowles

Talor Hanson

Las Bandas Be Brave

Jealous

Kirstin Cruickshank

Charlie Relph

Henry Gill

Alex White

Samuel Barnham

Jannick Fjeldsoe

JP Frazer

Kailey Walker

Warner Records Uk

Singer-songwriter

Ashley Singh 'Autopilot' by Chris Fowles

Ashley Singh - Autopilot (Official Video)

Jordan Rossi directs an empassioned promo for South African singer-songwriter, actor and novelist Nakhane, featuring Perfume Genius, with a work that takes its cue from some pillars of Queer cinema and art.&nbsp;The video for Do You Well begins&nbsp;with Nakhane and their love interest glistening under sparkling lights in a studio space, and then&nbsp;battling to create a common ground, before finally connecting with each other.&nbsp;Gorgeous and thrilling, the video visualises a complex set of emotions in a stylish and thought-provoking manner, and the end result is wonderfully alluring.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]"Nakhane already had a concept for this video," Rossi reveals.&nbsp;"It was very much centred around a wrestling encounter between two people in a homoerotic fashion. They wanted to express the idea of a duel and the ridiculous nature of aggressive masculinity."Nakhane and I drew inspiration from lots of Queer art and cinema such as Pink Narcissus by James Bidgood, Querelle by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Moonlight by Barry Jenkins and Sebastien by Derek Jarman. We also looked at features like Fight Club and Shame - both dealing with masculinity, sex and relationships in a unique manner.[imgtoken data:2]"Visually, I wanted a really deep and textured image with lots of energy. Tony Scott's turbulent yet cinematically rich style of compressed imagery was a huge source of inspiration here.&nbsp;"It's not every day you get to make projects such as this so a huge shout out goes to Faye who commissioned it, the record label for giving us complete creative freedom and Nakhane for being such a trusting collaborator."

Jordan Rossi

Jordi Estapé

Carrie Sutton

Faye Purcell

Sachin Parmar

Miguel Carmenes

Beth Montague

Chelsea Stemple

Edwin Brawn

Freddie Wright

Stephen Ofori

Theresa Adamson

Chloe Dean

Maisie Boyd

Samuel Marr

Homespun

Nakhane ft Perfume Genius 'Do You Well' by Jordan Rossi

Nakhane - Do You Well (feat. Perfume Genius) (Official Music Video)

The third song released from Benjamin Clementine's forthcoming third studio album&nbsp;is accompanied by an intriguing&nbsp;video directed by Curtis Essel. It's as&nbsp;individualistic and experimental as the artist's music.In the video for Delighted, Benjamin takes a gleaming vintage 1960s Rover to a sports ground. But not before donning a black Panama-like hat - which will become a recurring motif in this diverting narrative.[imgtoken data:1]The singer then meets fellow teammates - also wearing black hats -&nbsp;and an unusual game begins on the turf of the ground with an opposing team. It's&nbsp;like rugby, but with a hat instead of a ball.The action is painstakingly&nbsp;crafted by Ghanian-British director Essel - who's prize-winning work includes the short films Allumuah, AGYA and Almost An Adult - and beautifully shot by&nbsp;cinematographer Henry Gill. And for those who have not been acquainted with Clementine for a while, it is a wonderful re-introduction to the distinctive vision of the Mercury Prize-winning&nbsp;singer-songwriter.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;

Curtis Essel

Adam Oyejobi

Biscuit Filmworks

Andrew Law

Rupert Reynolds-MacLean

Polly du Plessis

Yuri Galitsky

Helena Teixeira

Trim Editing

Benjamin Clementine 'Delighted' by Curtis Essel

Benjamin Clementine - Delighted (Official Video)

Directing duo NoCowboys - Jody Elizabeth and Betty Cutting - direct an effervescent promo for London-based Irish artist April.&nbsp;The&nbsp;concept for 54321 blends shimmery metallic textures and dreamlike performance vignettes, amplifying the hypnotic vibes of the track.&nbsp;The use of in-camera experimentation and reflected light seamlessly blends the multiple setups, giving the whole concept a singular style and aesthetic.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]"(We) had been looking for an opportunity to experiment with light, installations and in-camera effects for a while, so were delighted when this brief landed from April," say NoCowboys. "The whole process was a big, playful experimentation, as we found and tried different objects and textures to pass light through and bounce off."Massive thanks to art director Jessamy Hadfield for bringing to life and creating the mirror installation based on some terrible sketches we sent. And of course the dream duo of DoP James Chegwyn and gaffer Luca Piercey, producer Brooke Lagana, and Rose Esme Lucas, who we teamed up with again after our <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2021/09/30/rosie-lowe-paris-texas-nocowboys/73101" target="_blank">Rosie Lowe music video</a>."

Jessamy Hadfield

NoCowboys

Brooke Lagana

Dirty Films

Kim Jarrett

Luca Piercey

James Chegwyn

Ben Parkin

Alex Bedford

Rose Esme Lucas

Tom Bearne

Michael Hoad

Jess Waterhouse

Dan Maxley

Atlantic Records

April '54321' by NoCowboys

April-'54321'-by-Nocowboys

Flohio heads out on a road trip in Aiden Harmitt-Williams' bouncy promo for SPF.&nbsp;Shot at&nbsp;Elmley National Nature Reserve, the video jumps between sun-kissed daytime shots and fiery nighttime setups, all shot on Kodak 35mm for a vintage, timeless feel.&nbsp;Interwoven with degraded digital footage to contrast the performance, Flohio brings out the summer vibes just in time for another heatwave.&nbsp;“Making this music video was truly a labour of love on my part and if I can speak for my majestic team: I’m sure it was for them too,"&nbsp;says Harmitt-Williams. "We went through the fire to make something great but luckily we were wearing our SPF.”&nbsp;

Ellie Rimmer

Aiden Harmitt Williams

Guilia Ferrazzi

Natasha Shehata

Alyandro Restreop Celis

Matt Gillan

Scott Griffiths

Scarlett Gardner

Awal

Flohio 'SPF' by Aiden Harmitt-Williams

FLOHIO - SPF (Official Video)

Phoebe Green creates a Monster she can spend time with, in Niall Trask's Frankenstein-inspired promo for Just A Game.&nbsp;The chromatic video blends live-action and animation to create a playfully nostalgic aesthetic, which follows Green as the creator - and then partner - of the cute Monster (Astile Doherty)&nbsp;she brings to life.[imgtoken data:1]Lo-fi and campy, the video doesn't take itself too seriously, instead focusing on the surrealism in the performances and the idea.&nbsp;A colour palette of neon greens and oranges, as well as a prism-style effect overlaid on the footage, elevates the video, standing out amongst other similar ideas.&nbsp;It's also a real departure into indie-pop, and a chance to explore a more light-hearted style than previously for Niall Trask - although it also shares a certain ghoulish sensibility with his recent video for Jamie T.&nbsp;

Hugo Harris

Will Street

Yan Murrawski

Daniel Lillie

Marnie Perkins

Emma Tierney

Georgia Hope

Astile Doherty

Chess Club Records

Iain McCray Martin

Phoebe Green 'Just A Game' by Niall Trask

Phoebe-Green-'Just-A-Game'-by-Niall-Trask

Jordan Rossi takes Craig David into a colourful surrealist adventure for his video for&nbsp;My Heart's Been Waiting For You.Craig performs this garage-influenced club hit in a serious of increasingly surreal settings, with outer space encroaching into modern-day London. And periodically everything then suddenly ramps up into another dazzling visual dimension.[imgtoken data:1]"The brief was wide open," explains Rossi.&nbsp;"All that was stated was they wanted a green screen video that had the vibe of Craig's tour footage. I took that and ran with it, and wanted to craft a luminous surrealist fantasy that was equal parts Dali with Craig's R&amp;B-pop aesthetic."Craig was the best collaborator a director could ask for. Hugely respectful of the art but always wanted to push the boundaries creatively. It meant that what was a green screen video became a smash of reality and illusion in the most entrancing of ways. The final result is a fantasia of colour and other worldly scenarios. All seemingly familiar but with a twist."

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