Executive Producer

Rupert Reynolds-MacLean

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;

United Kingdom

Curtis Essel

Adam Oyejobi

Biscuit Filmworks

Andrew Law

Polly du Plessis

Yuri Galitsky

Henry Gill

Jai Durban

Rascal Post

Helena Teixeira

Trim Editing

Benjamin Clementine 'Delighted' by Curtis Essel

Benjamin Clementine - Delighted (Official Video)

James Murray creates an evocative visual for Wunderhorse - the solo project of Jacob Slater, former frontman of indie outfit The Dead Pretties - for the alluring&nbsp;Butterflies.It's comprised of simple yet strong&nbsp;set-ups that make the most of the interiors lit with natural light, and&nbsp;the urban/rural mix of East London locations, with Slater - who has been cast in the much-anticipated Sex Pistols bio-drama&nbsp;Pistol&nbsp;as the band's drummer Paul Cook - front and centre.Murray&nbsp;exploits&nbsp;his cool, on-screen charisma here, creating a sensibility that's more early Nineties than Seventies - in keeping with the unmistakeable&nbsp;influence of grunge on the track.&nbsp;&nbsp;

James Murray

Isabella Culver

Samantha Chitty

Dylan Bruce

Jak Waughman

Joe Nkadi

Charlotte Brason

Bella Duppee

Bianca Mitchell

Connor Coolbear

Oliver Whitworth

Electric Theatre Collective

Carrie Sutton

Rock

Grunge

Wunderhorse 'Butterflies' by James Murray

Wunderhorse - Butterflies

James Murray directs a hypnotic&nbsp;promo&nbsp;for Stubborn Heart's track&nbsp;Everything Matters.Shot on location in West London, the film experiments with multiple perspectives through a hallucinatory car journey.&nbsp;Using a mix of 360 cameras and Go-Pros, the cinematography is compelling and refreshing, and the quickfire edit ramps up the energy to intoxicating heights.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;

Andi Chu

Black Kite Studios

Jade Denne

One Little Independent Records

Dance

Electronic

Stubborn Heart 'Everything Matters' by James Murray

Stubborn-Heart-'"everything-Matters"'-by-James-Murray

Ben Strebel makes a stunning return to music videos with his wonderful&nbsp;video for Skrillex, Starrah and Four Tet’s new track Butterflies - an impressionistic portrait on the impact of a year of Covid crisis upon a generation, which builds to a simply transcendent&nbsp;climax.With some hugely talented&nbsp;collaborators, including choreographer Holly Blakey, DoP Ben Todd, and the&nbsp;VFX team at Electric Theatre Collective, Strebel channels the frustrations of a generation of youth, whose relationships and&nbsp;opportunies have all been curtailed by the successive lockdowns, into a very contemporary work of visual art.On a London estate, an edgy teenager is a ball of energy as they sit in their room, and when a group of youths gather, the group immediately combine to&nbsp;performing Blakey's intricate, physically demanding choreography. Sheets float in the air, at the Chinese takeaway&nbsp;the youths&nbsp;also play ghosts, covered in sheets - and then the path from gritty reality to heightened sensibility spins into outright&nbsp;fantasy, all within the same concrete world.[imgtoken data:1]The climax of the video is wonderful - and that is partly because you do not see it coming. The kids have now become real ghosts, soaring into the air above the concrete,&nbsp;freed&nbsp;to cavort to the strains of this epic electronic collaboration between Sonny John Moore (aka Skrillex), Keiran Hebden (Four Tet), and Brittany Talia Hazzard (Starrah). This is a brilliantly conceived ballet - created with an ingenious execution of VFX work and camera movement.&nbsp;&nbsp;Strebel has created a wonderful visual for Butterflies, the result of not only his own skill and vision, but the ambition and support of Skrillex. The artist and director&nbsp;had been talking for a long time about working together, and Skrillex took&nbsp;a hands-on approach throughout the process, sanctioning the lengthy&nbsp;period in post production required to make it happen.It was well worth the wait.&nbsp;&nbsp;

United States

Ben Strebel

Adam Farley

Roma Nesi Pio

Ed Bellamy

Christopher Mears

Titus Penate

Ben Todd

Sean Lomax

Dan Jenner

Simon Wood

Wolf Wasserman

Ben Manwaring

Oliver Hogan

Kate Forbes

Anna Wild

Holly Blakey

Kharmel Cochrane

Matt Nee

Metal House Edit

James Sindle

Luke Morrison

Antonia Vlasto

Hannah Clark @ Metal Edit

Electronica

Alternative

Skrillex, Starrah, Four Tet 'Butterflies' by Ben Strebel

Skrillex, Starrah & Four Tet - Butterflies (Official Music Video)

From alt-J&#39;s striking original idea, Isaiah Seret has crafted an experimental epic for their song Pleader that draws on different artforms&nbsp;and ultimately has nearly spawned a new one. This is a music video that could also described as a short dramatic musical.&nbsp;It&#39;s set in a coal mining community in a South Welsh valley in the early 20th century, and at the heart of it is a young miner and his wife. But their fate is bound up with the decisions made by the whole community, who decide that the woman has to produce a child. In that way, they sew the seeds of their own destruction - but this is just as much about the boy with special powers who is left behind.&nbsp;In the midst there are real scenes of birth and destruction, powerful performances from Sophie Cookson and Morgan Watkins as the couple, and Ewan Hipperson as Llewelyn, their son, and a huge supporting cast.&nbsp;There&#39;s enough surprise and mystery here to keep you coming back looking for answers. And at its core, a breathtaking sequence: the terrible power of a volcanic cloud, destroying everything and everyone in its path.[imgtoken data:1] &nbsp;

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