Simon Owens's video for electronica duo Lunge features bandmember Viva expressing herself with controlled abandon within the vast empty space of Black Island Studios. And it is something to behold. 

This is the first of two videos by Owens for the band, who he discovered whilst listening to Marc Riley's evening show on 6Music. Turned out to be a match made in heaven as his video for This Idle Motion has a real sense of joy, and timelessness. It's a beautiful exercise in capturing a great performance.

"Lunge appeared all silvery, reflective and urgent through my left kneecap," says Owens, enigmatically. "I looked down, bent my knee and heard golden pop. I was next to the radio as Marc Riley played 'Off with their heads' for the 108th time. I loved it.

"I found myself talking with one half of the band, after a few messages back n forth we get talking about swinging, lots of swinging. That idea didn’t work out and it struck me the lead singer Viva could have two personalities in song form, dark and light (reality is lovely and lovelier), or light and shadow. So here it is Viva as light and shadow choreographed by us, Viva and me.

"If you watch Viva carefully when looking up to the sky she can actually see GLASS-z12 galaxy, us mere mortals could only see an old man precariously stood on a narrow piece of wood clutching a light. This is the key difference between performer and watcher, galaxies and light, and why just a single watch of This Idle Motion video can take you into the pillars of creation and the Lunge nebula."