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Jim E. Brown 'Kiss From A Rose' by Niall Trask

David Knight - 20th June 2025

Niall Trask teams up once again with indie music's oddest character Jim E. Brown for their most extraordinary collaboration yet - an AI-enhanced reworking of Batman Forever.

It's the video for the self-styled Mancunian miserablist's idiosyncratic take on Seal's Kiss From A Rose, which appeared on the 1992 movie's soundtrack. That's the jumping-off point for a striking visual collision of two worlds, as Brown becomes a Dark Knight in his own image, within a distorted version of the original movie.

It's weird, funny, and eerily effective - with some quite remarkable images of Brown as the lager-swilling Caped Crusader (and several other characters). Although listening to Brown's pub singer version of the song is a something of an acquired taste. Not sure if Seal will enjoy it so much.

"The video imagines a Batman universe in which there is less physical movement and more drinking of beer and consuming of fish and chips and pints of beer at pub," says Jim E. Brown. "We filmed the video on the banks of the Thames in London where I saw several nitrous oxide tanks washed ashore. Filming videos is rather laborious and I wanted very much to imbibe nitrous whilst shooting, but the tanks were empty. Once we finished shooting, I did get ahold of some nitrous and beer and got properly pissed and passed out."

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Niall Trask
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Niall Trask
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Ali King
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Ben Foat
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Archie Muller

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Niall Trask

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Jai Durban
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Dan Levy
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Rascal Post

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Jim E Brown

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