Irene Skylakaki 'Hell' by David East
Promonews - 2nd Mar 2026
David East reunites with Irene Skylakaki for a dancefloor-set video with an ingenious twist.
Following his expansive video for the Dead People, shot amid spectacular South African landscapes, the video for the thumping Hell is enclosed and immersive, Irene and her fellow clubbers captured under intense strobe lighting, distorted by in-camera effects and lenses, the viewer disorientated by Dave Warren's fluid edit.Â
Eventually we discover the club space is not what it seems, that it's actually set within the same desert landscape of the Dead People video.
"I really wanted this one to feel like being at the club," says East. "It has that big club anthem energy, but there is also a softer moment in it. That's why I added the wall break, to let it breathe for a second. The whole film is about that rush of euphoria and feeling completely lost in the moment."
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Credits
Production/Creative
- Director
- David East
- Producer
- Thoban Jappie
- Production Company
- Mobile Media Mob
- Executive Producer
- Thoban Jappie
- Production Manager
- Sive Runeli
- 1st AD
- Dwayne Titus
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Fabian Vettiger
- Focus Puller
- Kevin Schnider
- 2nd AC
- Tafadzwa Pasi
Lighting/Grip
- Gaffer
- Brandon Daniels
Art
- Art Director
- Sabina Van Rooyen
- Art Assistant
- Chelsea Peter
- Set Build Director
- Christiaan Payne
Wardrobe
- Stylist
- Brandon Reeff
- Hair & Make-up
- Clanelle Burger
Choreography
- Choreographer
- Ioli Filippakopoulou
Casting
- Lead Dancer
- Neo Naidoo
- Lead Dancer
- Jamie-lee Jansen
- Cast
- Neo Naidoo, Jamie-Lee Jansen, Tanzley Jooste, Tamsin Ally, Gemma Trehearn, Hannah Jane, Yaseen Manuel, Adrienne Tonkin, Liam Gillespie, Phelo Ngxukuma
Editorial
- Editor
- Dave Warren
- Editing company
- Square Peg Edit
Grading
- Colour Producer
- Mike Coley
- Colourist
- Vlad Barin
- Colour grade company
- SR
VFX
Commission
- Commissioner
- Socrates Economou
- Label
- Fine! Records
Promonews - 2nd Mar 2026