Toronto-based director Lucas Hrubizna creates a groundbreaking and bewildering vision of a near-death experience for Sad Night Dynamite, courtesy of cutting-edge 'VolCap' technology, to introduce new release Volume II.Hrubizna has directed an interlinked series of five video shorts that takes the pop-electronic duo's fascination with surreal and psychedelic narrative into amazing new territory. It was made possible by access to the Volumetric Capture facilities at Dimension Studios in London - where SND were filmed performed, and effectively transformed into 3D models.Together with 2D plates of the band performance against greenscreen, Hrubizna could use this material to place them with his created CGI worlds without leaving his home studio. It has taken months of work, but the end-result is mind-boggling, as the approach is to make these worlds as harsh, forbidding, uncomfortable and unpredictable as possible - in accordance with the artists' brief.Each piece is meant to be a mini-fever dream.“SND had imagined a series of pieces taking place within some sort of purgatory - an abstract in-between place where time has dissolved," explains the director. "Having experienced a near-death event, they had seen the visuals of this project somehow reflecting the dreamlike journey from life to the precipice of death and back."I started to think of the ascending levels of Dantés Purgatorio, and loosely re-imagined them as bleak, liminal spaces from the modern world, wherein reality has exploded into harsh, digital fragments."Each piece is meant to be a mini-fever dream that perfectly loops, reflecting the endless sense of time and space in purgatory while also functioning on social media platforms, where looped video playback is standard.”

Tamara Black directs an emotional and powerful promo for Serena Sun's Body. The concept is a visual exploration of processing and overcoming sexual assault, and captures the progression of stages that Serena went through to heal from the experience.These vignettes open with a cold, moon-lit space where remnants of the party are strewn on the floor, and progress through visual interpretations of anger, healing and triumph."When I sat down with my incredible Director and DOP, Tamara Black and Cathy Ye, we talked about how we could intentionally and honestly depict my experience of healing after being sexually assaulted by a friend in university," explains Serena Sun. "After tons of different iterations of how to best tell my story, we landed on visually capturing the different stages I went through after the assault."Through this video, I hope to raise more awareness about sexual assault, as it's still a prevalent problem in our society; with more open and public discussions about sexual assault, we ask our peers to aid SA survivors in our demand for systematic changes."I hope those who are watching this video, and those listening to the song, gain a better understanding of the range of emotions that follow being sexually assaulted and are convicted and embolded to use their voices to enact positive change."

Jake Parker directs an atmospheric promo for India Shan. Boasting a striking burnt-orange colour palette, the video is formed of several effervescent performance vignettes, which are overlaid with various abstract textures and lighting effects. The understated performance seamlessly binds the setups, and is helped out by a gentle edit which use cross-fades and drawn out shots to match the energy of the piece.

Following the brilliant intensity of The Heart Part 5, something less intense but hardly less brilliant for N95 - another track from Kendrick Lamar's much anticipated and already much-dissected new album Mr Morale & The Big Steppers.As per, it's directed by Kendrick and Dave Free. And a series of powerful vignettes are beautifully photographed by DoP Adam Newport-Berra, with VFX work completed at Ethos Studio.

Iacopo Carapelli directs an arresting promo for Italian composer and musician Caterina Barbieri.Created in collaboration with artist Ruben Spini, Broken Melody is visually portrayed through slow-motion footage of different bodies levitating, intertwining and restlessly lying on the ground, in vignettes beautifully captured by DoP Giuseppe Favale.The video boasts fascinating locations, which are equally intimate and monumental, and lend a certain surreality to the concept. Broken Melody stands as a reflection of our times, in which the beautiful and the dreadful effortlessly coexist.

Douglas Hart and Steve Mackey - the former Pulp bassist-turned director - direct a grungy promo for Hot Chip's return with Down. The video is a lo-fi affair, blending gritty textures, abstract imagery and distorted layers of oversaturated footage. Paying homage to early music video experimentation, the compelling performances are contrasted against unusual, seemingly unrelated vignettes, which seem more inspired by the industrial beat than any lyrical content. It's all brought together in a terrific, kinetically-driven edit by Thomas Goldser.

KC Locke directs a transition-heavy tour de force for Aitch's Learning Curve. Stitched together in a seamless, dreamlike fashion, no fewer than thirteen scenes unravel across a runtime of just over two minutes, in a concept that boasts fiery car wrecks, police line-ups, lobster dinners, an anthropomorphic necklace charm, a wedding - and a flock of sheep. Noteworthy for its scale and pure ambition, it's a highlight in both Locke's and Aitch's videography, and has instant replay appeal. Great stuff.

Wesley Joseph self-directs the video for his song Thrilla in stylish fashion.With a series of well-composed vignettes, Joseph records an impressionistic personal history - from the moment a young version of himself in angel wings pushes through the mirror...