L.A based Daniels directed Battles latest music video My Machines (ft. Gary Numan) ~ a collaboration between Battles, Warp Records and The Creators Project’s The Studio, which produces and distributes works from artists representing a cross-section of creative disciplines.
Earlier in the year Daniels also directed Dogboarding.
So apparently, this Ian Pons Jewell guy is going to go all “making videos you want to watch” on us. Love his style.
Check out this one for DJ Shadow.
Young Replicant is an L.A. based production team featuring directors Alex Takacs and Joe Nankin. They work with a revolving cast of crew and collaborators. Their latest project is a mv for Hooray For Earth‘s True Loves track
Logan director Vincent Haycock recently finished up this music video for Calvin Harris’ Bounce … After being bounced by his girlfriend a hipster decides to, uhm, bounce through Vegas. Vincent makes a cameo himself near the end … this is the first of four music videos Vincent will be directing for Calvin Harris’ new album.
That also led me to this:
Vincent Haycock directed music video for Jamie Woon’s Lady Luck. Emotional vibes tearing up the city around her … love the original play of live action and cg.
Rogier van der Zwaag directed this amazing stop motion music video for Nobody Beats the Drum‘s track Poisson Vert. “We made this one in a forest, shot most of it in 7 (long) nights and after that I made some inserts of tunnels and bushes in a studio.” Really love the dynamic play of light and shadow, turned out great.
Damn this is looking good; Resonance Teaser 3 | Calm —- Here is a teaser featuring one second from each final animation as a taste of whats to come at OFFF; resonance-film.com –Premiering OFFF Barcelona, June
SEE || Displace Studios | Esteban Diacono | Heerko Groefsema | Jean-Paul Frenay | Jr.canest | KORB | Kultnation | Mate Steinforth | Matthias Müller | Momentary People | MRK | Murat Pak | Onur Senturk | Physalia studio | Polynoid | SR Partners | Thiago Maia | Tom Waterhouse | Tronic Studio | Spatial Harmonics Group
HEAR || Audionerve | Combustion | CypherAudio | David Kamp | Echolab | Hecq | Michael Fakesch | Mutant Jukebox | Radium Audio | Studio Takt | World Gang
Montreal based Newfoundland Tack have created an amazingly surreal, paper collage video for Dan Deacon‘s Surprise Stefani track from the album ‘Bromst’. Direction: Andrew de Freitas / Mathieu Arsenault.
Vienna based designer/animator Markus Wagner and LWZ collective recently completed this music video for composer Matthias Hacksteiner‘s final university project; Amongst Giants.
Just came across L.A based What Matters Most; a co-operative of artists looking elevate each other’s work through a collective process. Some stunning work and fantastic direction. First up is Vans Syndicate x Luke Meier; Written and directed by Kahlil Joseph, in collaboration with Luke Meier, shot using the RED ONE as well as the Phantom HD systems with audio by Flying Lotus and Melvin Gibbs –> A viral ad spot designed to celebrate the launch of a new product by Luke Meier and Vans Syndicate.
Next up is this Extended web version music video for “Cheeba” by Shafiq (Sa-Ra) feat. Bilal, incorporating several pieces of music off of Shafiq’s debut solo album En A-Free-Ka and greatly inspired by the Thelonious Monk documentary “Straight No Chaser.” Also directed by Kahlil Joseph.
Also love Shabazz Palaces – Belhaven Meridian; An allegorical short film/music video for Shabazz Palaces called “Belhaven Meridian.” Beautifully shot on 35mm black & white film in Watts, Los Angeles, “Belhaven Meridian” is a one-shot homage to Charles Burnett’s 1977 classic KILLER OF SHEEP.
While we’re on the subject of minimalism and directors, Lorenzo Fonda just busted out this sweet little piece of minimalistic awesomeness for Metronomy’s new single “The Look.” The stop motion is really great, and plays as a nice little story juxtapozed with the footage of the band.
Nexus‘ directing talent Celyn recently wrapped up this animated promo for Wagon Christ‘s new track “Chunkothy” from their eagerly awaited Toomorrow LP (for which Celyn also created the album sleeve). Interesting, the entire animation was made in Photoshop. “I basically wanted to make an animation as close to something printed as possible, in line and colour. For the colour, I had a small palette of CMYK swatches I’d chosen from the print job which I used. It was as simple as that really. No gimmicks, no tweeny motion tricks, no cgi and no animatic or storyboards.”
Love this video directed by L.A based Isaiah Seret for Raphael Saadiq‘s Good Man.
Two new ass-kicking cool music videos for Videoville based (ahem) band Video Violence. Watch HK970-Z and Video Violence (Official) … also check out their facebook band page for a few extra visual and audible treats.
After a couple years of doin this and that, IAMSTATIC has reformed and is working together on some tasty new work. We have updated our site iamstatic.com and motion reel for 2011. Please check it out and let us know what you think! Thanks.
KiD Cudi‘s lastest music video ~ Mojo So Dope … from Man On The Moon II: The Legend Of Mr. Rager. Directed by Jason Goldwatch.
Dark, hypnotic animated short by Berlin artist A. N. Fischer, Egyptrixx – Start from the Beginning … “The video examines the relationship between the simulated image and its physical manifestation. The landscape appearing in the video references one of Fischer´s relief sculptures.” Love the track.