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Talk about premature...

2005-08-04T17:57:00.000-07:00

Warner Brothers have released details of The Flaming Lips' upcoming music video DVD.

Originally slated for an August release, the 18 promo compilation will be come out sometime in August and include the following videos:

Mr. Ambulance Driver

SpongeBob and Patrick Confront the Psychic Wall Of Energy

Fight Test

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

Do You Realize? (UK Version)

Race For The Prize

Waiting For A Superman

This Here Giraffe

When You Smile

Bad Days

Christmas At The Zoo

Be My Head

She Don't Use Jelly

Turn It On

Frogs

Talkin' Bout The Smiling Deathporn Immortality Blues (Everyone Wants To Live Forever)

Phoebe Battles The Pink Robots

Are You A Hypnotist??

Do You Realize? (US Version)

Watch this space for more info...

Louis XIV - God Killed The Queen

2005-08-04T17:08:00.000-07:00

Directed by Made By Robots.

Our new favourite band Louis XIV's video is a little too much for MTV, so here you go.

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Gorillaz - DARE

2005-08-04T16:37:00.000-07:00

The 2nd single taken from Demon Days. It features Shaun Ryder's ugly mug, but an excellent video all the same.

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Goldfrapp - Supernature

2005-08-04T15:36:00.000-07:00

News from the Goldfrapp camp is that 'Number 1' will follow Ooh La La as their 2nd single. The video is currently being shot in Europe by Dawn Shadforth and promises to be their best collaboration yet.

The album Supernature album is out on August 22nd.

Pre-order a copy here.

Specialten Issue 10

2005-07-05T15:30:00.000-07:00

Issue 10 of this excellent DVD magazine is out now.

This issue contains the likes of Cat Power, Joanna Newsom and Be Your Own Pet.

They're also looking for submissions for future issues.

Email: submissions@specialten.com

Or send to:

Specialten

Sterling House

Kimberley Road

London

NW6 7SF

Directors Label new DVDs

2005-07-05T15:19:00.000-07:00

The new set documents the work of:

Mark Romanek

Stephane Sednaoui

Anton Corbijn

Jonathan Glazer

Goldfrapp - Ooh La La

2005-06-23T08:55:00.000-07:00

Directed by Dawn Shadforth

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Missy Elliot - Lose Control

2005-06-19T11:23:00.000-07:00

Directed by Dave Meyers

Read an interview with Meyers here

Or check out the video:

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10 years of Vibe photography

2005-06-19T10:49:00.000-07:00

Excellent photography book. It's been doing the rounds for the last couple of years and has become a true collector's item.

VX: Ten Years of "VIBE" Photography

Rubber Johnny by Chris Cunningham

2005-06-08T15:56:00.000-07:00

Warp Films team up with director Chris Cunningham for an imaginative film about a shape-shifting kid and his dog.

Preorder a copy of Rubber Johnny.

Check out Chris Cunningham's online portfolio and press file.

Tokion Magazine's King of Zine competition

2005-06-08T15:12:00.000-07:00

Excellent idea from Tokion. Let's just hope that they grasp the ideas behind fanzines better than EMAP did.

The prize is one year's free health insurance.

Hurry up and get photocopying, the deadline is July 1st, 2005.

DIY: The Rise of Lo-Fi Culture

2005-06-08T14:53:00.000-07:00

Amazing and insightful book by Amy Spencer, published in January 2005, chronicling highlights in DIY culture in the media and music industry. Interesting read for anyone thinking of setting up a lo-fi operation:

Order your copy here.

Coldplay - Speed Of Sound

2005-06-08T14:19:00.000-07:00

Directed by Mark Romanek

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Buy Coldplay's X&Y here.

Marmalade Magazine - Issue 8

2005-06-07T14:12:00.000-07:00

Marmalade Magazine Issue 8 out this week:

Check out some of this issue's pages and buy a copy here.

M.I.A. interview

2005-05-26T17:29:00.000-07:00

How old are you?

-I’m not going to say (long pause)...ok, I’m 26 going on 27.

What's wrong with that?

-No, it’s just that’s it’s still kind of late compared to other girls who seem to be 17, but my thing is about life experience anyway.

Are you more in control of your music then?

-Yeah, bigtime.

How come?

-Well XL have given me 100% control, but that’s because I’ve spent years doing it. I’ve got a degree from St Martin’s doing Art, I spent time making videos for bands so I know what’s up.

Are you still in with the St Martin's crew?

-I’ve been out of the loop because I’ve been doing music for about three years and that’s kind of what I focused on, but when it comes to doing artwork and videos I know what’s up. I’ve got a lot of say in it. Like the Galang video. It’s based around a lot of my artwork. They took some of my stencils and made them move. I had some animators that worked on it and my friend who did the website helped too.

What was it like working with Ruben Fleischer?

-Really good. When we first met he was like ‘M.I.A, I really wanna do this. I wanna make the best work with you…’ It’s such a long process because it’s animation and in the middle of it we kind of hit a crashing moment and he was like ‘God I hate you so much. Your standards are too high!' Afterwards we managed to turn it around and he went away a happier person. He emails me every day going ‘We need to hang out! We need to hang out!’ He just totally rises to the challenge. When people were taking my artwork and animating it, it was really important that it stayed the same colours that they were in. I wanted it vibrant and sketchy and I didn’t really want it too slick. He’s really perceptive and he really gets it.

So you had to battle him a bit to get your own way?

-Yeah, but not like that. It was more like, ‘don’t’ be scared, you can be more in-your-face.’ I really wanted the video to have a ‘whatever’ kind of attitude. A lot of graphic designers and illustrators have this tiny aesthetic where everything has to be perfect and small with burnt browns and orange. And you just go ‘no, this is pink and green and orange and yellow and this is white because that’s just how we’re going to do London now. No more being scared of shit. Just get out there.

What are you representing?

-I’m definitely representing London. London’s a very multi-cultural and cosmopolitan city and that’s what they say about it all over the world. That where London feels it has one up on everyone else; that it’s the most ethnically integrated city and I think I represent that. I have a lot of things coming in my music…I mix it up.

© 2004 Alex Zamora

Audio:

-Galang

-Pull Up The People

-Sunshowers

Buy Arular here.

The White Stripes - Blue Orchid

2005-05-26T05:30:00.000-07:00

Directed by Floria Sigismondi

Taken from the new White Stripes album Get Behind Me Satan and featuring supermodel Karen Elson.

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Buy Get Behind Me Satan

The Work of Director Spike Jonze DVD

2005-05-25T09:10:00.000-07:00

Trailer for the DVD can be seen here. The Director's Series by Palm Picture is an excellent guide to the work of Jonze as well as Michel Gondry and Chris Cunningham.

Available to buy here.

Chris Love photographic exhibition

2005-05-24T19:08:00.000-07:00

Artist Chris Love's first photographic exhibtion:

Venue:

BRUNO

424 COLDHARBOUR LANE

BRIXTON

SW9

MAP

opening hours:

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY: 11.30am - 5pm

THURSDAY-SATURDAY: 11.30am - 10pm

Exhibition showing until the end of JUNE.

Dawn Shadforth interview

2005-05-24T18:49:00.000-07:00

Who in your opinion uses music videos to full advantage?

I really like Queens Of The Stone Age. Their videos really grab my attention...I've never seen QOTSA live, but I love the way that they play and that's just from seeing their videos.

How powerful is the music video?

You don’t always get to go and see bands play live. Seeing them on TV shows is not the same; you can’t define the image the way you can with a music video. Right now, it’s the way people remember an artist and the way they perform. The image that they have in their heads isn’t of CD:UK or seeing a band live.

If you had to pick a director who is constantly producing great work, who would it be?

For me it’s always been [Michel] Gondry. I just love his work... I think he’s a genius. It's just the way his mind works…you look at his videos and you think ‘how??’. It’s incredible the way he’s worked everything out, the amount of thought that’s gone into them and yet how instant they are for the viewer... I think he’s brilliant.

What do you make of directors who mass produce music videos?

I don’t’ know how they do it. It doesn’t tend to happen here, as much as in America. There are people who make quality video products and just keep making them. I think they make videos that do the job for the artist. That’s what they make them for. They have a machine of people working around them. I don’t know if I could work that way. It’s just people working in different ways, but they tend to follow a formulaic way of making music videos which is fine because it does the job that the record company need it to do and the artist need it to do, but it doesn’t make for pushing the boundaries in making exciting, groundbreaking work.

© 2005 Alex Zamora

Dawn's showreel:

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Parkour exhibition

2005-05-18T18:46:00.000-07:00

Fast Forward On Pause - a photographic exhibition of Parkour by Klaus Thymann.

Date: May 25th

Venue: Feilitzschstrasse 9, Rückgebäude, MUNICH

Beck - E-Pro

2005-05-18T15:23:00.000-07:00

Directed by Shynola

E-Pro is the first single from Beck's new album Guero.

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Peaches - Kick It ft. Iggy Pop

2005-05-18T13:43:00.000-07:00

Directed by Dawn Shadforth

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New Order - Jetstream ft. Ana Matronic

2005-05-18T07:33:00.000-07:00

Directed by Dawn Shadforth

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Check out the Richard X remix:

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Semi-Permanent 05

2005-05-18T07:21:00.000-07:00

Semi-Permanent London is a design event run by the crew at Design is Kinky, and Res. Unlike most design conferences that tend to focus on technology, Semi-Permanent delves into the creative side of design. Focusing on the passion that creative people have for their work.

For more info click here.

Bjork - Where Is The Line

2005-05-15T10:59:00.000-07:00

Directed by Gabríela Fridriksdóttir

Only available on the Medulla Enhanced DVD. Also includes the videos to Triumph Of A Heart, Oceania and Who Is It?

Queens Of The Stone Age - Go With The Flow

2005-05-15T10:33:00.000-07:00

Directed by Shynola

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Marmalade Magazine

2005-05-13T20:32:00.000-07:00

A magazine focusing on creative trends, new talent and DIY culture. The design and layout is unlike anything you've seen before.

To buy the latest issue online at YCN Online click here.

Zoot Woman - Grey Day

2005-05-13T19:55:00.000-07:00

Directed by Dawn Shadforth

It may not be new, but the video to Grey Day is still as crazy and vivid as ever.

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Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc

2005-05-13T17:51:00.000-07:00

Directed by Jamie Hewlett + Pete Candeland

First single from the band's new album Demon Days which features collabs with De La Soul, Roots Manuva, Neneh Cherry and Shaun Ryder and is produced by the excellent DJ Danger Mouse.

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The DVD video is available here

This shit is bananas

2005-05-13T17:30:00.000-07:00

More gorillas courtesy of SKK. Check out their main site for their full range of alternative lighting. If you're feeling rich you can order the luminous apes online by emailing them on this address.

Specialten Magazine

2005-05-13T17:17:00.000-07:00

Excellent publication containing promos, interviews and shorts.

Similar to Remote DVD, but sadly not free. Still worth it though; it shows magazine publishing on a different and more interactive level.

Forever Faithless

2005-05-12T23:48:00.000-07:00

Forever Faithless - The Greatest Hits DVD

House music heroes Faithless have released a Greates Hits compilation DVD of the videos to their singles. It includes all the classics including Insomnia, We Come 1 and their new track Why Go? It features Estelle on vocals, but was song was originally co-written and recorded by Boy George with the band. It didn't get very far after Radio One refused to play it.

Why Go? video

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The DVD also includes a video mash-up courtesy of Ninjatune multimedia nuts Hexstatic.

Buy a copy of Faithless - Forever Faithless.

M.I.A - Galang

2005-05-12T19:16:00.000-07:00

Directed by Ruben Fleischer

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Basement Jaxx - Oh My Gosh

2005-05-12T19:03:00.000-07:00

Directed by Matt Kirkby

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The videos to Basement Jaxx's singles are available on the excellent Basement Jaxx - The Singles DVD, which also includes 12 promos, live footage and short films.

Antenna

2005-05-12T18:48:00.000-07:00

Antenna

A bi-monthly night at London's NFT showcasing some excellent music videos which you probably wouldn't see anywhere else. Carrying on from where the Music On Screen series left off, it hosts panels of industry peeps who discuss and make light of the stuff being screened.
Sadly, it's become somewhat of a networking orgy among many of London's annoying film students.

Interpol - Evil

2005-05-12T18:22:00.000-07:00

Director: Charlie White

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Check out an article on Charlie taken from an old issue of Wired.

Alternatively revist Obstacle 1's video by Floria Sigismondi:

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Or buy the DVD video here

Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl

2005-05-12T18:10:00.000-07:00

Directed by Paul Hunter

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Chemical Brothers - Believe

2005-05-12T17:58:00.000-07:00

Directed by Dom and Nic

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