Some hand-drawn animated psychedelia courtesy of Chad VanGaalen (remember that rad video he put together for J. Mascis?) for his futuristic organic alter-ego Black Mold. Good stuff, folks!
A big thanks to J. Sherm for the heads-up!
[ Black Mold: Metal Spiderwebs ]
posted by respondcreate on May. 09, 2011 in Videos | tags: animation, bizarre, black mold, chad vangaalen, colorful, hand drawn, music video, psychedelic, trippy
“I’m frozen to the bones, I am
A soldier on my own, I don’t know the way;
I’m riding up the heights of shame.
I’m waiting for the call, the hand on the chest;
I’m ready for the fight, and fate…”
The word ‘epic’ springs immediately to mind. Do me a favor? Don’t watch this until you’ve got some time set aside to chill, dim the lights and don some headphones cause this shit is dope and deserves your undivided attention. Tunes and direction courtesy of Yoann Lemoine (a.k.a. Woodkid) with cinematography by Mathieu Plainfosse and post-production via OneMore Prod in Paris. Woodkid’s IRON EP is available now on iTunes. Enjoy!
[ Woodkid - Iron ]
posted by respondcreate on May. 06, 2011 in Videos | tags: birds, epic, french, hd, monochromatic, music video, tribal, trippy, war, woodkid, yoann lemoine
“Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome.” –Isaac Asimov
‘Fallen’ was conceived/directed/animated by Wolfram Kampffmeyer and Sascha Geddert. David Christiansen and Sebastian Nozon pitched in their talents as well, handling the music/sound and compositing duties respectively.
[ Fallen ]
posted by respondcreate on May. 05, 2011 in Videos | tags: animation, death, german, hd, meteor, sascha geddert, space, spiritual, trippy, wolfram kampffmeyer
“It is the harmony of the diverse parts, their symmetry, their happy balance; in a word it is all that introduces order, all that gives unity, that permits us to see clearly and to comprehend at once both the ensemble and the details. It is through science that we prove, but through intuition that we discover.” –Jules Henri Poincaré
Symmetry was created by Everynone as part of an ongoing collaboration with radiolab. A big thanks goes to Evan Pearson for the heads-up. Everynone’s Vimeo page is chock-full of goodies, btdubs.
[ Symmetry ]
posted by respondcreate on May. 04, 2011 in Videos | tags: everynone, hd, opposites, radiolab, symmetry
“Painstakingly animated frame by frame, the piece is all shot in camera, by real people, in the real world, using long exposure techniques.”
Darcy Prendergast and the talented folks at OH YEAH WOW composed this chill, contemplative (and trippy) music video for All India Radio using long exposure light paintings. Serving Suggestion: lights dimmed and headphones on with phasers set to maximum mellow. Enjoy!
A big thanks goes to Tyler Vanston for the submission, cheers!
posted by respondcreate on May. 03, 2011 in Videos | tags: all india radio, animation, australian, chill, colorful, darcy prendergast, hd, light painting, long exposure, music video, oh yeah wow, stop motion
This video by Pogo, a.k.a. Nick Bertke, was composed entirely of chords and vocal samples taken directly from Disney’s 1951 animated classic Alice in Wonderland. After posting it up on the ‘tubes Nick garned a fair amount of attention which lead to loads of cool work for high-profile clients like Pixar. It’s good times all around so grab those headphones and bliss out for a while…
Thanks for sending this in, Jani Saarelainen! It should also be mentioned that Pogo’s entire music catalog is available via a name-your-price storefront. He’s even cool enough to accept ‘$0.00’ but if you’ve got a couple of bucks why not send it his way? This is the type of behavior we should be encourage, wouldn’t you agree?
posted by respondcreate on May. 02, 2011 in Videos | tags: alice in wonderland, animation, chill, disney, electronic music, pogo, remix, trippy
“Are you sure about this? What about that? Do you remember that? Do you know where we’re going at least? We’re not lost, are we?”
‘Old Fangs’ is a short film directed by Adrien Merigeau and Alan Holly that was produced at Cartoon Saloon in Kilkenny, Ireland. It has won a slew of awards and, after watching it, you’ll understand why. Lots of heavy themes here – kind of reminds me of Gauguin’s Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?.
[ Old Fangs ]
posted by respondcreate on May. 02, 2011 in Videos | tags: adrien merigeau, alan holly, animation, cartoon saloon, growing up, hd, irish, nature, primal, watercolor
Don Whitaker wrote in to suggest a video for the site he made entitled ‘Surfing the 4th Dimension’. It’s some pretty high-concept stuff built with a complex ‘slit scan’ technique which is then modified with a custom Processing script and backed with some spacey tunes interspersed with some old dude talking about LSD to boot. It was such an intriguing idea I decided to look through some of his other videos and found this – attracted by the word ‘Squircle’ no doubt (try saying it out loud “squirrr-cull”) – and decided to post it instead of his suggestion. Was this uncouth? Is this not done? I’m just a fan of fractals, OK? Anyways, speaking of fractals, he just made this test video a scant three days ago so I want to encourage this kind of behavior. More please, Don. Oh, and we’ll be friends forever if you make a fractal video set to this tune. #mildpitchforever
[ Squircle Zoom ]
posted by respondcreate on Apr. 28, 2011 in Videos | tags: animation, colorful, don whitaker, fractals, hd, trippy, zoom
Astrophonica commissioned Emilski & Nick Duggins of UTILE to put together a video for their upcoming Fracture & Neptune retrospective LP. The abstract, hand-drawn psychedelic visuals are a fitting compliment to the cosmic, spaced-out drum ‘n bass sound of ‘Customtone’ and we’re confident you’ll dig it as much as we did. To hear more from the album head on over to Fracture & Neptune’s soundcloud account (my personal favorite is their bass-heavy remix of Stu Haxton’s ‘Miss Sunrise’). Grab those headphones and enjoy!
[ Astrophonica & UTILE present - Fracture & Neptune ft Martin Fieber - Customtone official video ]
posted by respondcreate on Apr. 26, 2011 in Videos | tags: abstract, animation, drum 'n bass, electronic music, fracture & neptune, hand drawn, hd, music video, trippy, utile
“In that dream I’m as old as the mountains, still is starlight reflected in fountains.
Children grown on the edge of the ocean; kept like jewelry kept with devotion
In that dream moving slow through the morning…”
More goodness from Sub Pop, this time for Fleet Foxes’ nostalgia-rambler ‘Grown Ocean’. The quick-cutting clutter of casually captured documentary footage compliments the ethereal cadence of the tune so well that I found myself blissfully zoning out each time I watched it. Maybe you’ll like it, too? Their new album, ‘Helplessness Blues’ drops on May 3rd, 2011 which you can conveniently pre-order on either CD or LP here.
[ Fleet Foxes - Grown Ocean (OFFICIAL VIDEO) ]
posted by respondcreate on Apr. 25, 2011 in Videos | tags: colorful, ethereal, fleet foxes, hd, music video, nostalgia, sub pop