“I am leaving this harbour, giving urban a farewell. It’s habitants seem too keen on God, I cannot stomach their rights and wrongs”
I had mentioned Wanderlust before but never got around to posting the actual video which is a fairly egregious oversight considering 1) it kicks serious ass and 2) we have featured loads of other cool-but-not-as-cool-as-this Björk stuff. One of our readers, Chris, wrote in and suggested it was time to make that shit happen and so here we are.
Oh! Now I remember why I didn’t post it! It’s ‘cause it hadn’t been uploaded in HD to the ‘Tubes yet! Ok, whatever; this is unimportant. What is important is who made it: Isaiah Saxon, Sean Hellfritsch and Daren Rabinovitch, a.k.a. Encyclopedia Pictura. They’re crazy talented dudes and have recently started to upload lots of great watchables to their Vimeo and YouTube pages, like this great process video on how they made Wanderlust.
NOTE: If you have one of those fancy 3D TVs/computers you can experience Wanderlust with an additional dimension. That’s 50% more dimensions than 2D! Enjoy!
posted by respondcreate on May. 27, 2011 in Videos | tags: bjork, colorful, encyclopedia pictura, hd, music video, spiritual, trippy
The unique visual style of Studio Shelter paired with the feel-good, uplifting, summer’s-here sound of Cassette Schwarzenegger is a winning combination. The whole video is great but I’m especially fond of the more abstract sequences (like the ones at 1:16 and 3:24). It’s good times all around folks – enjoy!
[ PLAY - Cassette Schwarzenegger ]
posted by respondcreate on May. 26, 2011 in Videos | tags: animation, bizarre, cassette schwarzenegger, colorful, electronic music, good times, hd, music video, oktokki records, studio shelter, trippy
“Blindness to suffering is an inherent consequence of natural selection. Nature is neither kind nor cruel but indifferent.” –Richard Dawkins
Everything about ‘Loom’ is right: the animation, the pacing, the gorgeous sound design, the cinematography, the concept – everything. Don’t watch this until you’ve got some time set aside to really soak it in. That means headphones, full-screen, HD, dimmed lights and your full, undivided attention; prepare yourself for a treat.
Cheers to Polynoid for the fantastic execution: direction by Jan Bitzer, Ilija Brunck and Csaba Letay, technical direction from Fabian Pross and sound design by Joel Corelitz of waveplant. Lots of other talented folks were involved so be sure to check out the full credits.
Some well deserved gratitude is owed to Sam Lillard for the excellent submission: thanks, Sam!
[ Loom ]
posted by respondcreate on May. 25, 2011 in Videos | tags: abstract, animation, hd, insects, nature, polynoid, spider, trippy
“I made a good versus evil story of smooth jazz cats versus electro fishes and, like a video game, there was a princess to rescue, sub-bosses and a final boss to defeat…more” –Mike Scott
Kiwi animator/director Mike Scott crafted a veritable pixely-video-game-pop-culture-references-packed orgy of a music video for the Goldfish tune, ‘We Come Together’. It’s good times all the way ‘round, folks.
Mike was also cool enough to post a fairly exhaustive process video that describes how he planned and executed the whole thing which you can watch here. Enjoy!
[ Goldfish - We Come Together (OFFICIAL) ]
posted by respondcreate on May. 25, 2011 in Videos | tags: 8-bit, animation, colorful, goldfish, good times, hd, mike scott, music video, new zealand, pixel art, trippy, video games
“We can sit around this fire and let our spirits ride on out; watch it as a flame gets higher. I can see it in your eyes, whispers on the rise.”
Hey, guess what? I have some fantastic news!. Chad VanGaalen just posted another music video for a tune he released on Sub Pop and it’s exactly what you’d expect: chill, psychedelic and über-trippy. Enjoy!
Patrick Smith, we are forever in your debt for passing it along...cheers!
[ Chad VanGallen - Peace On The Rise ]
posted by respondcreate on May. 24, 2011 in Videos | tags: animation, bizarre, chad vangaalen, chill, colorful, hd, music video, nature, psychedelic, sub pop, trippy
From the looks of it ‘Knowing’ is a pretty awful movie – I haven’t seen it mind you but, in my experience, the hive mind is fairly reliable about these sorts of things. Anyways, so I’m on the ‘tubes and come across this video – created by musicaeternal – that combines Björk’s ethereal ‘Batabib’ with some scenes from the flick and it all works together rather well. Alex Proyas sure knows how to make some tasty visuals.
[ Björk Batabid HD ]
posted by respondcreate on May. 20, 2011 in Videos | tags: alex proyas, animation, bjork, colorful, ethereal, hd, knowing, musicaeternal, spiritual, trippy
“Destino is unique in that its production originally began in 1945, 58 years before its eventual completion. The project was a collaboration between American animator Walt Disney and Spanish painter Salvador Dalí, and features music written by Mexican songwriter Armando Dominguez and performed by Dora Luz…more”
During production of Fantasia 2000 Walt Disney’s nephew, Roy, found some storyboards and a scant 17 seconds of animation that were created by Disney and Dali and decided to resurrect the long dormant project. If you’re interested, head on over to Destino’s wikipedia entry to read lots more.
A big thanks goes to kiefer printy for passing this gem along…cheers!
[ Salvador Dali - Destino. Walt Disney (2003) HD1080 ]
posted by respondcreate on May. 19, 2011 in Videos | tags: animation, art, bizarre, disney, hd, salvador dali, surreal, trippy
“We’d been looking into an old 3D technique called “Anaglyph”, which is the familiar red and cyan version of 3d that you used to get on the back of cereal boxes. The more we looked at various images that used this technique, the more we fell in love with the colours and decided that they should drive the aesthetic of the piece…The song is full of light and shade; with euphoric melodies and skipping glitchy beats. It seemed to us that themes of ‘duality’ ran through both the song and our visual idea.”
Absolutely loving this music video BISON (a.k.a. Owen Silverwood and Dave Bullivant) put together for the Four Tet remix of ‘Vessel’ by Jon Hopkins (released by Domino and available now on iTunes & AmazonMP3). It’s ethereal, contemplative and gorgeous stuff – perfect for some rainy-day chillage. Big ups to Justine Josephs for the fantastic styling and Claire Meehan for lending her dance expertise, the two in tandem are a powerful combination. Cheers!
P.S. If you’re into dance, near Des Moines on Friday and want to get in one last great party before the Apocalypse then stop by Glaza Studio for End of Days – it looks like it’s going to be a pretty rad time.
[ Jon Hopkins - Vessel (Four Tet Remix) (2010) ]
posted by respondcreate on May. 18, 2011 in Videos | tags: bison, claire meehan, contemplative, dance, domino records, electronic music, ethereal, four tet, hd, justine josephs, music video, trippy
I came across this little gem last night when I was browsing around the Vimeo Staff pics (one of the mountain-born tributaries that regularly flow down into rivière de La Tripatorium™) and knew it had to be posted soon as possible. Soon after, I checked the submissions and found out that one of our readers, Dan Allen, had send it in that very same day. KISMET!
On the Mueller scale of trippiness – as I’m sure you recall from your third grade earth-science lessons – ‘No Brain’ rates at a respectable 9.2835/10 which puts it in league with such favorites as The Music Scene, Combination Spawns and The Parachute Ending. In other words: shit is dope.
You know the drill: volume up, lights dimmed, headphones on and full-screen. Oh! Right! The credits! Direction by Fleur & Manu, production DIVISION Paris and post production by MATHEMATIC. Enjoy!
Related: If you dug this then you’ll definitely enjoy Rogier van der Zwaag’s video for Grindin’ by Nobody Beats The Drum.
[ Etienne de Crecy - No Brain ]
posted by respondcreate on May. 17, 2011 in Videos | tags: abstract, animation, colorful, division paris, electronic music, etienne de crecy, fleur & manu, fractals, french, hd, music video, pixel art, pixelate, trippy
The first CD I purchased with my own money was a used copy of Dig Your Own Hole by The Chemical Brothers, an album which instantly became (and still remains) one of my all-time favorites. I’m happy to report that they’re still making awesome music and hiring the right kind of folks to craft their videos. Speaking of which, ‘Another World’ features direction and visuals by Adam Smith and Marcus Lyall. Enjoy!
Related: You should feel what I feel…
[ The Chemical Brothers - Another World ]
posted by respondcreate on May. 16, 2011 in Videos | tags: abstract, electronic music, flat nose george, hd, monochromatic, music video, the chemical brothers, trippy