never live in fear again

Nakhane teams up with ANOHNI. This is going to be a good week. Wow.



Please meet the director of the video Iggy LDN.

right here in red, white and blue

Thank you The Killers. I'm standing crying, I'm standing crying.

safe summer

Summer is here and it greets us with a new song from Aline Frazão. How wonderful. How safe. How brilliant.



Meet director of photography Kamy Lara.

the video opens on an interior | the scene then cuts to

"The video opens on an interior. It is New York. We see David Swan, practicing diligently.

The scene then cuts to Emmy The Great, and both men, cheering loudly. Then, Emmy the great is seen wearing the hooded figure in the dark sky.

In the chorus, Emmy The Great lip-synchs to the camera, dancing romantically with a bra. Then, Emmy The Great destroys the pair angrily with both men.

The video ends in a desk. Emmy The Great is shown waving sadly to the fairytale prince."

Now that's a concept: Daniel Swan and Emmy The Great are teaming up. And then it gets better: you can generate your own music video plot as seen above and below: music video machine. Goodbye boredom.



I've got to find a place for the love I have within
pumping through my heart like an algorithm

fight me, deny me

New place, new people, new tasks, new movies, new routes. But also looking back and revisiting old corners. This was already 10 years ago: CSS from Cansei de Ser Sexy.



Please meet the director of the video Cat Solen.

came by plane all alone (...)

come and attack me it's not gonna hurt
fight me, deny me (...)

let's make love and listen death from above 

where we're going to, you can't bring all your worth

A bizarrely sunny day ended with the most spectacular live music vibes that appear in the universe most probably once every four years. Also, I had a smoothie. And great people by my side. We're gold that's as bright as hell's own flame.



Please meet the director of the video Kendy Ty.

remember when no one danced the same
we all had a voice
we had a name
we're gold that's as bright as hell's own flame
forgive me, for I have lost my way (...)

oh raise me up, oh raise me from the dirt
each second is a high point of concern
where we're going to, you can't bring all your worth

pop-up cinema

I am so happy today. Like it almost feels unreal. And then this tune came by. A pop-up cinema remains on my still growing to-do list. Think about it. I am doing it.



Please meet the creators of the video: Noah Campeau and Jack Wolf. Additional Camera work and direction by Yaschar Scheyda. For more sounds from Tropics, click here.

je vous présente | La Luz

Ethnic Culture Hour everyone. Bonjour. Je vous présente: La Luz. On repeat for the past two weeks. Lost in the city, so far from you. Life is calm and lazy part of what's become of you.



Please meet the director of the video Carlos Alberto Fernandez Lopez. Directory of Photography: Miles Burnett. For more Hardly Art Records, click here.

"The inspiration for the video came from watching a lot of public access performances of our favorite bands and the bygone practice of compiling those performances onto worn out VHS tapes to pass along to buddies," explains director Carlos Lopez of his vision. "The show we invented for the video is perhaps not run by the most seasoned or professional crew, and whoever is the control booth just wants to go crazy with the green screen effects. We also wanted to make a section of the video 3D as a bonus for those with the 3D glasses that come with every copy of the album." via Noisey.

space pop

Revisiting works of Yoshi Sodeoka. Unmistakable. As always. Here he's teaming up with Ice Cream Cathedral. Now I'm in serious need of some gigs. LIVE. MUSIC. NOW.



ps. And I just realised that's actually my 500th post in here. Now... let's dance.

falling in time | taming winter

Blue. Light. Figures from the past. Visions. A weeping man. Taming winter. Teleman. 



The video was directed by Jonny and Tom Sanders and animated by Jonny Sanders.

new flow | insular

Kick-off of the year. Good company. Aesthetics of  Aline Frazão. In an insular manner.



The video was directed by Pablo Blanco.

decidi voltar atrás
desistir nunca dá paz
a beleza insular
não chega sem partilhar

along with their stories

A pile of new albums on my desk. All to be checked during the upcoming days. Bliss. Plus new perspectives ahead and the sounds of The Helio Sequence blending with the visuals of Emanuele Kabu on top of that. Everything comes full circle. ...along with your stories.



For more videos of Emanuele Kabu, please click here.

"The main concept was to create something that continually collapses into something else as if it'll never be able to reach a proper form." Kabu via Dezeen

to see out of the corner

Day packed with good stories. Quite cinematic. Jono McCleery serves the soundtrack.



The video was directed by André Gaspar and produced by Nebula Studios.

fears I have learned to ride
(...) I learn to see out of the corner

at the end of the summer break

Mélissa Laveaux serves all these feelings perfectly. As usual. And I long for more.



Please meet the director of the video Bastien Roger.

got to catch that buzz

Brought back to the 1980' today. Catching that buzz. Grace Jones is still a drug.



Please meet the directors of the video Matt Forrest and Bruno Tilley. For more videos from Bruno Tilley, please click here.

right in the pocket

Coffee. Gallery. Good talk. Understanding. Chill zone. Right in the pocket.



The video was directed by Nick Bentgen. Ballet choreography by Devin Alberda. Please meet the dancers from Beacon's Finest Step Team and Del Fuego Wolfpack (for more credits please click here). Also make sure to see works of Andrea Bergart and her Cement Trucks and for more sounds from Sinkane click here.

Oh, you've got life right in the pocket
Oh, don't you know what I mean?

stories, rituals, mysteries | creating new reality

Their music cannot be classified into any particular category or trend. Unconventional use of acoustic instruments including zither, dulcimer, udu, kantele, but also stones, sticks, fragments of sheet metal from ships, voice, spiced up with a bit of electro - all this illustrates the world of extra-musical ideas - stories, rituals, mysteries. via Requiem Records



The video was created by Piotr Modliński. For more music of Pathman, please click here. Also make sure to check more of Requiem Records celebrating their 20th anniversary this year.

let the river | wash my soul

Cerys Matthews took as always good care of Sunday vibes and today doubled them by broadcasting live from Womad festival. Now, that's a line-up! All that reminded me that I need to update my concert plans for the upcoming weeks. For now I will let Naomi and Lisa-Kaindé, sisters from Ibeyi, haunt all my senses with this video. Let the river...



The video was directed by Ed Morris.

 
I will come to you river, wash my soul,
I will come to you river, wash my soul again.

Carry away my dead leaves (...)
Let the river take them, river drown them (...)

just keep your balance straight

Walking through the universe with Bobby The Unicorn. Good. Night.



The video was created by Karolina Matusiak.

peekaboo | here's my hideout

Well, there's nothing more joyous than having a chat in a record store with its stuff and discovering some good sounds. From word to word, from artist to artist, from video to video. Here's Zagi teaming up with oly. Surreal. All those sketches in my head fall now into one piece with sounds becoming visual. All that in my hometown. My summer hideout.



The video was created by Joanna Goldman and Maciek Gradkowski. For more sounds from Zagi please click here.