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Julian Perretta ‘Naked’ by Luc Janin
Director Luc Janin channels the ever-confusing spirit of Escher in this polished promo for Julian Perretta. Pulling up to his stately home with a snake in his back seat (as you do), Julian...
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Post War Years ‘The Bell’ by Tobias Stretch
the uniquely talented director and animator has already made two weird and wonderful videos for indie band Post War Years – for All Eyes and Glass House – featuring some of his distinctive...
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Clinic ‘Miss You’ by The 3 Sisters
Veteran Liverpudlian indie band Clinic were looking for something “non-narrative, trippy and druggy” for their music video for Miss You. Certainly they have achieved that aim with the help of...
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Connan Mockasin ‘Faking Jazz Together’ by Fleur and Manu
After their M83 videos, Fleur and Manu continue exploring the world of the superhuman and supernatural in a far more intimate fashion with this delightful promo for New Zealand’s Connan Mockasin....
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Little Mix ‘DNA’ by Sarah Chatfield
Sarah Chatfield makes an impressive return to British pop, by channeling a little bit of Sin City in her sassy and visually bold video for Little Mix’s DNA: Sarah turns the X Factor-honed girls from...
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SKisM ‘Experts’ by Richard Payne
Richard Payne’s fast, furious and hugely entertaining video for dubstep producer SKisM – told in both live action and animation – sees a typically vicious internet troll sucked into his own computer to...
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Skrillex ft The Doors ‘Breakin’ A Sweat’ by Radical Friend
Fierce razor-toothed albinos on futuristic jet skis bombarding robotic sharks, a cyborg lovechild, low riders, and a moshing of data combine in this awesome, utterly off-the-wall sci-fi odyssey by...
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Walk Off The Earth ‘Red Hands’ by Ellis Bahl
Ellis Bahl’s much celebrated, UK MVA winning, backwards murder video for Alt-J’s ‘Breezeblocks’ was a bit of a brain twister, but with this promo for Walk of the Earth he’s artfully constructed a...
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Flying Lotus ‘Tiny Tortures’ by David Lewandowski
In his stunning video for Flying Lotus’s Tiny Tortures, David Lewandowski takes us on a twisted journey into the mind of a recent amputee – played by Elijah Wood – as his possessions slowly come...
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Bingo Players feat. Far East Movement ‘Get Up’ by Tim Hope
Bingo Players’ Get Up featuring Far East Movement is threatening to be one of the biggest dance records of 2013 – the track alone has already amassed over 100 million hits on YouTube. Now it has a...
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Wave Machines ‘Fit’ by The Popular Society
Animation and motion graphics artist John Brown – aka The Popular Society – has been developing an original method of capturing architecture via moving image for a few years – and his mesmerising...
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M83 ‘Wait’ by Fleur and Manu
It started with Midnight City, then continued with Reunion. Now here’s the concluding part of Fleur and Manu’s epic kids-with-superpowers trilogy for M83 – for Wait. And things don’t exactly get...
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Azealia Banks ‘Atlantis’ by Fafi
Bonkers, brilliantly visual, endlessly inventive video for Azealia Banks’ Atlantis by Fafi, with great old-school 2D FX work by Machine Molle… Azealia Banks Atlantis Record Company: Polydor /...
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Biffy Clyro ‘Black Chandelier’ by Big TV
Big TV get back into promoland with a blockbuster for Biffy Clyro’s Black Chandelier – hitting the net ahead of the release of the band’s new album Opposites on Jan 28th. The veteran directing duo of...
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Jedward ‘Luminous’ by Alex Grazioli
Alex Grazioli directed this impressively cinematic makeover for everyone’s favourite Irish boy-duo Jedward late last year, for the video for Luminous. Alex combined his love for Hong Kong action films...
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Tahiti Boy and the Palmtree Family ‘The Park’ by Arnaud Delord and Vincent...
A series of windows invite the viewer into the private lives of city dwellers in the atmospheric video for Tahiti Boy and the Palmtree Family’s The Park, co-directed by filmmaker Arnaud Delord and...
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Monarchy & Dita Von Teese ‘Disintegration’ by Roy Raz
Roy Raz offers up a curious and compelling slice of erotic futurism in his promo for Monarchy’s Disintegration – with an enigmatic, subtly pulsating performance from one Dita Von Teese, who also...
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Morten Abel ‘Lost’ by Lars Åndheim & Ola Martin Fjeld
A very Scandinavian take on Gothic horror – incorporating Norse and Celtic folklore and pitch-black humour – for Morten Abel’s Lost, by Lars Åndheim & Ola Martin Fjeld. Or maybe its just a...
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The Cribs ‘Leather Jacket Love Song’ by Andy Knowles, Gregor Stevenson &...
Previously co-directing the interactive fun of ‘Glitters Like Gold’, Andy Knowles returns with another lo-fi gem for The Cribs. Teaming up with the guys from creative agency Ralph – that’s Gregor...
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Passion Pit ‘Carried Away’ by Carlos Lopez Estrada
In his ridiculous but amazing promo for Passion Pit’s Carried Away, Carlos Lopez Estrada charts a group of party animals as they try out some new multicoloured drug – one with startling results. Once...
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Clubfeet ‘Everything You Wanted’ by Josh Thomas
Here’s an ingenious one-shot video for Aussie synth-pop outfit Clubfeet’s Everything You Wanted by Josh Thomas at Melbourne’s VFX hub Oh Yeah Wow, which is all the more satisfying for being able to...
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Chad Valley ‘I Owe You This’ feat Twin Shadow by White Rabbit
Jon Park and Grant White – aka White Rabbit – explore the joy of youthful mischief with Chad Valley and his guest, Twin Shadow. Here, a bunch of bashful teenagers break into a bowling alley late at...
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Adi Ulmansky ‘One Octave Up’ by Ori Sinai
Adi Ulmansky – a Tel Aviv born, London based producer, singer and songwriter – has emerged with a great, graphic novel style video from Israeli director Ori Sinai. Working as a one man band, Ori’s...
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Maya’s Moving Castle ‘WAR’ by Charles De Meyer
Belgium director Charles De Meyer is most known for his music videos using astounding visual effects (like those for Raveyards and Amon Tobin), but this shows a more emtional side to his work. Given...
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Foals ‘My Number’ by Us
Taking the title of Foals’ My Number as their inspiration, Christopher Barrett and Luke Taylor – aka Us – have created an extraordinary dot-to-dot world entirely in post – thanks to motion capture...
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Woodkid ‘I Love You’ by Yoann Lemoine
Following Iron and Run Boy Run, here’s Woodkid’s I Love You, and the third instalment of the Yoann Lemoine’s epic, visionary, utterly distinctive visualisation of his musical project. And I Love You...
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Darwin Deez ‘You Can’t Be My Girl’ by Keith Schofield
Keith Schofield gets together with Darwin Deez for the video for You Can’t Be My Girl, and the results are almost predictably marvellous. In order to highlight the fact that Darwin is rather a quirky,...
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Memory Tapes ‘Let Me Be’ by Eric Epstein
Eric Epstein’s brilliant video for Memory Tapes’ Yes I Know became one of the most unlikely (yet utterly worthy) Grammy nominees for Best Video last year. His new visualisation of a Memory Tapes song,...
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Bat For Lashes ‘Lilies’ by Peter Sluszka
A collaboration between Natasha Khan and animation/mixed media master Peter Sluszka has resulted in this diverse and absorbing visual feast for Bat For Lashes’ Lilies – the fourth single from the...
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Haezer ft Tumi ‘Troublemaker’ by Kyle Lewis
Young South African director Kyle Lewis develops a familiar kids-with-superpowers storyline, but gives it a whole new dimension in the video for Haezer’s Troublemaker, featuring Tumi. We’ve seen the...
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Diplo ‘Butters Theme’ by Reuben Dangoor
Reuben Dangoor’s mesmerizing new video for Diplo’s Butters Theme features multiples of saucily-garbed girls – cool styling from Jessica mae and Marika Ames – shaking their stuff against a background...
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Anberlin ‘Unstable’ by Jodeb
A stupendous video for US rock outfit Anberlin’s Unstable by Jodeb – that’s Quebecois animation wizard Jonathan Desbiens – that combines breathtaking location filming and incredible FX work to tell an...
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Sweet Baboo ‘If I Died…’ by Casey Raymond
The enormous disembodied head of Steve Black, aka Sweet Baboo stalks his ex-girlfriend in Casey Raymond’s charming lo-fi video for the instantly catchy If I Died… However, it does suffer a bit from the...
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The Aprons ‘Sound Stain’ by Liran Goldberg
This rather lovely video by Tel Aviv-based director Liran Goldberg features Israeli indie duo The Aprons performing in a wooded glade and attracting a host of animals to hear them play – all CG, and...
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The Satellite Year ‘A Campus, A Heart, A Star’ by Thorsten Hary
Eighteen months after his remarkable video for The Satellite Year’s implausibly titled Jelly, Jelly, How To Survive Such A Trip?, director and VFX whizz Thorsten Hary has been at it again for the...
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Passion Pit ‘Cry Like A Ghost’ by Daniels
An unmistakeable slab of Daniels’ virtuosity graces the video for Passion Pit’s Cry Like A Ghost – about a girl who’s on an emotional rollercoaster – and physically swinging from guy to guy during the...
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Azealia Banks ‘Yung Rapunxel’ by Jam Sutton
Azealia Banks comes on like a screaming banshee in Jam Sutton’s video for Yung Rapunxel, which wouldn’t be half as enjoyable if Azealia didn’t look like so amazing in the video. That’s even before...
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Basement Jaxx ‘Back To The Wild’ by Mat Maitland and Natalia Stuyk – now...
Nice & Polite have just signed Natalia Stuyk – the co-director of the new eye-boggling video for Basement Jaxx’s Back To The Wild with Mat Maitland. With an ability to combine a variety of media...
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Twigs ‘How’s That’ by Jesse Kanda
Jesse Kanda, the Canadian-Japanese director and VFX whizz-kid now based in London, has directed a beautiful music video of computer art for ultra-mysterious R&B artist Twigs’ How’s That. The video...
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London Grammar ‘Wasting My Young Years’ by Bison
This is a stunning video for new Ministry act London Grammar’s lovely Wasting My Young Years by Bison that executes an amazing visual trick. Falling bodies are captured, and tracked by the camera in...
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Vuvuvultures ‘Safe Skin’ by James Copeman
James Copeman delivers a striking video for London five-piece Vuvuvultures’ Safe Skin, centred around their photogenic singer Harmony Boucher, who delivers a strong performance – and exposes a good...
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ÍRiS ‘Swiftly Siren’ by Peter Szewczyk
Having made a big impression with his first ever music video for The Maccabees’ Young Lions, Peter Szewczyk has not directed one for a couple of years. But now he’s made another labour of love for the...
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OMD ‘Dresden’ by Robisrob
Marrying the powerful lyrics – a ‘metaphor of the Dresden bombing and a beautiful relationship ruined’ with strong graphic animation, Robisrob’s promo for OMD takes its lead from classic James Bond...
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Major Lazer ‘Bubble Butt’ ft Bruno Mars, 2 Chainz, Tyga, Mystic by Eric Wareheim
She’s here, and she’s gonna inflate your backside, girlfriend, whether you like it or not. Yes, it’s Buttzilla – the star of Eric Wareheim’s video for Major Lazer’s Bubble Butt. And that’s the cue for...
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Kyasma ‘Radioactivity’ by Jean-Paul Frenay
Jean-Paul Frenay delivers a riveting sci-fi thriller for Swiss rockers Kyasma and their track Radioactivity. Featuring some cool make-up SFX, the video tells the tale of a ‘looming sci-fi-etched...
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Adrian Sieber ‘Round Round Song’ by Danila Kostil
The Danila Kostil-directed video for Swiss singer Adrian Sieber uses, recycles, and slightly abuses the gif format in the services of Sieber’s appropriately-named Round Round Song. It tells the story...
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Joel Compass ‘Fucked Up’ by Ryan Patrick
Rising young British hiphop soul star Joel Compass’s tale of betrayal in Fucked Up is compellingly realised in this fine video by Ryan Patrick, via Doomsday Entertainment. Joel’s mental body leaves...
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Mykki Blanco ‘The Initiation’ by Ninian Doff
Ninian Doff could have been forgiven for thinking that New York rapper and poet Mykki Blanco would want a video to show off her feminine side. Mykki is, after all, the female incarnation of the...
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Joe Goddard feat. Mara Carlyle ‘She Burns’ by Soandsau
Directing duo Sophie Diess and Jean-Christophe Saurel – aka Soandsau – have directed a marvellous, darkly comic video for She Burns by Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard with Mara Carlyle on vocals. A man and a...
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Willow ‘Remedy’ by Filip Sterckx
Filip Sterckx’s brilliant 3D projection-mapping video for Belgian band Willow’s Sweater – an action-adventure created with three projectors and a white-walled studio – has been scooping up awards,...
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