Artist: Bluejuice
Track: Broken Leg
Director: Sam Bennetts (The Feds)
A welcome return to the podcast for an Australian band & director, who last appeared on this show on Episode 10. The video for 'Vitriol' by Sydney band Bluejuice and director Sam Bennetts was also featured in my 'Best of the 2009' podcast.
Like the earlier video I have featured, this video for 'Broken Leg' also has a mockumentary feel. This time the band are portrayed as a world class skipping team. Or at least they're world class in their own minds... A very funny video that continues the charm from their earlier effort.
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See you next week for another great music video.
Friday, 29 January 2010
Friday, 15 January 2010
WMVP038 - Cumulus by The Protist
Artist: The Protist
Track: Cumulus
Directors: Matt & Justin Kleiner
Due to the fact that Matt & Justin Kleiner AKA The Protist are visual artists as well as musicians, this week we have a submission that is not so much a music video as an audio/visual art installation.
The Kleiners took footage of urban and rural life from North America, Central America and Southeast Asia and fitted it to their track Cumulus. The track is a gritty, beautiful track and the visuals perfectly compliment it.
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See you next week for another great music video.
Track: Cumulus
Directors: Matt & Justin Kleiner
Due to the fact that Matt & Justin Kleiner AKA The Protist are visual artists as well as musicians, this week we have a submission that is not so much a music video as an audio/visual art installation.
The Kleiners took footage of urban and rural life from North America, Central America and Southeast Asia and fitted it to their track Cumulus. The track is a gritty, beautiful track and the visuals perfectly compliment it.
You can subscribe to the podcast on the right or directly download the file by clicking the post title.
See you next week for another great music video.
Friday, 1 January 2010
WMVP/Ourobouros Podcast Best Videos Of 2009
The 10 best videos for tracks that have been played on the Ourobouros Podcast in 2009.
WMVP/Ourobouros Podcast Best Videos of 2009 Shownotes
For this years Best of the Year show we have a diverse selection of musical styles, visual styles and countries of origin. Bands from Australia, Malta, Germany, Greece, Canada, England, Wales & America with animated videos, simple, cheap videos and a couple of well shot, bigger budget videos.
'Vitriol' by Bluejuice
From: Sydney, Australia
Director: Sam Bennetts
Appears On: Ourobouros #82 & WMVP #10
This is simply one of the funniest music videos I've come across. The band dresses up in flowing white robes and performs in a Sydney shopping mall. The crowd reactions makes this such an entertaining video to watch, particularly a bit of unexpected audience participation at the end of the video (check the reaction of the female dancer behind them). What tips this over into the realm of masterpiece is the mockumentary elements at the start of the video.
'Vertigo' by Rachael Sage
From: New York
Director: Joshua Katcher
Appears On: Ourobouros #86
While some of the videos in this episode were always going to be in the final selection, some came as a bit of a surprise. When I was making my choices I found myself returning to this video when I didn't really expect to. It's a beautifully shot video with a simple idea and bizarrely is one of two videos on this show which feature clowns.
'Not In A Million Lovers' by Beangrowers
From: St. Julian's, Malta
Director: Duncan Bone
Appears On: Ourobouros #88 & WMVP #17
This is possibly the most technically proficient video in this years selection. A series of still photographs allow singer Alison to lip-synch the song and also manages to tell a story. The song follows the end of a relationship and as the video progresses a series of boyfriends can be seen in the fringes of the photographs and they also overlap. Truly spectacular video.
'You Walk On Empty Streets Now (Part II)' by 2-L8
From: Salonika, Greece
Director: Vassilis Gogtzilas
Appears On: Ourobouros #91 & WMVP #19
A great example of what can be achieved with imagination, a green screen and some time. 2-L8 go on stage wearing Pierrot style clown make-up so this video is an extension of their persona as a male and female clown battle in increasingly bizarre ways in front of a background animated by comic book artist Gogtzilas.
'Cradle' by The Joy Formidable
From: Mold, Wales
Director: Neil James Drummond
Appears On: Ourobouros #102
What do you do with a bouncy, rocky track and no budget? A seesaw! An idea that is genius in its simplicity and a great visual experience
'Mr. Wobble's Nightmare' by Kid606
From: Berlin, Germany
Director: Joel Trussell
Appears On: Ourobouros #105 & WMVP #31
One of the funniest, most twisted videos I've ever seen. If for some bizarre reason you want to know what a fruit slasher film would look like, then this is the answer.
'Dear Dictator' by Saint Motel
From: Los Angeles, California
Director: Carlos Lopez Estrada
Appears On: Ourobouros #108 & WMVP #34
Very clever, well shot video as a single set is redressed during the course of the video to tell the story of a typical dictator. It doesn't hurt that the extras are women wearing their underwear, military helmets and boots.
'Cool In The Cool Way' by My First Earthquake
From: San Francisco, California
Director: Katie Gillum
Appears On: Ourobouros #112 & WMVP #36
The subtitle of this video is 'Invasion of the Hipster Bodysnatchers' and that pretty much says it all about this great tongue-in-cheek video. It seems to be one of those videos where everyone just had a lot of fun making it.
'My Friend Ship' by Roche Limit
From: Vancouver, Canada
Director: Dave Righton
Appears On: Ourobouros #113 & WMVP #37
This video is the epitome of what I'm trying to achieve with WMVP. It's a fantastic video made by the artist himself for zero budget. Dave Righton AKA Roche Limit made this entire video with a free Google program called Sketch Up. Initially he only wanted to make a storyboard animatic for the video using Sketch Up, but lioked what came out so much he ended up using the animatic as the video.
'The Unbeliever' by Middle Distance Runner
From: Washington, DC
Director: Maxwell Sorensen
Appears On: Ourobouros #122
As I was watching this great claymation video for the first time I thought it might be good enough to be featured on an episode of WMVP. Then something happened in the middle of the video that tipped it over into the realm of genius. I'm not going to say what that is so as many people as possible get that WTF moment the same way that I did. Trust me though, it's fantastic.
As ever it was hard to whittle the list down to a final 10. Honourable mentions go to:
'Your Question Is Important' by The Haiku
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