Always looking to push creative boundaries, my main man Milk (Christhat is) directs a truly unique and groundbreaking music video for Arcade Fire’s single “We Used to Wait” from their latest album The Suburbs, and turns it into the interactive interpretation titled “The Wilderness Downtown”. Part Google web browser Chrome Experiment part personalized nostalgia trip, the immersive, multi-window, next level clip literally takes you home before the music even starts as you’re prompted to “enter the address of the home were you grew up” (which eventually appears on screen at the appropriate part of the track with the help of Google Maps technology).
Driven by the haunting melodies of Arcade Fire, you follow the galloping footsteps of a hooded runner who’s seemingly travelling through your old neighborhood as he passes familiar spots popping up in small windows on your screen. Sweeping street level and aerial views of your old home conjure childhood memories as Milk perfectly choreographs the sentimental imagery which culminates in an outgrowth of birds, trees and wilderness.
Top it all off with another window for writing “a postcard of advice to the younger you that lived there then” and you have yourself a personalized and poignant journey (and maybe even a tear or two) that you’ve yet to experience in a music video.
“Choreographed windows, interactive flocking, custom rendered maps, real-time compositing, procedural drawing, 3D canvas rendering… this Chrome Experiment has them all. “The Wilderness Downtown” is an interactive interpretation of Arcade Fire’s song “We Used To Wait” and was built entirely with the latest open web technologies, including HTML5 video, audio, and canvas.”
I just couldn’t resist the over-riding urge to post this through the weekend: moustached Euro baby singing the disco club smash hit record “I Was Drunk” by Riva Starr featuring Noze. And with that, I bid you an awesome weekend!
From his early hip hop history with the southern fried Goodie Mobb to his latest colab with super producer Danger Mouse to form the mighty Gnarls Barkley to his unconventional solo career and all the guest spots he’s had in-between (Outkast, Common), the uniquely funky, soul-infused singer/MC Cee-Lo Green has already had an incredible rap career sonstantly pushing musical boundaries.
His first single off of the forthcoming The Ladykiller album (due out Oct. 8th) keeps pushing those creative boundaries, and then some, with the simple, colorful and extremely catchy “F**K YOU”.
Our favorite (and fellow) space cadets Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon of the world famous N.A.S.A. crew, strike again with yet another mouth watering music video with “Strange Enough” from their debut album The Spirit of Apollo.
Also…see more of The Shakers at their final night of their rock residency tonight at the Kibitz Room on Fairfax and at their new monthly residency at Gallagher’s Pub in Huntington Beach beginning this Friday, July 2nd.
To commemorate this Sunday’s special day for Mothers everywhere, here’s LCD Soundsystem’s party panda infested music video for “Drunk Girls” directed by Spike Jonze. Happy Mother’s Day moms!
Also…bonus refresher course on the Aqua Teen Hunger Force in the form of classic music video from the legendary Danger Doom (MF Doom and Danger Mouse).
Fresh off of art directing his buddy Z-Trip’s Coachella set, our favorite multi-talented Filipino madman Andy Soria came back home to LA to direct and perform in the King Fantastic’s inaugural music video, “Hollyrock Jam Session”. You know, just another normal creative day for the bad Andy.
Also…watch for a special appearance from Boba Filipino on the keys!
Having cut my editorial teeth editing music videos, it makes sense that I post a lot of them. But with the music industry dying a little bit more each day, it would seem as though music videos would start to die out as well. This has not been the case. With recent masterpieces by OK Go (”This Too Shall Pass”) and everything by our pals at N.A.S.A. among many other creative clips, it seems as though the music video is alive and well.
And with all due respect to the aforementioned works of music video ingenuity, I think we have a new #1 chart topper that won’t be seen on any American music video channel (do they even still exist?). I present you with the one shot wonder “I Can Hardly Wait” by Complicated Universal Cum. Please proceed to the front of the enjoyment line.
“Official Video for “I can hardly wait” by Complicated Universal Cum released on Fake Diamond Records.
Video by Ditlev Rosing & Frederik Valentin.
Videoconcept by Kasper Bjørke
Kissing Girls: Sarah & Marlene
I Can Hardly Wait is the obvious hit-ballad from Frederik Valentins solo debut, where fuzzed-out psychedelic spacerock is combined with elements of primitive electropunk, noiserock and punkrock attitude
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