September 2009
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blog à part!
This blog ends here, but strikes on and on and on as part of spex.de. Check my new blog here for new/cool music videos.
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Experimental Dental School - Royal Fantasy Snow...
Voila: XDS out of Portland = very nice dance punk, psych, no wave, electro minimalist noise pop, art rock dissonance, fantasy fairy tale collage, hmmm? Anyway here’s a video for their la-la-la-la song done by Jeff Guay, watch it here. (via)
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Omo - Oversized (directed by Matilda Tristram)
Cool hi-, lo- and no-fi music from Omo = germany’s Berit Immig and David Muth from austria, now spinning tunes out of London via LOAF. This stop motion video was made by RCA’s Matilda Tristram. Watch it here. (via)
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Wildbirds & Peacedrums - My Heart (directed by...
Since this breathtaking video I am deeply in love with W&B. Now there’s cool new stuff from the swedish-duo 4 their first physical single: My Heart. A hot animated video out of the hands of Sara Frisk, watch it here. (via)
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Excepter - Shots Ring (directed by Petra...
Excepter is 1 of my favourite bands: playin’ the beloved nihilistic tech-experimental noise-sound, have fantastic videos + nice promo images. SR’s out of their advanced album Debt Dept., video directed by Petra Cortright: watch it here. (via)
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Madonna - Celebration (directed by Jonas Akerlund)
Madonna strikes back again with this Paul Oakenfold produced track: Celebration is off her upcoming greatest hits/videos CD/DVD. The dancy video is made by her long time collaborator and swedish director Jonas Akerlund, watch it here. (via)
August 2009
21 posts
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The Golden Filter - /-|-\ (dir. ?)
Brooklyn’s TGF have gotten a lot of hype throughout the web with this, now its time 4 the folllow-up: pre-promoted with a stunning short video, which you can watch here. (via)
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Future Islands - The Happiness of Being Twice...
FI is hot amateur new-wave-house music from Baltimore. Wild greenscreen compositing salad tastes good in this video 4 their track THOBT out on Upset the Rhythm. Watch it here. (via)
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Jokers Of The Scene - Baggy Bottom Boys (directed...
Thank god there’s still some kickin techno in this world. Cause here in Berlin = 2 much of this lousy minimal sound. But here we have Ottawa’s JOTS’s track BBB, released on Fool’s Gold. Watch the video here. (via)
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Donora - I Think I Like You (directed by Kevin...
Sweet little hula-hoop video 4 Donora’s ITILU out of Pittsburgh. D = a new catchy flavor for the hip-hop + pop-oriented label Rostrum Records. There was just a tiny sequence left, 4 bassist Jake Churton (pic above), cause there was so much funny dance 2 cover: watch it here. (via)
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Ratatat - Falcon Jab (directed by E*vax)
Yes! Ratatat, from planet XL = pure dreampatheticnycindie-pop. Track is off their very cool last album: LP3, which I introduced b4. Video is made by Eric & Evan Mast. Watch it here. (via)
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Felix Da Housecat - We All Wanna Be Prince...
Biiiig tricky tacky track from Chicago’s FDH out of his new He Was King album on Nettwerk. Get ready 4 some heavy cliché ghb partizan-is-it cocaine party pictures: watch the video here. (via)
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Land Of Talk - The Man Who Breaks Things (directed...
Montreal’s Land of Talk = Saddle Creek + Elizabeth Powell + Joseph Yarmush + Andrew Barr. TMWBT = electric guitar + percussion govern = mysterious melody. Watch the tastefull psychedelic video here. (via)
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Example - Watch The Sun Come Up (directed by Keith...
This is favourite rapper Example from Fulham- remember his smasher Hooligan w/Don Diabolo - dropping some smooth, no-aggro cool beats. W/o DD = more relaxed, more poppy. Video is very wow: animation by Katie Anne Harrison, directed by Keith Schofield: watch it here. (via)
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FaltyDL - Party (dir. ?)
North american half-step greatness from Drew Lustman aka FaltyDL on Planet Mu. Yes, the dubstep-spirit is still growin, now we have Martyns, TRG, Vaccine, 2562 and: FaltyDL. Watch his full-footage-antique-dancing-video here. (via)
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The Zookeepers - Darling (dir. ?)
Unsigned The Zookeepers outta Boston with a full lo-fi and trippy-DIY video 4 their Darling. Features wild experimental noise and some funny beach action. Bit of MGMT meets Patrick Daughters during art school years. Taste the video here. (via)
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20 new videos that you might like, vol.3
1. Kniife Party - Pins Down (directed by Steve Pahl)
2. Scarlett Johansson feat. Pete Yorn - Relator (dir. ?)
3. Deerhoof - Jagged Fruit (directed by Trevor Shimizu)
4. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Snakesweat Snakesweat (directed by Barney Clay)
5. Kasabian - Where Did All The Love Go (directed by Charles Mehling)
6. Blackout Crew - Rumper Pumper (directed by Andy Soup)
7. Coldplay -...
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Balstyrko - Flammer & Steaks (directed by Creative...
Here comes some nice danish electronic + folk + world + country + reggae off Balstyrko’s Jagten Paa Noget album on Fake Diamond. B is Blæs Bukki, Ane Trolle and Anders Christophersen, who btw is Ormen (check him out!). Watch the 5D Mark II-shot video here. (via)
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Golden Silvers - Please Venus (directed by Gabriel...
In April these hotly tipped London newcomers released their debut album True Romance on XL. Kinda same MGMT-synth driven beauty with a english voice/chorus. This photo-alert video was animated by Colin Henderson, watch it here. (via)
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Alva Noto feat. Anne James Chaton - u_08-1...
Artist Carsten Nicolai brings us a brilliant short sound film 4 his u_08-1 off his acclaimed 2008 unitxt album. Vocals from Anne James Chaton and Acted by Kyusaku Shimada. Watch it here. (via)
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The Prodigy - Take Me To The Hospital (directed by...
This is the TPs 21st single release! Video filmed onto VHS, 4 fitting to the retro-sound. In all, a fun Paul Dugdale-video and an absolute tune. This is what it must feel like to be on crack. Feel Watch it here. (via)
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Acid Symphony Orchestra - Diamonds Of The Night...
Acieeeeed! Do u know the TB-303? Thats what the guitar was: back in the 80s. 303 is the Sound of Acid House + the music I grew up with + anti-Autotune. Whenever possible, go and see the cool Acid Symphony Orchestra live. Get an idea: watch the video here. (via)
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Mochipet - Godzilla New Year (directed by Savage...
Mochipet = David Y. Wang = California = Taiwan = Daly City Records. Fast forward + heavy bass. Take care: this video is kinda “stupid, but at the same time cunny = Excellent”. Check the video here. (via)
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KLASSIKER-VIDEOS, Teil 3: Nick Cave & PJ Harvey -...
This one-take video marks the unfolding of the relationship between NC and PJH, that took place in the mid 90s. Buy more NC&TBS videos here. But now watch the Rocky Schenk-directed video here. (Previous KLASSIKER-VIDEOS here and here)
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The Bloody Beetroots - Awesome (Feat. The Cool...
Cool video 4 The Bloody Beetroots from Italy, together with Chicagos The Cool Kids inna trippy joint! This should be featured on the TBB’s upcoming studio album, Romborama, due out on September 7. Download the track here, while watching the video here. (via)
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Bat for Lashes - Sleep Alone (directed by ?)
Is this Lilly Allen? No, it’s not. It’s Natasha Khan, who releases just another nice video, this 1 for Sleep Alone out of her amazing 2009 release Two Suns on Parlophone. U should watch this (free-spirit + heroine + lo-fi aesthetic = video) here. (via)
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No Angels - One Life (directed by Ole Ziesemann)
Holy fuck, NA@msm? Yes: No Angels are shit not interesting + tv-made!! Part of germanys commercial-pop-music business, which sucks w/o end. But this video 4 their comeback track, made in Berlin by Ole Zisemann, is quite nice: watch it here. (via)
July 2009
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Joker's Daughter - Lucid (directed by Hayley...
Joker’s Daughter is Helena Costas & Danger Mouse: L is their 1st release off their The Last Laugh on Domino. U can watch the beautifully crafted video, made by Hayley Morris (who recently won Best Animated Short at the Sundance Film Festival) that fits nicely 2 the orchestral folk-pop JD creates - here. (via)
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Miss Platnum - She Moved In (directed by Peter...
Miss Platnums new video 4 SMI is surprisingly directed by big berlin musician Peter Fox. But they are longtime mates: MPs 1st okay track Marry Me was a MP/PF-duett. Later MP became background singer of PFs Seeed. Thats berlin: helping each other out. Watch the video and dig the catchy tune here. (via)
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Yo La Tengo - Here To Fall (directed by John...
YlaT still has it. Oh, what a long time burner: so many albums. Now comes Popular Songs on beloved Matador Records. Download the track and start rocking out with the HTF-Video, made by John McSwain, here. (via) MORE: There will a series, watch pt.2 here.
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Covenant - Call The Ships to Port (directed by...
I do like Sweden for this, this or that. But Covenant is soo… flat. Those scary future-synth-pop-ambient tunes are kinda silly. Not 2 silly for tank9 + it’s 2009 = youtube = fan-made videos = 4 free. So Cs CTS2P has a video now, made with pure enthusiasm. I like it a lot! U can watch it here. (via)
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Pens - High In The Cinema (directed by Daniel...
Did you know FUN was back in? According 2 myspace these are the penspenspenis and signed to Lick my Dick Records. Funny, eh? Or tripped out? Their debut album, Hey Friend, What You Doing? is out on De Stijl though. How ever: these girls’ music is kinda lo-fi and so is the video: take the trip and watch the Daniel Swan-mirrored directed video here. (via) + RIP VHS camera!
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Harlem Shakes - Strictly Game (directed by...
Here comes your new eye-game + a treat 4 your ears. This video for SG out of HSs Technicolor Health album on Gigantic, deals with those annoying youtube videos for songs that are nothing more than a compilation of press shots rotating while the music plays. Pure fun! Enjoy the Supermarché-directed video here. (via)
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The Unknown Soldier - The Streets (directed by...
This is fresh metarial out of gods house. “UR is an adaptive, mobile and fiercely competitive company not dependent on trends, gimmicks or fads as are other forms of music”. But who is The Unknown Soldier? Not able 2 figure this out… Track is off Interstellar Fugitives 2: The Destruction of Order. Watch the Chris Chynoweth-directed video here. (via)
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Motor - Death Rave (directed by Woody Batts)
Death Rave: 1st single off Motor’s upcoming album Metal Machine out on T Raumschmiere’s punk-techno label ShitKatapult Records outta Berlin. Motor = New Yorker Bryan Black and Frenchman Mr No. Watch the video, made by NY artist Woody Batts, here. (via)
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Roman Flügel - Stricher (footage from Alexandre...
Big tuuuune. Do u know Eight Miles High, Sensorama, Acid Jesus, Alter Ego or Soylent Green? And do you know Klang Elektronik? All = Roman Flügel = FFM. This video here with footage from the brilliant and influential experimental film artist Alexandre Alexeieff is a true stunner. Watch the Stricher video here (and then there’s this). (via)
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Silk Flowers - Shadows In Daylight (directed by...
Yes, here comes the next trippy video 4 the summer of 09: this New York-based trio’s dark-yet-naïve sound is a wild krautrock-mix, an hommage 2 Kraftwerk, Suicide or Joy Division. SF is made out of Ethan Swan, Aviram Cohen + Peter Schuette, video directed by Gang Gang Dance’s Brian DeGraw. Enjoy it here. (via)
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Mika Miko - Totion (directed by Steven Andrew...
Totally digging this one: Mika Miko is high-fi lo-psychadelica from L.A. whose rhythms and staccato guitars recall late 1970s bands like Delta 5, Liliput and the Raincoats. Totion, off their We Be Xuxa second full-length, brings u nice inter-layered yells and chants, plus Lichtenberg wardrobe. Watch the Steven Andrew Garcia-directed video, shot at the Cabazon Dinosaurs Park, here. (via)
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I Come To Shanghai - Your Lazy Eye (directed by...
This vintage psychedelic video a la Nam June Paik is IC2Hs new video 4 their track Your Lazy Eye. Unfortunately, this cool band’s CD is not called Dark Side Of The Taco. It’s called Appetizer Disc. Take a smoke break and watch the Adventureface-directed video here. (via)
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Niconé & Sascha Braemer - Nur Mal Kurz (Bar 25)...
Here in Berlin, we do have a Bar. Bar 25. Now there’s an anthem. Believe it or not and watch the CATK-made video here. (via)
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Malajube - Luna (directed by David Valiquette)
Malajube again: these french canadians are on the run, signed on Dare to Care Records they now dropped their next video: Lots of water, big pool, some girls around: a dream. DP’ed in a beautiful way by Christophe Collette. Watch this David Valiquette-directed under-water-love here. (via)
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20 new videos that you might like, vol.2
1. Sonic Youth - Sacred Trickster (directed by Tom Surgal)
2. Patrick Wolf - Hard Times (directed by Ace Norton)
3. Birdy Nam Nam - The Parachute Ending (directed by Will Sweeney & Steve Scott)
4. MSTRKRFT feat. John Legend - Heartbreaker (directed by Vincent Haycock)
5. Ciara feat. Missy Elliott - Work (directed by Melina Matsoukas)
6. We Have Band - You Came Out (directed by David...
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Lil Louis - French Kiss (1989)
Janam Din ki badhai, J!
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Riton & Primary 1 - Who's There? (directed by...
New tune out on Phantasy soon. The identity of who did this track is a secret for now, but the rumour mill suggests that it’s Sam Eastgate’s vocals on it, and it does sound like it. But who knows? 4 sure this catchy track gets better with each listen. The less-is-more video is made by Lvis1990: try it here. (via)
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Wavves - No Hope Kids (directed by Pete Ohs)
This anthemic shitgaze no-fi punk song about nothing I could watch all day every day. The new Wavves video features footage of the band touring Europe and simultaneously hanging out, smoking stuff, drinking other stuff and generally rocking out. Wicked. The track comes from the Fat Possum Records re-release of the LP Wavvves. Watch the video here. (via)
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Vitalic - Your Disco Song (directed by Christine...
Vitalic is back with a 1st release from his new album, out 09/2009 on Different. 4 me this sounds way too much like Crystal Castles, but maybe it’s 8-bit arrangements are now top of the cool school. Video was directed by Christine Massy & Brice Van Der Haegen out of Brussels and produced by wafwafwafwaf, watch the promo here. (via)
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Bloc Party - One More Chance (directed by Wendy...
I don’t know where this track comes from, it’s not off BPs Intimacy album which was released earlier this year on Wichita. But track’s great and as we know BP do take care of video-making as you might check here, here or here. Cant figure out who directed this cool-looking-video 4 OMC, but u should watch it here. (via)
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Rye Rye + M.i.A. - Bang (directed by M.i.A.)
Dope beat, I kinda like this joint but that lousy grainy, gritty quality really sucks. Between Rye’s fashion sense, flow, and club beats, she fits easily into the expanding Maya / Diplo / Santi / Spank / Blank axis. Watch the video here. (via)
June 2009
17 posts
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Martin Solveig feat. Dragonette - Boys & Girls...
This is Solveig’s new single off his album C’est La Vie, arranged with a little help from Dragonette and JPG. The video, which is part of this lousy pr-campaign, was shot in the massive Gaultier mansion in Paris, and features Tina, Martin and the man himself. Try it here. (via)
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Deerhoof - My Purple Past (directed by Asha...
Last year D from SF released their 10th (!) studio album and obviously they’re trying to release a video for each track! (!!!!!!) This A.S.-directed video features some devices + places that we use to listen to music, and the sound is… Yes, the sound. Get up for your headphones and watch the video here. (via)