2009

Please note: The date of posting/updating doesn't really match, since I want to avoid it from getting the top spot in my blog archive.

Depeche Mode: Wrong. Directed by Patrick Daughters. Another one of those mini movie music videos, but you want to watch it to the end to see what's it about and how it's going to end.

Royksopp: This must be it. All out weirdness.

Editors: Papillon. Another conceptually simple video, but the first time you watch it you wonder what they're running away from or towards. Great song as well.

Metronomy: A thing for me. This was kind of funny.

Cinnamon Chasers: Luv Deluxe. Interesting how it weaves together different storylines in one video. I found the end a bit too cliché though, but you'll find yourself watching it until the end. Shot entirely with a Canon 5D mark II.

Massive Attack: Paradise Circus. NSFW. Features an excerpt from The Devil in Mrs Jones interspersed with interview excerpts with Georgina Spelvin. Nice song. Looking forward to the new album.

OK Go: WTF. I love this video, it's colourful and conceptually clean and simple.

Vitalic: Poison Lips. Beautiful colours, beautiful girl, great city, nice concept.

Patrick Watson: The Great Escape directed by Alex Produkt and Kathleen Weldon. Beautiful, moody animated video that goes perfectly with the song. I love the moments when the figures disappear into the canvas. And the skyline. If you like the animation style, here's another great video by Alex Produkt and Kathleen Weldon.

Modest Mouse: King Rat directed by Heath Ledger. Great animated video. Or as I once heard someone say, if fish had guns we'd be dodging bullets.

Major Lazer: Pon De Floor directed by Eric Wareheim. Completely over the top. Hilarious. Think shouting colours, cyber baile funk parody.

MGMT: Kids. The world is full of freaks when you're a child.

Simian Mobile Disco: Audacity of Huge directed by Kate Moross & Jo Apps. Nice colours. Nice animation. One you'll like to watch again.

N.A.S.A. (feat. Sizzla, Amanda Blank & Love Foxxx): A Volta. The latest installment in N.A.S.A.'s series of animated videos.

Dizzee Rascal: Bonkers. The video was filmed with a six-lense camera so as to capture a 360 degrees view. You could of course give it a "critical" interpretation, the artist at the center of the world that turns around him, but I just like the visuals.

Coldplay: Strawberry Swing directed by Shynola. Quite a nice video. Shame about the band and the song...

U2: I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight Directed by David OReilly. Only because it's technically accomplished.

Make the Girl Dance: Baby, Baby, Baby. OK, so it is a ToeJam, Vanessa Beecroft, Spencer Tunick rip-off. What is perhaps most interesting about this video is that hardly any of the passers-by seems to care much. People have become used to commercials and music videos being filmed on the street.

N.A.S.A. (feat. RZA, Barbie Hatch & John Frusciante): Way Down. A beautiful, but grim animated video featuring, yes, a love affair between a bluejay and a cardinal. Great song as well, by the way.

N.A.S.A. (feat. David Byrne, Chali 2na, Gift Of Gab & Z-Trip): The People Tree. Seems like N.A.S.A. decided to have a series of animated videos made to accompany some songs of their new album, which is quite nice incidentally.

N.A.S.A. (feat. David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge, & Z-Trip): Money. Animated political propaganda poster style.

Chairlift: Evident Utensil. This one had me wondering how it was made. I love the colours. The technique is called datamoshing. Here's a how to DIY.

Kanye West: Welcome to heartbreak directed by Nabil. Big name artist using the same technique.

Royksopp: Happy Up Here. Looks like someone's been having some fun playing around with his/her Adobe Creative Production Premium Master Suite.

Oren Lavie: Her Morning Elegance. Stop motion continues to be fertile creative ground.