Trevor Dickson - Powers
Talented photographer and director Romain Laurent directs this video for “Powers” by Trevor Dickson
D-Pulse - Astronomers
D-Pulse is an Saint-Petersburg based live-electronic music trio, coming originally from Izhevsk city, Russia.For the past few years D-Pulse has released their music on such established labels as Island, Tirk, OM, Theomatic and Teardrop.
Influenced by French and Scandinavian electronic music scene, they found their own approach in balancing on the edge of very different music genres, experimenting with combining live recording sessions full of analogue synthesizers, guitars, drum machines with sampling, cutting and processing their own material. From the very beginning D-Pulse is a ragbag of different styles and individual music tastes, but the real effect their music has during their audio-visual live shows.The band is already has the status of most vivid live electronic music act in Russia.
Check their new album Consequenced on iTunes
Video recorded live using VOID installation designed by Russian The Tundra group
tUnE-yArDs – Real Thing
Colourful burst directed by Tom Jobbins for tUnE-yArDs performing "Real Thing" from Nikki Nack album
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COH - BECHA KPACHA
BECHA-KPACHA (pronounced VesnA KrasnA) is an algorithmic music video produced by Jeremy Rotsztain for the electronic musician COH. Riffing on traditional Russian folk patterns the colour-splashed animation is full of Rotsztain’s signature gestural forms and synchronized camera movements. BECHA-KPACHA is an old Russian rhyme. Its title roughly translates as "spring the beautiful" or "spring the red."
BECHA-KPACHA was programmed using openFrameworks. It uses Kyle McDonald’s ofxFFT library for audio analysis and James George’s ofxTimeline for arranging the different visual objects and behaviors. COH provided me with a collection different audio tracks — synthesizer arpeggiators, percussion, bleeps and bass — which were used to trigger and animate various shapes in three dimensional space.
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Marion Cotillard Makes Music With Metronomy Frontman
Marion Cotillard has returned to the recording studio with Metronomy frontman Joseph Mount and Villaine to produce a gorgeous new track, ‘Snapshot in LA’. In collaboration with i-D and Dior. "Enter The Game" sees Marion reclining by the pool decked out in Dior’s autumn/winter 14 collections, her silky vocals accompanied by a soft acoustic guitar melody which gives way to a more atmospheric electronic sound.
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Nadia Kodes - the New Russian Vocal
The rising voice of Russian underground pop music: Saint-Petersburg-based Nadia Kodes gained audience attention when she won Sprite Sound competition and got a free ticket to create a music video with a talented Moscovian studio FIRMA. Today Nadia nearly hit the estimated budget in a crowdfunding campaign for her new album “Metro/The Underground" (Russian/English). Hence the Boomstarter website is available only in Russian but you can check her website for more details about the artist and donation.
Nadia Kodes Music
Nadia Kodes Music
The sensible version is that Nadia is a singer/songwriter and pianist from Saint Petersburg in Russia. She is twenty-something years old and speaks English fluently. The real version is that through trying a large number of jobs she has gained a wealth of experience to assist her in her song-writing. These jobs have included performing as a clown at children’s parties and acting, for a short period, as a translator for Russian live nude models on the internet, and have made her the woman she is today.
Nadia Kodes Music
Nadia Kodes Music
Nadia Kodes Music
Nadia Kodes Music
Having hitch-hiked around Europe, including Spain and Italy, she considers herself to be an internationalist. This is emphasised by the facts that she has won singing and song-writing competitions in her native Russia, is signed to a record label in the USA, has recently signed to a management company based in the UK and has performed on the streets and in the clubs of many European cities. Nadia’s songs and vocals have been influenced by the likes of Avril Lavigne and her sound has been compared to Kelly Clarkson and Lady Gaga
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Follow her on Facebook / Soundcloud / Youtube / VK
Lorde - Yellow Flicker Beat
Lorde's "Yellow Flicker Beat" is the first single from the Hunger Games: Mockingjay soundtrack (which Lorde also curated). Today is the singer's eighteenth birthday, and to mark the occasion, she's shared the video for the song, directed by Emily Kai Bock. via Pitchfork
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Black Atlass - Jewels directed by Woodkid
Black Atlass 'JEWELS' video Directed by Yoann Lemoine (aka Woodkid who announced his gap year from music but still doing epic direction and photography)Get Black Atlass " YOUNG BLOODS " Ep here!
The Fader Magazine: "Speaking to this idea, director Yoann Lemoine described his creative process for us: "I used a DIY 3D scan system that rebuilds models from multiple still images, and what we call camera mapping, and played with this material in my computer. The reality pictured in this video only exists in the computer I used to create the piece. I loved the idea of humans golden like objects, like pieces of furniture. I treated them with the same precious care we treat Jewels. I wanted to question the limits of incarnation, of organic versus digital, creating a piece that was equally beautiful and intense. Equally organic and digital." citing The Fader
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Birkii - Several
Our favourite French electro-pop singer Birkii released her new single "Several" and give it for free right now
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Arca - Now You Know
Through his work with Kanye West, Bjork and more, South American producer Arca has proved to be a name in demand. 'Now You Know' is all dense electronics and fragmented hip hop influences, a track which continually shifts, changes and evolves within the space of seconds.Jesse Kanda assisted on visuals, which are akin to a fireworks display - November 5th has come a day early. via Clash
OK GO - I Won't Let You Down
When I hear "Ok Go just released new video", I stop doing anything I was doing before and rush to the screen. Bless their cameraman and creators OK GO did it again! "This time the Chicago four-piece are on board motorised Honda unicycles for a routine performed with colourful umbrellas and hundreds of extras. It was captured in one single shot at Japan's Chiba Prefecture using a custom "multi-copter camera". Singer Damian Kulash and Kazuaki Seki directed the video, with creative direction by Morihiro Harano." via DT
GusGus - Airwaves
To support their Russian leg of European tour famous Icelandic electronic band GusGus premiered "Airwaves" music video for Afisha readers. Directed by Reynir Lyngdal
Tiga - Bugatti
Official music video for Tiga performing his track "Bugatti", quite dizzy and repeating cool stuff ahead
Bonobo - Flashlight
New Bonobo's EP "Flashlight" to be released on December 1st, meanwhile listen the main track now and download it for free using Shazam app
Interpol - My Desire
Interpol released the new video for the song "My Desire" Directed by Markus Lundqvist, the new music video really helps to enjoy the song. It tells the story of a man in his late 30s, depressed after a break up with his gorgeous girlfriend. So he chugs a bunch of whiskey and a pulls an easy girl who wants a drink from him
James Blake - Building it Still
Listen to James Blake's new song "Building it Still" The track is much more percussive than some of his more recent jams. It features Blake’s recognisable vocals, distorted over warping bass and a plinky piano. via
PharreLl Williams - Gust of Wind
Music video by Pharrell Williams performing Gust of Wind
P.s. The whole video reminds me the movie "Hero" by Zhang Yimou (and for sure the amazing battle scene). That is not the first time Pharrel hit the bar with rough "inspirations", previous was a rip off of Sebastian Bieniek "Doublefaced" used in "Marlyn Monroe" music video. This is no good.
Thom Yorke - Tomorrow's Modern Boxes
Thom Yorke shared his new album "Tomorrow's Modern Boxes" on Bittorent welcoming the listeners with a free song and video available to download now
Aphex Twin - Syro
I was listening to the new epic album "Syro" from Aphex Twin travelling on a speed train while writing this post this morning. You might already read tons of reviews, I'd add it's pretty good to listen while commuting between countries. Also worth to mention the design of the Limited Vinyl version of the album created by The Designers Republic
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Sarh - U and I
A man and a woman chase each other through the birth of the universe. Official music video for Sarh "U and I" off their debut album directed by talented Paul Trillo
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