Benjamin Clementine - London

One of the rising voice of 2015, Benjamin Clementine fell out of our radars an thanks to our friend Stas Polyakov and his top 100 tracks for the recommendation so we enjoyed his latest album "At Least For Now" recently. "Benjamin spent two years busking for food on the streets of Paris before being signed to a major record label. The singer-songwriter talks about his journey from playing pavements to being nominated for the Mercury Prize" read more on Guardian but better enjoy his voice below

L'Impératrice — VANILLE FRAISE

Just in time of Lady's Final games at Australian Open we better enjoy this mellow video instead of the gran slam battles. L'Impératrice presents a short music clip directed by Melocoton Films - Alizée Ayrault & Jérémie Boeglin, for "Vanille Fraise" from their recent Odyssée EP

Massive Attack, Tricky & 3D - Take It There

"Last week, Massive Attack launched an iPhone app called Fantom which contained snippets of four songs. They've now released Ritual Spirit, an EP containing all four tracks, on Virgin/EMI. It features collaborations with Tricky, Young Fathers, Roots Manuva, and Azekel, with production by the band's own 3D. Below, watch the Hiro Murai-directed video for Tricky collab "Take It There," which stars a beleaguered John Hawkes stalking through the city at night." via

The Chemical Brothers - Wide Open

The Mill has collaborated with directing duo Dom & Nic to create The Chemical Brothers new Wide Open music video featuring professional dancer Sonoya Mizun seamlessly transform into 3D printed art.

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P.s. 1 second of boasting, was happy enough to visit The Mill London this summer to meet the real girl from the video

A photo posted by Arseny 1981 (@rsny1981) on Jul 7, 2016 at 7:41am PDT

The Last Shadow Puppets - Bad Habits

Supergroup The Last Shadow Puppets - made up of Arctic Monkeys' frontman Alex Turner, Miles Kane and producer/ Simian Mobile Disco man James Ford - have launched the video for new song "Bad Habits", their first since the single 'My Mistakes Were Made For You' was launched in October 2008 (song sounds like it was yesterday). "Bad Habits" is expected to precede a new, second album "Everything You've Come To Expect

Miike Snow - Genghis Khan

"Swedish-American indie pop trio Miike Snow are dropping their appropriately-titled third album, III, in March, and just released the music video for their impossibly-catchy single, “Genghis Khan.” It’s one of the most fun videos we’ve seen a long time, and focuses on the inner turmoil of a surprisingly sympathetic villain in a very James Bond-esque world. It features Mad Men interiors, quirky dance moves, and an amazing twist ending that we refuse to spoil. " check the Q&A with Miike Snow on The Creators Project

Chairlift - Moth To The Flame

Caroline Polachek and Aaron Pfenning from Chairlift have shared "Moth to the Flame" from their forthcoming LP Moth.

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Photo by Chelsea Lauren/Getty Images

Listen to Chairlift's previously shared "Ch-Ching," "Romeo," and "Crying in Public."

Tiga - Planet E

On March 4th, Montreal recording artist Tiga will release the conclusion to a trilogy of albums with No Fantasy Required, a masterwork of forward-listening insanity. To find out more, we went straight to the eloquent horse-owner himself, getting him to open all the way up about the process that has made him a dance music icon for well over a baker’s decade. Pre-order "No Fantasy Required" now

“First of all, I never talk about the music itself,” he says from a youth hostel in Calgary. “It’s borderline sacrilegious to talk about the grooves. They have a language all their own, the grooves do. I just birth them and send them out into the world to make others happy. And that’s what makes me happy, and that’s what makes you happy.”

David Bowie - Lazarus

David Bowie is celebrating his 69 today. "He is popular music is ultimate Lazarus: Just as that Biblical figure was beckoned by Jesus to emerge from his tomb after four days of nothingness, Bowie has put many of his selves to rest over the last half-century, only to rise again with a different guise. This is astounding to watch, but it's more treacherous to live through; following Lazarus’ return, priests plotted to kill him, fearing the power of his story." BlackStar is out today

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P.s. :( Little did I knew that he will die the next day. Rest in Peace, Star! 08.01.1947 - 10.01.2016

Frank Riggio - TTTT

Directed by Mert Kizilay, TTTT is a graphic intrusion of Frank Riggio. Taken from newcoming "Futurism" Frank's electronic music is something to follow up in 2016

The Best 12 Music Videos of 2015 So Far

Welcome to the selection of the best creative music videos we've seen together on Designcollector this year. If you follow us for some time you may find that we give no shit to mainstream and select only things that inspire us more neither entertain. So please enjoy the list of music videos we enjoyed this year and be sure to check all other here

Sia – Elastic Heart

Director: Daniel Askill, Sia

A dance performed by Shia LaBeof and Maddie Ziegler.

Equateur – Cheval Noir

Director: Kadavr Exquis

Siska – Unconditional Rebel

Director: Guillaume Panariello

The 3.5-minute music video below was captured in a span of 5 seconds. When slowed down, those 5 seconds of real time turn into three-and-a-half minutes of slow-mo craziness. The song is “Unconditional Rebel” by Siska.

ALB – The Road

Director: Julien Lassort

This full animation music video directed by Julien Lassort (Solab Production, motion by ELMO) for French band ALB is a complete immersion in a dark perpetually evolving world.

Caribou – Can’t Do Without You

Director: Lorenzo Fonda

“You can win this creature and we will send it to you anywhere in the world! ”

Röyksopp - I Had This Thing

Producer: Nathan Scherrer, Ian Blair

Alagoas – Ghosts

Director: DVEIN

Farao – Bodies

Director: Nina Knag, Ina Lerner Grevstad

There’s nothing more depressing than places that used to be designated for fun which are now abandoned, exposed to decay and eternal loneliness. Amusement parks, for example. Or kindergartens. Or even bathrooms, or swimming pools where cheerful children used to laugh and splash. It’s this latter setting that Norwegian singer Farao has chosen for the video for “Bodies.” Starring two teen girls “Bodies” explores how strangely unsettling post-puberty can be—a maelstrom of conflicting, acutely felt emotions. Watch this and feel it all over again.”

The Wikisinger

Director: Vincent Rouffiac

The Wikisinger sings the same song in different environments experimenting with natural reverb, early reflections and short delays.

Azel Phara – Green

Director: Bif Collective (Mill+)

M.I.A. – Borders

Director: M.I.A.

M.I.A. is back to support people in need. The self-directed clip sees her join a group of refugees as they climb wire fences, crowd on to tiny boats, and wade into the sea

Tame Impala – The Less I Know The Better

Director: CANADA

“Directing collective CANADA has released a new video for Tame Impala’s latest single, The Less I Know The Better, taken from the band’s third album, Currents. At the centre of the story is a love triangle inspired by the song’s title and lyrics. But this is not your average high school love affair… it all swirls around a basketball player, his cheerleader sweetheart and the team’s apeman mascot, Trevor.”

Musicollector's Tracks of 2015

This year with no doubt has the most unpredictable sound taste on Musicollector flow. We have selected 10 tracks posted on our blog and are welcoming you to explore the beats with us. Bear with us as the full Top 2015 of everything is coming later this month

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1. Danton Eeprom

“Kissing In Traffic” is a postcard written and sent to himself the last time he visited that place so he could look at it when it all becomes a bit much; a true memento, and a genuine Souvenir. [audio mp3="http://designcollector.net/files/danton-eeprom-kissing-in-traffic.mp3"][/audio] Or check the different version on Souvenir's Music label Soundcloud:

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2. Nicolas Jaar Creates Soundtrack to Sergei Parajanov's "The Color of Pomegranates" 1969

The acclaimed New York-based musician Nicolas Jaar has uploaded a Soviet avant-garde film from 1969, called “The Color Of Pomegranates”, created by surrealistic director Sergei Parajanov (1924-1990) to Youtube along with his own original score. “The Color Of Pomegranates” is a biography of the Armenian ashug Sayat-Nova (King of Song) that attempts to reveal the poet's life visually and poetically rather than literally. Nicolas Jaar leveled up the whole story to the new surreal level by reworking the orginal sound with his soundtrack 'Pomegranates' (2015).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHZGDDE8n4E

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3. Woodkid feat. Lykke Li – Never Let You Down

Woodkid has teamed up with Lykke Li for “Never Let You Down”, a song that will appear on the Insurgent soundtrack

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4.Jamie xx – Gosh

Following the release of the “Loud Places” music video, Jamie xx uncovers the next monster opener “Gosh” from his upcoming album “In Colour“.

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5. Tame Impala – Cause I’m a Man

“At the chorus, Parker repeats the phrase “I’m a man, woman,” which could be construed as problematic. Reading those words out of context, it looks like he’s using gender as a catch-all archetype. But as he sings in his tender, featherlight falsetto, he’s not boasting about his masculinity—he’s attempting to acknowledge that sometimes, he messes up just like anybody else.” (Pitchfork)

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6. Kate Boy - Midnight Sun

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7. Tame Impala - Eventually

Second track of Tame Impala to hit our Musicollector Parade

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8. FKA twigs – Figure 8

FKA Twigs dropped her second song off M3LL155X EP, which is expected to release later this year. "I actually finished the EP last year around November, but it's just taken me a while to complete the videos and get my headspace together," she said when asked if she intentionally released a new song after her last planned performance at Lollapalooza. "And, you know, I just believe in doing things right... It's not a deliberate thing, it's just sometimes the planets align and it kind of works out that way."

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9. Junior Boys – Big Black Coat

"Big Black Coat", the Junior Boys' first new material since their 2011 album It's All True, presents a side of the duo that we've rarely heard before. Having soaked up the influence of Detroit techno at its most severe, they sound almost tough..

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10. Kedr Livanskiy – Sgoraet

Russian female composer and singer Kedr Livanskiy (English: "Lebanese Cedar") is inspired by Autechre, Aphex Twin and Boards of Canada, but with the lyrics and mood of Mazzy Star in her young age. No doubts she is my favourite and latest edition to the Top Music 2015.

Hope you are enjoying this Year in Music!

Musicollector's Best 2015 Tracks on Soundcloud

Kedr Livanskiy - Sgoraet

Just in time of preparing Top Music Tracks of 2015 I found this Russian gem (thanks to Gorilla vs Bear early annual rating). Russian female composer and singer Kedr Livanskiy (English: "Lebanese Cedar") is inspired by Autechre, Aphex Twin and Boards of Canada, but with the lyrics and mood of Mazzy Star in her young age. No doubts she is my favourite finding now.

"The sinister synths in "Sgoraet" (English: "Burning Down") are inspired by the otherworldliness of Russian winter; Russia in winter is a terrible thing, but it also has a strange romantic presence to it. The drum and bass coda emulates the feeling of impending death and transition to another state when winter is over one's shoulder.

More from Kedr:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GHvTbBWIvQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uQ3S-nXtV4

Baauer - GoGo!

Director Thomas Rhazi's video for Harlem Shake DJ Baauer's "GoGo!" chronicles the trajectory of a young couple's relationship through one lightening-speed backseat encounter.

Luke Million - Archetype

"Moral of the story: don't eat jewellery. It wont end well. Unless you're into that sort of thing."Direction and production by young black youth for Luke Million

Starwalker - Le President

Air's Jean-Benoît Dunckel and Bang Gang's Bardi Johannsson are Starwalker. Today, they've shared a Luis Vanegas-directed video for their new song "Le President", which will appear on their forthcoming debut album.

Tame Impala - The Less I Know The Better

“Directing collective CANADA has released a new video for Tame Impala’s latest single, The Less I Know The Better, taken from the band’s third album, Currents. At the centre of the story is a love triangle inspired by the song’s title and lyrics. But this is not your average high school love affair… it all swirls around a basketball player, his cheerleader sweetheart and the team’s apeman mascot, Trevor.”

M.I.A. - Borders

M.I.A. is back to support people in need. The self-directed clip sees her join a group of refugees as they climb wire fences, crowd on to tiny boats, and wade into the sea

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Lernert & Sander - 3 in 1 Music Video

In what is probably one of the more minimal music videos in recent years, the four members of Dutch band De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig stand in three repeated rows, wearing white, grey and black sweatshirts. Directed by Lernert & Sander.

Play it on embedded website below or visit this link

David Bowie - Blackstar

Briefly, it's shit scary and awesome. "Blackstar" off David Bowie's upcoming album Blackstar out 8 January 2016