Archive for May, 2010
Kylie Minogue’s New “All The Lovers” Video
May 31st, 2010 • Music Video
Tags: music, music video, synth pop
Love the new Kylie Minogue video for the first single off her new album, titled Aphrodite, coming out on June 6th. Might seem like an underwear or perfume commercial at first, but it keeps getting better.
via: Arjan Writes
Max Max Hattler’s Heaven and Hell
May 24th, 2010 • Motion Graphics
Tags: art, Motion Graphics, painting, video, video art
1925 (aka Hell)
Experimental animation by Max Max Hattler based on based on the French Spiritualist artist Augustin Lesage’s painting A symbolic Composition of the Spiritual World’ from 1925.
Tastes Like Caribou
May 22nd, 2010 • Auditory
Tags: dance remix, electronic, music, music video, remix
The new album Swim, from Caribou, was released this week and although it’s a good album and reminds me a little of the Knife’s earlier work, it’s not a dance album. Dan Snaith (Caribou), talks about making the new dance album in a Pithchfork article.
I got excited by the idea of making dance music that’s liquid in the way it flows back and forth, the sounds slosh around in pitch, timbre, pan… Dance music that sounds like it’s made out of water, rather than made out of metallic stuff like most dance music does.
I like the concept, but there isn’t one track that is going to get a dance floor moving, unless it’s the end of the night and you want the floor to be moving it’s way to the door.
Lights Out
May 21st, 2010 • Motion Graphics
Tags: animation, Motion Graphics, scifi, video
Great little animation by Cormac Kelly that could actually be a visual metaphor for the banking industry.
David Lynch Does Dior
May 20th, 2010 • Commercials
Tags: commercial, consumerism, short film, surrealism
David Lynch has been churning out some commercials lately and his latest is a strange 16 minute short for Dior titled Lady Blue Shanghai. It features French actress Marion Cotillard searching for a glowing purse.
via: Brand X
Goldfrapp Bites
May 20th, 2010 • Music Video
Tags: music, music video
Actually I think Goldfrapp is great but watch the new video for Alive and you will understand.
Helping Johnny Remember
May 18th, 2010 • Film & Video
Tags: Motion Graphics, propaganda, remix, video, vintage
I’m glad I never had to endure social engineering films as a kid, although I have watched quite a few as an adult because I find them funny and often creepy. Ashleigh Nankivell takes the creepy to a whole new level revealing something more sinister in both the collective belonging as well as the individualistic identities in her remix of the short film “Helping Johnny Remember” which was originally from 1956.
Face Down in a Book
May 13th, 2010 • Photography
Tags: books, contemporary art, photo, Photography
I don’t know how many times I have fallen asleep with my face in a book, although lately I’m falling asleep with my laptop. I know I’m gonna kill it that way and have to go back to reading books before bed.
Check out this whimsical series of photos titled Get Back in Your Book from Canadian photographer Lissy Elle.
The Phoenix Alive
May 13th, 2010 • Auditory
Tags: dance remix, electro, electropop, music, music video, remix
Loving this electropop track and remixes from the mysterious band Monarchy.
Monarchy – The Phoenix Alive (Disco Bloodbath Vocal Radio Edit)
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Music For Space Travel
May 7th, 2010 • Auditory
Tags: film, music, remix, scifi
Gif animations are so retro. Three Frames from Ken Russel’s Altered States
Silver Columns – Cavalier (Time & Space Machine Remix)
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Daydreaming Playlist
May 5th, 2010 • Auditory
Tags: dance remix, electro, music, playlist, remix
It’s been a while since I put out a playlist and I wanted to share some new mixes and artists with you. A couple of songs you may have already heard, like the TV spot favorite Sweet Disposition by the Temper Trap or Miike Snow’s Sylvia, but I thought the remixes were worthy of posting.
Playlist
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Colin Christian’s Pod People
May 4th, 2010 • Art & Design
Tags: art, contemporary art, scifi, sculpture
I love these weird pod sculptures from Colin Christian. If the films 2001 Space Odyssey vs. Alien were to be made into a movie, these would definitely be the new creature eggs and instead of a cave, they would be incubating in a Eero Saarinen building.
Uffie is the Shit!
May 3rd, 2010 • Auditory
Tags: music
If you’re not familiar with Uffie, you should be. Ke$ha knocked off her earlier sound, dating back to 2006, but this new track is hot and a departure from her previous work. The track ADD SUV is produced by french producer Mirwais and features Pharrell Williams. Her upcoming album titled, Sex, Dreams and Denim Jeans will be out on May 31st . The album title reminds me of those banned Calvin Klein Jeans commercials from the 90s.
Uffie – ADD SUV (feat. Pharrell Williams)
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Heartbreak and the Dance Floor
May 3rd, 2010 • Auditory
Tags: dance floor, dance remix, music, music video, remix
The dance floor will always cure a broken heart.
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Annie – Anthonio (Designer Drugs Remix)
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