Pete Drake’s 1964 country blues hit ‘Forever’ – featuring the sonic stylings of the ‘talk box’ applied to a steel guitar long before Peter Frampton and Joe Walsh made their regular guitars ‘talk’ in the 1970s.
But long before any of that, there was the Sonovox.
A very pleasing performance on the sansula – a modern version of the traditional African mbira – by percussionist Conny Sommer.
An interesting video essay on the Quent’s deft use of music in the soundtracks of his films by Daniel Netzel of Film Radar.
A 34 year old Robert Plant signing a copy of his band’s iconic debut album Led Zeppelin (1968) for a member of the rozzing community in 1982.
‘Unity’ – a pleasingly eye-candiful experimental film by Rus Khasanov featuring hundreds of multicoloured paint bubbles (captured in sharp focus and bokeh style) rolling, merging and exploding across the screen – all set to a soundtrack by Dimitry Evgrafov.
A one-shot music video for ‘Paramour’ by Scottish composer Anna Meredith created by Ewan Jones Morris in which a camera mounted on a model train speeds around a series of rooms filled with ingenious props.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oitp_4Kr184
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCR1U0E54w4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMM6kAiV1Q0
A selection of Lewis Wake’s Shared BPM – clips from movies featuring different songs with similar beats per minute swapped in.
Catch ‘em before they all get taken down for copyright infringement.
More here.
A lighthearted video tutorial by Imaginary Ambition in which, with the right kit and a few tips, you too can be better, stronger, faster – just like those crazy French robo-scamps.
A new music video from animator Cyriak Harris, who’s taken a random bit of vintage footage (wherein an old man attempts to eat breakfast in the middle of the road), then run it through the nightmare-o-tron a few times, as is his wont.
Naturally, you’ll have seen his ‘Like And Subscribe’ video for Adam Buxton’s podcast.
Previously: Dance Like No Body’s Watching
Paiste Gong master Sven Meier coaxes out the doomy timbre of a 2 meter wide nickel/silver gong.
Headphones recommended.
