July 2015

Disclosure "Omen" (Ryan Hope, dir.)

Here we are, two weeks later from the action seen in "Holding On" with director Ryan Hope continuing the sci-fi storyline that looks to bridge all the videos from new Disclosure album Caracal. An equally important milepost is that we're nearly three years on from "Latch," the Sam Smith and Disclosure collaboration that played a monumental role in both artists rocketing to fame. This reunion is sexy and slinky, as is the video, which doesn't get overly concerned with advancing the plot and choosing to focus on Smith in the midst of a dancefloor that approaches the vibe and scale of the Matrix Zion Dance Party.

The Elwins "So Down Low" (Alan Poon, dir.)

This video might inspire you to apply your own talent, creativity and Post-It Notes to make something equally amazing, but be forewarned: It's gonna take a LOT of talent, creativity and Post-It Notes to come close to this video which very well might replace the 2012 Family Bones "If You Ever Need Someone" clip as the high-water mark of the Post-It Note genre. 

Jenny Hval "Sabbath" (Jenny Hval, dir.)

Imagine Beyonce's "7/11" but for something way more indie. Now imagine that video on a whole lotta Quaaludes*. That might best describe this woozy and surreal iPhone video shot on a European tour with collaborators Zia Anger, Annie Bielski, and Havard Volden.

PS: The YouTube advises that the video is "best viewed on a cracked screen" which is awesome advise.

*PPS: Bill Cosby has totally ruined the ability to make any reference to Quaaludes without bringing to mind his apparant awfulness.

Christianoshi "Fake Blood" (Mikko Makela, dir.)

Dancer Benjamin Warbis of the renowned Michael Clark company stars as a sword-wielding medieval warrior prince in the music video for Christianoshi's single 'Fake Blood'. Directed by Mikko Makela (Wild Beast Productions), the black-and-white video brings together influences from classical sculpture and religious history into an exploration of anguished masculinity which sees Warbis's warrior confronting his own demons in a kind of sword-ballet.

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