February 2014

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Tiesto "Red Lights" (Skinny, dir.)

Meet the most beautiful roadside waitress in the world as she gets oh so easily lured into an adventure with her best friend. The roadtripping journey eventually touches down in Las Vegas for a Tiesto show and much more.

It's a good time for all, unless you happen to still be waiting for a coffee refill at the diner.

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Metronomy "Love Letters" (Michel Gondry, dir.)

I dare you to not be charmed by this new Metronomy video directed by the legendary Michel Gondry. Sure, it's whimsical and playful, but it also unfurls with an ease that belies the complex arrangement: Metronomy's Joe Mount and band perform at the center of a hexagonal set with the camera darting through various windows to show us the band as the living, breathing, rocking center of various dioramas. It's a mix of 2D and 3D and a collision of stagecraft and videomaking — something Gondry has played with before in Bjork "Bachelorette" — that shines as simply brilliant.

Wanna learn more? Then head to a special Google Hangout session on Wednesday, February 12 @ 5pm GMT, with Gondry and Mount. You'll be able to post questions via the video's YouTube comment section — use the hashtag #loveletters — or watch a live stream of the action from the band's YouTube channel.

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Metronomy Video Directed By Michel Gondry Premiering Tomorrow

Michel Gondry hasn't dipped a toe into the music video waters for quite some time — his last clip was Bjork "Crystalline" in 2011 — but it seems he's gonna take a deep swim for this new Metronomy "Love Letters" video, based at least on the teaser pic released by his production company, Partizan.

Look for the full video to drop tomorrow, Tuesday, February 11, and mark your calendar for a special Google Hangout session on Wednesday, February 12 @ 5pm GMT, with Gondry, Metronomy mastermind Joe Mount, and Bug Videos host Adam Buxton as moderater. You'll be able to post questions via the video's YouTube comment section — use the hashtag #loveletters — or watch a live stream of the action from the band's YouTube channel.

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Years & Years "Real" (Robert Francis Müller, dir.)

I was contacted by Olly the lead singer of Years & Years to direct their latest video. The band and I worked together in coming up with this slightly dark and surreal concept. What the guys wanted was something that involved dancing, but had a narrative and this is what we came up with!

It was a great team effort and everyone went above and beyond what I expected. Being shot on a shoe string budget I have a lot of favours to repay now, but it was well worth it!

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