February 2015

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Marina and the Diamonds "'I'm a Ruin'" (Markus Lundqvist, dir.)

Shot on the volcanic island of Lanzarote, Director Markus Lundqvist manages to create a desolate yet beautiful world in this video for Marina and the Diamonds new track ‘I’m a Ruin’.

On working with Marina, Lundqvist said, ‘she was wonderful to work with. A real hard worker. We worked for 32 hours straight and she just got stuck right in, even in freezing cold water.’ 

The track is taken from her third album ‘Froot’ released on Universal. It’ll see one track released every month until April 6 when the album goes on sale. 

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Daisy and The Dark "Waltzing" (Shreepali Patel, dir.)

BAFTA Award winning filmmaker Shreepali Patel and top cinematographer Tim Sidell (FKA Twigs, Alt-J) have teamed up with classical chart topper Daisy and The Dark to create an evocative video for her haunting debut single ‘Waltzing’.

Daisy and the Dark is an ‘invitation into a magical world’ - the creation of singer-songwriter-visual artist, Sarah Kayte Foster, who spent Christmas 2013 in the UK Classical Charts Top 10 with the Mediaeval Baebes before going solo:

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Rihanna x Kanye West x Paul McCartney "FourFiveSeconds" (Inez & Vinoodh, dir.)

Another track from the Kanye and Paul McCartney collaboration drops, this time as the lead single for Rihanna's upcoming new album. Vertically constrained to just the center third of the screen, the focus of this silvery b/w clip is Rihanna's emotional performance, with Sir Paul and Yeezus in supportive mode. It's simple and effective, making clear that Rihanna can thrive with music as simple and easily stylist as a pair of blue jeans. (In fact, I wouldn't be shocked if a country cover of this becomes a hit.)

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Ben Cooling "Breathe Again" (Daniel Dunn, dir.)

Tim is an office worker who needs a release in life. Empowered by Ben Cooling's talented performance the video tells the story of how he overcomes his mundane existence in search of something in which he can connect to and to 'Breathe Again'.

Directed and Written for Screen by Daniel Dunn

Song Written and Performed by Ben Cooling

Song Recorded by Thomas Foley

Lead Acting by Nigel Long

"Boss" played by Will Sandercock

Supported by Chris Beynon, James Griffey and Joey Grocock

Produced by Ryan Ireland (Circus City Music Group)

By Dan Dunn on February 2, 2015 @ 2:40pm PST

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