Its been a long while posting anything, been flat tack with some other projects. But I’m glad to come back and post some NZ Music Vids. You may have already heard of NZ born Melbourne based artist Kimbra. I just got introduced to this video Settle Down and think its pretty awesome. She has a smoking voice and a bright future, given she’s in her ealry twentys. The video is a work of art and like the burning set at the end.
She even got a mention from the US’s gossip guru. Perez Hilton.
Based in Auckland and Christchurch this is the Dukes second video, Self Control using the very cool effect of Tilt shift miniature effect photography. Influenced by Olivio Barbieri, Keith Loutit and Richard Scarry among others. A portrait of Christchurch from the point of view of a strange girl.
Heres a bit about how Tilt-shift works and click here for a wiki. Tilt-shift lenses sit off-center of the film (or sensor) plane of your camera to produce photos with extremely limited depth of field, giving the effect of a macro shot of a tiny scene. When the effect is matched with the surreal speed boost of many stills strung together into a time-lapse movie, we get the impression of a everything as miniatures.
From his Debut Album “Please Turn me Into The Snat” Shot on location in the Hawkes Bay (Te Awanga Lagoon), by Sam Handley. To watch some more videos from Sam click here, and to watch a piece on him on the best TV show around, The Gravy, check it here
Shot around the South Coast of Wellington, and the trees of the town Belt. Featuring Daniel Harris and Rosie Herdman, the first single and title from from their forthcoming new studio album ‘Buffalo’ – released in NZ on 26 April, 2010.
Directed and Edited by Nathan Hickey
Producer: Tom Kelly
Production Co-ord: Felicity Donaldson
D.O.P: Marty Williams
Wardrobe: Kate Trafford
Art design: Nicole Spackman
Gaffer/Grip: Byron Sparrow
Firstly The Benka Boradovsky Bordello Band with, Polkapocalyptic. The Benkas travelled to Berlin earlier this year and while they were ther they made this video with Nathan Taare and Dylan Bakker from Sumone Productions. The story goes that he video was filmed over 5 days but the unfunded production ran to 4 months due to all sorts of unforeseen and unfortunate mishaps including spontaneous pneumo-thorax’s (collapsed lungs) and exploding cameras. Edited from a hospital bed in East Berlin and funded by weekly busking sessions terrorised by Neo-Nazis, the music video continues a long tradition of kiwi ingenuity and tomfoolery.
And finaly Renee-Louise Carafice with Lorazopam. This is the fourth single from her debut album Tells You to Fight which was recently included in Nick Bollinger’s new book 100 Essential New Zealand Albums.
Renee-Louise Carafice is a dark-folk-pop songstress born in New Zealand, based in Chicago. With a bitingly honest and brutally fragile voice, she sings of her messy rollercoaster ride of a life, over rich and complex melodic structures.
Tim Skedden decided after many years of playing in and sessioning for other groups (Opshop, The Feelers, Tim Finn, Timmy Schumacher, Dark Tower) to establish his own unique brand of blitzkrieg riffing melodious thumpamatic music and set to the gratifying work of creating an ensemble of himself by himself.
This video Directed by Ed Davis takes you around the world, into space and back.
