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FRINGE MUSIC FIX's Weekly Top 5 (4/27)

Posted by Adam Alexander on April 27, 2014 in Lists

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Each week, FRINGE MUSIC FIX culls the latest music video releases, carefully selecting the most bizarre, provocative, and remarkable videos from across the world.

Sit back, relax, and open your mind’s eye; things are about to get interesting. The following are our selections for the week ending April 27th, 2014.

Sights (2014)

by London Grammar

Directed by Giorgio Testi

Released on April 22, 2014


10.8M

Total Views

Director
Giorgio Testi
Production Company
Pulse Films

Anyone familiar with acclaimed trio London Grammar, already knows that the band's live performance is as flawless and captivating as their music. Giorgio Testi successfully captures the essence of their breathtaking and calculated live set in his sweeping single take video for "Sights."  The clip's conclusions sees the band themselves as back row observers to their own bewildering spectacle.

Every Little Word (2014)

by MNEK

Directed by LAMAR+NIK

Released on April 23, 2014


1.5M

Total Views

Director
LAMAR+NIK
Director of Photography
Dan Stafford Clark
Production Company
Agile Films
Producers
Amber Millington,  Producer
Kat Cattaneo,  Producer
Art Department
Lucie Red,  Art Department
Grip Department
Rogan Brown,  Dolly Grip

LAMAR+NIK serve up a vibrant and spiralling music video for MNEK’s funky alt-R&B single, "Every Little Word."  The video sees MNEK surrounded by a rotating cast of characters dressed in brightly coloured clothing and letting loose to the infectious track's groovy beats.

Everything We Touch (2014)

by Say Lou Lou

Directed by Jesse John Jenkins

Released on April 23, 2014



Director
Jesse John Jenkins
Production Company
Partizan

Australian electropop duo Say Lou Lou and director Jesse John Jenkins have served up an enchanting visual filled with glitter and gold to accompany the lush single, “Everything We Touch."

Water Fountain (2014)

by tUnE-yArDs

Directed by Joel Kefali

Released on April 23, 2014


3.4M

Total Views

Director
Joel Kefali
Director of Photography
Mishka Kornai
Production Company
Doomsday Entertainment
Producers
Danielle Hinde,  Executive Producer
Ian Blair,  Producer
John Curtis,  Producer
Cast
Merrill Garbus
Production Design
Megan Burns,  Production Designer
Editorial
Alana Cotton,  Colorist
Costume and Wardrobe
Jordy Scheinberg,  Wardrobe Stylist
Animation
Joel Kefali,  Animator
Robert Wallace,  Animator

tUnE-yArDs' video for “Water Fountain” is a well-executed homage to one of my favourites shows as a kid, Pee-Wee’s Playhouse.   At the request of tUnE-yArDs’ Merrill Garbus, Director Joel Kefali revives the spirit of the unique and strange children's series through the use of puppetry, 8-bit video game animation, characters in costume and an assortment of colourful and eccentric hosts.

Streaker (2014)

by TOBACCO feat. Notrabel

Directed by Eric Wareheim

Released on April 22, 2014



Director
Eric Wareheim
Director of Photography
Andrew Wheeler
Edit
Bill Benz
Producers
Hillary Calhoun,  Producer
Cast
Jasmine Albuquerque Croissant
Cyrille Autin
Gabriella Cataldo
Marius Iliescu
Joe Stakun
William McCarthy
Nina McNeely
Xavier Powers
Vera Taylor
Production
Ian Putnam,  1st Assistant Director
Production Design
Melanie Mandl,  Production Designer
Marty van Diest,  Set Dresser
Fernando Marroquin,  Set Dresser
Sarah Staskauskas,  Set Decorator
Jesse Vogel,  Set Painter
Makeup and Hair
Tina Cohen,  Hair and Make Up Artist
Costume and Wardrobe
Amanny Ahmad,  Costumer
Liz Lee,  Costumer
Art Department
Dean Styers,  Art Director
Post-Production Department
Henry Kamp,  Graphist
Production Support
Damian Lang,  Production Assistant
Alex Kanakis,  Production Assistant
Nancy McLeod,  Production Assistant
Greg Mullin,  Production Assistant

Director Eric Wareheim of Tim and Eric’s Awesome Show, Great Job! once again revisits his darker side for Tobacco’s video for “Streaker."  Like Wareheim's disturbing video for HEALTH’s “We Are Water," “Streaker” escorts us into the bleakest and most twisted corridors of Wareheim’s imagination. Not unlike their popular Adult Swim series, the music video is styled as a mock advertisement on public-access television and promotes an eerie massage parlour call “Ultima II Massage," which is also the title of Tobacco’s forthcoming LP. After the parlour's proprietor has made his introduction, we are invited through the beaded curtain where things rapidly take a turn for the worse. We bare witness to a variety of nude individuals in terrifying masks, slam dancing, and being disfigured through visual effects. It’s an unforgettable and horrifying experience that the faint of heart may find unbearable. Once again, Eric Wareheim proves he's one of America's most unique and disturbed visionaries.

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

Black Sabbeth (2014)

by Gonga feat. Beth Gibbons

Released on April 17, 2014


271.2K

Total Views


NRG (2014)

by Duck Sauce

Directed by Dugan O'Neal

Released on April 23, 2014


1.7M

Total Views

Director
Dugan O'Neal
Director of Photography
James Whitaker
Editors
Paul Rogers
Dugan O'Neal
Production Company
The Directors Bureau
Producers
Sue Yeon Ahn,  Executive Producer
Courtney Davies,  Producer
Record Label
Fools Gold Records
Cast
Jon C. Daly
Angela Trimbur
Production Management
Joe Faulstich,  Production Manager
Production
Allen Scudder,  1st Assistant Director
Production Design
Morgan Gillio,  Production Designer
Sound
Unbridled Sound,  Sound Company
Camera Department
Brian Freesh,  Steadicam Operator
Makeup and Hair
Melinda Steele,  Hair Stylist
Bethany McCarty,  Makeup
Costume and Wardrobe
Francis & Pereira,  Stylist
Visual Effects
Ivan Landau,  VFX
BEMO,  Additional VFX

Dominic (2014)

by Ramona Lisa

Released on April 24, 2014


278.2K

Total Views


Les Automates (2014)

by College

Directed by Charles Lanceplaine

Released on April 19, 2014



Director
Charles Lanceplaine
Director of Photography
Charles Lanceplaine
Edit
Charles Lanceplaine
Producers
Valerie Records,  Producer
Clark Wang,  Producer

Sheezus (2014)

by Lily Allen

Directed by Ruffmercy

Released on April 22, 2014


8.7M

Total Views

Director
Ruffmercy
Director of Photography
Sam Goldie
Production Company
My Accomplice
Producers
Jamie Clark,  Executive Producer
Natalia Maus,  Producer
Video Commissioner
Sam Seager
Director's Reps
Jen Herrera
Las Bandas
Record Label
Parlophone
Production
George Nelson,  1st Assistant Director
Camera Department
Ryan Parkins,  1st Assistant Camera
Makeup and Hair
Andrew Gallimore,  Makeup
Costume and Wardrobe
Richard Sloan,  Stylist
Visual Effects
Lowlands,  Additional VFX
Animation
Ruffmercy,  Animator
Patch Keys,  Animator



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