Save Me (Official Video) / Gotye
It’s been a wild year for the Australian; Gotye found astronomical and viral success which catapulted him and Kimbra to the stratosphere (The Superslice will forever pat themselves on the back for being one of the first thousands to post the the viral hit. STIUTK is now at 306M views! Insanity). This stardom has not deflected […]
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Untitled (Official Music Video) / Killer Mike
Killer Mike and Scar star in a series of art historical tableaus in a video directed by Benjamin Dickinson, from the R.A.P. Music album. It’s a nice visual mashup of Mike doing his thing with some memorable vignettes. –@teemunny
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Set It Off / Diplo featuring Lazerdisk Party Sex
Diplo‘s latest single Set It Off featuring Lazerdisk Party Sex off his Express Yourself EP gets an out of this world official music video featuring an infinite stripper pole to the stars. Thanks to director Ryan Staake we may finally know the answer to how many strippers it takes to get to outerspace. Make it rain! INTERACTIVE […]
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Get Free (Official Video) / Major Lazer feat. Amber Coffman (of Dirty Projectors)
Here is the official video for Get Free, featuring Amber Coffman from Dirty Projectors. Major Lazer‘s upcoming album Free The Universe is finally set to release November 6th under the Mad Decent/Downtown Label label. The video was directed by SoMe. –@s_iravani
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Genesis / Grimes
Genesis is taken from the album Visions by Grimes, out now on 4AD/Arbutus. The video was directed by Claire Boucher (Grimes) and co-stars Brooke Candy. –@teemunny
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Off Book: The Art of Glitch / PBS
Off Book: Glitches are the frustrating byproduct of technology gone awry. Wildly scrambled images, frozen blue screens, and garbled sounds signify moments where we want to throw our expensive computer products out the window. Many artists and programmers, however, have embraced these crisis moments and discovered beauty in the glitch. By hacking familiar systems, they […]
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Today’s Supernatural (Official Video) / Animal Collective
Here is Today’s Supernatural from Animal Collective‘s new album Centipede Hz, which comes out September 4th. The surreal video was directed by Danny Perez. It’s Burning Man meets Salvador Dali. –@teemunny via disco naïveté
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Icarus / Thomas Giddings presented by NOWNESS
Water Powered Jetpack Turns Man into Sea Monster in Thomas Giddings’ Futuristic Short Rising imperiously from the waves, making jet-propelled dolphin jumps and backwards somersaults, professional stuntman Arran Topham appears as a waterborne Ironman in filmmaker Thomas Giddings’ new short, Icarus. Taking its name from the Greek myth of the child who flew too close to […]
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Purple Kisses (Official Video) / A$AP Rocky
The very NSFW (slightly pornographic) official video for A$AP Rocky‘s Purple Kisses off of the A$AP Mob Album Lord$ Never Worry which is coming out on August 28, 2012, on LiveMixtapes.com. This nasty joint was directed by Rocky himself with some co-direction from the UK’s Luke Monaghan and James Barber (on Tumblr). –@teemunny YouTube Here’s the first single off of the...
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Lil Buck / Jacob Sutton
Here’s director Jacob Sutton‘s short dance film of gravity-defying dancer Lil Buck dropping some insane longitudinal/lateral moves while confined to a minimalist wooden box. Sutton has been a frequent collaborator with Nowness; we previously featured the captivating and innovative viral hit LED shredder. You know Lil Buck from Spike Jonze‘s viral video with Yo-Yo Ma (below). Viral...
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Van Vogue / Azealia Banks
It’s here… The Hunger presents an exclusive video of new song Van Vogue for the one and only Azealia Banks. Woof! Damn, homegirl is finally living up to the hype. This blazing track was produced by Diplodocus. Summer banger for the kiddies. –@teemunny
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HACKPACT Gráfica Sonora / Realitat
Hackpact is a collection of unique data visualization that explores the relationship between sound and graphics. This project was realized by Realitat, an experimental studio based in Mexico City. –@ybaynes Showcase of 20 brief experiments (sound machines) we coded during november (MMXI). All of them explore the sound/graphic co-relation. Built with Processing and almost all of the audio...
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