Take in our latest selection of new music and videos
More new music and videos we bookmarked and liked.
There’s no denying that in the right hands, the mix of music and video is a powerful one, as each lends itself well to the other. Don’t just take our word for it, go and look for yourself – see what turns up in your results.
The volume of new material uploaded and streamed across the web on a daily basis is pretty staggering. There’s something in the region of 2.6 million videos added to YouTube alone every day. When you tune into the likes of YT, Instagram, and Vimeo, it’s seemingly easy to find yourself drowning in a sea of images, all underpinned by a heady brew of pulsating zeros and ones.
With all the major platforms filling up with an ever rising tsunami of content, wrestling for what’s left of your attention. Keeping up is not for the faint hearted, and not something most have the time or attention span for.
From skimming the surface, the one thing that still stands out is just how much great talent and material there is out there. The level of quality and creative endeavour directors and artists dedicate to their work is immense, as it is inspiring.
Flick through our latest picks
We’ve honed in on a fresh micro selection of new music and videos, we think deserve some of your time and attention.
Natasha Pirard – Jardin Des Fleurs
Natasha Pirard’s curiosity in sound stems from her time studying musicology in Ghent. She cites having had a musical epiphany after watching Steve Reich perform four of his acclaimed pieces at the opening Dekmantel Festival concert back in 2017. With her interest piqued by contemporary experimental music, it has since led to her much praised LP Fernande, Cecile on Belgium powerhouse DEEWEE.
‘Fernande, Cecile’ is an ode to the life of Pirard’s grandmother: a safe haven in her life who was sadly taken from by Alzheimer’s disease. As a thank you for her guidance to never settle for less than being herself. The album is equally an ode to her mother and everything she continues to give.
Taken from the LP, ‘Jardin Des Fleurs’ is a gentle, evocative reflection of Pirard’s love of nature, which captures the calm she finds being amongst the trees, most likely shot in their family garden. This is a short slice of heartwarming joy from an impressive album to say the least.
Oneohtrix Point Never – D.I.S.
Daniel Lopatin’s ninth studio album ‘Tranquilizer’ as Oneohtrix Point Never may have landed at a scary moment. Recorded in his Brooklyn apartment and an Airbnb cabin in Massachusetts during 2020, which in itself might have spurred a longstanding interest in dystopia. Those times seem to have occasioned introspection and retrospection. Making him realise he wanted to make an album as a kind of projection of his life and listening.
The grand sweep of “D.I.S.,” which shifts between static bursts, orchestral chords, and chopped-up piano in a way that feels almost symphonic, is expertly accompanied by captivating imagery from Julien Gobled. Palettes of pixelated colour are brought to life and morphed via digital manipulation. As he puts it, “Tranquilizer isn’t the sound of sedation, but resurfacing.”
Forster – MOND
Born from improvisation, hacked equipment and instinct-driven experimentation, MOND stands as a shared fixation – a dialogue between sound and image conducted at the threshold of breakdown. A collaboration between filmmaker Stefano Canavese and experimental duo Forster, their work is built from rupture and controlled malfunction.
Rooted in Berlin’s underground, they fuses splintered rhythms, analogue-digital distortion and over-clocked editing into a sensory barrage. Drawing on the echoes of Chris Cunningham, Aphex Twin and Autechre, the film’s warped fisheye perspective and convulsive movement push matter further into instability for maximum impact.
Sleaford Mods Ft. Gwendoline Christie & Big Special – The Good Life
Sometimes, you just have to let those who know and go for it the space to lead and talk. Sleaford Mods ‘The Good Life’ goes for the jugular in some senses and is also rather silly in others as they indulge in slagging bands off, and the joy and misery that it causes.
Jason seems to be asking himself, why am I slagging bands off? Why is it a continuing thing? His inner voices are brought to life by Gwendoline and Big Special, debating that internal tension between enjoying a good life, or submitting to the mayhem.
Ben Wheatley has directed this really sharp, slightly oddball studio shot video and it’s a corker – we salute the homage to adolescent inner self.
Marie Davidson – Fun Times
While touring her LP ‘City Of Clowns’, Marie Davidson stumbled on a crazy video using Fun Times audio on an Instagram story, right before her São Paulo show. The next thing she knew, someone backstage was asking her what she thought of it, saying that the guy who made it was his friend. And so the story goes, Marie’s reply to was: let’s make an official video then.
The result owes thanks to Muriel Burial for this work of art as they capture the rhythmic energy of Davidson’s music, tinged with encapsulating the spirit behind the music in ‘Fun Times’ so well. Replete with costume wearing cartoon characters, silly dancing and people going nuts – what’s there not to like?
