Initially intended as a promotional art piece for the launching of Adobe’s latest Creative Suite, this short masterpiece ended up as a music video for The Vein as well. Our pals from the Spanish studio Dvein created a surreal, psychedelic journey through mountainous landscapes of white plaster and multicolored rivers made from liquid paint, where the … Continued
Last month was an excellent time for lovers of retro futurism in music videos. No less than three amazing videos aired, that clearly got their divine inspiration from the last three decades of the 20th century. Intropial by Nils Muhlenbruch Aquila by Kadavre Exquis He^rt by Starcadian
When BMF Samuel L. Jackson tweets “This is some Buck Wild shit” about a music video, later embraced by Flying Lotus and Darren Aronofsky as well, you know you’re dealing with some x-rated content and possibly several pools of blood flying left and right. What you don’t know, is that everything is filmed with a … Continued
We’ve teamed up with the glimmering new EYE Film Institute in Amsterdam for a new series of events in 2013. At the upcoming first edition – to celebrate the relaunch of 2Pause – we’ll be tuning in to the rise and rise of psychedelic visuals in recent music videos. An extremely noteworthy trend that has … Continued
Hello, future! Since MTV is (musically) dead and we can interactively immerse ourselves in musical experiences, we can actually be at the concert and experience it exactly like the audience in the room does. Just leave it to Beck and superstar interactive video maker Chris Milk. Their immersive masterpiece Hello, Again is now featured on … Continued
Ah, such a great month for music video junkies! One release that made me particularly happy was ‘Spectrum Analyser’ by High Contrast, now featured on 2Pause. This Drum&Bass artist from Wales is also responsible for the making of his own wildly psychedelic video which combines 8-bit game aesthetics (and sounds) with classic wildlife documentaries. He … Continued
Have you ever seen Dan Daecon’s music videos? A lot of them are made by the Baltimore based video artist Ben O’Brien. Ben’s work is playful, artsy and weird, a bit like Sesame Street for adults. His latest two works for Flock of Dimes and Dan Deacon beg for a Q&A. Watch Ben’s videos on … Continued
Ok, tamper your expectations. The new site looks exactly the same as the previous website, but the architecture behind it has had a complete makeover. Here’s what’s new and improved: 1. Take 2Pause with you everywhere you go Flash is out, WordPress is in! That means, goodbye slow loading times and farewell to incompatibility. 2Pause … Continued
December might be the “month of the lists”, but we’ve decided to give a fair chance also to the lovely promos launched at the end of the year. Coincidentally none made our top 10 list, but hey, at least we tried! 2012 was an amazing year for cutting edge music videos, but we managed to … Continued
Wanna play with your music, rather than just play music? Go check out the interactive music section in our curated music channel 2Pause.
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