Brooklyn-based, Peruvian artist Carlo Vega created an unofficial music video for Yasiin “Mos Def” Bey’s new single “Niggas in Poorest” – a remake of Jay-Z and Kanye West’s 2011 hit “Niggas in Paris.” Verga’s used kinetic typography to augment every word of this highly charged, political track. We liked the vid so much, we got … Continued
Watch “Distant Street Lights” on 2Pause A serious relationship drama, shot on 8mm film, presented on two screens, and played backwards. That is the main premise of a music video directed by Shaun Hughes and Tim Courtney for “Distant Street Lights” by Codes in the Clouds. This uncompromising music video stands out from most other … Continued
Dutch visual artist Guusje Kaayk created a peculiar, abstract, black-and-white music video for Eric Vloiemans/Gatecrash’s jazzy track “Jailbreak”. Watch “Jailbreak” and four other new and not so new music videos that we added to your favorite curated music video portal 2Pause.
Watch and marvel at Whit Alexander’s beautiful impressionist-inspired artistry in his music video “Western Sunrise” for Art Decade. If you think the amazing paint brush strokes, the vivid colors or the engaging decoupage were done using super powerful expensive software, think again. At the time he started working on the video, Whitney didn’t even own … Continued
The pastel-minded creatures dressed in water-washed colors that feature in this music video by Rayons must hail from some alternate universe that possibly exists somewhere halfway between the center of Jason and Aya Brown‘s ancient, reptilian brains and the end of our visible, known universe. By repeatedly “letting their thought waves overlap and mingle,” the … Continued
Spanish animation studio Thorstencoo‘s music video for Spanish band Klaus & Kinski‘s track “El Rey Del Mambo y la Reina de Saba” is just magical. The song’s title means “The King of Mambo and The Queen of Saba,” and our fav scene is the lovely pas-de-deux between a “sketchy” black wolf and an impressionistic dancing … Continued
Red Hot Chili Peppers decided to join the interactive club with “Look Around” – a lovely 360-degree introspection into their “personal” spaces. As the song plays, viewers are free to browse through the band members’ rooms, some of which are decorated with their precious personal possessions. You’re supposed to quite literally Look Around, as the … Continued
Director Travis Hopkins did a very nice montage of fake B-movie title sequences for his music video for Buck 65. Psycho’s Action is one movie that I’d like to see! Watch on 2Pause
Not so original, according to some. Been done before, according to others. But we don’t care, because we can watch this video for hours on end on repeat without eeeeeever getting bored. It’s pure alchemy. Like staring into the Primordial Soup. Watch P.O.P. on 2Pause! This magical music video art piece-de-resistance was done by Israeli … Continued
We don’t get this very often – a music video that doubles as an activist visual essay that first and foremost makes you think. Frequent visitors of 2Pause already know that that a music video can be so much more than merely a promotional vehicle to boost record sales. In our humble opinion, The music … Continued
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