Production Company

Cardel

Stefano Ottaviano directs a marvellously cinematic&nbsp;road trip promo for DJ Shadow, filmed in Uzbekistan.&nbsp;The video for Ozone Scraper - the first release from Shadow's latest album -&nbsp;is the story of a man who commits to leaving his home village&nbsp;and explore the land beyond his valley - on the cherished motorcycle, passed down from his father.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;The bike is old and temperamental, making the journey anything but straightforward, but as he traverses unfamiliar terrain, it&nbsp;all becomes worth it in the end. Ultimately the traveller reaches a state of nirvana, represented by an unforeseen change to another medium.&nbsp;&nbsp;Up to that point,&nbsp;every frame composed&nbsp;by Ottaviano and shot by DoP Andres Arochi is stunning.&nbsp;Boasting breathtaking landscapes and a quietly inspirational character arc, this is&nbsp;a wonderful video which feels like a true adventure - in the spirit of DJ&nbsp;Shadow's new musical direction.[imgtoken data:2]&nbsp;

United States

Mathias Lemaitre-sgard

Stefano Ottaviano

Delwyn Mooney

Andres Arochi

Carla Mooney

Aibek Nurgali

James Demetriou

Andi Chu

Electric Theatre Collective

James Adamson

Askhat Kuchinchirekov

Mass Appeal

Mass Appeal / Liquid Amber

Oliver Whitworth

Renée George

Catherine Lesley

DJ Shadow 'Ozone Scraper' by Stefano Ottaviano

DJ Shadow - Ozone Scraper

NAVS directs an evocative promo for Stereophonics' Forever.&nbsp;Exploring freedom and the nostalgia of youth, the video interweaves performance shots of vocalist Kelly Jones in an empty gallery space, with stylised vignettes of characters finding their own form of liberation.&nbsp;Experimenting with abstract patterns and projections to add another textural layer&nbsp;to the visuals, the video feels both intimate and indefinable, a celebration of what it means to live the human experience.&nbsp;

United Kingdom

NAVS

Ellis Fox

Paranoiia Productions

John Hassay

Leopold Naessens

Tristan Chenais

Andrea Sastoque

Paolo De Battista

Hermes Contreras

Luke Priadi

Anthony Hensman

Amanda Bowen

Cal Laird

Dante Gianni

Rock

Stereophonics 'Forever' by NAVS

Stereophonics - Forever (Official Video)

Alexander Brown directs a brilliantly ferocious performance promo for Bloc Party's return to action with Traps.&nbsp;Playing their comeback single, frontman&nbsp;Dele Okereke and his bandmates are effectively trapped themselves, within a seething&nbsp;mass of enthusiastic fans.&nbsp;This is presented in a disorientating fashion, mostly in extreme close-up - this was shot by DoP Pieter Snyman on a probe lens -&nbsp;intercut with the frenetic motion of the crowd, forcing their way ever closer to the group, and at one point dragging a bandmember from a car.&nbsp;The blood-red lighting&nbsp;and indistinct shots of the people surrounding them (they are wearing masks throughout) creates a breathless atmosphere, which matches Bloc Party's unconstrained energy. Overall, it's a brilliantly kinetic and stylish piece of work by Alexander Brown, making one of his irregular returns himself to music videos.[imgtoken data:1]<blockquote>There’s something intrinsically cathartic but also unsettling about being in a crowd.</blockquote>"The basic idea for me, was to make a video which felt like you are in the middle of a mosh pit," says Brown.&nbsp;"After being conditioned by lockdown, there’s something intrinsically cathartic but also slightly unsettling about being in a crowd."I was immediately drawn into the sardonic character Kele created in the lyrics, which is all a bit wild and unhinged and lurid. I wanted to capture that feeling of being in a crowd or a club and not being entirely comfortable with the intimacy. It’s a performance video in all it's&nbsp;glory. I wanted it all to be shot in an unhinged way, as if the band are playing from within the crowd, removing the stage/crowd divide."The camera swings and turns like a headless chicken - and everywhere it turns we unravel a new moment. It feels chaotic but within the chaos we have disorientating, dizzying transitions, and carefully orchestrated setups with surprises and twists and turns along the way. The song is called Traps. So it seemed interesting to have the band feel like they were trapped in this mob and we can’t quite tell if its amazing, or uncomfortable.[imgtoken data:2]<blockquote>I wanted to give the video a touch of&nbsp;The Evil Dead.</blockquote>"It was a conscious decision to give everyone masks. Aside from the safety aspect, I wanted the crowd to be anonymous and menacing - we don’t see anyone’s faces, only their legs, or chest. I want it to feel like a jungle of limbs. They are all wearing dark clothes so there is a homogenous feel to them, threatening."We shot this with a probe lens so we could go right up to the band, and do all sorts of amazing movements. Big thanks to Piet [Snyman] for waving around a metre-long camera completely handheld! We shot this on a Red Komodo, which I think makes it the longest lens, with one of the smallest cameras."Brown adds that the moment when the bandmember is dragged from the on-set car was another touch of madness that the song required.&nbsp;"I wanted to give the video a touch of The Evil Dead, and having the crowd pressed up to the glass, pulling Russel out of the door at the end just seemed to do that. We weren’t sure if we were going to get that on the day as it was the last shot, with twenty&nbsp;minutes to spare we just managed to squeeze it in. It was handy having an incredibly long lens as it means we could poke it right through a car window. "I want to give a big shout out to all the people who came down on the day, the energy we got from the crowd was fantastic!"

Alexander Brown

Paolo De Bautista

Pieter Snyman

Sophie Roberts

Avner Shiloah

Jonny Tully

John Moule

Josh Tue

Patrycja Cygan

Brett Hills

Helio Ribeiro 

Indie Rock

Bloc Party 'Traps' by Alexander Brown

Bloc Party - Traps (Official Video)

Happy-go-lucky character Ricardo is on an ultimate quest to become an air marshaller, in NAVS's wonderfully daft&nbsp;promo for&nbsp;James Vincent McMorrow.Following his aspirational journey in a series of hilarious vignettes, we see Ricardo - played by&nbsp;Nicolas Arturo -&nbsp;try his utmost to achieve his dream by&nbsp;reading the Air Marshalling Manual, visiting the local model aeroplane store, and breaking onto airfields to&nbsp;direct plane traffic.Skilfully shot and directed, NAVS brings out an indie film-style vibe across the short runtime, and perhaps sows the seeds for a longer form project down the line...

Mike Reyes

Mateo Arturo

White Post Production

Nicolas Arturo

Dan Millar

Sony Music

Jamie Weiss

Singer songwriter

James Vincent McMorrow 'Planes In The Sky' by NAVS

James Vincent McMorrow - Planes in the Sky (Official Video)

Stefano Ottaviano directs a whimsical, VFX-heavy promo for Diplo, featuring&nbsp;Elderbrook and Andhim.Scanning a variety of surreal, textural vignettes, the video boasts an artistic, dreamlike aesthetic, following one character as they transition from one transcendent setup to another.&nbsp;On some kind of perpetual loop, the video feels distinctly otherworldly, almost a product of the subconscious in its abstract presentation.The narrative isn't meant to be linear, the focus here is on shapes, textures, light, colour... all the things that exist as part of our world, and bring an unexplained vibrance to the everyday.&nbsp;

Matouš Marcinko

Michael  Šroubek

Tomáš Kotas

Sam Seager

Dance

Diplo ft Elderbrook & Andhim 'One By One' by Stefano Ottaviano 

Diplo-Feat.-Elderbrook-&-Andhim-'One-By-One'-by-Stefano-Ottaviano-

Erlendur Sveinsson directs a dark, futuristic visual&nbsp;for Icelandic artist Aron Can.&nbsp;In the extended video for tracks Flýg Upp and&nbsp;Varlega, we are introduced to a corrupt world where we meet two wanted fugitives, in possession of a mysterious black cube.&nbsp;The cyberpunk narrative is&nbsp;inspired by the Blade Runner universe, and features a high-concept, high-tech aesthetic, and glitchy, action-packed set pieces.&nbsp;DoP Andri Haraldsson intermixes lo-fi scenes with a contemporary teal and orange colour palette, creating a forward thinking, sci-fi inspired style.&nbsp;

Iceland

Erlendur Sveinsson

Hanna Björk Valsdóttir

Akkeri Films

Haraldur Ari Karlsson

Andri Haraldsson

Daníel Gylfason

Ingi Lár

Daníel Heimisson

Karítas Spanó

Hafdís Kristín Lárusdóttir

Jonas Thorhallsson

Jakob Thorhallsson

Sony Iceland

Soul

Aron Can 'Flýg Upp X Varlega' by Erlendur Sveinsson

Aron-Can-'Flýg-Upp-X-Varlega'-by-Erlendur-Sveinsson

Bjarke Underbjerg rounds off a trilogy of videos for Swedish artist LÉON,&nbsp;with the introspective promo for Seventeen.&nbsp;Through the reunification of the indie pop star and her first love, we see the different ways in which posing for a camera and posing for a person intertwines - the constant switch between vulnerability and immovability. In short it's like the age old question: who are we through the eyes of another?&nbsp;DoP&nbsp;Adam Jandrup carries over the same cinematic, emotive cinematography from the previous two promos, with an added energy and flair towards the crescendo of the concept.&nbsp;Beautiful work and a striking way to end a special series of videos.&nbsp;

Sweden

Bjarke Underbjerg

Melanie Frydshou

new-land

Adam Jandrup

Thor Brammer Jacobsen

Sara Samsøe

Jonas Torp

Nicolaj Niebuhr

Pelle Götze Johansson

Martin Riello

Alicia Zwetsloot

Viola Lynge

Sofie Borup

Company 3

Indie pop

LÉON 'Seventeen' by Bjarke Underbjerg

LÉON - Seventeen (Official Video)

Singer-songwriter and downtown-superstar&nbsp;FAANGS checks in to a motel with a bodybag and a bad attitude in NAVS' scuzzily stylish video for Relapse.This Ashnikko collaborator and fellow traveller follows her own wild fashion sense - courtesy of some lovely outfits styled by Jordan Boothe - while she agonises over the contents of the bodybag in her motel room.Inspired by grindhouse films, NAVS established a powerful visual sensibility around a compelling, clearly complex character. And after the relapse, there's just about enough time for a remarkable resurrection.

Nick C. Johnson

Christo Mercado

Jihan Casquejo

Terry Watson

Jordan Boothe

Sami Knight

Lilly Keys

Dusten Zimmerman

Matt Osborne

FAANGS 'Relapse' by NAVS

FAANGS - RELAPSE

Two young men are brought together in a series of repeating loops, in Czech director Jára Moravec's video for Elderbrook's Why Do We Shake In The Cold?The two friends - played by dancers&nbsp;Antonín Ničovský and Daniel Vitešník - stumble&nbsp;around the palatial location in a state of wonder, transitioning into distorted choreography and glitchy movements.&nbsp;Completely mesmerising,&nbsp;the use of a drone-mounted 360 degree camera makes for hypnotic and mind-bending shots, elevating the otherworldly nature of the concept and blurring the boundary between reality and fiction.&nbsp;

Jára Moravec

Mojas Perovic

Klára Plechsson

Kristýna Rousková

Filip Marek

Jan “hofajz” Hofmann

Richard Krejza

Tomáš Volter

Katarina Gramatová

Bistro Films

Warner Music UK

Antonín Ničovský

Daniel Vitešník

Electronic

Elderbrook 'Why Do We Shake In The Cold?' by Jára Moravec

Elderbrook-'Why-Do-We-Shake-In-The-Cold?'-by-Jára-Moravec

Bjarke Underbjerg directs a poignant promo for singer-songwriter LÉON’s track, Chasing A Feeling.In a follow-up to Underbjerg's finely wrought video for the Swedish artist's <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2020/06/30/l%C3%A9on-and-it-breaks-my-heart-bjarke-underbjerg/65465" target="_blank">And It Broke My Heart</a>, Lotte Lindgren - aka LÉON - is featured recovering from immense heartbreak, getting through the process with help from two of her best friends. The love interest&nbsp;in question is not revealed until the latter half of the video, when LÉON retraces the moments and memories that led to her current situation,&nbsp;emphasising&nbsp;the act of getting over him rather than the time spent in his company.&nbsp;Beautifully shot by DoP&nbsp;Søren Kahr, the soft and hazy aesthetic is built around low-light situations and intimate, handheld shots, creating a romantic yet yearnful style. The use of the beach location at sunset also adds a sense of drama and cinematic flair, perfectly encapsulating the themes in&nbsp;the track.

Christian Lønhart

Melanie Dastmalchi

Søren Kahr

Gustav Stork Jangaard

Kristoffer Bruhn

Bela De Sousa

Lasse Marcussen

Cameo

Ryan Zum Mallen

OB Management

Reprobates

Flemming Laybourn

Rita Holm

LÉON 'Chasing A Feeling' by Bjarke Underbjerg

LÉON - Chasing A Feeling (Official Video)

Danish director Bjarke Underbjerg's captures moments of a love affair in his video for LÉON.The promo for&nbsp;the romantic And It Breaks My Heart&nbsp;is a string of tableaux exploring this engrossing yet mysterious relationship between a couple which sways between passion, disagreement, tenderness and understanding.A feeling of not being told the whole story, the sense of place in a lush Scandinavian summer, and the commitment of the actors - particularly the female lead,&nbsp;Ella Halack -&nbsp;makes this an affecting piece which captures the flow of emotion of the song.

Mikkel Hjort Pedersen

David Sizemore

Anna Carli Holmgren

isaac

LÉON 'And It Breaks My Heart' by Bjarke Underbjerg

LÉON  -  And it Breaks My Heart (Official Video)

Erlendur Sveinsson directs a fast-paced road movie for Hosh &amp; 1979.&nbsp;In the middle of an electrifying snow storm, a lone woman comes across an enigmatic stranger on a motorbike, who picks her up and helps her retrieve supplies from a car wreck and an abandoned house. They continue to journey together through the icy landscape and find solace in an unexpected place.This is a&nbsp;tale full of twists and turns, with a hidden subliminal message about climate change,&nbsp;and Sveinsson and his DoP&nbsp;Asgrimur Gudbjartsson utilise&nbsp;the abundant, snowy landscape to great effect, experimenting with scale and composition whilst keeping the camera movement slow and deliberately understated.AVAILABLE TO VIEW NOW ON THE LINK HERE.&nbsp;

Asgrimur Gudbjartsson

Katrin Erla Fridriksdottir

Asthildur Gudlaugsdottir

Ulfur Teitur Traustason

Sony

Deep House

Hosh & 1979 ft. Jalja 'Midnight (The Hanging Tree)' by Erlendur Sveinsson

A beautiful woman lures Alle Farben into a surprising challenge in Jared Malik Royal's&nbsp;atmospheric and stylish video for the German producer, filmed in Bangkok.When he senses this glamourous female&nbsp;outside his room, Farben is irresistably drawn into following her through dark, and smoke-filled streets. And then he emerges into anoutdoor party, taking place among a selection of sleek supercars.&nbsp;Farben finds himself taking to the wheel of one of the vehicles, taking on a mysterious driver in a burn-up along the Bangkok strip in the video's adrenalin-fuelled finale.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Malik Royal's video draws its inspiration from traditional Thai folklore, with the girl as an updated personification of the goddess Mae Nang Kwak - regarded&nbsp;as a symbol of good fortune and prosperity. Likewise, Malik Royal's version also leads Farben to excitement, and success.

Germany

Jared Malik Royal

Anna Smoronova

Dylan Edwards

Forager

Alexia Salingaros

Sony Music Germany

Greenlight

Alle Farben ft. Alexander Tidebrink 'Follow You' by Jared Malik Royal

ALLE FARBEN – Follow You feat. Alexander Tidebrink (Official Video)

Legendary metal group Korn return with this desert epic by Andzej Gavriss, set on the eve of a biological apocalypse.You’ll Never Find Me follows a futuristic scientist, played by several men, whose life passes in a short moment. Time is running out. As a comet approaches overhead, the man works feverishly to prevent his demise - he is turning into a plant. The cryptic visual mines themes from the band’s upcoming concept album, The Nothing, about a Lovecraftian menace deep within the earth.The Delphic video is anchored by some thunderous widescreen imagery, shot by Nicholas 'Niko'&nbsp;Weisnet. The DOP seems to have made it his mission to capture the grandeur of California’s finest locations: the <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2019/06/06/lany-ft-julia-michaels-okay-tom-dream/59030">beaches of Los Angeles</a> at sunset for LANY; the <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2016/06/15/mø-final-song-mister-whitmore/41861">desert</a> for MØ;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxCdnurAHCM">lush green pasture</a> for Ari Lennox; and now, Joshua Tree.&nbsp;Keep an eye out for the incredibly sophisticated (and often gorgeous)&nbsp;VFX by CGF, who, between rapidly ageing the lead actor, painting a comet and creating a bejewlled UFO, must be completely exhausted.

Andzej Gavriss

Mike Roque

Nicholas Weisnet

Paula Tabalipa

Julija Fricsone Gavriss

Niles Howard

Mandee Malonee

Elektra Music Group

Jared Lundy

Death Metal/Black Metal

Metal

Korn 'You'll Never Find Me' by Andzej Gavriss

Korn - YNFM

Skip Marley preaches a gospel of resilience at the high church of “Lazerism”, in&nbsp;Irrum's spirited video for Can't Take It From Me - in which we see the return of Major Lazer’s fictional namesake.Lazer, the band's one-armed Jamaican superhero, was once their avatar. But since his heyday fighting crime on his own cartoon on Adult Swim, the iconic vigilante has only made a handful of appearances.&nbsp;Now (according to Irrum)&nbsp;Lazer has become a tropical deity. His worshippers follow his comic&nbsp;book as creed, and Skip Marley as his high priest.The video was inspired by the earthy mysticism Cuban artist Alberto del Poz, whose paintings depict the Afro Cuban religion of Santería. The artist’s influence can also be felt in the video’s distinctive, textural visual style, produced here by excellent wardrobe and production design. As usual for him, Irrum has graded his own video,&nbsp;and&nbsp;the lovely,&nbsp;paper-like quality is typical of his work.Meanwhile,&nbsp;Andres Arochi’s photography is on riotous form. His camera is in constant motion, and he depicts culture&nbsp;in flux with a flourish of camera techniques. Including the infamously tricky dolly zoom.&nbsp;

Irrum

Michelle Circuit

Carlos Wong

Major Lazer ft. Skip Marley 'Can't Take It From Me' by Irrum