Directed by J-a-c-k. Dunno who this is but it's a wicked video.

The new track from London-based indie band The XX has a soft, otherworldly sound, so director Anthony Dickenson felt that this would be best complimented by a music video featuring ethereal and flowing imagery.

Anthony developed the idea from a previous experiment, in which he found that rotating objects on a turntable while shooting long exposure still sequences created an organic effect. This was integrated with live action performance to create the video. The band was shot within a simple lighting setup, and the lights and dripping water imagery were then animated.

Coincidentally, this style matched the water and cut-glass theme of the band’s artwork perfectly, resulting in a beautiful and relaxed music video.

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Master pop trio Miike Snow were looking for an experimental music video for their new single, ‘Animal’.

Director Anthony Dickenson decided to work with projections and sculptures using a mixture of animation and band performance footage. Although the technique has been seen in art installations, it had never before been combined with camerawork for a music video. The technique for mapping projections was very complicated; the aftereffects had to be co-coordinated through experimentation over a period of 5 weeks.

The result is a unique music video in which graphic, colourful country and city landscapes move and change in time with the music, whilst the band members transform into fantastical animals.

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Jer Coons is a new singer-songwriter from Burlington, VT. His debut release Speak is out September 29. The first single is "Legs"