My mind is back in the Mojave dessert. The endless tarmac road ahead vaporizes towards the horizon. The stomping baseline is my companion as I push the pedal into the carpet. Speeding is tempting in the middle of nowhere. Chocolate donuts will melt immediately so the chance a cop is hiding behind some scarce bushes is close to nil.
It is the beginning of March and my pick for the music video of the year has been made. This is pure stylo! A short story full of references to classic car chasing flicks. Live action combined with animation. The new Gorillaz album is on repeat these days. Go check this video and enjoy. In the meanwhile I graphic my way through another project that takes place in a similar landscape, but that is on another page.
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Phat! Both of them ;)
Looking back now, this vid was somehow in the air; I heard the track several times on the way to work in the last couple of weeks (but didn't know it was them). Last Friday, saw a link on FB with simple words 'Gorillaz-Stylo' but didn't give it much thought (thought my friend -being Italian and 'automotively active'- simply mis-spelled the FIAT car type and I just couldn't figure a logical tie with the band). Then, last night, saw Bruce Willis on TV in the flipside movie of the Death Proof double feature.... (Planet Terror).
It all falls into place now. Cool!
Posted by: Geert | 2010.03.14 at 11:11 PM
Love the base-line, love the video. Fiat Stilo, hahahha, yeah right! this is so close to Mojave Dessert that I wonder where they hit the Pacific Ocean! Planet Terror meets Mad Max meets Knight Rider meets, somewhere, the sound of KLF. The nineties are back, this time with Bobby Womack.....TBC
Posted by: Mattijs | 2010.03.14 at 11:24 PM
Fine track, both the music as the stretch of road! Love it! Love the 'Shades of Greed' website as well. It all makes me hungry for more.
Posted by: Rik | 2010.03.17 at 04:14 PM