Animation, Art, and Other Shiny Things
Animation by Grim Animation Studio. I went looking specifically for Punjabi/Bhangra animated music videos this is one of only two animated music videos I could find. The other is a South Park-style ‘toon for Yaar Da Viah by Dalvinder Singh done by VisionVee.
I got turned on to Punjabi music a couple years ago while sifting through live youtube feeds (very) late one night. Speed Records has a live channel that streams new Punjabi music video hits 24/7 that I often switch over to after Aunt Bee has gone to bed.
There is something about the music that I just love: the sound of the instruments, the tonal inflections of the song, the energy, the rich wall-of-sound, maybe all of it. Last week, finally, I decided it was time I got to know what and who I like in the wide genre of Punjabi/Bhangra pop/dance music. A few artists’ names keep popping up and I’ll keep at it. Unfortunately the library doesn’t have much of a Punjabi music selection, so I’m pretty much stuck with youtube right now, but I’m just getting started so I’m sure I’ll find more as I go. Any artist or album suggestions are welcome!
Here’s a bonus: It’s not animation, but it is one of my favorite music videos. While I can’t understand the language, the story is clear (and fun). It appears that many Punjabi music videos are produced like a film – kind of like Michael Jackson’s Thriller video where there is a few minutes of lead-in story before the music starts up.
Enjoy, this is worth a watch!
Weekends were made for music videos and here’s a great one to start back up the tradition.
From their newest album <|°_°|> (aka ‘Robot Face’). Caravan Palace has become one of my favorite bands with their style of electro-swing. The video is a bit darker than one would expect from such a bop-along bit of song, but it will keep you riveted. (That was a robot joke, ya know.)
An absolutely fascinating animation by Mikhail Kalinin & Flakonkishochki. Seriously…
Music by Mumiy Troll
I’ve become a fan of Gotye over the last year or so. His music is pretty good, but for me, it’s all about the animations; various styles, all quality stuff. From the album Making Mirrors.
Animated by Gina Thorstensen and Nacho Rodriguez.
Animator Renata Gąsiorowska uses colors and textures to excellent effect in this music video for Alphabets Heaven.
Directors: Karni and Saul at Aardman Animations
My son would agree that jazz is a destructive force and here is the film to prove it.
Neurologists claim that stuck songs are like thoughts we’re trying to suppress. The harder we try not to think about them, the more we can’t help it. The phenomenon is also known as earworms, and the ongoing ‘dim di da da dum’ causes a kind of brain itch you can’t scratch.
Jazz that nobody asked for is an ode to all those unwanted songs out there, that have nowhere to go. The music that haunts this film, is the amazing swing jazz tune ‘Quaker City Jazz’ by the long forgotten ‘Jan Savitt and his Top Hatters’. In 1937 they were the first jazz big band to feature an african american vocalist.
Animated by the one and only Bill Plympton
A parody of “You Belong With Me” by Taylor Swift.
This mesmerizing short leads you through a brain-melting tour of animation and pop culture characters and styles.
Animated by Andreas Hykade via Studio FILM BILDER
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