Animation, Art, and Other Shiny Things
You are in luck; no long-winded post today. (two are almost complete, just needing more wind…) So you get the next video from The Mind’s Eye early!
I’ve had this video kicking around my computers for six or seven years at the very least. At the time I picked it up, computer motion capture hadn’t hit Hollywood and, besides hair, character movement was a Big Thing in computer animation and MMORPGs.
The computer animation itself is excellent, but what really stands out is the direction; throughout the video you’ll see signature dance moves you recognize immediately.
Playgroup is a British ‘electroclash‘ band and the tune Number One was released in 2001. Electroclash is a mashup of techno, punk, and synthpop that gained popularity in the late 90’s.
You could take a lot away from this video, but at a minimum you’ll find striking animation with an excellent trance track. I Won’t Stop by Faithless, animation by Paranoid Now
I picked up the Justice album “Cross” a few years ago after hearing a snippet of the track Genesis on, of all places, NPR. Filler between stories on Morning Edition or some such. (I found Zero 7 and The Battles that way too)
Think of them as an exuberant Daft Punk (both are French duos) with emphasis on the ‘punk’ part.
When I went to put this little excursory post together it became clear right away that it just wasn’t going to be quite that easy. Generally it never is when it comes to my writing, but this just kept getting worse.
So to solve it, and embrace my inner divericator, here is a triple digression…
D.A.N.C.E. is the most known cut off the album and won Justice some awards, including best video, and it’s easy to see why. This is some of the most innovative animation I’ve seen in a long time. Watch this video with the sound off first time through.
DVNO is an excellent track and has animation that is strongly reminiscent of 1980’s animated typography.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xTBJBRG96E
Genesis is still, by far, my favorite track off the album; heavy techno with an edgy funk. It’s unfortunate that its the blandest of the videos I can find…
Quality animation and electronica!
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