the TRIP (1967)

Peter Fonda was involved in a number of psychedelic films in the end of the 1960s, among them the classic Easy Rider and Psych Out, both of which featured the psychonauts-friendly young Jack Nicholson. The Trip (1967) is perhaps the most psyhedelically ambitious film of them all: it is perhaps the only film which is wholly dedicated to following one trip of one person for almost the whole duration of the film. Anyway you look at it, it is a unique cinematic adventure in psychedelia.

You can watch the entirety of the film on YouTube in the link above.

Hip-Hop n Comedy

Posted on 08/14/2012 by EIA| Leave a comment

Whether you’ve a common affinity for hip hop or not, you undoubtedly appreciate a good laugh. There are certainly some aspects of hip hop I find depressing and absurd. There are definitely exceptions though, especially the intelligent, political, positive and creative variety. The negative and dreary variety of hip hop is what I find pleasantly ridiculed in Epic Rap Battles, but they obviously have an appreciation for the hip hop genre themselves.

If you have not yet been introduced to Epic Rap Battles of History, I have selected a few which I find most favorable. They are not all brilliant, but some are nearly genius.

Epic Rap Battles of History – Cleopatra vs Marylin Monroe:

Epic Rap Battles of History – Michael Jackson vs Elvis

Epic Rap Battles of History – Steve Jobs vs Bill Gates

Because “I’m Chuck fucking Norris” and “I attack sharks when I smell them bleed.”

Be sure to check out other works by Nice Peter

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On a more disturbing level, but equally creative and sometimes as hilarious, there is Die Antwoord, a South African mucho mondo bizarro rap group that gets a little closer to the id than Epic Rap Battles of History. Here are a few selections which seem to stand out:

I Fink U Freeky – Die Antwoord

Enter the Ninja – Die Antwoord

Evil Boy (Explicit Version) – Die Antwoord

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If you survived Die Antwoord, then you are probably ready for a hot, soapy cognitive cleansing. There’s nothing more refreshing than Richard Cheese in this case — and he comes perhaps a little more than highly recommended by EIA. Turning just about any known genre into swing/lounge style music, you’re sure to either get a hardy laugh, or enjoy the music:

Don’t Cha – Richard Cheese [The Bjork part is a treasure]

Gin and Juice (Snoop Dogg) – Richard Cheese

Stand Up (Ludacris) – Richard Cheese

Of course, the brilliant work of Richard Cheese extends far beyond hip hop and should definitely be explored. Similar can be said of Nice Peter, who does some other very different and creative stuff.

Sigur Rós - Varúð

...Varúð by Inga Birgisdóttir - Taken from the "valtari mystery film experiment" - more details: http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/valtari/videos/
Valtari is available to purchase now: http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/valtari/buy/

Pacific Vibrations

Easily one of the all time classics of surf films. Made by film maker, artist and Surfer Magazine founder John Severson. A Classic!

http://www.PacificVibrations.com

Videodrome: The Best In Recent Music Videos Including Jack White, Drake, Benga & More

by Oliver Lyttelton

In case you missed it, we resurrected our old Videodrome column a few weeks back: our semi-regular showcase for the best music videos around. Given that the form has given the world game-changing helmers in both the blockbuster and arthouse worlds, it's always important to keep an eye on promos, and indeed, one could argue that there's more invention to be found in the short-form than there is in features. So, with no further ado, the five best music videos we've seen in the last few weeks. As ever, any tips and suggestions are more than welcome.

Benga - "I Will Never Change" (dir. Us)
Coming from un-Googleable collective Us (aka Christopher Barrett and Luke Taylor), who won Best New Directors at last year's UK Music Video Awards, their promo for dubstep star Benga is barely a music video. In fact, technically, it's not -- it's a teaser clip for the musician's latest record, featuring his track "I Will Never Change." It certainly doesn't apply to any rule of narrative or performance video. But it is fascinating, melding old technology with new by recreating the track's Soundcloud wave with 960 individually-cut vinyl records. We can only imagine the level of work that went into pulling the stop-motion clip off, and it suggests that the helmers, who've previously worked with Wiley, Dels, Pushing Hands and Mirrors, are seriously thinking outside the box.

Drake - "HYFR" (ft. Lil' Wayne) (dir. Director X)
The "Degrassi" grad might have a superior track doing the rounds with his Rihanna and Jamie xx collaboration "Take Care," which has a solid video from Yoanne Lemoine, but the real fun is to be had with its companion, "HYFR." Marking his first collaboration with fellow Canadian and hip-hop promo vet Director X (who's worked with everyone from Usher to R.Kelly), it opens with incredibly sweet home video footage of 13-year-old Drake at his bar mitzvah, before recreating the event as "a re-commitment to the Jewish religion." Which is essentially, an excuse for one a helluva of a party. The rapper's always had a sense of humor, blended with a sweet sincerity, that's set him apart from most of his generation, and both are on display: highlights include a passed-out Lil' Wayne in a panda mask, and Drake's hilarious Bon Iver-looking pal in a yarmulke. Mazeltov, all involved!

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Van She - "Idea of Happiness" (dir. Andreas Nilsson)
Australian electro artists Van She have always been somewhat underrated compared to some of their compatriots like Cut Copy and Midnite Juggernauts, and their four-year absence hasn't helped matters much. But the first cut off the album of the same name, "Idea of Happiness," might just change that, in part thanks to an ace, Lynch-ian video from Andreas Nilsson. The Swedish artist and filmmaker has worked with many of his country's best known artists, including The Knife, Fever Ray and Jose Gonzalez, as well as venturing further abroad for similarly inventive, disturbing clips for the likes of Bright Eyes, MGMT, Yeasayer and even Yo Gabba Gabba. And after an absence from the promo world, he's back in a big way, thanks to both a duo of videos for Miike Snow, and this one, which puts together one of the weirder parties in history, taking in karaoke, a pink christmas tree and a fuckload of glitter.



Alialujah Choir - "A House A Home" (ft. Portland Cello Project) (dir. Daniel Fickle)
We have to confess, we weren't aware of either Portland's The Alialjuah Choir -- made up of Weinland members Adam Shearer and Aliah Farah, and M. Ward collaborator Adam Selzer -- or helmer Daniel Fickle -- who, as it turns out, was behind the Foo Fighters video for "I Should Have Known" -- before we stumbled across this clip. But both are clearly ones to keep an eye on, on the basis of this superb, beautifully production-designed take on the story of Pyramus & Thisbe. More short film than promo, it follows two young people who discover they're living in curious cell-like rooms next to each other. They break out and go exploring, but as it turns out, unbeknownst to them, they're... well, we don't want to spoil it. It's lovely stuff, anyway, and we look forward to seeing more from Fickle.


Jack White - "Sixteen Saltines" (dir. A.G. Rojas)
Filmmaker A.G. Rojas made our list last time around with his epic clip for Spiritualized's "Hey Jane," and only two weeks later, he's back with this superb video for the comeback single for White Stripes frontman Jack White, "Sixteen Saltines." The beautifully shot clip comes across like the evil, Harmony Korine-helmed cousin of Spike Jonze's Arcade Fire promo, with White kidnapped by some of the toughest paint-spewing, fiery-skateboarding-riding, baseball-bat-wielding, cough-syrup-guzzling kids around. We'd love to see a feature-length version take, and given that the band helped to bring Michel Gondry to the world's attention, Rojas is definitely someone we're expecting to see move into moviemaking before too long.

The Stroj - Kymatikon - Live at Kino Dvor

by Arnold Marko

A live presentation of a cymatic music experience at Kino Dvor in Ljubljana, Slovenia

Cymatic Frequencies by DK

'Cymatic Frequencies' an Audio Visual mix by DK

The Solid Steel radio show regularly features AV mixes alongside the audio and this week DK gives you another treat for eyes as well as your ears with his full on Audio Visual mix 'Cymatic Frequencies'.
It's packed full of musical highlights from 2010, Ninja Tune & Big Dada XX celebrations and of course the odd classic thrown in for good measure, all with added visuals (most of them created for each track). No other radio show regularly gives you this 'visual version of a mixtape'

We start where we ended the last AV mix with the anthemic 'Hyph Mngo' by Joy Orbison and a few choice words from Sun Ra. We continue in a future vein with the Eliphino Remix for Kidkanevil, Maddslinky given a Toddla T lick, and the heavy 'Work them' by Ramadanman.
Then it's a Ninja Tune trio and a Big Dada double, James Blake floating over the Altrice remix of Caribou, before turning up the bass to 11 for Bassnectar. The beats stay heavy as we skip through George Lenton and the Jamie XX remix of Gil Scott-Heron, an 'old skool hip hop' trio, mixed with RackNRuin and Vent for extra dance floor punch, and it's a D n B finish with the DJ Marky remix of 'Wile Out' by Zinc, Sunny by James Brown tweaked by Featurecast and we end on the sublime Flying Lotus remix for Andreya Triana.

Listen, Watch and Enjoy.

This is just part of a set that is played out live using Serato Video-SL plug in for Scratch Live. Contact solidsteel@ninjatune.net for more info.

Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo (Visuals - Alex Roman / DK re-edit)
Juice Aleem - First lesson (accapella) (Visuals Petah Hayes / DK re-edit)
Kidkanevil - The Floating World (Eliphino Remix) (Visuals - Alex Roman / DK re-edit)
Maddslinky - Special Featuring Omar (Toddla T Remix) (Visuals SEEN© / Polynoid / DK re-edit)
Ramadanman - WorkThem (Visuals - Play Airways / DK re-edit)
Dreadsquad & Lady Chann - Money ah dem god (P-Era & FJH UK Funky Rmx)(Visuals - Paul Griswold)
Coldcut & Hexstatic - Timber (Seiji remix) (Visuals - Coldcut/Hexstatic)
Bonobo - Eyesdown (Warrior One remix)
Thunderheist - Jerk it (Visuals - That Go)
Jammer - One over me (Visuals - Jay K / DK re-edit)
Hexstatic - Distorted minds Featuring Juice Aleem (Zero dB remix) (Visuals - Hexstatic )
Caribou - Sun (Altrice Remix)
James Blake - Limit to your love (Visuals - Martin de Thurah )
Bassnectar - Cozza Frenzy (Bassnectar Mega-Bass Remix) (Visuals - Patrick Jean )
MJ Cole - Sincere (Nero remix) (Visuals - DK re-edit)
George Lenton - Cold Rocker (Visuals - elo | meno | pe / DK re-edit)
Marco Del Horno v Swerve - Ho! Riddim ft. P-Money (Visuals - Chris Read )
Dyme Def - Do Something (Inst)
Gil Scott-Heron _ NY Is Killing Me (Jamie XX mix)
Coldcut - More Beats & Pieces (US of Audio remix) (Visuals - Coldcut and Hex
Ghislain Poirier - Blazin' (Modeselektor remix) (Visuals - Umfeld dir. Scott Pagano / DJ Food re-edit)
The Bug - Poison dart (Visuals - Tom Oswald Jess Gorrick )
Alborosie - Kingston Town (Bassnectar remix) (Visuals - Ras Kassa )
Dead Prez & W.T.F. - It's Bigger Than Hip Hop UK (Visuals - Brian Beletic )
RackNRuin - Soundclash (Visuals - Chris Cunningham / DK re-edit)
Big Daddy Kane - Raw (Visuals - Live at DMC 1989)
Vent - Guilty (Visuals - Aiko / DK re-edit)
Eric B & Rakim - Follow the leader
Tom Central & Kaitain - Akama (Visuals - Owen Gatley and Luke Jinks / DK re-edit)
Slim - It's in the mix
The Beatles - Come together (A.Skillz Remix) (Visuals - Beatles Rock Band Cinematic and Outro / DJ Food re-edit)
Bassnectar - Basshead (Visuals - Richard Anthony / Flight 404 / Stefan Goodchild / DK re-edit)
Mistabishi - Printer Jam (Visuals - Tin Spider )
DJ Vadim - The Terrorist (MIR Crew Remix) (Visuals - Resistance 2 PSP WW History trailer )
ZINC - Wile Out (feat Ms Dynamite - DJ Marky remix) (Visuals - Amit & Naroop )
James Brown - Sunny (Regrooved by Featurecast) (Visuals - Tetsumasa Saito / DK re-edit)
Andreya Triana - Lost Where I Belong (Flying Lotus Remix) (Visuals - Duckeye )