After years of silence Absolutely Free Festival (AFF) is back. Same concept, but thanks to new technologies, new ways of getting the word out. So they asked me to save a tree and roll a tape, and that’s what I did.

I visited 4 of the bands playing at AFF at their home or an other location that feels natural to them. Armed with 2 cheap videocams and a gorillapod I shot the bands presenting an accoustic version of one of their tracks, edited it all and the result .. is this:

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Moby now shares a selection of his work online for use by “independent and non-profit filmmakers, film students, and anyone in need of free music for their independent, non-profit film, video, or short”. When you go to the website you can create your own account following a few simple steps and just moments later you have access to a library with both released and unreleased works by Moby. And all this GRATIS.

But who can explain things better than the man himselve?

Great initiative, much appreciated, big up Moby!

From the website:
“ TOUR is creating a soundtrack for an imaginary road movie called E40. Following the European highway E40, with it’s 8000km one of the world’s longest highways, he creates songs for 12 cities in 8 countries on this highway. He travels from Calais in the north of France to Ridder near the Chinese border in Kazachstan.
Central thoughout the work will be man, on his way to a specific (travelling) or unspecific goal (wandering).
For each city, TOUR collaborates with a video artist and incorporates local folk elements into the music.”

Stijn Segers asked me to collaborate in this project and so, I just finished creating in- & outro and the Liège video for TOUR. I’m not posting the result here (yet?), since I’m leaving that for the premiere tonight at “Michaël Verheyden Invites” at the C-Mine in Genk (more info on Michaël’s website). I’ve seen the band playing and I must say it’s looking good (as well as the rest of the line-up for tonight). If you can’t make it tonight, keep an eye on www.tourbadour.com for new videos and updates.

On to the next one! (Which I expect to be some stop-motion that’s been laying around here for quite some time now …)

Stay tuned!

Update: Intro & Liège are now available at tourbadour.com and the E40-channel at Vimeo.

Little video I made at the Circuit Big Bends first gig at muziekodroom, Hasselt (Belgium). Performance was quite nice! Check out their myspace here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM1A_taqDxs

Time hasn’t really been on my side, so it got bit quiet round here already. Actually, time still isn’t nor won’t be on my side anytime soon I guess, but I will try to write regularly. Plenty of things to write about on my list, so that shouldn’t be the problem.

A more elaborate article is in the drafts, so you should be getting that one soon, so stay tuned!

Right now, I’d like to provide you with this FUN video I stumbled upon again recently. The songs’ called Move Your Feet and it’s by Junior Senior. Sit back, relax, enjoy … and most of all Get Naked!

Naturally 7 gets funky on the Paris subway. Some great viral marketing, I must say …

Rather funny how some people seem a bit annoyed or discomforted more at the beginning of the video

Naturally 7 is an a cappella group from New York. Although, at the moment, it seems like their biggest success lays in Europe and Germany in particular (hell, even their (official?) website seems to be over at .de).

These guys bring a nice mix of R&B, soul and beat-box. I checked out their MySpace, bit too smootchy ‘n soft to my taste, but they sure know how to bring over a vibe, so respect for that!

Found this one via the great On-Point!