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Blood Orange – I’m Sorry We Lied

rudifer — Thu, 24 May 2012 19:24:49 +0000

Dev Hynes will be releasing a song for every song off his Blood Orange project’s Coastal Grooves. Check the clip for “I’m Sorry We Lied,” directed by Abteen Bagheri. Related posts:-Blood Orange: Coastal Grooves album stream -Blood… Related posts:-Blood Orange: Coastal Grooves album stream -Blood Orange – “Sutphin Boulevard” official video -Blood Orange – Champagne Coast official video + interview -Blood Orange – Dinner -Blood Orange – Sutphin Boulevard

Blood Orange – Champagne Coast official video + interview

rudifer — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:12:41 +0000

I am always excited to get new Blood Orange goodies. Directed by Haley Wollens (“Bye Bye Birdie” and “Paris, Texas”), here’s Blood Orange’s Duke Nukem style music video for “Champagne Coast,” off Coastal Grooves.

The video premiered on NYTimes’ website, and it included a short and very interesting interview with Dev Hynes (Blood Orange) and Haley Wollens (director), which you can read below.

How do the video and song’s meaning connect?

D.H.: The song, as with every other piece of music I seem to make, is mostly about longing, creating scenarios in regards to an unrequited lover, plans that will never see fruition. So you’re left alone in your digitally created interior to dance by yourself.

And where did this idea of girls dancing in bedrooms, all crudely animated, come from?

D.H.: From the word “bedroom,” which I say roughly 738 times in the song.
H.W.: A girl alone in her bedroom is a recurring moment that has often inspired me, for example in films like “Paris, Texas” and “Bye Bye Birdie.” I wanted to represent this in a new way, but the thought of scouting and styling seven different real-life bedrooms at the time was too big a feat for our modest project. It was then that I came to a conclusion that feels quite common among my generation in 2012: “Let’s Photoshop them in.” With producer Maya Barrera, I spent hours at the library sifting through and scanning our favorite rooms from interior design magazines. I collaged the various backdrops together, combining the images from old magazines with photos I found of real teenager’s bedroom walls.

With the help of Berlin-based animator Andreas “Nout” Schmidt, Jude Miller-Chapin and I were able to create a perfectly rendered 3-D world for our subjects to exist in — inspired by Second Life YouTubes and video games, like Duke Nukem.

The décor in each girl’s bedroom seems very specific.

D.H.: All of it was created from scratch. I sent Haley a list of artists work I wanted to be represented in the video: Ed Ruscha, Morris Louis, Sonia Delaunay, Helen Frankenthaler, to name too many.

How did you two begin working together?

D.H.: Through the wonders of the Internet.
H.W.: This would not have happened in any other era. I met Dev, after friending him on Facebook because I loved his music. We instantly hit it if off and became good online friends, liking one another’s posts and writing on each other’s walls.

Blood Orange – Forget It

rudifer — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 21:56:30 +0000

I remember the first Blood Orange video I watched, I thought it was hilarious…now “Forget It” isn’t as ironic or funny but it still captures that early 90s essence which I find so difficult to take serious, thus extracting a few LOLs and smiley faces from myself. Anyway, enjoy the video.

Clock Opera x Blood Orange – Champagne Coast

rudifer — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:49:37 +0000

Champagne Coast will be the next single from Blood Orange’s recent critically acclaimed and one of my favorite albums of the year, Coastal Grooves. The single, a song about longing, will be available from 7th November via digital download. The Clock Opera remix featured here is part of the digital bundle.

Wilco – Born Alone

rudifer — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:09:21 +0000

Here’s the new video for “Born Alone” off Wilco’s forthcoming album, The Whole Love, due out September 27 via dBpm. Related posts:-Girls – Vomit -The Kooks – “Is It Me” -Crystal Antlers – Summer Solstice -Dawes: 3… Related posts:-Girls – Vomit -The Kooks – “Is It Me” -Crystal Antlers – Summer Solstice -Dawes: 3 new songs + interview -Kasabian – “Switchblade Smiles” official video

Blood Orange: Coastal Grooves album stream

rudifer — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 19:58:54 +0000

Dev Hynes’ latest solo project Blood Orange first appeared onto the net with “Dinner“, with what was to me one of the most comical videos I had seen all year (Dev can’t dribble a ball + hipsters standing around the court + kitties = amazing) and instantly caught my attention. Slowly following his singles and remixes being released, we were led to Coastal Grooves, his flawless debut album.

Early 90′s inspired, Chris Izaak and Billy Idol influenced, Coastal Grooves is the music of a seedy yet inspirational New York night time. Give it a spin, and then another and another.

Blood Orange’s Coastal Grooves is out now on Domino Records

Blood Orange: Remixes

rudifer — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:33:17 +0000

Blood Orange is the music of a seedy yet inspirational New York night time. Prior to the release of his forthcoming LP Coastal Grooves, enjoy the remixes.

Blood Orange – “Sutphin Boulevard” official video

rudifer — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:42:25 +0000

Easily one of my favorite acts this year, Blood Orange’s newest single “Sutphin Boulevard” off Coastal Grooves gets video treatment by Alan Del Rio Ortiz. This video and everything Blood Orange does comes off as seriously humorous, mid 90s as it gets, and it always leaves you wondering if you ‘got’ the inside joke, if there was one. It’s hard to take this serious, even though there’s great talent and many hits being made by Blood Orange.

Rant over, enjoy the video and check out the video for “Dinner” to see what I’m talking about. Coastal Grooves is out August 8.

d’Eon – “Transparency” official video

rudifer — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:26:45 +0000

Sounds like Phil Collins…”Transparency” is d’Eon’s contribution to Darkbloom, the 12″ split between Montreal’s d’Eon and Grimes. There’s a lot of hair eating, backwards motion dancing, snow in this low budget video, but video aside, this song is a 90′s easy listening hit. Darkbloom will be out Aril 19th.

Yuck – “Get Away” music video

rudifer — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 02:26:50 +0000

90′s esque rock band Yuck have released a video for their single “Get Away,” off their debut self titled LP, enjoy. Related posts:-Yuck – Shook Down (nsfw) -Crystal Antlers – Summer Solstice -The Strokes – “Under Cover… Related posts:-Yuck – Shook Down (nsfw) -Crystal Antlers – Summer Solstice -The Strokes – “Under Cover of Darkness” music video -Beady Eye – The Beat Goes On -My Morning Jacket – Holdin On To Black Metal