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Please feel invited to an audio-visual tour de force. Together with Max Dax we are showing our most beloved recent music videos. We call it MUSIC VIDEOS REVISITED and it’s part of the Musik Film Marathon. And we have guests: Robert Defcon, Alec Empire, Malakoff Kowalski und Phillip Sollmann. Do not miss it: Wednesday 30th March, 2011. Start 22h00. End 01h00.

Groovy. Prommer & Barck are set 2 drop their 1st collaborative album called Alex And The Grizzly - through Derwin Recordings. According to DJ Hell, this is the “most innovative and groundbreaking album of our time. I can hear the future.” Check the audio-visual future, directed by Berlin-based collective JUTOJO here.

What do you do? Dentist-son and Meppen-born Norman Palm dropped his 2nd album Shore to Shore - via City Slang last month. It’s advanced Singer/Songwriter Lo-Fi music, as is this track called WDYD? The escorting, nice and fitting video was made by Mareike Graf. Watch it here. (via)

Daniel Breretons Metronomy videos had a special kind of flavor that I liked very much. Then he was with WarpFilms. Now he seems 2 be back on track with this trippy video for New Zealand’s Connan Mockasin. Connan’s re-released debut LP Forever Dolphin Love, is soon out through Phantasy/Because Music. Check his new video here. (via)

#1 Protect-u - U-Uno, dir. Aurora Halal
#2 Rainbow Arabia - Without You, dir. Jovchic & Milenkovic
#3 Moullinex - Tear Club, dir.?
#4 Star Slinger - Mornin’, dir. Alan Jensen
#5 Jeremiah Jae - $easons, dir. Justin Staple
#6 Frittenbude - Bilder mit Katze , dir. Katrin Gebbe
#7 Beat Connection - Silver Screen, dir. Dumb Eyes
#8 Caribou - Jamelia, dir. Video Marsh
#9 Lady Lazarus  - The Eye In The Eye Of The Storm, dir. Katherina Lackner
#10 The Dawns - Angels Dust, dir. The Dawns

Thanks 2 Scuba the worlds best regular dubstep party is celebrated here in Berlin. At the 1-and-only Berghain. Now a new video for his terrific You Got Me (I Got You) - a remake of Scubas own You Got Me track from his Triangulation LP - popped up at Hotflush’s Youtube Channel. Watch it here. (via)

Von Spar, again. This self-directed, cosmic-voyage video is a trip 2 the stellar sounds of Italic-signed + formally/formerly Cologne-based Von Spar. For more adventures in advanced music check their 3rd LP called Foreigner and dont miss this new video here. (via)

2006: Berlin-based Janine Rostron = Planningtorock opened for The Knife’s Silent Shout tour. 2010: Janine Rostron collaborated with The Knife on the musical opera Tomorrow, in a Year. 2k††: time has come for the One-Woman-Show: her 3rd LP called W is out soon via Rostron Records/DFA. Watch the self-directed music video here. (via)

This elegant tune called FT2 Theme is taken from Phil Manley’s solo debut Life Coach - out via Thrill Jockey. Phil Manley is the founding member of Trans Am and kind of a freelance recording engineer (w/The Alps, Arp, Mi Ami, Moon Duo, Wooden Shjips). Check the Kerry McLaughlin-directed video here. (via)

Synthies! Samuel Kklovenhoof, Owen Stokes and Shawn NoEQ are Led Er Est, currently signed at Pieter Schoolwerth’s Wierd Records. You can watch the House Plants-directed video for the track Port Isabel, taken from their Dust On Common LP, here.

Apparently there are areas of Brooklyn also known as Ground Zero for Hipsters, but despite my sociological interests, I haven’t researched the term fully. But I really dig this track: its like Beastie Boys team up with Betty Boo. DIY-style in Brooklyn still kicks arse in 2011. Gotta love NY. Check the video here. (via)

Thank god music video director Patrick Daughters is back. He is some sort of a hero in the muvi-world. He earlier dropped this, this, this and that. The next proof of his inspiring œuvre is this vvvvideo for LA’s no-more-fucking-rock-and-roll-outfit No Age. Check the video here. (via)

Its been a long wait. But now Metronomy is bbbback. She Wants is the 1st teaser taken from their 2nd LP called The English Riviera, due out in April 2011 via Because. The video, directed by french duo Jul&Mat, is a lovely, twisted gem inna ambiance sympa. Watch the video here. (via)

Cant believe Profan’s mastermind Wolfgang Voigt dropped a music video 4 his latest release called Du Musst Nichts Sagen. Looks like DIY-music videos a part of the game, again. Really like this video a lot. If anybody knows, who directed this video - please drop me a line. Now watch the video here. (via)

Elite! Wanda Group is the latest highdea of the King of CAPS,  DEM HUNGER - also known as Shelley Duvall. His WORSE GEAR is from his amazing/sold-out CAVEMAN SMACK cassette THE WANDA GROUP TAPE ‘BASS URINE’ OUT ON NNA TAPES IN FEB. Check what Sade is thinking, while watching the video here. (via)

Com Truise, mah man. And what a hell of a synthie tune. Com Truise = Seth Haley, he is from New Jersey + beyond mega. The track is taken from the Dry Waves compilation. Released on ISO50, Mood Gadget Records. Check the video here. (via)

This map is a joke. Thanks 2 Mahatma and Jinnah there is 1 Pakistan and 1 India. No changes necessary. But the music, made by Montreal based producer d’Eon is seriously futuristic. Nothing but advanced synthesizer-based music, taken from his Palinopsia LP, available now through Hippos In Tanks. Check the wild-style video here. (via)

Bloavez Mad! I introdouched NY’s experimental electronic unit Excepter earlier 2 you on my tumblr. This hell of a track, the beat-less Anti-Noah is a live-to-stereo recording from the experimental cinema-restaurant Monkey Town, released on their rrrad Presidence LP via Paw Tracks. Check the badass video here. (via)

Zzz) Boring. There are already 2 many Best Video-posts overfeeding the interweb. If u are hungry for those lists, I recommend this, this or that. Otherwise check back next year, when msm delivers some progress- or: A) Go and buy the Spex-Magazine, there you’ll find my top-5-videos. B) You know its all about Uffie this year. C) you in 2011!

Girl fronted pop music with Rebekah Raa! J’adore Stricken City since I stumbled over this video 2 years ago. Now time has come for their 3rd (and last) LP named Losing Colour, released via music.strickencity.com on a pay-what-you-want basis. Check the new Dan-Sully-directed video here. (via)

We are Gent. The Glimmers are David Fouquaert and Mo Becha from Gent, last October their 3rd album called Whomp That Sucker was released via Eskimo Recordings Gomma. Go’n get it! And now there’s a video: made by Silvia Defrance, who studied animation film at the Faculty of Fine Arts in, yes: Gent. Feel it here. (via)

R.E.A.N.I.M.A.T.E.: back in the days Warp’s Tricky Disco entered the charts at #14 in the UK. Heavenly arranged by the infamous Lee Newman and Michael Wells, who also dropped classical techno tracks under the moniker of GTO, John + Julie or Church of Extacy. Check the tricky tune here. (via)

Russell Club Records 1st music video ever, is a true number one. It was made for UKs James Delay, a guy who already remixed tracks 4 Rihanna, M.I.A. and Lady Gaga. Now his debut 12″ Howl has a classy video, shot by Christopher Tirrell. Watch it here. (via)

Koudlam’s newest video, The New Order, was directed by long time contributor, the paris born, berlin based artist Cyprien Gaillard. The video combines one of my favourite artists and favourite musicians. The track is from his Live At Teotihuacan LP released through the french label Pan European. Watch the video art here. (via)

Ojojoj! Antidote is the latest production from Style of Eye & Swedish Producer Magnus Lidehäll. Out now on Horehaus Records and available exclusively on Beatport. Get into this technostrom and watch the weird Magnus Härdner-made video here. (via)

Kieran Evans has made a gnarly 9 minute video 4 the Silver Columns song Brow Beaten. Its all about race-walking, which btw for me is not a sport. However the Silver Columns released Brow Beaten yesterday, November 29 on my favourite Moshi Moshi label. Take a break and watch the video here. (via)

Future Electronica! Dado has done a fitting re-edit of Franck Deron’s The Wild 4 Kompakt’s latest singning: the trio liveact called Jatoma. Jatoma from Denmark contains of Tomas Barford (WhoMadeWho) + 2 17-year-old youngsters called Mads & Jakob. Check their hazy video here. (via)

This is the new music video for the beloved supergroup Au Revoir Simone out of Brrrroklyn. And guess what? It’s i.n.t.e.r.a.c.t.i.v.e. + made by L.A.’s Eli Stonberg, who is also part of the collective wearethemasses. Watch the video here. (via)

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs, dir. Spike Jonze
Simian Mobile Disco - Sweetbread, dirs. Hans Lo & Jose Otero
Massive Attack - Pray For Rain, dir: Jake Scott
Chromeo - Hot Mess, dir. Jérémie Rozan
Klaxons - Twin Flames, dir. Saam Farahmand
Hot Chip, Hot City + Bernard Sumner - Didn’t Know, dir. Andreas Nilsson
White Lies - Bigger Than Us, dirs. Jonas & Francois
Twin Sister – All Around And Away, dir. Mike Luciano
Zach Hill - Second Life, dir. Christian Megazord Oldham
Faction G - Revival, dir. Mr.G

Egyptrixx a.k.a. David Psutka is a native of Toronto, who studied piano at the Royal Conservatory, b4 he turned into x-step. His tricky Start from the Beginning is off his upcoming debut album Bible Eyes on the Night Slugs label. Check the A.N. Fischer-directed video here. (via)

Lykke Li, my obsession of 2007, began composing her 1st songs on her own label, LL Recordings. Now she had just gotten into bed with Atlantic Records/the Warner Music Group. Atlantics new PR-campaign 4 the track Get Some includes a 2 x File/MP3-Single + this Johan Söderberg-directed video here. (via)

Fuck the industry and motherfuck radio, man! Since blogs are also labels, everything is much better. The next proof is this killa track from Puzzle, called Impala. Released on the blog/label Generation Bass. The accompanying video art was made by Vincent Griffaut. Look at this and think about it here. (via)

Austin underground. Amasa Gana, a five-member band that makes cerebral, glowing ambient music drops their new video 4 the experimental noise track Dolven, directed by Wiley Wiggins. Amasa’s debut EP will be available soon via the Light Lodge label. Until then watch the video here. (via)

1 sound. This neat track Talk Out Loud, arranged by Blanche Blanche Blanche comes from somewhere over the rainbow. Their Songs of Blanche Blanche Blanche EP/LP/Tape/whateva will be released on a label that I never heard before: OSR tapes. Try the Joey Pizza Slice-directed video art here. (via)

Earlier we got rid of this guy. Since then his tumblr is growing as hell and there are a lot of videos 2 discover. Plus there is this tweet. Full new-media swagga 4 his mellow beats. I dont know anything else about Dro Carey, so go and watch the video here. (via)

This feels like my video of the year. Watch it here.

#1 Jee Day - Snake Bite, directed by Alan Calpe
#2 Yelle – La Musique, dir. We Are From L.A.
#3 La Roux - In For The Kill, dir. Legs
#4 Tocotronic – Die Folter endet nie, dir. Nina Könnemann
#5 Avey Tare - Lucky 1, dir. Abby Portner
#6 Midnight Juggernauts - Lara Vs The Savage Pack, dir. Schreiber & Pegard
#7 Autre ne veut - Emotional, dir.?
#8 Crystal Castles - Baptism, dir. Rob Hawkins
#9 Miley Cyrus - Who Owns My Heart?, dir. Robert Hales
#10 Rye Rye feat. M.I.A.: Sunshine, dir. Jess Holzworth

Sid & Eddy aka Schwefelgelb are set to release their acclaimed 2nd album: Das Ende vom Kreis, via Tapete Records. The first appetizer is this video for Alle Sterne, a truly brilliant mix of EBM/Electropunk/NDW/New Wave. Watch the gem here. (via)

N1ce bedroom electro pop from Brooklyn’s DJ/blogger Danielle Johnson aka Computer Magic. Victory Gin is her latest track, which now has a fan-video: made out of  Louis Malle’s Zazie dans le métro. Be sure to check out this rising band: watch the montage here. (via)

Last week Prince Rama debuted at #3 on Billboard “new age” charts (…) with their new album Shadow Temple, released on Paw Tracks. Now there’s a music video 4 the track Om Namo Shivaya. And, yes, the clip is in the same vein as Prince Rama’s philosophy: totally spaced out. Enter the psychadelia here. (via)

76! For many years I heard people say: she is a silly dumb blonde, she is with the far right, she is nasty, she is not interested in children, she just cares about animals = she is a crazy old lady. Hmm. Obviously she is pretty lost these days, but back in the days she was somehow special. Bonne anniversaire-video here.

#1 Salem - Asia, directed by Salem
#2 Cubic Zirconia- Hoes Come Out At Night, dir. Tiombe Lockhart
#3 Zach Hill - The Primitives Talk, dir. Stephanie Davidson
#4 Dominique Young Unique - The World Is Mine, dir. Lily Smith
#5 El Guincho - Bombay, dir. Nicolas Mendez
#6 Animal Collective - Bluish, dir. Jason Oliver Goodman
#7 M.I.A. - Story to be told, dir.?
#8 Sleigh Bells - Infinity Guitars, dir. Phil Pinto
#9 OK Go - White Knuckles, dir. Trish Sie and OK Go
# 10 Blonde Redhead - Not Getting There, dir. Timothy Saccenti

It’s all very now. Brooklyn’s Balam Acab, alias the 19 year old Alec Koone composes ghostly-ethereal soundscapes taken from the internet, manipulated into lush, emotive ambience. His hot debut EP See Birds is now out via Triangle Records. Haze yourself and watch the unofficial video here. (via)

If you’re not familiar with The Very Best - a.k.a. the awesome Esau Mwamwaya and producer duo Radioclit - you can start here, here and here. Plus watch the new/2nd video for Julia, a track from their epic Warm Heart of Africa LP - here. (via)

Beast on the beats from L.A. The joint Skullcrack is off Dibiase album Machines Hate Me, which was released this week on Alpha Pup Records. Whether you smoke or not, or smoke but not in the house, or smoke but not tobacco, the Ant Ciannamea-directed video gonna give you a contact high from just watching it. Try here. (via)

For irish-american Marcus Lambkin = Shit Robot, early bird and co-constructor of DFA Records, time has finally come 2 unveil his debut album: From the Cradle to the Rave. Recorded in Germany over the past five years with a little help from Juan Maclean, Nancy Whang and Alexis Taylor. Watch their new Tuff Enuff stop-motion video here. (via)

Super gut. I really dig this new video for  Jakwob’s Here With Me: directed and shot by upcoming photographer Lucy Bridger. Jakwob, 20-year-old go-to guy for dubstep remixes is about to drop his acclaimed debut album soon via Boom Ting Records. Until then watch the video here. (via)

Chillwave. EWBA is the new Bryan Schlam-directed video from Golden Ages’ debut LP, Tradition. Golden Ages is part of the movement of electro-psychedelic pop groups influenced by the likes of Panda Bear/Animal Collective. Listen 2 the trippy electronic haze and watch the video here. (via)