I recently made an amazing discovery: Take Away Shows by La Blogotheque. This blog in France meets up with a bunch of different artists and films them doing jam sessions. The videos are excellently filmed and all unique. You feel like you are part of this intimate moment with the band. It's amazing and a few of them have given me the chills. It's incredible how a video can really impact the way you appreciate the music. Check em out:
This next one is with an artist I saw in Copenhagen. Gaspar Claus is a celloist that makes very unconventional music. I saw him at the CPH Documentary Film Festival and he played behind a white sheet that had video being projected on to it. The director of the Take Away Shows, Vincent Moon, was there and he was filming him while he playing. So videos of him playing were being projected on to the white sheet at times and then they would shine lights to create effects with shadows. All while this was happening, he was playing music that was schizophrenic. At points it was like terrible sound effects that made you cringe and then it would suddenly break into beautiful music. It was an incredible experience and my description certainly doesn't do it justice.
You can find all of the Take Away Shows here: http://www.youtube.com/user/LaBlogotheque
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