Post-car crash fun.

This is one of my favourite music videos of all time.

It's completely twisted. You'll want to rip your eyes away but you won't be able to, cos that tune is just sooo catchy.



Berndsen (along with FM Belfast, Bloodgroup, and probably some others that I don't know) are part of the Icelandic electronic scene (yup, that's right, another Icelandic music post).

Rebecca Louder introduced me to them. Her blog is wacky, like this video, and worth a look. Here.

Good Romance.

After weeks of preparation, Tuesday saw the shooting of a music video for "Romance", an absolutely killer new tune by Dublin based band Morning Hush. I produced the video, which meant I got to handle all the lovely phone calls, schedules, and paperwork.



Spy on South William Street served as our home for 12 long hours of multiple camera angles, period costumes, candles, and makeup.


The shoot was a roaring success, due solely to the huge amount of work that all involved put in - the crew, the band, and the extras. It's the best thing I've worked on to date, and I'm eagerly anticipating the finished video.

Watch this space.

Webcam fun. No, not that kind.

On Saturday 20th February, in a tiny room, voyeurs and exhibitionists turned out in their tens to get their kit off for the internetz.

The occasion was "Chat As Soon As You Roulette" hosted by the crazysexycool Come As Soon As You Hear.

They swapped their clothes.

They got nekkid.

They drank.

They danced.

They were watched by the inhabitants and penises of the fantasy world that is Chat Roulette.

In that order.

I had the fantastic opportunity of DJing at it, and while I wasn't doing that or any of the above, I took some photos.

Have a gawk.

Musique Pour Vous #1

Here are some tunes to which you can bake a cake/bury a loved one/suck a lolly while making a suggestive pose:

Rhinestone Eyes - Gorillaz

A gem (see what I did there?!) from the incredible Plastic Beach.

Circus (Diplo Alt Clown Mix) - Britney Spears

Tongue 'n' cheek rework using a interpolation from circus staple "Entrance of the Gladiators" juxtaposed with Diplo's signature baile funk rhythms. ACE.

What You Need (Chromeo Remix) - Tiga

I love that Chromeo remixes are basically covers. Better than the original.

Illgresi (Them Jeans Dance Mix) - Sigur Rós

So good that it might deserve its own blog post. The only successful remix of a Sigur Rós song to date. FACT.

Smell Yo Dick - Riskay

Ridiculous song of the moment via The Bubble Boy. (OH LOLZ). I also encourage you to watch and bask in greatness of the video.

I think this could become a phenomenon.

(OFFICIAL) Riskay Feat. Aviance and Real - Smell Yo Dick

DJ Quest || NEO EVERY WEDS!!!! | MySpace Music Videos

Squelch squelch squelch.

The first time I saw Yeasayer, singer Chris Keating was crawling around Jools Holland's TV studio floor. It was pretty memorable.

Their new album, Odd Blood is about 13 and a half times as good as their first one. Not that that wasn't great. Odd Blood is a glorious mélange of every musical style you've ever heard, and several that probably haven't been invented yet (and will most likely be banned by concerned parents when they are). The band describes themselves as "Middle Eastern-psych-snap-gospel". Yeah.

"Love Me Girl" is my favourite track. It is the aural equivalent of your brain melting out through your ears like soup while being outside on an uncomfortably hot day.

Doesn't that sound appealing?

Björk who?

Having been a huge Sigur Rós fan since discovering their sophomore album, Ágætis byrjun, several years ago, and subsequently developing an unquenchable thirst for all things Icelandic, it was with baited breath that I waited for frontman Jón Þór Birgisson (known as Jónsi) to release his solo debut.

"Boy Lilikoi", released late last year, was the first taste of the brilliance to come. Backed by a staccato drum pattern and swirling woodwind, the song is upbeat, rapturous, and almost childlike, with Jonsí imploring his "boy lilikoi" to grab life because "the world goes and flutters by".

The album, Go, begins with a similarly uplifting track, "Go Do", reminiscent of "Gobbledigook" from Sigur Ros' Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust. In fact, it is one of the most uplifting pieces of music I have ever heard, and I've had it on repeat since I got the album. Jonsí creates an incredibly euphonic wall of sound from whirling synths, flute blasts, and percussion by way of pummeling furiously on a suitcase (yes, a suitcase - if you don't believe me, watch the beautiful video for "Go Do" after the post). It is the perfect accompaniment to the endlessly layered vocals which plead "Go! Do!"; to seize life and "always know that we can do anything".

Interestingly, Jonsí mostly sings in English on the album, though his vocal delivery is so like an instrument itself, it is sometimes impossible to tell what language he is singing in. He is simply part of the orchestra. Although the music is often far removed from that of Sigur Rós, a certain melancholy remains, and there is a clever juxtaposition of despondent lyrics and euphoric melody.

However, the music is not at all times upbeat. "Kolniður" is almost terrifying while the dark, brooding "Tornado" begins with echoey piano chords in the style of Radiohead's "Pyramid Song", and before long is awash with strings and cymbal crashes, building to a frightening climax of clattering marching drums as if Jónsi himself is leading an army to battle. Although foreboding, its subject matter is concurrent with that of the whole album - enjoy life while you can.

Jónsi has crafted something beautiful, with so many layers both musically and thematically, that you'll find yourself jerked to and fro between the poles of human emotion, all while dancing around your bedroom like a mad yoke. This is pop music as it should be.

Jónsi - Go Do from Jónsi on Vimeo.

Some ladies from the red light district that I photographed.

Here are some photographs I shot for my portfolio for college, featuring the always willing Saoirse and Grace. They were the start of a short lived concept about the relationship between nightlife, people and the city. Maybe it's something I'll come back to, but at the time, I just wanted to fill up space in the folio.