The Presets - Ghosts

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Shot in Sydney, Australia. The latest single "ghosts" from australian dance-rock duo The Presets. A breathtaking video directed by Abteen Bagheri captures synchronized divers in astonishing black-and-white slow motion.

Maya Bay (The Beach)

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A Thousand Snakes Exclusive: Two of my good friends traveling through Thailand. The talented Tadeh Tahmasian, you'll see him holding the camera, put together this video. Shot on a GoPro1, edited in iMovie with a sweet Retina display on a new macbook pro.

Lowlands

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Music video for 'Lowlands', a song by Belgian band 'Roscoe'.
"A strange and harsh coming-of-age story, in which a son falls victim to his father's wish of earning big money with illegal street-fights. The boy becomes a victorious fighter, until faith strikes upon him."-- by Norman Bates

Icarus Rises

Icarus Rises on Nowness.com.
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ICARUS, from the greek myth, attempted to escape from Crete (fifth -largest island in the Mediterranean Sea) by wings that his father constructed from feathers and wax. Icarus ignored his fathers instructions not to fly too close to the sun, the melting wax caused him to fall into the sea where be drowned.

The Greatest

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New Louis Vuitton "Muhammad Ali" Campaign.

4AM

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Dj Fry Ups' combines Traktor and Ableton in one remix routine with 4AM Live Performance, showing viewers something they haven't seen before. The screen capture cleanly matches each new element that's introduced, focusing in and allowing the viewers to see what the performer is doing.

STUDIO/Einsatz

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Check out the talented artists behind Studio/Einsatz. As explained on their website "Einsatz" translates to "passionately putting your all into what you are doing." I had the privilege of working with one of their artist/animators last year on a few projects, outside of studio einsatz. Super talented and nicest person to work with.

SWISSKISS

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Renault Alpine A110-50 makes France proud. A roof mounted-intake funnels air from outside the engine bay into the machine’s carbon-fiber intake. Meanwhile, a dual-clutch six-speed gearbox allows the driver the choice of disengaging the transmission via a floor-mounted clutch pedal or shifting via steering-wheel mounted paddles.

Angels over Berlin

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“Supreme gods, bless us so that calamities do not befall us. May there be peace and happiness, and long life, and may our descendants prosper and become notable, not through fortune or fame, but through love and deed. May our rice field flourish and our silkworm cultures thrive, may our works be blessed in your eyes. May evil spirits be banished, and ghostly auras be destroyed. Divine talismans hold something unfathomable, they settle eternally in the courtyard. Their tally miraculous. Numerous in the past, blessings impossible to put into words. May the gods protect us all our days. May Heaven, Earth, and Water guard all living things. May all constellations sustain and protect me. May all the seasons of the year, all hours of our day be free of disaster, innocent of harm. May the stars of good come, and the stars of evil disperse. . .”

INSERT COIN(S)

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A bit of history about this piece of hardware. Many computer Dj's complained about the console controller buttons being too small and fragile. DJ TECH TOOLS, company based out of San Francisco, heard these complaints and produced the MIDI FIGHTER. Ian Gold, the master mind behind the midi fighter, adopted the durable arcade buttons that took a heavy beating while playing street fighter and put it on these DJ consoles. Fast forward to today, Ian Gold hasn't stopped improving the original midi fighter, today the midi fighter 3D is built with high resolution motion sensors that are controlled across each axis of movement.