It’s been rainy as shit in Los Angeles and I been listening to downer shit all week (ie: Aziz Ansari’s Intimate Moments for a Sensual Evening. Or maybe that was just a let-downer).
Thankfully, Paris duo Cracks gave Atlas Sound’s Shelia the ole’ spaced out, 8-bit treatment. I know you were obsessed with the original track, so go on, enjoy yourself with this one.
Atlas Sound — Shelia (CRACKS remix)
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Prada — ‘First Spring’
This one is really special. I know it might be daunting to press play on a video that’s 9 minutes long, but take it from me: it’s worth it. At times playing like a Jarmusch film, Prada’s video component to their Spring/Summer ’10 campaign is called First Spring, a black and white ‘contemporary film by Chinese art star Yang Fudong.’ It’s a silent film (with a wonderful score, I might add) following different characters placed in different settings (and perhaps different time periods). Their clothing is all that links them to one another, and the choreography, blocking, and shot selection is unreal. Take a look at some screen shots after the jump if you need more convincing. Hands down my favorite ‘video lookbook’ I’ve seen in a long, long time.
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