Just spent a muddy few days on the Isle of Wight at the brilliant Bestival. Loads of great stuff; old music, new music and of course dressing up. We were lucky enough to catch the outstanding Neon Neon - Super Furry Animals front man Gruff Rhys' electro-pop collaborative project with Boom Bip - a concept album outlining the life and times of John Z. Delorean. My love affair with Delorean's over stylized DMC 12 and it's roots in my Back to the Future childhood makes me a little bias, but the Neon Neon project is very good. I feel they have portrayed Delorean's life and sour times in a great album with some fantastic tracks.
I realize this is not a music blog, however, Neon Neon's ending performance at Bestival was a feast of fantastic visuals. Each song had a style and it's own set of Delorean archive - from images of Raquel Welch and the DMC 12 production line to Michael Douglas looking 80's and cool. They had also commissioned some slick looking GFX of the car and some bonkers shapes. I manged to find copies of some of them on YouTube.
As well as all this they have a couple of music videos to accompany the album. "I Told Her on Aldaraan/Trick for Treat" and "I Lust U". They are highly produced slick films, great visuals and some good visual narratives. "Aldaraan/Treat" features a John Delorean lookalike and some good Star Wars references where as "Lust" tells the story of a man and his pet jellyfish that dances and lights up. I am finding it difficult to find out the directors or production houses, I'm sure they will come to light soon as Neon Neon finds more followers.
The detail/pornographic shots of the DMC12 are one of the best parts of the videos for me. Impeccably lit, capturing the sleek stainless steel body and over-styled lines of a beautiful and ultimately flawed machine. Delorean's lasting legacy and reminding us of his ultimate driving dream.
I realize this is not a music blog, however, Neon Neon's ending performance at Bestival was a feast of fantastic visuals. Each song had a style and it's own set of Delorean archive - from images of Raquel Welch and the DMC 12 production line to Michael Douglas looking 80's and cool. They had also commissioned some slick looking GFX of the car and some bonkers shapes. I manged to find copies of some of them on YouTube.
As well as all this they have a couple of music videos to accompany the album. "I Told Her on Aldaraan/Trick for Treat" and "I Lust U". They are highly produced slick films, great visuals and some good visual narratives. "Aldaraan/Treat" features a John Delorean lookalike and some good Star Wars references where as "Lust" tells the story of a man and his pet jellyfish that dances and lights up. I am finding it difficult to find out the directors or production houses, I'm sure they will come to light soon as Neon Neon finds more followers.
The detail/pornographic shots of the DMC12 are one of the best parts of the videos for me. Impeccably lit, capturing the sleek stainless steel body and over-styled lines of a beautiful and ultimately flawed machine. Delorean's lasting legacy and reminding us of his ultimate driving dream.
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John DeLorean the film please. It's too much of a good story....
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