Playlist: WAXXWORK

What’s the best music video you’ve seen recently and why?

Director Aube Perrie's recent output has been great. 

We both loved his RM - LOST! video. Technically well done but also a lot of silliness and fun.

What’s the first music video you remember being impressed by?

Vikesh: It’s not a music video but I remember listening to Adam F - Circles as a young teen. I'd never heard music like that before and it blew my mind. 

As for an actual video, probably Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity directed by Jonathan Glazer, or even 2Pac ft. Dr. Dre - California Love directed by Hype Williams.

Timothy: Björk - All Is Full Of Love directed by Chris Cunningham.

And what’s your all-time favourite music video?

Vikesh: Flying Lotus - Until The Quiet Comes, directed by Kahlil Joseph and Flying Lotus ft Kendrick Lamar - Never Catch Me, directed by Hiro Murai.

Timothy: Bit of an obvious pick, but maybe UNKLE - Rabbit In Your Headlights directed by Jonathan Glazer. I love a lot of music videos from that era, to be honest. I had the Director’s Label DVDs when I was a teenager so anything by Glazer, Jonze, Gondry, Cunningham, and Romanek gets me all nostalgic and excited.

What other directors/artists do you look to for inspiration?

Vikesh: I find inspiration in a broad spectrum of directors, working across both the short and long-form worlds,  a long list that includes filmmakers like Pantera, Camille Summers-Valli, Diana Kunst, Young Replicant, Hiro Murai, Andrei Tarkovsky, Steve McQueen, Denis Villeneuve, among many others. For me, the most important reminder is to stay receptive to the world around me, and to find influence not only in major current events but also in the subtle, everyday moments that shape life.

Timothy: All the director’s we’ve mentioned earlier, of course. Jane Schoenbrun and Lynne Ramsay are a couple more that come to mind. I recently got hold of a beautiful book called Yesterday, Come Closer by Ibrahem Hasan. And Pio Abad’s To Those Sitting in Darkness, which is shortlisted for this year’s Turner Prize, I thought was quite moving. I also just saw Mike Kelley’s retrospective at Tate which was great. A few other names whose work I love, Richard Mosse, Trent Parke, Pia Paulina Guilmoth, Joseph Rushmore.

What are you listening to at the moment?

Vikesh: Leon Vynehall - Shellac and Danit - Cuatro Viento.

Timothy: Slint - Spiderland has been on rotation since I was fifteen.

What’s your favourite bit of tech, whether for professional or personal use?

Is Google Docs considered tech? Bit of a boring answer, but it definitely is the most useful for us. It’s how we collaborate and communicate our ideas without having to be side by side all the time.

What artist(s) would you most like to work with and why?

Sampha, Obongjayar, Fontaines DC, and Yves Tumor to name a few of our current faves. But to be honest we really just want to work with anyone who is creative and exciting and wants to collaborate on something new and out of the box.