Campbell L Sangster is the solo project of singer/ songwriter aka Lin Sangster from Liverpool. Previous bands include Bad Anorak 404, Kit and Send no Flowers. Sangster’s recent work on soundtracks for film and video projects fed into the songwriting process for ‘Odds Are Stacked’, influencing the approach to the song and lending a visual quality both lyrically and musically.
Campbell L. Sangster’s forthcoming debut album is scheduled for release later this year, and in the meantime more music can be accessed through Soundcloud.
About the Film:
This film is an exploration of female masculinity, past, present and future. Tinged with 50s America and moments of the contemporary, Campbell performs alongside The Drakes – a posing gallant band of butches, bois, studs, transmen & genderqueers.
Edie Sedgwick lives on in the body and soul of a sun worshipping, silver-clad mother, desperate for sun rays.
Meanwhile, her budding gymnast daughter becomes mesmerised by the arrival of Buffy – a woman in her 70s – physically strong and utterly focussed in her bespoke one piece swimming suit. With the spirit of Esther Williams and verve of an assassin, we watch as she dives agelessly, effortlessly.
Back and forth, stronger, stronger, air bubbles reaching the surface as each stretch reaches forward, more powerful than the last. The look of the young girl as she watches, watches as this swimmer hypnotizes her.
As the song reaches its climax, the swimmer exits the water; she leaves as she had arrived – controlled but assuaged. The young girl is left to wonder, a stronger spirit, the imprint of the mysterious woman remaining with her forever.
About the Director:
Mike Matthews is a passionate and accomplished director. He has most recently directed successful commercial campaigns for Mullenlowe, VCCP, Leo Burnett and M&C Saatchi. He is exclusively represented by Fat Lemon.
Credits:
Director: Mike Matthews @ Fat Lemon
Producer: Kelley Ralph
Production Company: Fat Lemon
Executive producer: Cabell Hopkins
Cinematography: Dave Miller
1st AD: Jerome Franc
Focus Puller: Chris Stephens
Drone: Sam Moore
Gaffer: Darren Jackson
Production Designer: Mark Harriott
Costume Designer: Mark Harriott
Wardrobe Supervisor: Bex Harvey
Make-up: Tricia Woolston
Editor: Kev Palmer @ Ten Three Editing
Colorist: Matt Turner @ Absolute Post
Post Production: Absolute Post
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Eztain – Asymmetrical
Electronic music continues its inexorable rise to the front page of music media, with barriers continuing to be demolished, from set styles to language. Eztain hails from Joodalup in the Perth area of Australia, the country very quietly launching a sustained campaign on the global dance stage. Avoiding the trappings of convenient pigeonholes, Eztain follows the trailblazing lead of fellow Australian, Flume, by exploring Future Bass and Electronica, as opposed to a more generic ‘House’ sound. The result is a multi-layered, technicolor vision of the world Eztain sees around him, as much biological as it is robotic.
Eztain (aka Jake Colson) was inspired to create his own music from a very young age, the inspiration coming via the unlikely form of free software given away with his breakfast cereal! Learning the guitar whilst at school to ground him in the mechanics of melody and structure, he was influenced by the likes of Deadmau5, K.Flay and Amon Tobin, music that, while relying on modern technology, could be created as easily in a bedroom as in a state of the art studio.
The road to his first release has been far from easy. Suffering from mental illness, Jake has used music production as a release – a way for him to communicate with an outside world that has sometimes appeared very alien. By creating his alternative sonic landscapes, he has found a way both to inspire and be inspired, his music is an exploration of his mindset and as a way of conveying emotion. From the guttural, Justice-like permeating bass of Asymmetrical, to the otherworldly seas of Enhanced Vanilla and the throbbing labyrinths of Iconoclast, this could well be one of the stand-out electronica releases of the year.
LINKS:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2gXV3e7qRIhBYpTR6OGRv6
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi5XehLQ0GCtYsy_bM3dMBA
https://www.facebook.com/eztain
https://twitter.com/Eztain
https://www.instagram.com/_eztain
http://www.eztain.net
https://www.twitch.tv/eztain -
Dirty Sister – Middle Class Busker
‘Middle Class Busker’ follows the life of a fictional character working in a white-collar job with a somewhat warped dream of “making it” in the music industry. This song touches upon his middle-class lifestyle, working-class swagger and his naive grip on reality. Dirty Sister had a good giggle writing this track, but what was the end result of our busker?
About Dirty Sister
Dirty Sister is an Anglo-Cypriot London duo that met through a common dislike of sharing a stage with more than one person at a time. They use guitars, loops, pads, synths and even a Greek bouzouki to tell you exactly how they feel about reality TV, their friend’s partner and middle-class buskers.LINKS:
http://www.dirtysistermusic.com
https://twitter.com/dirtysismusic
https://www.instagram.com/dirtysistermusic
https://www.facebook.com/dirtysistermusic
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb7AQYVZbfb9gcV9pjtiVBg
https://soundcloud.com/dirtysistermusic
https://open.spotify.com/artist/54luT9A8s3DdJc3QTkeVT7
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/dirty-sister/id1102237927
https://plus.google.com/115379701955704245640
https://dirtysister.bandcamp.com
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Lakes – Pine Barrens
What began as drummer Matt Shaw’s acoustic demos back in 2017 quickly developed into a six-piece band, bonding over a love of artists like American Football, Minus The Bear, and The Appleseed Cast. The group has taken influence from mid-western emo, math-rock, and alternative indie and combined those with Fleetwood Mac style dual-vocal pop melodies and twinkling glockenspiel to create their trademark “Glock-Rock” sound.
Earning their stripes in pubs and clubs of the Watford music scene, Lakes have been emboldened with a DIY attitude that was born from the frustration of life on the peripheries of a capital city. The group’s fiercely independent attitude has led them to record all their own music, produce their own music videos, and with families of their own – organize child-friendly matinee gigs in their hometown.
After self-releasing their first two EPs, Lakes joined The LP Cafe in the UK and Friend of Mine Records in Japan to release their debut full-length album in August 2019 entitled “The Constance LP”.
This led Washed Up Emo to label them “your new favorite band” and Punktastic to include them on their list of the most important bands of the next decade stating “it’s hard to look past their potential as future frontrunners of the UK emo scene.
With nods to midwestern emo giants in American Football and Braid, Lakes create a truly unique take on the genre interlacing shimmering glockenspiels, beautiful harmonies, and pop sensibilities in everything they do.”
The album was recorded entirely by drummer Matt Shaw in a spare room using a couple of mics and a PC over the space of a year. With no timing or financial restraints that would come from a proper studio, the band took their time crafting the songs and discovering their sound. This has resulted in a truly unique album, one that is completely holistic in its presentation with band members also taking control of photography, graphic design, web design and accompanying music videos.
Lakes’ ‘This World Of Ours, It Came Apart,’ was released in July 2020 via Know Hope Records in North America and The LP Cafe in the UK.
LINKS:
https://www.ourbandlakes.com
https://www.facebook.com/ourbandlakes
https://www.instagram.com/ourbandlakes
https://twitter.com/ourbandlakes