Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Orchestra - “Future Shaman”
Video by Rob Mazurek. Video software designed by Mathieu Constans.
Features photographs of Rob Mazurek’s Time Travel series paintings and Radical Chimera screen/video sculptures put through a unique computer program that shape shifts the images through sound.
From the album Lightning Dreamers
Photay with Carlos Niño - “Feeling, Now”
Shot, Directed and Edited by Evan Shornstein
Episode 1 of Charles Stepney: Out of the Shadows
Episode One follows Charles Stepney into his basement studio on the South Side Chicago, where he workshopped, recorded, and created much of the music that would become gold & platinum selling hits, and even more music that would never see the light of day. It features interviews and testimonies from members of Earth, Wind & Fire, Terry Callier, the Dells, and Stepney’s daughters Eibur, Charlene, and Chanté (aka the Stepney Sisters).
Directed/photographed/edited by: Brian Ashby
Episode 2: Out of the Shadows
"The Next Plane"
Wax Poetics presents the second episode of Charles Stepney: Out of the Shadows – a four part web series directed by Chicago documentarian Brian Ashby (known for his work on Scrappers, The Area, Harry Who & The Chicago Imagists, and a forthcoming film about Damon Locks and Black Monument Ensemble).
Episode 3: Out of the Shadows
Where Episode One of the Wax Poetics series shed light on Stepney at work in his basement studio on the Southside Chicago and Episode Two highlighted the circumstances around Stepney’s death in 1976, the focus of Episode Three – "Legacy" – is the opaque entanglement of Stepney's rights and royalties that his family has inherited and struggled with for decades, as well as the present movements being made by his daughters (Eibur, Charlene and Chanté) to clear things up and transform the immense pain of that struggle into a celebration of their father's work.
Episode 4: Out of the Shadows
“Out of the Shadows: Vol. 4” of the Wax Poetics series on Charles Stepney beautifully documents the musical journey of Rotary Connection 222 throughout the Summer of Stepney. It is truly an honor to lead the amazing collective that is Rotary Connection 222, and we will unceasingly continue to uplift the legacy of the great Charles Stepney." - Junius Paul
Directed/photographed/edited by Brian Ashby
Makaya McCraven - “The Fours”
Directed and edited by: Ryosuke Tanzawa
Cinematographer: Doug Durant
1st AC: Zach Shorrosh Production co; Cekai Inc.
Executive producer: Naoya Watanabe
Producer: Sean Gordon-Loebl
Anteloper - “Earthlings”
Directed by: Jon Philpot.
"Earthlings," composed by jaimie branch, Jason Nazary, and Jeff Parker, from the album 'Pink Dolphins' by Anteloper.
Daniel Villarreal - “Patria”
Directed & Animated by Eddie Bragin. "Patria" was composed by Avelino Muñoz, arranged and recorded by Daniel Villarreal for his album Panamá 77. Details here.
Anteloper - One “Living Genius”
Video by Kim Alpert. Featuring kaleidoscopes by Sarah Peña. "One Living Genus," composed by jaimie branch, Jason Nazary, and Jeff Parker, from the upcoming album 'Pink Dolphins' by Anteloper.
Alabaster DePlume - “I’m Good at Not Crying”
Created by the same team that brought you videos for DePlume's tunes "Don't Forget You're Precious" and "Be Nice To People" (Jordan Copeland & @tenentnet), this new video delivers Alabaster DePlume’s "I'm Good At Not Crying," the final lead single from his new album GOLD.
Daniel Villarreal - “Uncanny”
The first lead single from Daniel Villarreal’s new album, Panamá 77, “Uncanny” showcases an Onyeabor-style synth-funk dub featuring Bardo Martinez on bass/synths, Kyle Davis on rhodes/synths, and Villarreal on drums/percussion – is out now on all DSPs, and also available as a wild music video directed, filmed & edited by Burkie.
Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer - "Snåcko"
Archival footage filmed in The Åland Islands in 2017 by Andrew Bruntel, Joyce Kim, and Jeff Desom. Edited by Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer. "Snåcko," composed by Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer, from the album 'Recordings from the Åland Islands' (2022 International Anthem)
Alabaster DePlume - “Don’t Forget You’re Precious”
About the video, DePlume’s camp says: We don’t always realize when we are destroying ourselves. Blindfolded, and dressed as a symbol of oppression, Alabaster reminds us that we are precious, confessing that he ‘forgets sometimes’, as we watch him lead a platoon of children in his own destruction.
Carlos Niño & Miguel Atwood-Ferguson - Chicago Waves
Visual companion to Carlos Niño and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson's 2020 release, Chicago Waves. Film by Dustin Houston.
Damon Locks - Black Monument Ensemble - “NOW (Forever Momentary Space)”
The video for "Now (Forever Momentary Space)" is another collaborative effort by Damon Locks and Rob Shaw. They have worked together on music videos for Rob Mazurek, At The Drive-In, and The Eternals. They also have collaborated on 2 animation projects for Prison and Neighborhood Arts/Education Project, where the animations were hand drawn by incarcerated artists at Stateville Correctional Center.
