Gorgeous wokspace

I really love this gorgeous workspace. Now include a standing-desk version and I’d be right at home.

Coeur De Pirate – concert visuals

What a beautiful and well visualized piece. This is used for a concert visual, I presume some sort of backdrop, to compliment the song. As a piece it doesn’t really go anywhere, but it has a great art style and is a lot of fun.

nanoloop track 0b

This little 8-bit experiment was created and live performed directly in Nanoloop on the Game Boy, captured in Garageband, and sweetened a little with a pad from Argon (iPhone synth).

Nanoloop-0b by avclub

inspiration: March in Thonburi by MPY

I’m not really sure how to process this but it’s quite inspiring visually. Just give it a chance.

March in Thonburi from Michael Paul Young on Vimeo.

Wizard smoke

I went through a brief skateboard phase and quickly discovered that there are some things I’m just not meant to do. That detail’s not really important, but now I’ve given some context to this piece. If you’ve watched skateboard videos you typically know what to expect. This one is different, beautifully paced, great soundtrack, oh, and all of the subjects are covered with various colored powders which adds so much life to the entire piece.

Finally, I really dig the color grading, too. Beautiful.

Wizard Smoke from Salazar on Vimeo.

Nanoloop for iPhone

So I’ve been toying with Nanoloop on a Gameboy for a few months and have found it to be a very satisfying 8-bit musical experience. Today I learned that it has been released as an iPhone app. If you’re interested in 8-bit/chiptune music I would recommend checking it out.

Get that idea just right

The other day at the store my wife’s list said “stone ground / dijon mustard.”. No specifics. No brands. (not even a coupon to guide me).

I walked up to the condiments aisle and immediately picked up the Grey Poupon. Why? Because in my brain I heard (in a very snooty accent) “Pardon me, but would you happen to have any Grey Poupon?”.

When did that commercial last run? 10 years ago? 15? Now THAT is an inspired slogan, deeply buried in my head. It worked not because it was Super Bowl flashy, but because it was a really memorable idea.

I’ll take a good idea fashioned on the back of a napkin over all the glitter and gloss any day.

Massive Attack – Splitting the Atom

New video from Massive Attack. I’m just stunned, so amazingly beautiful. And the amount of detailing that must have gone into this piece is astounding.

Massive Attack-Splitting the Atom-directed by Edouard Salier from edouard salier on Vimeo.

monome eat your heart out

If only I’d had the wherewithal to coordinate something like this in my college days; love it.

Dance party

So, we had a little dance party at the Wilson house this weekend. That was fun.

Identity Theft series open

In keeping the same vein as the series promo, here’s the opener for Identity Theft.

Macro Kingdom

Why is it that common items look so, so beautiful close up with a dreamy audio score?

macro kingdom from clemento on Vimeo.

Boutique coffee

The other day I was in the mood for an afternoon cup of coffee. Our in-office brewers makes a full pot, but I only had a few scoops of Starbucks (leftovers from a previous brewing) in my office.

I decided to go all MacGyver on that cup and make my own mini brewer.