Arcade fire already knows how to immerse its fans in a web music video. What if the camera really do take your soul oh no what if the camera really do take your soul oh no hit me with your flashbulb eyes. Arcade fires interactive music video, reflektor, breaks new. Arcade fire, trailblazers of the interactive video, have released one for reflektor. Writtenby the arcade fire notes reflektor features both a tenminute hidden pregap song on the first disc track 10, as well as a fiveminute hidden track at the end of the second disc track 26b. Reflektor is the fourth studio album by canadian indie rock band arcade fire. Arcade fires interactive debut just a reflektor the.
The flurry of leaks and releases just keeps on coming from arcade fire. Arcade fire announce the reflektor tapeslive at earls. Arcade fires interactive music video, reflektor, breaks. Instead, the band debuted an interactive short film called just a reflektor that.
Apparently the answer is to grab every idea and follow the muse wherever it goeshaiti and beyondand let past triumphs remain in. The interactive arcade fire music video bridges the worlds of analog and digital, reality and fiction, film and the web. The album was recorded in multiple studios and was coproduced by lcd soundsystem frontman james murphy, regular arcade fire producer markus dravs, and the. Following the freshly unveiled interactive video for the dramatically danceable single reflektor, the song now has a more traditional music video courtesy of anton corbijn.
Subscribe and hit the bell to receive notifications from arcade fire com channeluciigxq6ba9mwijxbu47syzq. For example, at the beginning of the video, the main actress draws the reflektor symbol on a wall and i used a making. Arcade fires musing about music in the internet age, reflekor, got a second video monday september 9 when the anton corbijndirected vid. Get your team aligned with all the tools you need on one secure, reliable video.
Reflektor was the titular opening track and first single from arcade fires fourth album. Reflektor is a song by the canadian indie rock band arcade fire. Arcade fire reflektor interactive video advertisement. Arcade fire debuted the first single off of their forthcoming album today. The sneaky, subversive, antiinternet moral of arcade fire. Arcade fire reflektor interactive video by claire lobenfeld. Director anton corbijn director asst monica axelsson producer christina piovesan producer sach baylinstern producer katherine bridle producer. Arcade fires latest interactive video asks you to direct its visual. Reflektor worldwide release album downloads immediately. Arcade fire has become synonymous with interactive videos, and today, the esteemed indierock outfit unveils a new one for reflektor. From the video for afterlife, which overdubs the songs lyrics in kooky font over the 1959 film black orpheus, which resets the story of orpheus and eurydice in the brazilian favela, to the bands own references to the same myth in the records album cover and song titles, arcade fire consciously cite, and reenact the act of.
An interactive music video for reflektor by arcade fire. Control arcade fires surreal new music video with your smartphone. Arcade fire cast you in interactive reflektor video mtv. Arcade fires interactive reflektor music video embraces. Never afraid to explore the power of web technologies, grammywinning rock band arcade fire unleashed an interactive music video for reflektor. Filmed in haiti, the story follows a young woman who travels between her world and our own. In one version the band decided to create an interactive music video in which aspects of the video can be controlled by viewers who have granted the site access to the builtincamera on their computer and. You can also watch a behindthescenes video to learn about how the film was made.
Produced by james murphy, markus dravs and the band itself, the song features a guest vocal appearance by david bowie and was released on a limited edition 12 vinyl credited to the fictional band the. It was a number one hit and rightly won a grammy for. Arcade fires reflektor videos released in interactive. Instead, reflektor is an anxious, occasionally downright. Now, bowie has posted on facebook confirming the collaboration. Arcade fires interactive reflektor music video embraces web. Arcade fires interactive debut just a reflektor the current. Arcade fire the wilderness downtown, an interactive film by chris milk featuring we used to wait from arcade fire s new album the suburbs can be experienced now at. Arcade fire continues its tradition of boundarypushing interactive videos with reflektor, which asks viewers to coordinate the effects from.
Arcade fires reflektor video takes control of your web. As video helmer vincent morisset explains on the just a reflektor site, the music video explores the themes in arcade fires reflektor through two devices simultaneously. Arcade fires third album, 2010s the suburbs, was urgent and clear, a record about dreams and escape, gassed with classicrock punch. This week two music videos for arcade fires new single reflektor were released online, after a successful teaser was posted on spotify a week earlier. This is the second cd i received that has arcade fire reflektor on disc 1 and bastille all this bad blood on disc 2. Just a reflektor is an interactive film directed by vincent morisset and featuring a new song from arcade fire. Arcade fire continues its tradition of boundarypushing interactive videos with reflektor, which asks viewers to coordinate the effects from scene to scene, and even insert themselves into. Directed by vincent morisset, this interactive music video explores several themes in arcade fires single reflektor.
Arcade fires lush, imaginative 85minute fourth album is a triumph, but not a victory lap. Arcade fires latest interactive video asks you to direct. Licensed to youtube by sme, umg on behalf of arcade fire music, llc. Just a reflektor is an interactive film directed by vincent morisset and. An experimental, interactive short film tied to reflektor, the title track of the upcoming new album by arcade fire, invites you to.
An experimental, interactive short film tied to reflektor, the title track of the upcoming new album by arcade fire, invites you to alter the. Trapped in a prism in a prism of light alone in the darkness darkness of white. The film lets you cast a virtual projection on your computer screen by holding up your mobile device in front of your computers webcam. Arcade fires new video for reflektor, the first single from their forthcoming album of the same name, is a doozy.
Arcade fire announce the reflektor tapeslive at earls court dvd, share live reflektor video watch featuring the bands first feature. Mashables headline, considering what happens in the film, seems almost tongueincheek. David bowie confirms arcade fire reflektor collaboration. For its new just a reflektor video, though, its also bringing. Its been over three years since arcade fire released their critically. Recalling the wilderness downtown, the short film they had built for a we used to wait off the suburbs, the canadian indierock band have an exciting multimedia experience ready for the song reflektor. It was released as a double album on october 28, 20, in canada by sonovox records and in the united states by merge records. Arcade fires just a reflektor music video takes cues from your.
Arcade fires reflektor video angles mirror at modern. Enjoy the most popular songs reading their lyrics at the same time. The video ends with an image with what is assumed to be reflektors. The very things that keep arcade fires fourth album, reflektor, from unmitigated success are the things that eventually make it compelling. It was released on september 9, 20, as the first single from and the title track to the bands fourth studio album. Just a reflektor start screen courtesy the artist its been over three years since arcade fire released their critically acclaimed record the suburbs. Trapped in a prism in a prism of light alone in the darkness darkness of white we fell in love alone on a stage in the reflective age. Just a reflektor is an interactive short film that explores the themes in arcade fires reflektor through two devices simultaneously.
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