Art d’Ecco’s 4th LP for Paper Bag Records is titled “Serene Demon” and will be out Feb 14th. Pre-orders for vinyl and CDs will open up next month, but in the meantime you can catch all of its existential glory in the form of an 8min music video for the title track, directed by Theo Kim
From Art, regarding the music video:
“The main source of inspiration came from a brilliant short documentary called ‘Collateral & the Death of Neon’ (by YouTuber Watching the Aerial), which covers the history of Hollywood film noir with respect to the evolution of street lighting in America, and how the change affected the appearance of how these cities were portrayed on screen in popular films at night. I came up with a script based on the idea that I’d portray myself writing the song, and on the way to performing it (with a full band) – I encounter the ‘Serene Demon’, who proceeds to beat the living shit out of me. It’s about the seduction of evil from within – an evil that is happy to lay dormant until it senses weakness, and attempts to destroy its victim from the inside. In the end, this character is not defeated, but rather overcomes this adversity and makes it to the gig in time to perform the new composition (titled ‘Serene Demon’). I guess it’s all very ‘Whiplash’ meets ‘Adaptation’.”
Music Video Credits:
Director: Theo Kim
Producer: James Gardiner
Producer: Chey Petrich
Production Co: Garden Party Productions
Prod Coord: Matthew Cramb
DOP: Jasper Sassaman
1st AC: Dayton Lewis
Additional Photography: Cody Preston
Gaffer: Alex Tseng
Key Grip: Sam Py
Dolly Grip: Steve Smele
Swing: Luke Hubner
Hair/Make Up: Larissa Duff-Grant
Production Asst: Shae Lee
Editor: Oswaldo Lopez Dantes
Colorist: Louis Hearn
Band:
Pascal Le Vasseur
Petty
Izzy Kaz
Alexis Barudin
Evan Miller
Malcom Holt
Special Thanks:
Sparky’s Rentals
Raw Camera Co.
Hipposonic Recording Studios
Kris Fearon
Nathan Doyle
Liz & Cyrus
Brendan Fletcher