Das Racist showed up to Studio 3 and who’d they bring?
Michael Jackson.
Really.
Well…
Okay, maybe not REALLY the real Michael Jackson…
…BUT, these days, an MJ impersonator is as close as we’re gonna get! In a November interview with Black Book, Das Racist tells Nadeska Alexis how they used a Michael Jackson impersonator for the music video to their single, “Michael Jackson”.
Wanna know where they filmed the homage to The Gloved One’s “Black or White”? Brooklyn Fire Proof. YEP and when a totally awesome rap trio talks about how big our spaces are…well, that’s about enough to make us blush!
Das Racist, thanks for the shout out! That was totally awesome!
Ch-ch-check it out:
Das Racist’s Single:
Ready Set Music Vid à la Nutroaster!
Recently the Nutroaster played host to one of our favorite directors, Isaac Ravishankara, for haunting, compelling, monsters in black hoodies Ready Set music video. Issac, a BFP regular, used specially programmed lights which rhythmically corresponded to the music, and a set entirely constructed out of recycled material found round Brooklyn. But more importantly, there were also laser eyed zombies at a dance party at the end of the world. The video was produced by our own Anchor Light Productions, and if you look closely (and it’s the full moon) you can spot some former Nutroaster interns partying down. Before the zombies got them.
Good times were had by all and we look forward to hosting more of Issac’s shoots in the future! To see more of Issac’s work at the Nutroaster, try http://gotisaac.com/
All photos by Bianca Ghezzi
Kid Cudi – “Pursuit of Happiness” original video released!
Kid Cudi and the french team MEGA FORCE shot a beautiful video here in the fall that disapeared from the radar a few months later, when an entirely different video debuted. After rumors and lots of anticipation, the original video, shot at The Nut Roaster has officially debuted, and we are proud to say that it is our favorite of the 2. After all, it WAS shot at Brooklyn Fire Proof..
New ‘Slow Poison’ Music Video by The Bravery
NYC’s own The Bravery recently stopped by The NutRoaster to work on a music video for their new song ‘Slow Poison’ from the album Stir the Blood.
The video was inspired by frontman Sam Endicott’s synesthesia- a condition that allows him to associate specific sounds with colors. Trippy, no? So is the vid!
Cherie Lily keeps it Hot at the Nut Roaster!
The Brookyln Fireproof family has its own production team! When we get together we keep it FLEXED!
This Exclusive new HOUSEROBICS video by Cherie Lily “KEEP IT FLEXED” was Directed by Tessa Greenberg, Produced by Cherie Lily & Tayisha Busay, and shot by Kevin Hayden. The video features backup dancers Ariel Sims & Tessa Greenberg of Tayisha Busay.
Contact tessa@brooklynfireproof.com if you’re a youtube sensation, rock star, or indie musician who has always dreamed of having a music video or music promo shot for them.
Check out the promo here:
MachineDrum music video shoot
This week at The Nut Roaster, we had an awesome video music shoot for MachineDrum’s new single “Late Night Operation”,
directed by Collin M Palmer
www.myspace.com/machinedrum
Here is what the director, Collin M Palmer had to say about the music video; “When I was asked to listen to the track “Late night operation” for consideration of a video in Jan of 2009, MachineDrum and I had just finished the art work for his new album “Want to 1 2?”. MachineDrum had recently talked about how amazing the Detroit new dance show was (Detroits version of soul train but much more low brow). He and I then started finding videos and other low-fi things along the same lines as a laugh to share with each other, while also referencing them for video projects. We agreed on how well this show represented a movement in a ridiculous but funny way. As we went through all these videos we started to be inspired by them. when i developing a outline we wanted to have a dance party but not have it be this typical jay z hip hop video feel of “look how bling bling we are”. We wanted the video to feel as low-fi as possible, while maintaing a borderline serious/comical vibe to the dancers, really almost making fun of serious dance parties. I wanted to keep the direction of what MachineDrum was representing with the cover/art direction that was chosen for the record since this is the first single off the record. The psychadelic nature of the cover is represented in the fluid that the dancers share. We shot a teaser video (http://vimeo.com/3963407) in the Spring for the video that was based on two kids in the video passed out after they left this party,(the late night operation main video). We are all super impressed by how this all turned out. Shooting at The Nut Roaster was super easy thanks to the wonderful staff and PA’s that were on hand.”
Baby Doll Timelapse
Another short in the studio this weekend, check out the timelapse we shot of the set.
Making the Lights
Check out these photos from a music video, “Making the Lights,” recently shot here at the Nut Roaster. Thanks to Emil Ryge Christoffersen for the photos.
Music Video Week
We did 3 different music videos last week.
The first one was a hip hop video for Project Fathom. The second was directed by Isaac Ravishara and produced by us. The band was The Main Drag coming down from Massachusettes. Look for the song and video in the next release of the video game Rock Band.
The third one was directed by Jonathan Gershon and produced by afro Terry. The band, Versa Emerge, came through NYC on tour.
