Deep Chords Over Tokyo (1hr video)

Just over an hour of serene flying footage over Tokyo as it turns to night, which I've paired up with some appropriate ambient lushness. Good for winding down/relaxing/entering a hypnotic state.

 

 

Possibly the longest music video I've put together so far! Set quality to 720p for best results. Enjoy

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Pretty wonderful. Ambient film should be a thing.

Delish

Very nice!

nice. reminds me of this

 

[youtubehd]jY66G8kGTIg[/youtubehd]

Awesome. Similar video, though the footage doesn't fit the music as well.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOgD4OybVMA

Edited August 12, 2013 by Tauhid

I can't wait to go home and watch/listen to this proper on my stereo late tonight. Looks gorgeous, thanks for doing it.

  On 8/12/2013 at 6:10 PM, zaphod said:

nice. reminds me of this

 

[youtubehd]jY66G8kGTIg[/youtubehd]

 

Wow, that's the best video ever! Where did you get it from?

Thanks all. I knew there would be a few similarly-minded folks who enjoy this sort of thing I've also got a version which was shot during the day, hope to get that added soon.

Really cool that, thanks.

 

Slightly off topic but are there other films similar to this? I seem to remember my friend having some but I can't remember the titles.

 

It's not the ones linked above.

  On 8/13/2013 at 9:41 AM, caIx said:

Really cool that, thanks.

 

Slightly off topic but are there other films similar to this? I seem to remember my friend having some but I can't remember the titles.

 

It's not the ones linked above.

 

There are a few of the 'from the air' type knocking around. There's one that does Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe which I'd like to get hold of, but outside of that there were plenty of DVDs a while back that just did nothing but show fairly static dreamy landscapes/locales at ground level. I think I had one which had nothing but shots of Sakura in bloom across Japan. It was boring as sin!

 

Then of course you've got your driving vids, which are pretty cool and a bit hypnotic. Andy Ceephax seems to like 'em:

 

nice vid :)

 

what gear would watmms guess rod & steve used to capture the sounds for liumin reduced? what sort of mics?

 

i wonder what the process was in the studio. if i could sit in on a recording session for one album i think it would be liumin + reduced

  On 8/13/2013 at 10:20 AM, thief said:

nice vid :)

 

what gear would watmms guess rod & steve used to capture the sounds for liumin reduced? what sort of mics?

 

i wonder what the process was in the studio. if i could sit in on a recording session for one album i think it would be liumin + reduced

 

This is a great interview, gives a bit of insight into the general methods they use.

  On 8/13/2013 at 10:01 AM, jasondonervan said:

 

  On 8/13/2013 at 9:41 AM, caIx said:

 

Really cool that, thanks.

 

Slightly off topic but are there other films similar to this? I seem to remember my friend having some but I can't remember the titles.

 

It's not the ones linked above.

There are a few of the 'from the air' type knocking around. There's one that does Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe which I'd like to get hold of, but outside of that there were plenty of DVDs a while back that just did nothing but show fairly static dreamy landscapes/locales at ground level. I think I had one which had nothing but shots of Sakura in bloom across Japan. It was boring as sin!

 

Then of course you've got your driving vids, which are pretty cool and a bit hypnotic. Andy Ceephax seems to like 'em:

 

Cool, thanks.

 

I think I found the one I was looking for but it looks kinda dated now lol...

 

Edited August 13, 2013 by caIx

I really quite like this :)

Thanks for posting :)

  On 8/13/2013 at 10:41 AM, caIx said:

I think I found the one I was looking for but it looks kinda dated now lol...

 

It's by far my favourite of the Qatsi trilogy, and also prefer it to Baraka and Samsara (Not seen Chronos). The 'dated' aspect actually adds to it for me, it's a real nice in depth look at recent-history - everything is relatable to modern day life and yet it seems so distant. It's just so mmmmmgood and the soundtrack is bliss .....

Here's my driving one I just put up yesterday, moar deep chords

 

  On 8/12/2013 at 4:33 PM, Mesh Gear Fox said:

 

  On 8/12/2013 at 1:34 PM, poblequadrat said:

Pretty wonderful. Ambient film should be a thing.

 

have you heard of baraka and samsara? great films, i think "ambient film" sums em up pretty well.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baraka_%28film%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsara_%282011_film%29

 

 

Hey, thanks for the tip, I'll check that out!

  On 8/13/2013 at 3:25 AM, poblequadrat said:

 

  On 8/12/2013 at 6:10 PM, zaphod said:

nice. reminds me of this

 

[youtubehd]jY66G8kGTIg[/youtubehd]

 

Wow, that's the best video ever! Where did you get it from?

 

 

there's a whole youtube channel like that.

 

http://www.youtube.com/user/cat2525jp?feature=watch

 

[youtubehd]fM3edyA-yiM[/youtubehd]

 

[youtubehd]8YX27UoIM0s[/youtubehd]

 

Edited August 13, 2013 by zaphod

  On 8/13/2013 at 12:32 PM, mcbpete said:

 

  On 8/13/2013 at 10:41 AM, caIx said:

I think I found the one I was looking for but it looks kinda dated now lol...

 

It's by far my favourite of the Qatsi trilogy, and also prefer it to Baraka and Samsara (Not seen Chronos). The 'dated' aspect actually adds to it for me, it's a real nice in depth look at recent-history - everything is relatable to modern day life and yet it seems so distant. It's just so mmmmmgood and the soundtrack is bliss .....

Ok cool, I'll give it a try. When I said it looks dated I meant it looks nothing like how I remember it.

 

I can think of a ton of albums the visuals would work well with together. I'm not really into recording them because of the lossless aspect, just playing the movie at home synced up with a CD on my new hifi.

 

Cool thread anyway, thanks.

Did you shoot the footage or did you sample it, jason?

  On 8/14/2013 at 7:53 PM, Terpentintollwut said:

Did you shoot the footage or did you sample it, jason?

 

I wish I shot it! Nope, just a distant find on the grid

Oh okay, then I'm not gonna have to ask you whether I may use it as a video projection for my upcoming party.

Good finds anyways, thank you for pointing me towards it, it's a fantastic idea to combine this with music.

Hey! I've been subscribed to your YT channel for a while now and just found out you post here. I like what you post on YT. This included.