The other day Ray Tintori introduced the world to an advance in the realm of visual mind-fuckery with his missing keyframe-simulating, pixel-morphing video for Chairlift’s “Evident Utensil.” Now just imagine how enraged blogger Kanye was when everybody sent him that link, knowing he was sitting on this Nabil-directed clip. More like “Welcome To Getting Pwned By Chairliftbreak,” right? (No.) Although, as commenter Jonze had wished, it appears Nabil was more interested than Tintori in exploring some of this new technology’s choreographic and conceptual possibility.
Pretty rad. But not FIRST!!1! And that’s what the internet cares about. Well Kanye addresses that on kanYe West: Blog:
This is not the next single, “Amazing” is the next single.
This is the video we’ve been working on for the last month.
We know there is another video out there using the same technique so we were forced to drop it now.
It’s OK, Kanye. Yours is the the most gayest.
UPDATE: Now what if I tell you that isn’t even the original video, and the original video is even more mind-blowing (sorry Nabil). Whoops I just told you all that. Believe it:
Thanks for the tip, Aziz.
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i hate to say it but this video is awesome.
also, i don’t hate to say it.
also, no one cares that chairlift did it first. chairlift who?
This.
i care that chairlift did it first.
i care more that chairlift did it better… and with a significantly less embarrassing song.
I don’t get what’s embarrassing. Are you the one who’s embarrassed?
Thanks to Stereogum who remember that Ray and Chairlift debuted this technology a week ago. This video is sweet, but Ray didn’t direct it, and he invented the technique. And Chairlift and Kanye are destined to tour together. They would be a great bill!!!
God, what a stupid song
It’s official. It’s the 80′s again. And thats okay.
“if i don’t win, the awards show loses credibility!”
i fucking hate kanye west. i don’t give a shit how good your art is – shrink your head one hundred fold, then i may begin to appreciate it.
I too think Chairlift’s is better, but they aren’t the only one that Kanye’s “copying.” Check out the “Are You The One?” video by the Presets. The effect’s not as integral to the video, but it’s definitely a feature.
Nice Cosby Sweater.
something’s wrong with the video encoding.
/sarc
First Theo’s frollet. Now Bill’s sweater. Will the progression of this Huxtable renaissance inevitably lead to Denise’s dreads?
“This is not the next single, ‘Amazing’ is the next single.”
I thought “See You in My Nightmares” was the next single. Yet again, Wikipedia had lied to me.
Which I find weird since Wikipedia has cover artwork for the single too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/See_You_in_My_Nightmares
“”See You in My Nightmares” is the third single from Kanye West’s fourth studio album 808s & Heartbreak, and the fourth single from the album.”
Oh wikipedia.
Is this song a joke?
“my friend showed me pictures of his kids, And all I could show him was pictures of my cribs. He said his daughter got a brand new report card and all I got was a brand new sports car”
That has got to be some of the worst songwriting I’ve ever seen
Are you kidding? I mean, it’s simple and stripped down. But that’s part of what a lot of this album is suppossed to be. He sticks to 808s and autotune and doesn’t go much past that. The lyrics themselves are simple as well. I find what he says true and honest…and in that case he definitely excells at it. Considering you have people talking about moving their body’s like a cyclone, and i like her, and i like her, i wanna fuck ever girl in the world. And compaired to those who are far more popular and less artistic and more cliche and typical than this. I’m happy with what Kanye did with this album. And all of the videos so far. This is by far my favourite video from the new album, right in front of heartless…and I think it beats Chairlift’s usage of it for sure. Just some reflection on it. Maybe not the best songwriting out there compaired to some of the greats, but far ahead of his scene for sure.
Stripped down? Are you kidding me? Do you even know what an 808 sounds like, because I’m hearing maybe it in maybe 1/10th of this song. 808s don’t make pianos, strings, synth sweeps, or even most of the drums sounds you hear. There is nothing “stripped down” about this outside of the fact that the alternative at this stage would be for Kanye to dive off the deep end and sample Led Zepplin.
This lyric seemed funny to me too, but only because I’d prefer a sports car over a kid. I think the car would be cheaper and more emotionally rewarding in the long haul.
ART WINS!!!!!!
RAY TINTORI DID NOT NOT NOT INVENT SHIT…a japanese guy has been doing it for art for a while….. ALSO…. The presets were def the first i have seen use it… and did very well…
i havent even watched the video yet and i already know what i’m gonna say about it…best ever.
dude his lyrics are HORRIBLE here. maybe you should reconsider, scott.
actually to be fair, momus released a video by Jordan Fish of his and Germlin’s Ashes to Ashes cover using this compression-as-function style back in SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR. so, technically, kanye didn’t lost to chairlift.
http://vimeo.com/2834090
so there’s that.
This video really whips the llama’s ass.
Wayhey! Wesley Willis. Call dude, way to give me nostalgic whiplash.
and my friend said this about it:
i on the other hand think that he is breaking down the shallow materialistic lifestyles that seem to take the forefront of the rap scene, in simple terms
without dressing anything up in metaphors, he gets across his point and feelings perfectly, and that’s just as good as any writing that is dressed up in metaphors and similes and big fancy words
No idiot, them lyrics are “Kanye” ‘s attempt at humble and suffering martyr because he’s so brilliant but no one really appreciates it. By the way most of these rap stars and their rap scene that your friend suppose are materialistic, etc. have kids and they all do all that family shit. Kanye is just crying like a bitch that he doesn’t have time to do it. Stop being a romantic fag, open your eyes and take a good look around you. Musicians just like to complain and cry and whine lot (that is, the ones that aren’t busy being materialistic) The video is just distracting.
pretty rad. im not the biggest fan of the song but the video is definitely pretty cool.
you know it’s the internet when two only remotely similar videos debut in the same week and then everyone bitches at each other
Everyone here owe Kris Moyes and The Presets money
http://www.kmoyes.com/presets_ayto_320.mov
circa 2005
Er, not EVERYONE, but at least Chairlift and Kanye West.
way cooler than chairlift, even if he is a motherfucker.
“this new technology’s choreographic and conceptual possibility”? This video just looks like my computer screen is fucking up.
Better than all the yuppie dinner party music that passes for Indie rock in 09
chairlift didn’t ‘invent’ that technique by any means.
and also this owns the chairlift video, partly because it’s just better, and partly because instead of 3 pretentious hipsters and a shit song, this has one dude with a massive ego, a decent song, and a jerry curl.
checked out the charilift video, i dont think anyone is gonna care if kanye took it from them. haha. if anything, he’s gonna get more ppl to know who they are bc that song n video sucks.
Jordan Ficsh is totally on Ray’s team, and helped edit this video. No one is saying Chairlift invented it. Kanye’s video was produced by the company ray worked for after the Chairlift vid. Whatever… The Chairlift video is amazing. so is the kanye video
This video could be significantly improved with some penises and vagina ghosts.
Kanye’s megalomania has collapsed under it’s own weight and become parody. When I saw the opening of this video, with his uber-serious mug flying towards the camera, wearing that horrible sweater, I couldn’t help but feel sorry for him. I wonder if he knows that he’s coming across so retarded?
yeah a guy by the name of takashi murata has been rocking this effect since at least ’04… here’s a shitty clip of one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVdpiq4lS0o
Jonze’ qualms with the chairlift vid is the same reason I think it trumps Kanye’s.
Using the low-budge outdoor footage gives it soul, rather than being like “Hey, we have a ton of money, lets get all cgi”. (I thought the same thing about “Time to Pretend”) Using nature that morphs into sur-reality gives the viewer a chance to make a connection between something they’re familiar with and the psychedelic shit – hence making the video more interactive with the viewers mind, rather than spoon fed.
DOES ANY ONE have this version of this song cuz i cant bloody find any version but the album version, and it dont have the piano in it
People complaining about a rapper complaining…interesting, what’s also interesting is that people just came on to this to gripe about Kanye like he will suddenly fall on this website (while talking to his gay/dope pals on messenger) and just give up on life altogether. But whatever, the video itself is a technical masterpiece in the terms of forward-thinking filmmaking despite its use of the same technology that is in Chairlift’s Evident Utensil, it’s a shame that it won’t be released but being in a time where the only thing that people seem to take any interest in is new, I can understand the reasons for getting rid. The song is not Kanye’s best, lyrically but has strong melodies and presents the pop elements to 808s.
What’s ‘interesting’ is you complaining about people not really complaining about a whining, complaining rapper. I don’t understand what your point was in pointing out, erroneously by the way, other people’s intentions in their comments. No one was addressing Kanye hoping he shows up here. We’re addressing each other. Comprende?
I like your use of the collective ‘we’, it really gives the sense that you’re representing the stereogum community instead of passing it off as your own opinion but I was referring to the eloquent yet particularly angry response of ‘pat’ on this video, who wasn’t really giving any opinion on the video (which is good despite it’s sluggish lyrics) but on Kanye himself which I didn’t believe was that productive. I hope that cleared everything for you
Ok, so having seen everyone’s attempt at this pixel stuff, from the original japanese guy’s, to the preset one, to the chairlift one, to this one, I can definitely say that this is the best.
Say You Will should be the next single
The “japanese guy” is video artist Takeshi Murata.
Clip: (offscreen)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d87FaWdj3L0
I think it’s cool. I liked the Chairlift video better, but this is cooler than what you usually see in the mainstream-video-business.
Ray Tantoris style is quite unique I think. Though it’s a little irritating how much the Chairlift and Kanye videos shares style here.
Anyhow, I think it’s cool and inspiring for videomakers like me.
yeah i agree. also i think the two videos are different enough to both have merit. either way, both videos are pretty amazing
this video looks amazing – i was honestly excited by it, not only sexually, yet mostly sexually.
N.B. i think that the fascination with yeezy’s physical appearance is really interesting. that said, i think people get pissed at his confidence and arrogance and even the fact that the bitch has some bitchin’ style. if everybody focused on the shit he was really putting out, like this sick vid, i think we could all get in on ye’s pie
am i right.
i think this song is a good one, as i think it’s about the hollowness of ‘the pursuit of material things’. i can understand why this may go over some peoples heads. For me, West can do no wrong, singles- wise… this is coming from a person who is all too quick to shit over anything that is in the least bit popular.. its strange.. Kanye West’s popularity raises questions in my mind about other ‘artists’ that were similarly as popular when i was too young to question WHY they were… its very strange.
sorry kanye, sorry chairlift, but the second one up there is by far the best.
Yo Kanye I’m really happy for you, and I’mma let you finish, but Chairlift had one of the best datamoshing videos of all time. Of all time!
aaron you are an idiot
No one owes Kris Moyes shit he is a plagiarist from way back when
Datamoshing was invented by these guys Sven König, Takeshi Murata and Paul B. Davis
Moyes used it and then pretended he came up with it like he does with all his peice of shit videos.
Conversely, I would say that maybe you do like hip-hop. Good hip-hop, featuring emcees with actual flows, clever wordplay, and other things that have traditionally been the foundation of good rhyming. Like rhythm, or the ability to perform live without becoming out of breath. Or to freestyle without looking like a complete ass.