Carpenter Brut: The Widow Maker


Our new music video for Carpenter Brut is out on YouTube!

The Widow Make is taken from the mysterious French synthwave artist’s upcoming new album, Leather Terror, which is scheduled to be released in April this year. The new single features guest vocals from Alex Westaway of GUNSHIP. The video stars Dylan Sprouse as Bret Halford aka Leather Teeth.

Speaking about the new single, Carpenter Brut says, “while talking with a musician friend of mine, he said, ‘this song, it makes you want big guitars like Rammstein‘. Inwardly, I ruled out the guitar option, but for the vocals, his idea worked for me and I thought it would be cool to have a big industrial voice on this track, like Till Lindemann for example, but in the end I asked Alex Westaway (from GUNSHP) to sing on it. It’s nothing like Lindemann vocally, but I love Alex’s androgynous register a la Brian Molko and what he did with the song. There was this interesting ambivalence, even paradoxical between the martial side of the music and Alex‘s voice, which is quite pop, which makes this track both industrial and synth pop. As usual with the singers I work with, I gave Alex a word or two, a theme, and then he came up with his own lyrics. I really like this song, because for me it’s Carpenter Brut with a mainstream feel.”

Speaking about the video collaboration Dylan Sprouse says, “I sent Carpenter Brut a comic I made with a note that read ‘As I’ve written the entirety of this comic series with your music on repeat, I felt it only natural to send you this. I owe it to you.’ That was the first time we communicated and I believe we found ourselves to have some shred of creative kinship in our different mediums since then. Over a year of us chatting back and forth about finding an opportunity to collaborate on something together, he hit me with the idea to portray Bret Halford in a video of his with the Deka Brothers as directors. We chatted character, background, content and I was all in immediately. Especially because it gave me the opportunity to take out some aggression with an oversized buck knife and some confetti cannons after a few short days of filming, a lot of running, a lot of stabbing, a lot of spiked studs, platform boots and a sprained ankle during a “bad drug trip” scene. I hope you all get as pumped up watching this as I was filming it. Long Live Bret Halford.”

MY BLOOD debuts on ALTER

Today our short film MY BLOOD debuts on ALTER, a platform on the cutting edge of horror.

We’re proud to showcase the work of our dedicated and talented crew to Alter’s sophisticated audience.

Check it out, the platform is free to use.

Nominated for two Webby Awards

After a Best of the Year nomination on Vimeo earlier this year, our anthem video that we directed for Cranbrook Academy of Art is now nominated for two Webby Awards, respectively in the Short Form category for Branded Content and the Art & Experimental category for General Video.

You can support the project by voting at the following links:

https://winners.webbyawards.com/winners/video/branded-entertainment/short-form-branded?years=0&sort=0

https://winners.webbyawards.com/winners/video/general-video/art-experimental?years=0&sort=0



Best of the Year nomination on Vimeo

Cranbrook - This is the space is being nominated for Best of the Year in the Brand Vision category at the Vimeo Festival & Awards.


From the Vimeo team:

“Every year, Vimeo staff nominate superstar members of our community in recognition of their creative use of our platform. To honor their great work and inspire our audience, we host an all-day event of screenings, panels, and workshops featuring top minds in the film and marketing industry. This year, the Vimeo Festival & Awards is scheduled to take place virtually on Thursday, January 14th. The winners in each category will be announced at the awards ceremony. 

This year, the curation team has narrowed down our top five favorite films that provide a compelling explanation of a company's mission and purpose, and your ad for Cranbrook Academy of Art, "This Is the Space," has been nominated for a Vimeo "Best of the Year" award!“

We look forward to the event.

Gojira - Live at Red Rocks

Recorded live on May 11th, 2017 at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Denver, Colorado, the Deka Brothers’ latest work for Gojira is coming out today on YouTube, and for 24 hours only.

Be sure to tune in at 4PM EDT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjF-lg0na2E

From Gojira: “We are excited to finally share our Live at Red Rocks. Captured 3 years ago, May 11th 2017, on our US tour with Opeth and Devin Townsend Project. An incredible memory for us in a breathtaking landscape. We kept this baby under our belt this whole time waiting for a special moment to release it.

Fun fact, this was Gojira’s 1,000th show. After witnessing the disintegration of our Summer Tours 2020, we thought it was a good moment to give a little something away before getting back on track. We are currently working to re-schedule a tour to take place next year. We are not yet in a position to confirm shows but hope to have more news for you in the coming weeks.”

In the meantime, you can check the trailer below.