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video // Lemolo + The Kaleidoscope Dance

2013/06/12 / No Comments / Posted in: event promotion, video, video music

We partnered with our friends at The Warehouse to promote this special, upcoming event—Lemolo & The Kaleidoscope Dance.

This provided us a great opportunity to work with some area artists we’re particularly fond of. The Puget Sound duo Lemolo have enchanted us since we first saw them play a cramped, mesmerizing set in the “yoga studio” at Doe Bay Fest 2011. Since that time we’ve been excited to watch them grow in stature and are happy to take part in spreading the word on their incredible music.

video // CULT TACOMA : Squeak + Squawk 2012

2012/04/07 / Comments Off / Posted in: recent projects, video, video featured, video music

These are videos we recently produced for Cult Tacoma as part of their coverage of Tacoma’s recent Squeak + Squawk Festival.

video // CULT TACOMA : Elk & Boar

2012/03/16 / Comments Off / Posted in: recent projects, video, video featured, video music

Here are a couple more videos we shot for Cult Tacoma. We caught up with the band Elk & Boar as they were preparing for performances down at SXSW last week.

Over coffee at Bluebeard the other day, we had a conversation with Kirsten—the Elk in Tacoma’s soulful Elk & Boar—about this and that and mostly, the weather. Our consensus was that Tacoma skies brandish more diversity—day to day, hour to hour—than any other place we’ve lived. From the gauzy west-facing pinks of afternoon to glowing cloud obelisks pervading the port skies at night to the otherworldly opacity of surprise snowfalls, Tacoma never fails to awe us when we look up.

Kirsten invited us to join Elk & Boar in their studio—”The Cottage”—to record a couple of their songs on just such a mercurial day . . .

video // Cult Tacoma : Big Sur

2011/11/28 / Comments Off / Posted in: promotion, recent projects, video, video music

The Warehouse approached us and asked if we’d like to shoot a studio session with their upcoming house show headliners Big Sur.

Of course we jumped at the opportunity—we thought it would be a great video to add to Cult Tacoma and we loved the idea of being in the studio with the musicians as they created their sublime folk pop.

video // Cult Tacoma : Doe Bay Festival : 2011

2011/10/28 / Comments Off / Posted in: photography, recent projects, video, video featured, video music

Doe Bay Festival is becoming one of our favorite weekends of the year. We spent most of it behind the camera and created this short video and collection of photos for Cult Tacoma. See below for the photos . . .

Cult Sonoma video // Huichica Music Festival : 2011

2011/08/04 / Comments Off / Posted in: video, video featured, video music

It was June in California—when all everyone expects is sunshine and blue skies for miles—but it rained. And rained. And every event in the area was cancelled. Except one: the second annual Huichica Music Festival.

In fact, it’s our belief that the inclement weather made an outstanding music festival that much more “rock and roll.”

“The music was mesmerizing, the vibe was infectious, and Mother Nature was awesome,” says Gun Bun president and festival co-producer Jeff Bundschu. Cramming into tents and clinking wine glasses together during periodic downpours only seemed to further the bonding experience.

Take a look at these short videos we produced for Cult Sonoma capturing the experience—included in part one (above) are performances by David Williams, CB Brand, Tu Fawning and Breathe Owl Breathe.