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  • film // The Helio Sequence : TIMBER! Stageside Film

    “This is awesome—I can’t think of a better place to be than here, right now” admitted Brandon Summers of The Helio Sequence as they headlined the Main Stage during last weekend’s TIMBER! Outdoor Music Festival in Carnation, Washington.

    We’re sure few in the audience would disagree with that sentiment.  An immense summer sky was darkening, the trees looming, the stars blinking on and a sunburnt, euphoric July day of music—surrounded by Tolt-McDonald’s fir-spiked wonderland—was on the verge of culminating in an incredible set.  Benjamin Weikel’s precise, radiant percussion splintered and skittered gloriously across Summers’ vocals, guitar work and harmonica—washing over the crowed as clear and certain and abundant as the river waters nearby.

    We invite you to come stage-side with us and our camera and witness a portion of Weikel’s awe-inspiring performance during Harmonica Song in this first of several TIMBER! Stageside Films!

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  • photos // TIMBER! 2013

    We are still glowing from the campfires, live music, good friends and glittering waters of the first annual TIMBER! Outdoor Music Festival.

    Congratulations to our friends at Artist Home for so successfully creating such a beautiful weekend immersed in nature and music. From the bald eagle soaring over Quasi’s set and the sun-baked dips in the river to the late laugh riots around campfires and music always drifting through the pines—this was a weekend no one who attended will forget.

    We’ve collected some of our favorite photos from the weekend below—keep an eye out for videos!

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  • photos // Lemolo + The Kaleidoscope Dance

    Here is a gallery of photographs from the recent Lemolo and The Kaleidoscope Dance put on by The Warehouse, featuring Lemolo performing their dreamy debut album The Kaleidoscope accompanied by original choreography from Tacoma’s MLKBallet and The BareFoot Collective.  The highly-anticipated event was even more moving and beautiful than expected.  Lemolo, the dancers and The Warehouse are hopefully patting themselves on the back a bit—and the rest of us are looking forward to more shows like this!

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  • film // Lemolo + The Kaleidoscope Dance

    We partnered with our friends at The Warehouse to promote this beautifully idiosyncratic event—Lemolo & The Kaleidoscope Dance.

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  • poster // Songs of Summer

    Summer is here, and we admit we fell under the spell of June sunsets and footloose color palettes as we created our poster design for a show being put on by Team Up for Nonprofits.  With the riveting headliner Sera Cahoone, the solid lineup of female Northwest artists and the very worthy cause, it was a magical project we couldn’t pass up.

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  • film // YOURS TRULY : Pickwick

    It was a spine-tingling shoot for Yours Truly that allowed us to capture one of our favorite local bands, Pickwick, in the comfy-as-an-old-couch confines of their suburban studio.  Seriously, keep an eye out for these guys hitting it big. And while you’re at it, check out our previous video we shot for Yours Truly as well as the rest of their incredible videos.

     

  • video // YOURS TRULY : Pure Bathing Culture

    We’ve long admired the intimate, live music filmmaking that the folks at Yours Truly have been putting out for several years now.  We’ve recently had the opportunity to work with them filming and editing videos in Seattle.

    The first to be released is this gorgeous song from the good people of Pure Bathing Culture (whom we’ve had the fortune of filming before, first as part of Vetiver’s band at the first Huichica Music Festival and second as part of Richard Swift’s band at the Huichica Music Festival the following year!)

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  • video // Goldfinch : “Beautiful Wine” + “Hood”

    Tacoma band Goldfinch has a new album out—and it’s being officially released at the upcoming CATHEDRALS Tacoma.  We captured them performing one of the songs for the new album—accompanied by an original dance piece—in the historic Immanuel Presbyterian.  Also this video from the same night of their cover of Perfume Genius’ Hood:

    Be sure to grab tickets to see more:

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  • video // Musical Plates : Kris Orlowski

    Third time’s indeed a charm for Seattle’s only (and best!) mobile food tour. This time around, Kris Orlowski‘s melodic pop complemented White Moustache’s four-wheeled foodie foray up, down and all over town into some of Seattle’s best kept culinary secrets.

    We’re firm believers that White Moustache gastro-guide Bryce Lathrop is one part Bacchanalian storyteller, two parts food anthropologist and three parts epicurean shaman. Meaning, he has the epicure for all that ails you, and you’ll emerge from your food coma two days later boasting some anecdotal cultural history to boot.  On this particular tour, Bryce played raconteur and the band played songs catchier than hell and everyone filled their bellies with an all-vegetarian menu.

    Above is a first glimpse at the night—the video we produced of Orlowski and co.’s performance at the delicious and sparkling Grub.

    Here’s another clip we created as a survey of the entire evening:

    If you like what you see, don’t hesitate to purchase tickets for the next Musical Plates food tour!

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    White Moustache Urban Adventure Co.

    music by
    Kris Orlowski

    food by
    Grub