E.S.P. TV #17 from E.S.P. TV / LOUIS V E.S.P. on Vimeo.
Taped Live at PACS Gallery, Brooklyn NY for live stream to Seattle’s Next 50 Festival, 2012
Music by Long Distance Poison
Signal I and Signal II videos by Matthew Caron
Live video mix and manipulation by Scott Kiernan, Victoria Keddie, and Ethan Miller
Cameras by Lee Lichtsinn, Matt Bonner, and Rebecca Gaffney
Produced by E.S.P. TV for Manhattan Neighborhood Network, 2012
Photo and video by Intel
I collaborated with my friend Eric Drasin on video design and VJ duties for the Four Stories Launch Party at the W New York Downtown on August 9th, 2012
The scene on the red carpet of W New York – Downtown was electric Thursday night as Roman Coppola, The Directors Bureau, W Hotels, and Intel kicked off Four Stories, a short film series and competition. The party inside the hotel was even livelier than the scene on the street. DJ sets by Michaelangelo L’Acqua, W Hotels global music director, Theophilus London and DJ EIKO from Tokyo rocked the crowd. Michael Pitt and James Ransone — who are members of the competition’s judging panel — joined about 200 cinema-loving revelers to celebrate the opening of Four Stories. Roman even delivered a toast to the spirit of creativity, innovation, and collaboration.
W New York Downtown’s living room was decked out with large-scale movie posters, cinematic projections and an interactive display. Intel-inspired Ultrabooks™ powered cutting edge animated GIF booths that virtually transported guests to four iconic W Hotels destinations across the globe. Roman and his production company, The Directors Bureau, will produce four short films at W Hotels in Doha, Mexico City, The Maldives, and Washington DC.
Read more about the Four Stories Launch Party at Intel
Despite the surprising and torrential rain, a devoted crowd made their way out to our 350 Broadway location, and the glowing magenta storefront was temporarily transformed into an intimate performance space for the arresting Carrie Wilds. I’m sure you remember Carrie’s self-titled mixtape was recently released on ????? Records, and she was performing her material in front of a live audience for the very first time. After a quick set by Butterz’ Elijah, it was time for Ms. Wilds to take the stage, flanked by her lithe backup dancers. Burning through a collection of highlights from her mixtape, Carrie put the audience under her trance, her powerful vocals reverberating through the small space over pounding beats curated by DJ Shiftee and spun by Elijah. As far as debuts go, it’s hard to ask for more. Check footage from the show above, shot by Matthew Caron and Craig Sordyl, and see pics over at Noisey. – Whole Milk
“Dark Sister‘s Tiffany and Jessi performed their swagged out set in a supernatural 350 Broadway setting, and now we’ve got real live video of the whole thing shot, directed, and edited by our buddy and go to camera man Matthew Caron. Unsurprisingly, and as you’ll see from the video, Dark Sister made for a insanely enchanting live show. The girls brought it and then some, barreling through the audience with reckless abandon (even pawing at some lucky fellow’s face at one point), conducting ceremonies on the ground, working some impressive choreographed and synchronized dance moves, and dousing the whole scene in a thick melange of trap rap reverb.” – Whole Milk
Long Distance Poison – Signals To A Habitable Zone – Signal I from Fin Records on Vimeo.
Long Distance Poison – Signals To A Habitable Zone – Signal II from Fin Records on Vimeo.
Long Distance Poison – Signals To A Habitable Zone
Fin Records, 2012
Directed by
“Long Distance Poison present an irresistible concoction of convergent psychedelic and analog electronic energies, everything from a love of nature, and Rothko-like visual aesthetics, to musical influences like Sky Records, John Carpenter soundtracks, minimalism, and a less-hyper Mother Mallard or post-Phaedra Tangerine Dream. They’ve released some excellent tapes on Ecstatic Peace, Digitalis Limited, VCO Recordings, Constellation Clatsu, Cryptic Carousel and more–releases that capitalize on the band’s strength in long-form electronic composition with a wealth of improvisational wiggle-room. There’s a “ground” concept for each section of each piece, but that merely serves as a taking-off point for LDP’s pulsating extrapolations, typically about 30 minutes in length total, or longer. They’ve been wowing local Brooklyn audiences for some time now, and part of the fun of their shows is the opportunity to experience the band finding their way in the moment, watching the clay of their ideas take on form and urgency as they go.”
–by Wm. Berger, host of My Castle of Quiet on radio WFMU
The videos for SIGNAL I and SIGNAL II are included on a DVD packaged with the 12″ vinyl of Signals To A Habitable Zone, available from Fin Records. Buy Signals To A Habitable Zone HERE.
Long Distance Poison is Nathan Cearley, Erica Bradbury, and Casey Block. Matthew Caron does projections.
SIGNAL I premiered on June 25th, 2012 at Impose Magazine
SIGNAL II premiered on June 22, 2012 at Ad Hoc
Carrie Wilds “Stay” (featuring Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire) [produced by Lunice]
Mishka Records, 2012
Directed by Matthew Caron
We got our hands on the brand new video from Mishka Records newcomer Carrie Wilds. “Stay” is Wilds’ distinctive version of the doo wop classic by the Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs, with labelmate Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire dropping in to deliver his own experimental flair and Montreal beatmaker Lunice lending his searing production skills. – NOISEY
Stay premiered on June 15, 2012 on NOISEY
Man Forever, Sto & Nick Chatfield-Taylor – Ur Eternity from Thrill Jockey Records on Vimeo.
Man Forever “Ur Eternity”
A collaboration between Man Forever, Sto and Nick Chatfield-Taylor
Filmed by Nick Chatfield-Taylor, Tod Seelie, Kyle Marler, Matthew Caron, Martina Kitty Chan Kawaii, Matt Marlin & The Unstoppable Death Machines
2012 Thrill Jockey Records
“Ur Eternity” premiered on Impose TV on June 7th, 2012
Children Of The Night – Kids From Queens from Matthew Caron on Vimeo.
Children Of The Night “Kids From Queens”
World’s Fair
Directed by Matthew Caron
“…as if the iconic opening of Woody Allen’s ‘Manhattan’ bounced over a few boroughs…” – Brandon Soderberg, SPIN
Kids From Queens premiered on June 6, 2012 on SPIN
I shot the live footage in this Noisey special on Children Of The Night during their performance at Mishka’s 350 Broadway storefront. The black and white footage is from my video for their “Kids From Queens” single, including material from an earlier cut of the video that didn’t make it to the final cut.
photo by Tara Chacón
“Not gonna lie: I’m pretty surprised that 350 Broadway survived that one. We haven’t had an in store performance as rowdy and raucous as the amazing one that Children of the Night put on a few Fridays ago in… forever? Fresh off the release of their stellar mixtape Queens… Revisited, Nasty Nigel, Remy Banks, and Lansky Jones were fired the fuck up and tore that shit down. Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, whatever: this thing was stuffed with homies from every borough, no doubt.” – Whole Milk
