If one was asked to sum up Thomas Dolby’s musical career in three words, ‘expect the unexpected’ might be good ones. Though perhaps best known as one of the early pioneers of Electronica, he’s worked across a multitude of genres, with a long list of big names, both as artist and producer, so I guess that when he sent me the rough mix of ‘The Toadlickers’, to see if I’d be interested in directing the music video, I shouldn’t have been surprised by its ‘brand new mash of Bluegrass and Techno’…but I was (very pleasantly I might add) and leapt, as it were, at the opportunity. Continue reading “The Making of Thomas Dolby’s The Toadlickers – Part 1”
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Licking Toads with Thomas Dolby.
A few months ago, Thomas Dolby invited me to direct his first music video of the 21st century!
The track, entitled ‘The Toadlickers’, is about a group of scientists who live in the hills of Snowdonia, get high licking toads, get the munchies and come out at night to raid sweetshops.
Given the song’s banjo ‘n’ fiddle heavy roots Americana, some might see it as something of a radical departure for him, but I beg to differ! Infectious melodies…surreal humour…mad scientists…impeccable production…it’s classic Dolby!
Since Thomas has always had a penchant for pushing the envelope, it seemed only fitting to shoot the video with the latest cutting edge technology, which is why I chose Canon EOS 5D Mark IIs. I’ll be posting more about this soon. In the meantime…enjoy!