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The production design for this lush and lavish video for Antony and the Johnsons' "Epilepsy Is Dancing", a highlight from their fantastic new album The Crying Light, is breathtaking. Intricately crafted masks, flowers and butterflies dripping from Antony Hegarty's lips, vibrantly painted bodies undulating on the floor-- it's a veritable orgy of color (there are also some bare breasts in the clip, so it might be NSFW.). A note from the label explains that it was very much a group effort:"Antony asked his friends the Wachowski Brothers to work with him on a video for his new single 'Epilepsy Is Dancing'. They in turn invited painters Tino Rodriguez and Virgo Paradiso to create costumes and a mystical environment and choreographer Sean Dorsey and his dancers to bring the dream sequence to life. Antony's artistic partner Johanna Constantine stars as herself in the role of 'Deer Monster'. The video was lit and shot by the up-and-coming directors of photography, Chris Blasingame and Banker White, and produced by Jim Jerome. The production team collectively named themselves AFAS. Please enjoy the fruits of their San Francisco art party."So there you have it, from the Wachowski Brothers on down, all these folks came together to make this strange and mysterious video for a terrific song.Pitchfork.tv page with embed code is here.[from The Crying Light; out now in the U.S. on Secretly Canadian and in the UK and Europe on Rough Trade]
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No Age: Antony, No Age, A.C. Newman Head Up Noise Pop
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Antony and the Johnsons, New Pornographers frontman A.C. Newman, No Age, Goblin Cock (featuring Pinback's Rob Crow), and Unicorns offshoot Clues lead the initial lineup charge for 2009's Noise Pop Festival, exploding all over San Francisco February 24-March 1.In addition to these early confirmations, Noise Pop will host a film festival featuring...
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Antony and the Johnsons: Set Release
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Antony and the Johnsons has announced his third album, The Crying Light, will be released on January 20.
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Antony and the Johnsons: Reveal New Album Details
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Photo by Nilina Mason-CampbellIt was in early December of last year that we reported that Antony and the Johnsons' new album "is called The Crying Light, and it'll come out on Secretly Canadian in the spring. Exciting!"Obviously, the album's timetable has changed considerably since then, but it looks like we're finally going to hear this thing. ...
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Antony and the Johnsons: announce release date of new album
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Antony and the Johnsons have announced the release date of their third record 'The Crying Light'.
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Antony and the Johnsons: cover Beyonce with LSO
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Antony and the Johnsons covered Beyonce's worldwide 2003 hit 'Crazy In Love' during their show with the London Symphony Orchestra last night (October 30).
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