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{ 2006 07 25 }

KASABIAN – Empire


Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.
(Orazio)


WIZ directs a music video set in the World War One some war the Crimean War, with an amazingly huge production value and a story line that slips away from my obnubilated senses…

Kasabian is a British band from Leicester, England. The band is named after Linda Kasabian, a member of the Charles Manson cult.

Members of Kasabian are: Serge Pizzorno, Tom Meighan, Christopher Edwards and Ian Matthews. (Source: Wikipedia)

Empire is the single that anticipates the release of the album with the same name, that will be out in September 2006.

A former musician, DJ, and photographer, W.I.Z. has an impressive clutch of pop videos on his showreel, as well as a concert film shot around a live performance by Suede at the Brixton Academy. (Source: Videoville)

W.I.Z. is currently signed to Oil Factory and Factory Films. You may want to look at his video for Weekender, whose link has been posted by Matthew in the comments. Thx!

 WIZ dirige un video ambientato nella prima guerra mondiale durante qualche guerra la Guerra di Crimea, con un budget esorbitante ed una trama che sfugge ai miei sensi ormai obnubilati…

I Kasabian sono una band britannica originaria del Leicester. Il nome del gruppo viene da Linda Kasabian, membro della setta di Charles Manson.

I membri della band sono: Serge Pizzorno, Tom Meighan, Christopher Edwards e Ian Matthews. (Fonte: Wikipedia)

Empire è il singolo che anticipa l’uscita dell’album omonimo, la cui data di rilascio prevista è settembre 2006.

Già musicita, DJ e fotografo, W.I.Z. ha al suo attivo una sequenza impressionante di video, così come un concert film girato durante una esibizione live dei Suede presso la Brixton Academy. (Source: Videoville)

W.I.Z. lavora attualmente per Oil Factory e Factory Films. Vi consiglio di guardarvi il suo video di Weekender, il cui link è stato postato da Matthew nei commenti. Grazie!

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DOWNLOAD: Scarica Empire.
[Format: Quicktime - Size: 18 MB - Running Time: 5 min.]

STREAM: Guarda Empire in streaming.

DOWNLOAD (MEDIUM Q.): Scarica Empire da Factory.
[Format: Quicktime - Size: 15 MB - Running Time: 5 min.]

WATCH: Guarda Empire in finestra.

LINK: Visita il sito dei Kasabian.

LINK: La pagina di W.I.Z. su Videoville.

MVDBASE: Pagina di Wiz – Kasabian

IMDB: Pagina di Wiz – Kasabian

CODECS: Apple Quicktime

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Posted by DeK on Tuesday, July 25, 2006, at 12:00. Filed under Music Videos. Tagged , , . Follow any responses to this post with its comments RSS feed. You can post a comment or trackback from your blog.

{ 13 } Comments

  1. Anonymous | 27 July 2006 at 14:04 | Permalink

    Wiz is a pretty legendary promo director in the UK; His video for Flowered Up’s track Weekender really pushed the boundaries of the music video. There’s a pretty complete videography of his work here http://www.mvdbase.com/tech.php?last=Wiz

  2. DeK - Delirium & Kaos | 28 July 2006 at 13:50 | Permalink

    Thanks. The link was already included in the post. My doubt was more about WIZ being an individual or a group of persons.

  3. Anonymous | 29 July 2006 at 15:47 | Permalink

    I don’t think that’s WWI. I think it’s probably the Crimean War maybe, or a reference to Charge of the Light Brigade

  4. DeK - Delirium & Kaos | 30 July 2006 at 01:59 | Permalink

    Yes, I think you’re right, but I remember I read it somewhere. I just forgot to name my source.
    Well, I’ll fix it when I’ll know for sure.

  5. Anonymous | 31 July 2006 at 00:00 | Permalink

    Oops, sorry, didn’t notice the link to MVDbase. Theres a link here to the Flowered Up video I mentioned; definately worth checking out.

    http://stx.vox.com/library/video/6a00c2251d506d8e1d00c2251ccc39604a.html

  6. DeK - Delirium & Kaos | 31 July 2006 at 01:48 | Permalink

    Thanks a lot! This wasn’t up on Factory Films.
    Wow! It’s 16 minutes long? I think I’ll love it…

  7. DeK - Delirium & Kaos | 31 July 2006 at 03:03 | Permalink

    Thanks again. Great great stuff.
    I’ve just made a post about it on Ticklebooth.

  8. Matthew | 3 August 2006 at 00:07 | Permalink

    Thanks for giving that video the extra recognition it deserves; also hadn’t got round to checking out Ticklebooth before, and it looks like theres a hell of a lot of fun stuff on there!

  9. DeK - Delirium & Kaos | 3 August 2006 at 09:21 | Permalink

    Thank to you.
    It seems a good samaritan posted an extensive bio with links on Videoville:

    http://www.videoville.org/wiki/index.php/W.I.Z.

  10. BiGi | 29 August 2006 at 01:47 | Permalink

    The video is set during the Crimean War (1853-1856), the same period referred to by Iron Maiden’s The Trooper

  11. DeK - Delirium & Kaos | 29 August 2006 at 12:32 | Permalink

    Grazie mille, aggiorno il post.
    (Il mio primo post che raggiunge 10 commenti. E senza flame! Non so se essere emozionato o preoccupato…)

  12. Marc | 25 January 2007 at 07:55 | Permalink

    I want that Suede concert video – the full version that was shown on MTV (I think). Not the edited version they put out on VHS. Any clues?

  13. DeK - Delirium & Kaos | 25 January 2007 at 09:19 | Permalink

    This guy has a 85 min. DVD in his “list”:

    http://www.misionet.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=58&Itemid=44

    Don’t know if it’s what you’re searching for.

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