Music video for Donald Johnson’s song, “Closer.” Recorded By Javier Hernadez-Miyares at his Rego Park Studio. I like to call it the Rego Ragga. The instrument you see at the beginning is a small Indian made synthesizer that is used to play Sitar and tabla against etc. It fills in for those weird squeezebox and crank driven drones that are used in Indian music to such wonderful effect. Javier likes to collect all sorts of odd little synths and electronic noise makers I thought this one would work well with the “Eastern” sound of this song, while still being contemporary…. plus I thought switching it on would make a good beginning and ending of a shot.
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Pain
And after much Pain:
An Animation for Donald Johnson’s song Pain. I made over 2,000 individual images iin Photoshop in an attempt to make something like a handmade digital animation. I call the characters cogs. They aren’t cats and they aren’t dogs and they aren’t people. They are part of a narrative machine.
Song written and sung by Donald Johnson
Music arranged, played, and produced by Javier Hernandez-Miyares
Art and Animation by Alex Itin
The Kiss
Maybe thole thing was an excuse to make an image that reminds me of some old paintings from 90’s? Anyway I actually enjoyed and am enjoying the big climax, as it were.
On the Beach
To Sleep With The Fishes
Donyo meet Peshyo
Donyo Was A Rolling Stone
Or actually a dislodged skull turned snowball rolling down a mountain…
Below the tree line and into the valley below.
At My Grave
Spent the Holiday working on the animation and helping to edit the cage project. Here is some video I shot of Donald Johnson at Frost street witht he cage masks projected behind.
Bicycle Rider
Daisy Daisy.
The Chain Unwindes
After a long wait, here is Donald Johnson’s song Chain. It took a few months to make and now I’m shocked that it is only about four minutes long. Crazy.