Fleet Foxes - A Take Away Show from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.
La Blogotheque is the birth child of Vincent Moon, a nomadic independent film maker from Paris. He started a little revolution in the relationship between cinema and music by traveling around the world filming "Take Away Shows" of indie rock related musicians (Bon Iver, Iron & Wine, Tallest Man On Earth, The National, Mumford & Sons) as well as some notable mainstream artists (Sigur Ros, Jason Mraz, Arcade Fire, Sufjan Stevens, Phoenix). He films them playing their music live whilst walking through the old cobblestone ridden streets of some European town, or through a park in New York. Some are shot in a more intimate setting... just Vincent and the band in an apartment overlooking the Seattle skyline, or an old apartment in Paris on a rainy Monday. In every film he brilliantly captures the raw beauty of music... no studios, no synths, or over dubs. Just a couple of guys with guitars, a melodica, and the burden of song that they each carry.
I think its really interesting as well to note how all of the bystanders in the videos react. Usually when the artist(s) starts, there is no crowd... but soon enough, with out fail... one gathers and is filled with a wide variety of people with different ethnicities, races, and creeds. Its quite interesting isn't it?... the tug music has on all of us. How it draws us out. Stops us. Redirects us. Moves us. Unites us.
-Frey
-Frey
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