For Aaron Louis, music would appear to be simply one other bullet level in a mind-bogglingly huge resume. At the moment the audio-visual director at New York Metropolis’s esteemed Museum of Fashionable Artwork, he’s additionally on the board of administrators at Brooklyn’s tech-savvy 3-Legged Canine Media & Theater Group, the place he was beforehand the manufacturing director for his or her artwork and know-how middle. His prolonged listing of manufacturing credit consists of Islam And The Future Of Tolerance, a strong 2018 documentary.
Louis has labored with Pulitzer Prize winners, notable movie/theater administrators and pop superstars. He’s the creator of books and screenplays, a former reserving agent and a one-time proprietor of a live-music venue/efficiency area in Florida. And that’s barely scratching floor of Louis’ output as an artist, entrepreneur and activist.
The place the Clamor falls in all of that is anybody’s guess. For the second, although, his cinematically inclined indie-rock venture seems someplace close to the highest of his to-do listing, particularly now that “Staircase Stomp” has discovered its manner into the world.
“The lyrics discover themes of identification and inside battle, so it felt pure to lean into these concepts visually with one thing surreal and layered,” says Louis of the music and video. “Cease-motion was an ideal match as a result of it has this tactile, barely unsettling high quality that I assumed matched the tone superbly.”
One of many video’s greatest challenges was engaged on a decent deadline. “Cease-motion is notoriously time-intensive,” says Louis. “However Jody McKee’s means to convey the puppets to life so effectively with out sacrificing element was nothing in need of outstanding. Scotty Hull’s digital animation added to the dynamic power, particularly within the storm and mob scenes, creating what I believe is a seamless interaction between the 2 mediums.”
Subsequent up for Louis: writing and recording new materials. “I’m trying ahead to collaborating with different inventive minds on future video initiatives,” he says. “Working with visible artists reshapes the way in which I perceive my very own work. It’s like watching the music tackle a life I by no means anticipated—and that course of will possible change how I method making music movies transferring ahead.”
We’re proud to premiere the Clamor’s “Staircase Stomp” video.
—Hobart Rowland
