mirrorball | animation

Witness the diversity of animation with music videos from the UK and beyond.

Animation is in a state of expansive flux; from a CGI character of Emiliana Torrini to Shynola's 3D old-school wire-frame work for Beck's E-Pro, to Michel Gondry and Lauri Faggioni's stop-motion and cut-out work for Devendra Banhart's Ribbon. It's not just the old guard represented here, newcomers SSSR provide a dark setting for Subtle's Swan Meat and 19-year-old David O'Reilly harnesses the elements in his debut video for electronic artists Venetian Snares. Diamond Dogs' foray into animation proves the 'paperless office' is a prediction far from being realised while Thomas Hicks, features with his Gravenhurst video I Turn My Face to the Forest.

It seems with video budgets becoming ever lower and technology more affordable, animated videos are on the rise − as is plainly evident in this amazing collection from a field where the work is being pushed, pulled and twisted with the newest and oldest tools available to filmmakers.

Running Order: Artist | Title | Director | Production Company | Record Company

1. Beck - E-Pro Dir: Shynola Production co: Directors Bureau Record co: Interscope	2. Coldcut - Everything's Under Control Dir: Oscar Wright Production co: Partizan Record co: Ninja Tune
3. Nizlopi - JCB Song Dir: Laith Bahrani Record co: Monkeehub	4. Jimmy Edgar - Is This a Real City? Dir: Ben Dawkins Production co: Love Record co: Warp
5. Devendra Banhart - Ribbon Dir: Michel Gondry & Lauri Faggioni Production co: Partizan Record co: XL Recordings Limited www.xlrecordings.com	6. Emiliana Torrini - Sunny Road Dir: Ali Taylor Production co: Sherbet Record co: Rough Trade
7. Colleen - The Happy Sea Dir: Carolina Melis Record co: Leaf Label	8. Aberfeldy - Love is an Arrow Dir: Chris Waitt Production co: Nexus Record co: Rough Trade
9. Motor - Din 10 Dir: Clemens Habicht Production co: Track n Field Record co: Mute Records	10. Mira Calix - Umbra/Penumbra Dir: Liam O Record co: Warp
11. Subtle - Swanmeat Dir: SSSR Production co: Passion Pictures Record co: Lex	12. Gravenhurst - I Turn My Face to the Forest Dir: Thomas Hicks Record co: Warp
13. Plaid - Greedy Baby Dir: Bob Jarok Production co: Slinky Pictures Record co: Warp	14. Tunng - Fair Boreen Dir: Megan Makewsk Production co: Pixelspew Record co: Static Caravan
15. Venetian Snares - Szamar Madar Dir: David O'Reilly Production co: Colonel Blimp Record co: Warp	16. The Cribs - Mirror Kissers Dir: Diamond Dogs Production co: Colonel Blimp Record co: Wichita
17. I Woz Ere (short) Dir: Richard Coldicott Production co: Clusta