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Possibly the best collection of music promos you will ever see in one sitting. Not the most obvious of choices, but everyone is a gem and will lead you on a rollercoaster journey that brings you through a decade of sublime imagery and coolness.

It wouldn't be the best without the usual suspects, so you do have Gondry, Jonze and Shynola, but look out for sweet stuff from recent directors emerging on the promo scene − Dougal Wilson for Chikinki, Blue Source for Dirty Vegas and The Avalanches and Reuben Sutherland for New Zealand act The Phoenix Foundation.

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

1996
Wax - California
Dir: Spike Jonze
Production co: Propaganda/Satellite
Record co: Atlantic

Weezer - Say it Ain't So
Dir: Sophie Muller
Production co: Oil Factory
Record co: Geffen

1997
Cibo Matto - Sugar Water
Dir: Michel Gondry
Production co: Partizan
Record co: Warner

MC Solaar - Gangster Moderne
Dir: Stephane Sednaoui
Production co: Bandits
Record co: Polydor

1998
God Lives Underwater - From Your Mouth
Dir: Roman Coppola
Production co: Directors Bureau
Record co: A & M Records

Air - All I Need
Dir: Mike Mills
Production co: Directors Bureau
Record co: EMI

1999
Blur - Coffee & TV
Dir: Garth Jennings
Production co: Hammer & Tongs
Record co: Virgin

Unkle - Rabbit in Your Headlights
Dir: Jonathan Glazer
Production co: Academy
Record co: Mo' Wax

2000
Quannum - I Changed My Mind
Dir: Shynola
Production co: Oil Factory
Record co: Quannum Projects

Babybird - Out of Sight
Dir: Blue Source
Production co: Blue Source
Record co: Echo

2001
Radiohead - Pyramid Song
Dir: Shynola
Production co: Oil Factory
Record co: Parlophone

Dirty Vegas - Days Go By
Dir: Blue Source
Production co: Blue Source
Record co: Parlophone

2002
The White Stripes - Fell in Love With a Girl
Dir: Michel Gondry
Production co: Partizan
Record co: XL Recordings Limited www.xlrecordings.com

Unkle - Eye For An Eye
Dir: Shynola
Production co: Oil Factory
Record co: Mo' Wax

2003
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Dir: Mark Romanek
Production co: Anonymous
Record co: American Recordings

Audio Bullys - We Don't Care
Dir: Walter Stern
Production co: Academy
Record co: EMI/Source

2004
Faultline - Biting Tongues
Dir: Vernie Yeung
Production co: Black Dog/RSA Films
Record co: EMI

Chikinki - Assassinator
Dir: Dougal Wilson
Production co: Colonel Blimp
Record co: Island

2005
Phoenix Foundation - Hitchcock
Dir: Reuben Sutherland
Production co: Joyrider Films
Record co: Festival/Mushroom Records

Charlotte Hatherley - Bastardo
Dir: Edgar Wright
Production co: Partizan
Record co: Double Dragon

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