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Hacks of the uber-popular Microsoft Kinect have become an art form of late, and a recent music video created for the band Echo Lake is no different.
Reminiscent of Radiohead’s “House of Cards” video, the above vid — created by filmmaker Dan Nixon — has a tech-flavored spin.
Nixon says in a blog post on the band’s Tumblr: “As far as I know (and I’m scared of checking) this is the first music video to be made with the Microsoft Kinect camera. The footage was shot on that piece of £130 equipment and recorded to custom software running on a laptop. The depth data was then manipulated to get the whole band in one ’space’ and then the fun started.”
The single in the video, “Young Silence,” comes from the band’s upcoming disc by the same name, which debuts on Valentine’s Day.
From choose-your-own adventure formats, to crowdsourcing, to HTML5, to 360-degree mobile apps — music videos are getting more and more creative these days, especially as technology continues to flourish and change.
What do you think is on the horizon when it comes to aural and visual storytelling?
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