LARK!

LARK! Via The Muso I discovered their Moonlight music video for the first time. Wow.

Released last year, it was produced by the collective creative talents at Ontwerp (brilliant site) and Humanoid. If you're a late arrival to the party like me, you can download it here (15mb mov) or read more about it at LQF and mvdbase. It was voted "Best music video of all time" on MK89.

After listening to this track while typing up this post I began to draw similarities with the equally-brilliant Muse: Lark's music has been described as "glitch opera", "alternative electro" (I like this description best), "new age trip hop"... among other things. If you're not yet familiar with them, here's a brief bio compliments of MusoSpace and Last.fm:

Lark has been together since April 2003 and is a four piece band originating from Cape Town, South Africa: they are Inge Beckmann (lyricist & vocalist), Paul Ressel aka Humanizer (music production & instrumentation), Simon Fuzzy Ratcliffe (multi-instrumentalist & studio engineer) and Sean Ou Tim aka Mr Sakitumi (drums).

Their music is a groundbreaking blend of electronic beats, audio manipulation and organic instrumentation resulting in a sound that explores new musical territory. Lark's offering is an honest and gritty challenge to the audience to abandon their preconceived ideas about music. The visual presence and style of the band immediately reference the music eclectic, original and unafraid.

In April this year, Lark's debut album 'Razbliuto' won a SAMA for "Best Alternative Album".

They're a true class act if you're ever fortunate enough to catch one of their live performances - as it happens, if you're in Cape Town this week or next, you're in luck.

tttrrrrrrrrr...!

And here's something completely different.