Jean le Loup performed live by Black Manila Beach Parade (Now Black Manila)

The song is inspired by an incident with a neighbour who had developed a drug addiction, a fact that became very apparent when he showed up at the house late one night asking
to borrow money.

The band are:
Conrad Armstrong (bass, vocals)
Gareth Hoskins (guitar)
Henry Gibbs (vocals, percussion)
Liam Ramsden (drums)

The film was shot at Passing Clouds, Dalston.

The film deals with the relationship between the inanimate instruments and equipment on stage before the gig and the contrast the stage has during the performance where the musicians give movement and sound to their equipment. The idea for this approach came out of my desire to utilise a video technique that blends the pixels of film footage. The result being that the static footage of instruments and the stage before the gig become broken and pixelated by the movement and energy of the band’s performance. The performance footage is entirely monochrome which adds another level of contrast to the colour footage of the empty stage.

Film by: Charlie Armstrong © 2009