Black Marble - Preoccupation (Official Music Video)
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
- "Preoccupation" from the new Black Marble album Fast Idol, out now on Sacred Bones Records.
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Video credits: Crack Cloud Media Studio
“A kind of revolutionary spirit but back to nature post apocalyptic motif is what ‘Preoccupation’ is about. Sort of a return to barbarism, reclamation by nature over the state and the protagonists are observers of this going on and narrating it from an anthropological point of view...So anything that hints at these motifs but in your own way. "What is on the way?" is just questioning what is coming specifically but knowing what's coming generally. I counted twice 1,2,3,4, but I reversed it, so it's counting down - or counting up rather, but in reverse.”
- Chris Stewart
“What is on the way?” is one of several thematic motifs in Black Marble’s ‘Preoccupation’ that grabbed our attention. Our world in recent years has been frozen in ambiguity, but from the perspective of an artist- such uncertainty goes hand in hand with the territory. The timing of this production felt like the end of a deep thaw; an invitation to start from square one. We entertained various concepts involving an observer and their connection to a shapeshifting world, but the excitement and shakiness of our own lives and as a group felt more tangible than any fiction we could commit to paper. We contemplated our own creative process; what is the main motivating factor behind why we make art? In some sense it’s a means of creating a common ground or language to unite us. A sense of community and playfulness in all of life’s volatility. It’s this very essence that we sought to realize in our visual interpretation of the song. The creative process for us is always clumsy, emotionally and in execution. Our storyboards are often half-baked and riffing off an idealistic notion rather than anything concrete. We wanted to share with the viewer as candidly as possible what this process looks like. As day dreamers that wear our hearts on our sleeves, we made this video as a love letter to all artists, and the eternal optimism that they represent by nature of their own preoccupation."
- Crack Cloud Media Studio
On Fast Idol, LA-based Black Marble reaches back through time to connect with the forgotten bedroom kids of the analogue era, the halcyon days of icy hooks and warbly synths always on the edge of going out of tune. Harmonies are piped in across the expanse of space, and lyrics capture conversations that seem to come from another room, repeat an accusation overheard, or speak as if in sleep of interpersonal struggles distilled down to one subconscious phrase. At the same time, percussive elements feel forward and cut through the mix with toms counting off the measures like a lost tribe broadcasting through the bass and tops of a basement club soundsystem.
Fast Idol is Stewart's fourth full-length album and his second for Sacred Bones. His previous album Bigger than Life was written in the face of cultural shifts in the US, in experiencing these he realised he was not keyed into certain negative sentiments that were bubbling below the surface, which were breaking out into the open. “I chose to try and take the approach of a soothsayer writing from a macro level, trying to find strands of connection between us because it didn’t feel appropriate to create something self referential and gloomy at the time,” he says.
Stewart writes and plays everything himself, and tours with a rotating cast of players. Emerging from the early 2000s New York synth scene, Black Marble carried on the tradition of early synthwave pioneers like Martin Dupont and Modern Art who repurposed synths once reserved for expensive studios and stadium rock superstars. Available widely and cheaply for the first time, these synths became a staple for bedroom artists - connecting wires and twisting knobs into something that felt entirely new. Seeking to channel this spirit, Black Marble recalls the gauzy tape wow and flutter of The Membranes and the warbling VCO of Futurisk, carrying on a sound that seeks to channel the future while imprinting residue of the past. These early reference points are still audible, an electronic sound steeped in punk spirit, galvanised by passion: "When I started making songs I got enough positive feedback just to keep me going," Stewart says, "and then I never stopped."
No surprise here, just another one of Chris' masterpieces, creative brilliance that only working eardrums can relish...
...thank goodness mine work too , wouldn't have wanted that!
He sounded as great as ever in Glasgow , but only an hour's show , still terrific!! 🖤🎵🖤🎵🖤🎵🖤🎵🖤🎵🖤
Uh excusez moi it works magic on broken ones too
Every time Black Marble puts out a new music video it makes me cry. This is so wholesome and beautiful. 💜
they have OTHER MUSIC VIDEOS??
Me too
@@xtofa yeah
honestly it’s a huge shame that attention has waived since private show. These songs and videos just keep getting better. I will never stop coming back for more, it’s all too poignant
If I haven’t said as much yet, this is an absolute work of art. Completely stunning. Life affirming. I keep coming back and it’s getting me through some real moment, ya know. Thank you, to everyone involved from the band the director and all the talented individuals we see.
My favourite band
Totally agree.
Huge fan of crack cloud and been becoming a big fan of black marble. Geeked when i saw this video. CC never fails with their vids
I love the description of the song and the ideals behind the theme and name. It adds context to the art and in this scenario, still is ambiguous enough to relate to in your own way. Another great BM tune. Cheers
Crack cloud AND black marble???? I’m in tears ❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️
This album was a slow burner for me, admittedly wasn't too into it when it came out. But a recent relisten it totally clicked. Chris is expanding his ideas so much musically. Beautiful stuff.
Another song by Black Marble that is completely convincing!
Transmission already transmitted: freedom, unity communication, enjoyment, nature, fraternity...and over all:pure love! J'aime for sure!
Definitely my favorite from the new album so far. Love the beat and staccato synths on this so much.
Crack cloud is amazing. So is black marble. This video melts the mind
Love that this guy keeps making music. Love it
i really love the feeling of playful creativity and friendship in this video. goes beautifully with the music.
crack cloud media studio at it again! always making cool shit…
Black Marble changed my life.
great stuff!
Wow, great tune! Cant wait for the full album.
Black Crack Marble Cloud
Listening all the way from the Philippines 💕💕💕
i love this band so much dude
Lovely
Really good so hyped for new album
So looking forward to this and seeing Chris come to Scotland next Month!
Magnificent BM 🎵🖤🎵🖤🎵🖤🎵🖤🎵🖤🎵🖤🎵🖤🎵
I’m so glad you share your music. Very beautiful. I love this album so much
just great
this is a terrific video.
Execelente, gran generador de clima/ambiente, teletransportador al espíritu joven.. la vida simple
Black Marble is in the future
PERFEITO, ZERO DEFEITOS ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Black é melhor
Pumped!
que canción tan hermosa, love forever blackmarble
Black é a melhor
2:22 anyone?🥺✨
only a month until new album too! pumped!!
Great job! Crack Cloud is amazing and inspiring, and obviously Black Marble is the shit too!
love the drum sequence. such a beautiful song. woodbridge high school graduates #1 star shining! what a viking mustache of power. conquer the world of music please. maybe trim the stashe a little bit though.
HYPE!!!!
This music video has the sort of feel of a 90's alt rock music video...
Pleasant!
Hell Yes!!!!!!!
Great, as usual. 🖤
i have never seen a group of more tolerable hipsters. cool vid :)
Cool
Being Black Marble, my like is guaranteed before listening to the song. I know is gonna be great anyway.
KOOL!!!!
Pretty people
4:15 Just in case U were getting too comfortable.
Engrossing track. Listening with headphones is compulsory 🎧
I like how this was added to a random playlist of Cannibal Corpse based off my history. Found a song that I enjoy other than extreme metal and Kate Bush
at 1:32 a guy picks a booger, looks at it and then wipes it on his shoulder. Great song.
Song would have been better without the video. I still enjoy listening to it without the visuals though.
hooooly shit let's go
💕💕❤️✨
Does anybody know if the beginning of this video was shot in the same area that break into electric boogaloo was? Like the combat scene in breaking 2 electric boogaloo
where is it?
Cool 😎
🖤💌🖤
what is happening
Basically a Crack Cloud directed music video behind the scenes kinda thing
Ahhhh hype!
Good song dorky video
Praise the LORD!
“If the light of truth has been presented to you, revealing the Sabbath of the fourth commandment, and showing that there is no foundation in the Word of God for Sunday observance, and yet you still cling to the false sabbath, refusing to keep holy the (7th day) Sabbath which God calls ‘my holy day,’ you receive the mark of the beast. When does this take place?-When you obey the decree that commands you to cease from labor on Sunday and worship God, while you know that there is not a word in the Bible showing Sunday to be other than a common working-day, you consent to receive the mark of the beast, and refuse the seal of God. If we receive this mark in our foreheads or in our hands, the judgments pronounced against the disobedient must fall upon us. But the seal of the living God is placed upon those who conscientiously keep the Sabbath of the Lord.” E. G. White July 13, 1897. { Ev 235.2}
Beware! 666 National Sunday Law 666 BEWARE!
I see my comment disappeared
well, what did you say?
Is this CHAZ footage?
black marble is not goth