Squirrel gains access to a psychedelic oak tree in the sky. By Jason P. Ryan. Jason also did the effects for this pretty cool acid trip sequence for a comedy series:
Infectious laughter
16 Jan
Laughter is a strong and common mind alter-er.
Here, a whole car on a subway gets a strong mind alteration by making each other burst into laughter, giving everyone around a raise in endorphins. Even watching the video gets the watcher into another, humorous consciousness. Prepare for a gleeful, substance-less high (Except for the chemicals of pleasure in your brain, of course).
Legendary Pink Dots – This Could Be The End
15 JanI assume (please correct me if you know I am wrong about this) this is a fan made video for this beautiful song by the long-standing psychedelic group the Legendary Pink Dots. But what I am sure of is that this is a pretty trippy video. Enjoy!
Billy Ze Kick – Mangez-Moi
14 JanBilly Ze Kick are a French band from the 1990s, with lots of psychedelic references and overtones. Their song “Mangez-Moi” (eat me) in which the band goes mushroom picking in the forest and different magic mushrooms beg them to eat them and promise to open their minds, was a big hit in 1990s France. Apparently not everybody realized what the song was really about…
Billy Ze Kick also had a very funny song about OCB rolling papers.
All these songs are much funnier when you speak French (I don’t, but I had some French speaking people explain them to me).
Omodaka
13 Jan
Omodaka (also known as Far East Recording) is a Japanese collective of visual artists and musicians. Their multimedia projects fuse traditional Japanese music, electronic elements, animation, motion graphics, and visual art pieces. Their video Asadoya Yunta (above) juxtaposes calligraphy with computer animation, contrasting various dimensions: 2d versus 3d, curvilinear versus rectilinear, organic versus synthetic. The video below, for Hietsuki Bushi, is a psychedelic animation that is as vibrant as the music that accompanies it. I have no clue what it’s about though.
Norman McLaren – Begone Dull Care 1949
12 JanNorman McLaren was an oscar winning animation director who did some groundbreaking work from the 1940s to the 1970s. McLaren “Begone Dull Care” from 1949, was painted directly on film, to create a visual representation of Oscar Peterson’s superb piano – perhaps one of the first video clips ever.
McLaren’s work has a special exploratory quality. You can find more of it on YouTube.
Hyperspace Visuals
11 Janhttp://vimeo.com/groups/vjs/videos/33503449
Visuals by Subliminal Twin.
Music by Axiom Crux.
Samorost
8 JanThe Samorost games are beautifully crafted “point and click” puzzle adventures by the independent czech studio Amanita Design. Especially the art direction will give you a lot to admire on your magical journey. The suspicious looking character at around 0:57 gives a hint at how all that incredible detail of the graphics is enjoyed best.
You can play the whole first game and the first chapter of the second right away here and here in your browser.
Too Much To Dream – A Psychedelic American Boyhood
7 JanA psychedelic commercial for a psychedelic memoir. Looks promising.
