A beautiful video made by a 23 years old Israeli guy on a couchsurfing trip through Scandinavia shows how much you can achieve with a good camera and lots of enthusiasm. The song is “This must be it” by the Norwegian group Röyksopp. The Guy’s name is Idan Vagas.
Tag Archives: israeli psychedelia
A brilliant animated video by Ori Toor for the song Evoking Spirits by Seattle experimental hip-hop group Kingdom Crumbs.
My dear mother
27 OctAs we remember, television programs for babies can be very psychedelic. They can also be highly disturbing as this video proves again… The Hebrew lyrics are dedicated to “Dear mother” but all I could see were the huge dilated pupils of the heavily stoned butterflies and rabbits.
Evoking Spirits
26 OctA brilliant animated video by Ori Toor for the song Evoking Spirits by Seattle experimental hip-hop group Kingdom Crumbs.
Zohi Sdom – Sugar trip scene
1 OctThe Israeli film “Zohi Sdom” which tells the biblical story of Sodom and Gomorrah, has this scene in which Lot goes a sugar trip which seems like a mixture of the effects of acid and cocaine.
Ha-Kochav Ha-Kachol opening scene – 1995
25 AugHa-Kochav Ha-Kachol (Blue Panet) is probably the only Israeli psychedelic feature film ever done. It is a tale about a guy who arrives at the Tel Aviv Bus Station, gets his stuff stolen by a hobo, and then embarks on a cosmic adventure. Directed by Gur Bentvich the film used to be screened at the Tel-Aviv Cinematheque every Friday on midnight for a number years during the nineties.
The opening sequence, has a very low-budget but well made psychedelic animation sequence.
When the monster farts
15 AugA 1980s Israeli song about everything that happens when the monster farts…
Asaf Avidan // Different Pulses – Official Video – Directed by Vania Heymann
9 JunIsraeli director Vania Heymann has become quite an internet phenomenon in Israel. In the past few months, Vania, a film student from Jerusalem has come out of nowhere and released a series of inspiring and highly viral videos into the Israeli web. His latest work, a video clip for Assaf Avidan’s track Different Pulses, has a nice hallucinatory feel to it.
Turkish Coffee – Arik Einstein clip by Dudu Geva
28 MayDudu Geva was one of Israel’s foremost comics artists. His style was chaotic, radical and very psychedelic. Geva created this video to Arik Einstein’s song “Turkish Coffee” in 1974. It is the first Israeli music video, and has a strong 1970’s psychedelic style. The actor in the clip is Geva himself, incidentally.
Keshet Ve Anan
6 FebI used to watch this TV show as a kid. Bizzare show about an artist whose life revolves around the Jewish holidays, and who makes statues who become a live whenever he leaves his home, commanded by his talking parrot – or something like that. Now, years later, it kinda’ looks psychedelic…
Edo Amin – Si Hanetek Hatotali, from Eddie King
8 DecBack in 1992 Gidi Dar created the legendary Israeli film “Eddie King“, then Edo Amin created “Si Hanetek Hatotali” (The peak of ultimate disconnection) which became the hymn of an Israeli generation. A great song with a cool psychedelic clip which makes my heart leap with joy.
