I came across a whole series of videos from japan, made from a 10 seconds footage of Roland McDonald shouting something in Japanese, That are applied over and over again with different video effects. It’s unexplainable, twisted and repetitive, like some experiences from drugs I don’t really want to do again. Roland McDonald is a disturbing figure to start with, the ecstatic smiley that represents the corporate giant playing with our mind. The Japanese videos in this post, and many others linked to them, are taking to extreme the overwhelming commercial trip that is the urban and the virtual world around us.
Tag Archives: japanese psychedelia
3D triping on YouTube
13 SepBack in the 1990’s there was this fad of stereographic posters, and you could see people standing in gift-shops, staring at completely abstract patterns and occasionally here someone crying “I CAN SEE!”
If you got the hang of it, you can move to the next level of stereographic videos: Just go to full screen view, cross your eyes and step into the third dimension.
This one requires more intense eye-crossing, but is well worth it:
Chotto Torimasuyo – Possibly the wildest craziest Japanese manga shit ever
10 Sep
Some clips just make you go: Wow!!! Then they make laugh uncontrollably for minutes at a time. And then watch them again, and again, and again. “Chotto Torimasuyo” by 2ch group Hachimiri, is certainly one of them. A crazy mixture of psychic visuals, Flash, hardcore techno music and anime aesthetics, of that special kind that only Japanese people could create.
I could not find any video-streaming version of this one, so you have to press the link and download the .swf file which will play on your browser. But it is worth it, oh yeah!
(Link: Assaf Tamari. Thank!)
Cornelius – Sensuous
29 AugAnd yet another beautiful Cornelius video. Not just supplementing the sound, the visuals add a voice of their own. Enjoy the harmony of your senses!
Superflat First Love by Takashi Murakami for Louis Vuitton
21 AugThe lines between psychedelic art and excessive commercial advertising can’t be more blurred. it seems to be a part of a whole series, and the other videos are not any less pretty and trippy!
"The apocalyptic champ" - Takashi Murakami Detail
Cornelius – Star Fruits Surf Rider
10 JunAnother psychedelic video from Cornelius. This time, from his 1998 album Fantasma.
(Link: Galia Tanay. Thanks!)
Apogee – Japanese Psychedelia
29 AprEnchanted forest psychedelia from Japanese band Apogee. I’d like to take a walk in this magic forest.
(Linked by Galia Tanay)
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