Welcome back everyone, I hope you all had a wonderful year in 2024. We’ve hade some incredible psychedelic videos release this year and I’m back with another yearly recap! Let’s jump right into it.
10. µ-Ziq – Hyper Daddy – Thank goodness we’re still getting some fire IDM tracks in the year 2024! Visuals in this were made by u-ziq’s touring VJ partner ID:Mora, and you can really see the chemistry they have here. They often lean into the glitchy broken aesthetic with their work together. I might call this style something like lo-fi digital surrealism.
9. A. G. Cook – Soulbreaker
A.G. Cook – Soulbreaker – This one almost snuck by me as I wasn’t familiar with A.G Cook, but he has actually been crushing it for a while now, recently producing tracks for Charlie XCX and Beyoncé, among others. He’s credited as one of the creators of the hyperpop genre, which you can hear a bit of in this tune. For this video, he teamed up with Gustaf Holtenäs who is an incredibly talented painter and designer. This is some of the coolest 2D animation I’ve seen all year. Vibes are on point, multimedia design is on point… just a spectacular presentation.
8. Arlo – Diamond (Video by Meat Dept.)
Arlo – Diamond – Representing the weird 3D art genre is Diamond by Arlo, with video by French production team Meat Dept. This one flew a bit under the radar in terms of popularity, but it’s really top notch with it’s uncanny characters and surreal 3D animation. You may have seen Meat Dept. featured in Adult Swim’s Off the Air or Netflix’s Love death and robots. They make some absolutely killer animations, check out more on their Instagram.
7. Supersillyus and Digital Introspect – Beginning of the World Party
This one is coming from a few of my homies in the electronic music scene. Supersillyus brings his signature weird circus-y sound style while Digital Introspect flexes some wild new AI tools with scenes depicting alien fungus, eyeballs, and all sorts of weird singing tentacle creatures. Gotta love the weird and silly vibes here.
6. Jubien – Dancing with the Goddess of Psychedelics (with dance video by Lena Gukina and song Buddaham by Nextro)
This original dance was filmed a few years ago by Lena Gukina and the Moonlight Tribe Dance School, but was recently given an AI remix this year from youtuber Jubien. And this is one of the best video input remixes I’ve seen all year. The character consistency is super clean yet there are still enough cuts to different scenes and styles to keep it fresh throughout the duration of the video. There’s even this fully digital part at the end with a beautiful morphing goddess.
5. The Smile – Foreign Spies
I just found out about The Smile this year after they released some great videos, including this Foreign Spies one directed by Weirdcore. They are essentially a Radiohead spinoff group with Tom Skinner on drums, and they make some killer stuff. The visuals for this video just fit the vibe perfectly. They just wash over you as you float between eerie and hopeful feelings. You can really get lost in this one.
4. Hatis Noit – Jomon
This one dropped early in 2024 but stuck with me throughout the year. It’s just so weird and unique with this ritualistic alien ceremony going on. Most of the 3D work is by NaoWao, who has loads of other cool stuff on Instagram, especially in the realm of creature modelling. Hatis Noit is a Japanese singer and vocal performer and you can feel the Asian influence in this one. I learned that Hatis Noit is actually taken from Japanese folklore meaning the stem of the lotus flower. The lotus represents the living world, while its root represents the spirit world, therefore Hatis Noit is what connects the two. Super cool stuff, you can find some full performances on YouTube.
3. Zeds Dead – Channel Flipping
Zeds Dead has been a staple of the rave genre for like 2 decades now. As the Canadian duo approaches the later part of their career, they continue to release some incredible music videos… like this one which features some of the most iconic audio samples in the entire world. I think carefully curated compilation art like this is so inherently psychedelic for the way it lights up your brain with dozens of connections and memories while weaving them together into a meta-narrative.
2. Deca – Caught in the Fray
Deca is a criminally underrated artist from CO and NYC. He creates all of his own lyrics, beats, and artwork. His songs often focus on visionary psychedelic journeys, spirituality, and social issues. I especially love how he weaves together modern social commentary with ancient mythology and timeless themes. He is seriously one to follow. You need to check out his record from 2017 called “The Way Through” I’ve got that one on vinyl and its one of my most prized possessions.
1. Yael Sokal – I wonder I wonder by Alan Watts
Hitting the list 2 years in a row, is Yael Sokal with their breathtaking AI videos, this time, set to a Symbolico reimagining of a classic audio clip from the great Alan Watts. Watt’s musings on life are visualized on a whole new level with Yael’s AI animations that breath new life into every word. Let me tell you, I’ve seen a lot of renditions and remixes of this speech, and this one might be the very best one.
I’ve also got a few honorable mentions this year –
J mascis – old friends – This is just a chill song With some funny puppet style AI animation
A Box of Clustered Thoughts – Émile Patenaude – real nice lo-fi style video that is very soothing. It’s a great late night watch
Technical Hitch – Gypsy party – intense psytrance with some super clean 3D renders and tight video editing
That’s gonna do it for this year. Big thanks to my fellow contributors on DPV.com. Check out the full youtube video recap here:
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