That's a lotta time on Photoshop...

May 12, 2007 9:07 AM

Remember Lasse Gjertsen? Now he's helping cellist Giovanni Solima, and has created an awe-inspiring multi-armed, multi-location music video for his piece, 'DayDream'. (video links youtube)
posted by Happy Dave (17 comments total)

Impressive, thanks!
posted by CaptMcalister at 9:22 AM on May 12, 2007

The first part was absolutely lovely.
posted by msali at 9:22 AM on May 12, 2007

Holy Christ, I'm blown away
posted by p3on at 10:12 AM on May 12, 2007

Wow.
posted by CitrusFreak12 at 10:29 AM on May 12, 2007

If you liked that, you'd probably also like this Sufjan Stevens concert video.
posted by delmoi at 10:51 AM on May 12, 2007

This video was pretty good, but I like the music better. I'm totally ignorant of modern composers, but that music is lovely.
posted by Bookhouse at 11:29 AM on May 12, 2007

Part one of Daydream was pretty, but part two freakin' rocks. I love how Gjertsen creates this illusion in the viewer that you're taking the voyage with the artist as he intuits the song and feels transported by the magic of generating the piece for a new audience. Gjertsen's "hyperactive" directorial approach grants us the illusion for just a glimpse. When really we're not. I mean, did Giovanni dream up the trees, or did Lasse? Breathtaking.
posted by ZachsMind at 11:32 AM on May 12, 2007

Excellent, thank you, I really needed that. I've been looking for new musical avenues to explore, this just might be one of them. Brilliant direction too.
posted by Acey at 1:17 PM on May 12, 2007

I always suspected Shiva played a little cello now and then.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 3:16 PM on May 12, 2007

This video was pretty good, but I like the music better. I'm totally ignorant of modern composers, but that music is lovely.
posted by Bookhouse at 2:29 PM on May 12

Ditto. Time to go to school on Sollima.
posted by Pastabagel at 5:01 PM on May 12, 2007

Thanks, Happy Dave, for the new (to me) music, and the new Lasse Gjertsen visual weirdness.
posted by noahpoah at 5:08 PM on May 12, 2007

These arm wonderful. Thanks!
posted by homunculus at 12:58 AM on May 13, 2007

are wonderful. The arms are wonderful too, of course.
posted by homunculus at 1:00 AM on May 13, 2007

homunculus, you win the Most Appropriate Typo of the Month award.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 1:21 AM on May 13, 2007

And here he is playing some of the same pieces, on instruments made of ice.
posted by Happy Dave at 1:26 AM on May 13, 2007

Oh, and official website. Auto-playing music, but it's lovely.
posted by Happy Dave at 1:27 AM on May 13, 2007

homunculus, you win the Most Appropriate Typo of the Month award.

Woohoo!
posted by homunculus at 9:34 AM on May 13, 2007