The number one Music Video on Make A Star’s November charts and winner of the $100 cash prize is “Heavy Rotation” by The Disablists featuring Foreign Beggars – a blast of new British hip hop directed by London based stop-motion animator Lee Hardcastle.
“Heavy Rotation” is a collaborative song featuring the vocal skills of Foreign Beggars, a prolific and versatile UK hip hop collective, and The Disablists, a former jazz trio who evolved into skilled turntablists.
Foreign Beggars’ roots also stem from jazz and classical training that over turn turned into performing hip hop, death/power-metal and drum & bass – an eclectic musical stew that speaks to the varied experiences of the group’s roster of talent - MC's Metropolis and Orifice Vulgatron, Producer Dag Nabbit, Human Beat boxers Shlomo, Uk Beatbox Champion MC Zani and DJ Nonames.
Individually, 'Foreign Beggars' have achieved a range high profile accomplishments, from appearances on Bjork's 'Medulla' album and the Gorillaz single 'Tomorrow Never Comes', to remix production for Amp Fiddler and Corinne Bailey Rae, and touring the States with James Lavelle's UNKLE outfit.
The Disablists are three time UK DMC World DJ Champions who have supported hip hop and Drum and Bass acts such as The Wu-Tang Clan’s GZA, Skinnyman, Killa Kela, Taskforce, Klashnekoff, Sway, AndyC, Pendulum, Friction, Mampi Swift, and Simon Bassline Smith.
Lee Hardcastle is a director, animator, and comic book artist living in London. A fan of the surreal, visually intense work of David Lynch, Spike Jonez, Adrian Tomine and Nintendo, his work can be found on his website www.MissingHead.co.uk
Watch the music video 'Heavy Rotation' by The Disablists featuring Foreign Beggars – Directed by Lee Hardcastle
MAS: You won $100 for your video work on a song by The Disablists. Is there a story behind the video?
Lee Hardcastle: I had made a 6 minute short “Ricky's Battle Shock” http://www.vimeo.com/7450420 and one of the members of The Disablists from the sound studio that worked on Ricky saw the animation and got in contact with me and asked if I could make something for their track 'Heavy Rotation'. With a micro-budget I offered to do it. The animation took around 8 weeks to complete using good old fashioned Clay.
MAS: Wow, that’s incredible. So how did the concept for the music video come together?
Lee Hardcastle: Sat at my desk thinking of ideas for the track while listening to it, the whole thing just clicked from that.
MAS: What other video work have you done in the past?
Lee Hardcastle: Music Videos, Short films and comic books, all available to see on http://www.missinghead.co.uk
Read the full interview with Lee Hardcastle on MakeAStar.com
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