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International psych explorers Flamingods are a four-piece, multi-instrumental band from Bahrain & London founded in 2010. The group explores and experiments with an array of influences from western psychedelia, jazz and indie to a wide-eyed obsession with music from the East.

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Flamingods

International psych explorers Flamingods are a four-piece, multi-instrumental band from Bahrain & London founded in 2010.   The group explores and experiments with an array of influences from western psychedelia, jazz and indie to a wide-eyed obsession with music from the East.   Using a vast selection of instruments from the Middle East and Asia, the band marries this with western instrumentations of synthesisers, guitars and drums to create a potent sound all of its own that they call ‘Exotic Psychedelia’.  #flamingods #globalbandstandweekender #thepeopleslounge #people'slounge

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Flamingods - Jungle Birds

Directed by Flamingods' projectionist, Niall Trask, the video takes inspiration from 1970's Children's Television and early Werner Herzog films. Using 8mm, digital, illustration, paint, crayons and pens, the video explores a number of different mediums, as we look for Jungle Birds. Credits: Directed & Produced by Niall Trask (http://www.thekillshop.com/ Director of Photography: Andy Little (http://andylittle.co.uk/) Illustrator: Alice Tams (http://www.alicetams.com/) Camera Assistant: Francesco Ferrari Post-Production & Design by Niall Trask Titles: Raimund Wong Thanks: Caroline Dunne, Howard Primary School, Hannah Eggleston, Mike Carr, Annie Norman, Suren Seneviratne, Theo Ereira-Guyer

Flamingods - Olympia

Official video for Olympia by Flamingods which features on their latest album 'Levitation' - http://smarturl.it/Levitation - out now on Moshi Moshi Records. Director: Andrea Mae Producer: Sophie Williams Production Assistant: Emma Parkinson DOP: Jack Edwards Gaffer: Amir Molfi Set Designer: Benny Casey Art Director & Styling: Naomi Ngoo Richmond Editor: Leah Burton at Final Cut Edit Producer: Laura Harris at Final Cut Colourist: Connor Coolbear at ETC After Effects: George Dyson at ETC Post Producer: Oscar Wendt at ETC Special thanks to: Steve Dix + Tim at Maynard’s Mini Zoo

Flamingods - Rhama

The concept for the Rhama music video revolves around a mysterious society of Pakistani wrestlers that are present in Dubai. Dedicating their lives to a traditional form of wrestling called Kushti, their matches take place every Friday during sunset in a sandy lot of land in old Dubai. Over the past few months we have attended these matches, and got to know the wrestlers with the help of our Urdu translator. In making this video, the Barbu TV guys were invited to live in their rural Al Ain apartment for a few days. The video shows the culture surrounding the wrestling, and the symbolism and ritual behind it; as well as flashes of everyday Pakistani life in the UAE – perhaps a surprising visual given the country’s notoriety for being a glossy metropolis. Directed By: Barbu.tv - Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/barbutv // Facebook: https://goo.gl/zQubL8 Cameraman: Yannick poffet Edit: Maxime Cramatte Drone Operator - Sameer Antulay Opening Credits by Raimund Wong - http://www.raimundwong.com

Flamingods - Taboo Grooves

Filmed on the south coast and directed by Elliot Arndt & Laura Little, the video takes inspiration from an old story surrounding “the most haunted place in the UK” an old building in Devon, now a pub, which contained a staircase that had been a constant source of misfortune. In an attempt to banish the curse, the owners held a pagan burial for the staircase on top of a hill. The pair decided to adapt this mystical story for Flamingods Director Elliot Arndt describes the video; “As soon as I heard the track I had this feeling of a large group of friends & freaks together creating a magical and spiritual scene. The staircase represents ascension, illumination, and the burial contrasts with it because of its very nature, death and grounding”. Credits: Directed & Produced by Laura Little and Elliott Arndt Director of Photography: Jack Thompson-Roylance Camera Assistant: Jack Edwards Edited by Elliott Arndt Colorist: Yehan Jehan

Flamingods - Marigold

Marigold from Flamingods fourth studio album ‘Levitation’ on Moshi Moshi Records: http://smarturl.it/Levitation Directed by Barbu.TV,  Marigold was shot on a trip to Oman which involved hazardous border crossings, Omani motorbike riders and the band creating their own ornate jackets. Shooting the video in and around the remote city of Nizwa you’re taken on a vibrant journey, featuring innovative camerawork and hypnotic animation. “We had heard about this gang of motorbike riding youths through our friend and knew immediately that we wanted to make a music video with them. They live in a remote city in Oman called Nizwa and have had these vintage bikes passed down from generation to generation. I think the motion of them riding the bikes melded with the motorik groove of the song perfectly and the sun-soaked environment was just what we needed to capture the song’s themes" Directed and Produced by Barbu TV Pre-Production and Drone Photography by Ali Al Sharji Animation by Satwa 3000 Special thanks to: Faris Zakwani, Klay, Dino and Muayad Al Harthy Shot in Oman, 2018 in Nizwa, Jabal Akdhar, Birkat Al Mouz, Barka, Muttrah, Ruqi, Wadi Al Kabeer (Muscat Skate Park), Qurom and Ruwi

Flamingods - Gamelan Jam

A jam Kamal & Charles had in Flamingods HQ with our newly acquired Balinese Gamelan.