MORPHO'S 6 OF 2006

Six of my favorite videos from 2006, in no particular order.


J-Dilla – Nothing Like This (Dir. Daniel Garcia & The Mixtape Club)It’s a seafaring adventure that ebbs through an ocean of emotion. The story follows a wayward water creature on a trip through love, loss and reunion, backed by an otherworldly melody from master Dilla.


Ima Robot – Lovers in Captivity (Dir. Matt Amato)
Music video maestro Matt Amato paints a portrait of two companions elevated from street romance to dance-driven celebrations of love. The images mirror the song’s winning crescendo, with a heart soaring reminder that "love has got to be free." A real gem, with two great performances and a heaven sent thumbs up from Bob Fosse.


Cornelius – Fit Song (Dir. Koichiro Tsujikawa)
A stop motion masterpiece and a wonderland of joy found in everyday household items. Sugar cubes, matchsticks and modeling clay join up with the rest of the knickknacks for a wildly inventive telling of Cornelius’s kick start jam.


Daedelus – Sundown (Dir. Clay Lipsky)
Clay Lipsky’s soaring animation does well to capture Daedelus’s neo-Romantic vision. The video pulses with energy and invention; a whirlwind of vibrant colors toppling Industrial objects and architecture. At the center of it all stands the dapper dandyman, sending forth his far-reaching musical sunlight.


Built to Spill – Conventional Wisdom (Dir. Shafei & Levitz)
One man’s passion for anachronism, as documented by the dynamic Shafei & Levitz, with way more horsing around then you’ve ever seen in a video before. The adroit camerawork and great sense of subject goes a lot deeper than the running time should allow. Plus, there’s jousting. Huzzah!


The Knife – Like A Pen (Dir. Andreas Nilsson)
Pure kinetic mischief from frequent collaborators The Knife and Andreas Nilsson, who offer us this mad world of dissected images and lunatic characters, stirred together by a rampaging brown blob and his powerful yellow pencil.