Q Track of the Day: Venus in Hollywood
Sweet Tooth were honoured to be Q Magazine’s ‘Track of the Day’ today, as the site premiered the video for new single ‘Venus in Hollywood’ (from their debut album, ‘Everybody Wants To Be In Love’).
Available worldwide on iTunes or Amazon (or your local digital retailer of choice).
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FULL VIDEO CREDITS:
Original footage directed by The Belles of the Black Diamond Field (Maximilla Lukacs & Sarah Sophie Flicker), with additional post-production by GrayScale Productions UK.
Video shot at Eastern Effects (Brooklyn, NYC)
Cinematography: Graham Willoughby
Set design: Chelsea Maruskin
Trapeze artists: Sarah Sophie Flicker & Amanda Topaz, dressed by Miss KK
Fleurtini dressed by: Electric Feathers & Erickson Beamon
Makeup: James Boehmer (Director of Global Artistry for NARS), assisted by Anna Sklifas
Hair: Anthony Campbell
Stylists: Leana Zuniga, assisted by Elena Kanagy-Loux
Produced by: Calavera
We’ve got the electro swing fever, baby!
We are pleased to announce that fabulous French label Wagram have again featured one of our tracks – this time the 6u5 remix of ‘Venus in Hollywood.’
Available now on their compilation ‘Electro Swing Fever vol.3,’ the album is available digitally via iTunes and will soon also be out physically on 3-disc CD.
Preview the track-list here and get swingin’…
Shoobidoowah
Jet-setters that we are (in spirit!), it seems fitting that it’s been a week for international compilation news. This one hails from Japan (via our label there, Rambling Records), and they have included our electro-swing tune ‘Venus in Hollywood’ on a new release titled ‘Swingin’ Gold – Tribute To The Great Gatsby.’ It’s just been made available on iTunes Japan (for those of you with access to that – if you want our track alone it’s internationally on iTunes here). For old-school CD lovers we’ve been informed that there will be a full CD release coming in the Autumn. Regardless of what you thought of Baz Luhrmann‘s film (looked amazing – waaaaay too long?), there’s no doubt that the 1920′s style it depicted still packs an absolute punch. We love to imagine Daisy and Jay doing the charleston to “Venus…”. And we’re also pretty thrilled with the fact it’s a nice mix of old and new artists and that our favourites Ella, Eartha and Louis are included – you could say that Sweet Tooth are dancing with the stars on this one
Tracklist: 1 St. James Ballroom (Sepalot Remix) – Alice Francis
2 Venus In Hollywood – Sweet Tooth
3 Bad Boy Good Man (Aerophon Mix) – Tape Five
4 Happy Feet – Buscemi
5 Woody Woody – Dimie Cat
6 Hit’em With It High (Alternate Version) – Boogaloo Stu
7 Tangled Up – Caro Emerald
8 AAA (Triple A) – Dimie Cat
9 Shoot Him Down! – Alice Francis
10 Pink Lullaby – Tape Five
11 Big Spender – The New Burlesque Roadshow
12 The Big Blow Out – Henry Mancini
13 Caravan – Ella Fitzgerald
14 Beale Street Blues – Eartha Kitt
15 Sugar – Dirty Honkers
16 Tail Feather (feat. Youthstar & Erica Guaca) – Smokey Joe & The Kid
17 Puttin’ On The Ritz (Club Des Belugas Remix) – Club des Belugas
18 Sway – The Jazz Age Swingers
19 Hidden – Buscemi & The Michel Bisceglia Ensemble
20 What A Wonderful World [Club Mix] – Louis Armstrong
oh darlin’
I’ve not posted about our new video for a while – humble apologies to those looking forward to seeing it. Exciting things are afoot in the land of Sweet Tooth, so we’ll have to keep our pretty cards close to our chest for just a little while longer…
In the meantime, I want to cheekily pique your interest (“a tease? Who… me?”) by sharing with you the newest work by Maximilla (one half of the Belles who filmed ‘Venus’).
This “Darlin’” short fashion film, made in collaboration with Lula Magazine’s Leith Clark (as if you couldn’t tell), showcases Orla Kiely‘s Spring 2013 collection, which Kiely states was inspired by “Palm Springs, Slim Aarons, summer resorts from the 1960s, and the pool culture of that time period.”
it’s an office, but not as we know it.
This is too fabulous not to share.
My talented friend Sarah Sophie Flicker (one of the director duo who produced our forthcoming video) showcasing her style, work-space and trapeze skills in the New York Times:
Very soon you’ll get to see her swinging from a ‘Venus’ star – the video’s coming asap :)
attack of the 50 foot woman!
would you like to swing on a star?
… carry moon-beams home in a jar?
Would you believe that this hastily snapped iPhone pic is the only shot I managed to take myself at the ‘Venus In Hollywood’ video shoot in New York last week?
It shows the crew only just getting started on the first set, but it gives you a little glimpse (before I was whisked off into hair & makeup and didn’t pick up my phone for another 12 hours!).
I can’t look at it without singing this lovely tune (because, yes – they are trapeze hoops being hung, in case you’re wondering!).
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venus in… new york.
Further to my recent post re ‘Venus In Hollywood,’ we have some very pleasing news.
At the end of the month I’ll be heading to NYC to shoot a video for the track. It will be directed by Maximilla Lukacs & Sarah Sophie Flicker, who together make up the wonderful Belles of the Black Diamond Field.
The creative treatment they’ve provided is shaping up to brilliant so I couldn’t be more excited.
I’ll let you see their work for yourself – this film was made as a collaboration between Top Shop and my favourite magazine in the world, Lula (of which Sarah Sophie is ‘editor at large’ – a fabulous title if there ever was one).
“Spell” from Maximilla Lukacs on Vimeo.
See more of their work for music and fashion (including ethereal videos for Karen Elson and First Aid Kit) here.
Their aesthetic couldn’t be more appropriate for Sweet Tooth, don’t you agree?
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venus in hollywood
it don’t mean a thing, if you ain’t got that swing
Hey sweeties, I have some exciting news. I’m told that our track ‘Venus In Hollywood’ will feature on French DJs Bart and Baker’s new electro-swing compilation “Burlesque Swing.”
It’s out June 16th on the Wagram Label in France but also iTunes & import.
You can preorder it via Amazon here:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Burlesque-Swing-Various-Artists/dp/B004YESL72
And read some cute interviews with burlesque lovelies on their dedicated site:
Here’s a preview of the track, if you haven’t heard it yet ( Gavin’s busy working on a video as we speak!).
Venus In Hollywood by Sweet Tooth Music
C’est bonnes nouvelles, oui oui?
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