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The Obscure Collective seeks to highlight obscure video clips from the music, animation and movie world. But mostly music.

Nick Drake - Day is Done

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20 hours 55 minutes 31 seconds ago • 155 views

tags: folk, rock, 1969, acoustic guitar, photographs, finality

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Beautiful touching soulful music. Five Leaves Left, recorded in 1969, was the first of three albums by British folk musician Nick Drake. Like Bryter Layter and unlike Pink Moon, this album contains... more inside

Eric Dolphy - God Bless The Child

published by dystopianfuturetoday

1 day 2 hours 54 minutes ago • 210 views

tags: eric dolphy, dolphy, god bless the child, bass clarinet, 1961, 60s

A nice solo performance by Eric Dolphy on Bass Clarinet.

Swedish Electro-Pop at the Old Time Religion Revival Meeting

published by plastiquemonkey

7 months ago • 1004 views

tags: sweden, dance, editing, pseudoseizures, spirit

Spliced together from footage of a tent revival, this clip for Familjen's "Det Snurrar I Min Skalle" (which translates to "It's Spinning Inside My Head") turns fluorescent electro-pop pulses into grainy... more inside

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor on a Bottle Organ

published by dystopianfuturetoday

1 day 13 hours 59 minutes ago • 289 views

tags: Bach, toccata, fugue, d minor, bottle organ, bottle, organ

Homeland Security at work

published by doogle

2 days 14 hours 20 minutes ago • 259 views

tags: Brazil, Terry Gilliam, bureaucracy, fear, this is my receipt for your receipt

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You too may be 'invited' to assist the Ministry of Information with certain inquiries. Scene from Terry Gilliam's brilliant bureaucracy-questioning movie "Brazil" juxtaposes procedure, chaos and order. (2:55) ... more inside

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Nick Drake - River Man

published by Farhad2000

3 days 18 hours 10 minutes ago • 245 views

tags: 1969, acoustic, guitar, timing, beautiful, poetic

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The song features a 5/4 timing, and is one of the few songs he wrote to be played in standard tuning. The string arrangement was composed by Harry Robinson and Robert Kirby. Though Drake never revealed... more inside

Savage - Mankind At War

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4 days 17 hours ago • 199 views

tags: warfare, arms industry, soldiers, airforce, humanity, conflict, animation, abstract

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War is force that gives us meaning.

Sam's first day with Information Retrieval (bureaucracy)

published by doogle

4 days 17 hours 26 minutes ago • 194 views

tags: brazil, terry gilliam, information retrieval, bureaucracy, deco

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Sam's first day at work at Information Retrieval. Surreal, Terry Gilliam (Monty Python) style. Great. From Brazil (1985). Part 2: http://www.videosift.com/video/My-Government-Job-SUCKS

Perfect representation of bureaucracy (1:12)

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4 days 22 hours 7 minutes ago • 304 views

tags: brazil, terry gilliam, ministry of information, bureaucracy

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Brilliant representation of bureaucracy. From Terry Gilliam (Monty Python)'s movie Brazil (1985)

Tom Waits: A Press Conference

published by dmaze

5 days 9 hours 31 minutes ago • 320 views

tags: tom waits, interview, music, tour, glitter and doom

Tom Waits press conference highlights. Cool and cryptic as ever. Make sure to watch the whole thing for the full effect.

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Beautiful Song from Congo "Na Lingui Yo"

published by sbchapm

5 days 17 hours 4 minutes ago • 348 views

tags: music, polio, kinshasa, byrne, eno, funky, sex machine, bikes

Amazing music video from the people in Congo-Kinshasa singing "NA LINGUI YO."

Dabrye - Smoking the Edge (Wicked Cool Electro Hip Hop)

published by Farhad2000

6 days 1 hour 11 minutes ago • 384 views

tags: minimal, dub step, hip hop, electronica, instrumental

Dabrye (pronounced "DOB-ree") is just one alias of Ghostly artist Tadd Mullinix, who shifts through various guises with a refreshing competency and sophistication. As Dabrye, Mullinix explores hip-hop,... more inside

Zager & Evans - In the year 2525

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6 days 18 hours 3 minutes ago • 348 views

tags: future, technology, acoustic, guitar, great tune

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In the year 3535 Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lies Everything you think, do and say Is in the pill you took today In the year 4545 Ain't gonna need your teeth, won't need your eyes ... more inside

The Orb - Star 6 & 7 8 9

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1 week ago • 235 views

tags: trippy, spacy, hypnotic, the orb, ambient, electronica, peace

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The Orb are an English electronic music group known for popularising chill out music in the 1990s and spawning the genre of ambient house. Founded in 1988 by Alex Paterson and KLF member Jimmy Cauty, The... more inside