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Behind The Video: ‘Sacrifice’ – ANCIENT TEETH

Ancient Teeth is unhinged ‘Dream Noise’. Stacked, fuzzed out guitars woven together with soaring, lush vocals, the music evolves effortlessly from heavy punk rock to atmospheric acoustic murals.

The project began in 2019 as a personal outlet for Adrian Mottram (Sights & Sounds, Seas, The Getaway) to focus on songwriting while processing major life events. Backed in the studio by a legendary lineup of veteran musicians who are closer to getting a root canal than starting a TikTok page, including guitarist Chris Hughes (Moneen, Seas), bassist Jahmeel Russell (Red Vienna, Actors, KEN mode), and drummer Mike Duffield (Beams, Flowers From Hell), the incredible musicality that is birthed when musicians support one another, unequivocally, shines through on every recording.

Today we are excited to be teaming up with Ancient Teeth to give our readers an exclusive behind the scenes look into the making of their music video for ‘Sacrifice’! The track comes off of their upcoming album ‘HUMANIZER‘ which will be released on March 8th. You can pre-order the album digitally here while cassettes are available here.

Check out what Adrian had to say about his creation process below and be sure to check back on Friday for some new music from Ancient Teeth!

 

The inspiration for the video was to really emphasize the notion of letting go of desirous attachments.

Currently, the world is being run by leaders with strong attachment and desire for control. Society has become so uncomfortable for so many people that turning to vices is the only option, so the images I created for this video were to reflect that. In order to be free from the suffering we need to dissolve our attachments and I hope this gets across.

I was painted into a corner financially due to the WGA strike and decided that I would lean into the film industry’s fears and try to embrace the technology that caused the strike. I used a program called MIdJourney to create images based on the lyrics of the song and then transformed the images into video using RunwayML. I then overlaid the RunwayML video with my own video that I shot.

The whole thing cost about $200 and I will do it again to continue making visuals for my music.

I really want anyone reading this who is considering checking out the album to know that it’s a bit of a love letter to our human civilization and a reminder that we are all equal.

The restraints and division that is being jammed into our faces are often large distractions and are not always true. Our hearts beat the same, our blood is the same colour and we can all get along.

Pressure your members of parliament for positive change and accountability. Don’t Take Shit From Anyone!

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