FLASHBACK: FAMED RÖYKSOPP VIDEO ILLUSTRATOR ANIMATES LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD

Tomas Nilsson, winner of the 2002 MTV Europe Music award for “Best Music Video,” is back, unfortunately not for Royksopp’s latest LP

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t’s been a few weeks since Röyksopp’s third LP, Junior, leaked and despite its strong line-up of guest vocalists, I’ve concluded it’s a snore. So, let’s take today to harken back to a time when the Norwegian duo released not only interesting downtempo music but also interesting music videos that coincided with 2001’s Melody A.M. While that debut spawned four wonderful singles, only the third one, “Remind Me,” was animated by Tomas Nilsson. Nilsson, a design student at Sweden’s Linköping University, took us on a fascinating, day-long British commute using infographics to illustrate in fine detail how our daily objects (alarm clock, toilet, cereal, train, escalator) and environment (weather patterns) all function.



Nilsson is finally back. Earlier this month the animator returned with a new class project that took on the story of Little Red Riding Hood. Again, breaking things down to even the cost of Red’s bottle of wine, we see Nilsson’s engrossing use of infographics. Who knew Grandma was so high in fiber?

1:42pm Music Video, Director, Trip-Hop, Dance, Norway
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