Published
Tue, Feb 17, 2015, 20:06
- The Berlin-based artist will head to Washington DC in May.
Cosmically-inclined deep house purveyor AYBEE has unveiled details for a new project called The Gift, a silent film to be accompanied by a live score.
This isn't the first film endeavor for the Oakland-bred, Berlin-based artist formally known as Armon Bazile. He's shared a series of short videos by way of his own label Deepblak Recordings, called Deepblak Films, and perhaps most prominently, he's collaborated with acclaimed director Ava DuVernay (he contributed music to her 2012 film Middle Of Nowhere and scored her 2013 ESPN documentary Venus Vs.). But it looks to be his most expansive one yet. Written and directed by Bazile, shot in Berlin with photographer Marie Staggart and made to be scored live, The Gift tells the story of a "mysterious radio and its journey through intersecting lives."
Bazile will debut The Gift, along with his live score, on May 14th at the Goethe Institute in Washington DC, as part of the city's eighth annual Forward festival. (Further details for Forward 2015 are still TBA.) It also looks like the film will get a proper release on Deepblak, as it's been assigned a catalog number. You can read more about it (and check out a trailer) at the Deepblak homepage.
Thu, May 14, 2015AYBEE, Boss Ross