The brief:
Nneka, Nigerian-German musician and global sensation, playing her very first gig in Nairobi alongside Dan “Chizi” Aceda, the ‘Crown Prince of Benga’, Saturday February 4, 2012.
The context:
Tree House. First stop in an East African tour that sees her also perform in Uganda, Rwanda and culminates at the Sauti Za Busara Festival, Zanzibar.
The featured photos:
I’m not an [actual] expert, but from the vast majority of the photos, it seems lighting was the biggest headache for those capturing the moments from this night; twas a stunning effort by them regardless, going some of the images I found.
Top 12 Shots of “Nneka Live in Kenya”, here we go:
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Bonus: ”But Olang’, this has nothing to do with photography!”
Fair enough. Still, the best thing you’ll see in a while. It’s barely 4 days old on the interwebs, with a YouTube count [already] of 6.37 MILLION:
The new music video from OK Go, made in partnership with Chevrolet. OK Go set up over 1000 instruments over two miles of desert outside Los Angeles. A Chevy Sonic was outfitted with retractable pneumatic arms designed to play the instruments, and the band recorded this version of Needing/Getting, singing as they played the instrument array with the car. The video took 4 months of preparation and 4 days of shooting and recording. There are no ringers or stand-ins; Damian took stunt driving lessons. Each piano had the lowest octaves tuned to the same note so that they’d play the right note no matter where they were struck.
(Photo/okgo.net)
Watch it here. Trust me: You want to.
