THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS 'THE DARKNESS THAT YOU FEAR' - OFFICIAL VIDEO

“The Darkness That You Fear is a hopeful piece of music. When we found the combination of the different voices worked set to the flow of the music it made us feel optimistic, like it was something we wanted to share.” - Tom Rowlands

The video is directed by @Ruffmercy “When I first heard the song I immediately connected with the theme and the overall positive vibe. New government rules for relaxing lockdown had been announced and combined with the sun shining, it left me feeling positive about the forthcoming summer. It also triggered a strong sense of nostalgia that led to me going back to look for visual inspiration from the period in time when I first discovered The Chemical Brothers in the mid ’90’s. The video combines archive rave footage from the mid to late 90’s with hand painted Super 8 film textures and hand drawn animation. I love using colour to create chaos and evoke emotions and this was the perfect project to do that.”

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Director: RUFFMERCY @ruffmercy

Production Company: @myaccompliceldn

Executive Producer Jamie Clark

Producer: Richard Grewe @richardgrewe

Editor: Charlie Reddie @ Stitch @stitchediting

Picture Researcher: Susi Paz

Commissioner: Ailsa Robertson

Directors Rep: Alexa Haywood @freeagentuk

Additional Animation: Patch D. Keyes @patch_d_keyes

Shouts outs to Little Kev and @kinolibrary

Vocal samples: Caroline Ellis on The Bugaloos’ “The Senses Of Our World” (1970) & John Ellison on “I’ll Be Loving You" by Soul Brothers Six (1967)