Music Video Sessions: Vol. 1

De Cinema × De Studio × M HKA

MUSIC VIDEO SESSIONS celebrates the music video as a cinematic form in its own right. Many of today’s most influential filmmakers, from David Fincher, Jonathan Glazer and Melina Matsoukas to Sofia Coppola, developed their visual language in the world of music videos, where image and sound collided in bold and experimental ways.

Each edition invites a filmmaker to share iconic clips, personal influences and behind-the-scenes stories. These are not videos to scroll past, but collective cinema experiences: loud, immersive and made for the big screen. MTV is not gone; it has simply returned to the darkness of the movie theatre.

The first edition is curated by Bertrand de Langeron, better known as So Me, the creative force behind the visual identity of Ed Banger Records and artists such as Justice, SebastiAn, Breakbot, Uffie and Mr. Oizo. As the label’s art director, he helped shape a visual language where hyper-saturated colours, cartoon distortions, graffiti, religious pop iconography, neon chaos and DIY collage merged with MTV, bloghouse, MySpace, skate culture and streetwear. Pure 2000s overload.

Ed Banger Records was founded in 2003 by Pedro Winter, former manager of Daft Punk. Under his alias Busy P, he built a label where music, visuals, video and nightlife moved as one. From a small apartment in Paris, Busy P, So Me and Justice created the visual party memory of a generation. So Me helped define some of the era’s most iconic imagery, from Justice’s legendary † aesthetic to the enduring impact of “D.A.N.C.E.”. Beyond Ed Banger, So Me directed music videos for MGMT, Kanye West, Kid Cudi, Duck Sauce and Major Lazer, leaving an unmistakable mark on the music, internet and pop culture of the 2000s.

For this opening edition, So Me presents a personal selection from his own body of work, alongside a collection of all-time favourite music videos by other directors. Expect an evening filled with anecdotes, insights and behind-the-scenes stories from some of the most defining music videos of the past forty years.

After the screening, the night continues in the Rotonde at De Studio with a party fully immersed in the worlds of Ed Banger Records and the Liège-based collective Party Harders. Behind the decks: So Me (Ed Banger) and Mon Colonel (Party Harders), taking audiences on a nostalgic journey through electro, French touch, bloghouse, hip-hop, rave and club culture.

Born out of Liège’s graffiti and art scene, Party Harders grew into one of Belgium’s most legendary nightlife collectives of the 2000s: loud, messy, visually excessive and unapologetically DIY. Think Pope of Dope by The Subs. Exactly that energy.

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