Check out some sick photos from Just Blaze and Baauer’s latest collaboration (you can check out the teaser here). Below is an excerpt of Nabil speaking with FADER on the visual.
Without giving away too much, what’s the video’s basic premise? It’s a simple vignette/narrative of a kid who follows a warrior home, then spreads what he sees to the other kids and they take it upon themselves.
I decided to shoot in Kerala, India because that’s where some of the oldest forms of martial arts came from. I had done some research after having the idea of shooting something with martial arts and wanting to go to India. The song had a feeling that resonated India to me, and people fighting? Can’t really explain—was just in my head when listening.
While shooting, did you run into any particularly good luck, or unforeseen obstacles? We shot for around three days. Monsoon season is particularly challenging, probably the biggest obstacle you can face when dealing with consistency and shooting outdoors, up there with shooting in the far northern hemisphere to get a night shoot when it’s like 22 hours of sunlight. We just embraced it and had a little help from the gods! Also, we had great luck with an amazing crew and group of warriors to work with. None were actors but they had such great personalities that it felt like the acting exuded naturally.
Who are the kids? The kids are also young warriors at the martial arts school. It was so great working with them. Such genuine, hard working, kind and FUNNY little kids. Then you see them training and you are like, Woah. Vishnu, my lead kid, was exactly what I had hoped for, a little Peter Pan. Each kid has there own little story, very touching.
