Scroobius Pip video shot in Hastings’ Priory Quarter
The video for a new single, to be released on 1 March by hip-hop band dan le sac vs Scroobius Pip, has been filmed in the Lacuna Place offices in Hastings’ Priory Quarter business district. The video can be seen on YouTube.
In the song, entitled ‘Get Better’, Scroobius Pip talks about the opportunities for young people to take initiative and make something of their lives. The video shows him leading a motivational workshop inside the Lacuna Place offices for a group of around 15 young people – selected from University Centre Hastings, Hastings College and Hastings town centre.
The video was created by renowned director Richard Heslop, who explains:
“I’d seen the band’s other work and liked their attitude. I loved the positive message of the new song and knew we had some great young people in Hastings that I could cast. We chose to film in the Lacuna Place offices as I fell in love with the architecture – especially the light from the big windows, which made it a film maker’s dream. Scroobius Pip and dan le sac came to Hastings to make the film and loved it, as people so often do. Hastings has that kind of magnetism – people visit and the place makes a real impression on them. ”
Scroobius Pip comments: "I was pleasantly surprised by Hastings. Having never been before, it was great to have a chance to walk around all the little old lanes and hidden stairways. And all the youngsters we met in the filming of the video were great, opinionated people."
dan le sac vs Scroobius Pip are an Essex-born hip-hop duo combining electronic beats with spoken lyrics. The pair are Daniel Stephens (aka dan le sac: production, programming, keyboards, guitars and backing vocals), and David Peter Meads (aka Scroobius Pip: vocals). Signed to the Sunday Best record label, their 2008 debut album, Angles, reached 31 in the UK chart. Their first single was "Thou Shalt Always Kill". The duo played at the Glastonbury Festival in 2009. Their new album, Logic of Chance, is due to be released on 14 March and includes the Get Better track. It will be supported by a tour across the UK throughout March. For more details, visit their website.
Based in Hastings, Richard Heslop has a long-established creative career, having made films with Derek Jarman and produced music videos for The Smiths, Queen, The Cure, Happy Mondays and New Order. For more information, see richardheslopfilms.com .
Lacuna Place is a four-storey, high specification office building, occupied by Bibby Financial Services and Tesco, with other spaces available to let. It stands in Hastings’ business district, Priory Quarter, opposite University Centre Hastings and next to the recently created Priory Square and new, six-storey office building, One Priory Square. The creation of Priory Quarter is part of the economic investment programme for the Hastings area, managed by Sea Space. See prioryquarter.com for more details on the space available.
The filming of the music video is the first activity within a new cultural programme in Hastings called F-ISH EYE, focusing on film and new media. It builds on an established Special Loan Scheme through which Hastings’ F-ISH Gallery places contemporary art within the town’s new office buildings.
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Monday, 22nd February, 2010
