Moses Sumney
5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Sam i
Artist/Name: Sam i Best known for: Producing for artists like Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Kanye West, Lizzo, Doja Cat, etc… My artist projects NASA and Sam i, my film score work for Bad Grandpa, Jackass, etc., my directing on projects like Wu-Tang in Space and my company Squeak E. Clean. Current city: Los Angeles Really want to be in: Tokyo for Sakura bloom, wandering around the city, and eating bomb ramen. Excited about: I have a new song out called “Shake” that’s a bop… By the time this comes out, the Breakbot Remix will be out. My current music collection has a lot of: I’d like to change this to “My current music playlist has a lot of: Music from the ’50s. And a little bit of: Music from 2021. Don’t judge me for: Still loving club music, despite how corny the scene has become. Vinyl/CD/Streaming/S...
Moses Sumney Creates 3D Performance with ‘Bless Me’ Video
Moses Sumney has taken the at-home performance to another level with his latest video for “Bless Me.” Teaming up with Microsoft, the visual fuses his movements and performance with abstract 3D animation thanks to the Microsoft Azure Kinect. The video project was initially meant to be a museum installation. Sumney explained in a statement that it was going to be “an experiential piece exploring isolation and solitude.” But with the global pandemic, Sumney and his frequent collaborator, director Sam Cannon, worked via Skype to direct and film this video from Sumney’s Asheville, N.C. home using the Azure Kinect. “As he moved to the song, the Azure Kinect sensors tracked his body in real-time, capturing it as skeleton data. This precise point cloud and skeletal-movement data, captured uti...
