Röyksopp "A Long, Long Way" video competition winner

From the Röyksopp Genero.tv video competition.

The winner here is ianpahute, his artistic take on the bands brief 'descending or ascending feeling, until you are released from this mortal coil' is beautifully illustrated with Ian's free-falling figure. This abstract piece although more a visual maybe than a video, complements the music and is a fitting end for this album project that sees our hero falling through his own private purgatory.

"Is our protagonist: Falling, Swimming, Flying or Dying? Is this a triumphant ascension or simply an end?

I felt an abstraction was an appropriate response to this Royksopp track. The music holds the message and the role of the imagery is to augment - not supersede.

The final result is somewhat painterly. It might not be a 'pop video' in a traditional sense but I believe it works for this track. View it as something that would sit in the background - something you would float with - the imagery influencing unconsciously - rather than providing a narrative explanation."

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[DaveKraft400]

Last.FM on my XBOX is to thank for me finding this.

[DraganDrabic]

@UppercaseLetterSoup very odd doorbell sound

[UppercaseLetterSoup]

I'd just LOVE to have the first 10 seconds of this track as a doorbell sound.

[vladiesc]

if life had a theme song, this would definitely be it!

[xVoodeedoox]

@Splendliferous well i'tll be in a container inside a shuttle :P i won't just spew my ashes at the sky if thats what you meant

[Splendliferous]

@xVoodeedoox Cremated Body? Cremation reduces a cadaver to ashes...I'm not getting at you or anything though! I know what you mean :)

[xVoodeedoox]

that makes me think of the day i send my cremated body into space

[NoobZandwich]

The video complements the song so well.