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"Crystal" by Chromo & Club84 - These dudes are awesome house dj's and musicians from Denmark and Paris. This is their newest release. Press Play, have a listen and enjoy while you browse our profile .. title="Crystal by Chromo & Club84" ///Welcome to the World of Gatecrasher
We hope you enjoy the Gatecrasher experience through visuals and sound here on our profile. Gatecrasher Films is a collaboration among Ming, Ron, Tom B. and Amir (aka MrV), an accomplished music video director & producer and one of the hardest working people I know. But we're also a collective of creative individuals with a passion to bring ideas and dreams to life. We specialize in films and music videos with an emphasis in rap and hip-hop, but our talents extend into all genres such as rock, country and Latin; comedies, action and dramas. We love to meet those who share our creative spirit and/or enjoy our work. And while we have a website, www.gatecrasherfilms.com, we want to make this myspace page a little more personal, giving you a glimpse of what we're like including our influences and styles. We'll continue to keep you updated with everything that's going on in our world, so stay tuned. ///Influences & Inspirations

filmmaking and music are our passions. our influences are everything that falls in between: photography, urban culture, mythology, architecture, beatniks, the paranormal, formula one, hippies, french cinema, anime & manga, raves, modernism, surfing culture, betty page, psychedelia, industrial design, pirates, cubism, automobiles, nature, politics, the 80's, extreme sports, literature, graphic design, woodstock, espresso, the dj, technology, npr, animal rights, japanese pop culture, environment, poetry, barbecue, fashion, origami, ipod, existentialism, halloween, hot pockets, the simpsons, paris, stonehenge, the roman empire .."First Date"
Director - Mr.V
Cinematographer - Tom Banks
Producer - Ron Finberg
Assoc. Producer - Ming Wang

We had so much fun making this short film and kudos go out to everyone who made it possible. We'll be submitting this piece to various film festivals in the near term. We're encouraged by the tremendous response we've already gotten. Send me a comment and let me know what you think. .. ///give me rock!

afghan whigs / angels and airwaves / arctic monkeys / band of horses / barenaked ladies / beirut / black crowes / blonde redhead / chairlift / clap your hands say yeah / coldplay / conor oberst / death cab for cutie / the decemberists / elf power / feist / the frames / jenny lewis / keane / the killers / radiohead / REM / rilo kiley / sigur ros / silversun pickups / snow patrol / the strokes / tegan and sara / tom waits / yeah yeah yeahs ..
music, music, music!

afghan whigs / aimee mann / al green / alan braxe / allison kraus / animal logic / asia / badfinger / basia / bauhaus / bb king / beach boys / beatles / beethoven / ben folds five / berlin / berlioz / better than ezra / big head todd & monsters / boards of canada / blondie / bob marley / boston / boz skaggs / catherine wheel / cheap trick / chet baker / chris botti / chris rea / the clash / cowboy junkies / crash test dummies / ccr / the cure / daft punk / darden smith / dave koz / depeche mode / diana krall / dick dale / digitalism / dire straits / dmx / the doors / duran duran / eagles / echo & the bunnymen / emmylou harris / eric clapton / eric johnson / fixx / fleetwood mac / flock of seagulls / foreigner / genesis / gin blossoms / gomez / grateful dead / happy mondays / heart / human league / husker du / inxs / jackopierce / jesus & mary chain / jimi hendrix / jimmy buffett / john lee hooker / john lennon / johnny cash / jonny lang / joy division / the kinks / laurie anderson / led zeppelin / m83 / malea mcguiness / mendelssohn / mike jones / miles davis / missing persons / moby / mozart / morrissey / motels / muddy waters / nas / neil young / nenna frelon / new order / nina simone / nirvana / norah jones / nwa / omd / pearl jam / percy sledge / peter murphy / pet shop boys / phoebe snow / pink floyd / police / pretenders / prodigy / psychedelic furs / public enemy / queen / rancid / ray charles / red hot chili peppers / rem / reo speedwagon / richard elliott / rippingtons / rolling stones / roxy music / rush / sex pistols / shawn colvin / simply red / slim thug / smashing pumpkins / smithereens / the smiths / soft cell / soundgarden / spyro gyra / stevie ray vaughn / stone roses / talking heads / tangerine dream / tears for fears / 10,000 maniacs / 3rd force / travis / traffic / u2 / ub40 / ultravox / the urge / urge overkill / van halen / wagner / willie nelson / the who / wilco / xtc / yazz / yes / zz top "Do not try to interpret or explain the word 'Rave' to someone who has not experienced the pure ecstasy of being in total harmony with his or her surroundings, ie. the feeling of dancing away within a crowd of smiling faces, of the rush of the DJ taking you on a mind trip down into the deep, dark caverns of trance and then up to the highest peaks of spiritual utopia. Do not try to explain. Just tell them to open their minds." -quote from a 1992 rave flyer electronica, dj's, raves, oh my...

groove armada / paul oakenfold / d:fuse / ferry corsten / paul van dyk / crobar / sasha + digweed / daft punk / timo maas / sandra collins / all tomorrow's parties / chemical brothers / john "00" fleming / giant / above & beyond / deep dish / cream / christopher lawrence / tall paul / the thrillseekers / godskitchen / swedish egil / way out west / jason bentley / atb / tiesto / digital assassins / james holden / electric daisy carnival / mauro picotto / basement jaxx / gatecrasher / delerium / 1015 / jan johnston / pete tong / happy hardcore / danny tenaglia / nocturnal wonderland / armand van helden / carl cox / reid speed / twilo (rip) / satoshi tomiie / ministry of sound / orbital / love parade / crystal method / scott bond / ascension / ian pooley / justice / kaskade / DVAS We love making films. It's our passion. Making great films is our mission. We work with a core group of talented individuals who place collaboration and teamwork above all else. The results are ideas, concepts and dreams coming to life in the form of moving images. We believe that beautiful and complex films can be made in an efficient and cost-effective manner without sacrificing quality. Our innovation and creativity can make even low-budget films look like multi-million dollar productions. Let us make your film! ///Gatecrasher says to go ahead and make his day... leave a comment... view all /// add comment

My Blog

Bad Cat

I have a cat and I've always feared this... Add to My Profile | More Videos
Posted by on Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:59:00 GMT

Hard at Work...

It's been a little difficult trying to keep up on the blogs lately as I've been working on our website.  I'm doing everything from scratch, doing all the HTML and CSS coding by hand, line by line...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 01:38:00 GMT

Family Guy

Did you see the Family Guy season premiere, the Star Wars spoof, last night? God, it was so funny!
Posted by on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:07:00 GMT

Two Films

Our own Amir "Mr.V" Valinia just wrapped up two films, directing both Lockjaw and Jump Out Boys. Both films feature hip-hop and rap superstar DMX with Kris Kristofferson also starring in the latter f...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 21:40:00 GMT

Cool Video

I'm hoping Mr.V and I can work on a music video like this....
Posted by on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:11:00 GMT

Football

Thank God football season is here!
Posted by on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:22:00 GMT

Malcolm McDowell & the new "Halloween" Movie

A recent Baltimore Sun interview with Malcolm McDowell, star of the latest "reimagining" of Halloween, on director Rob Zombie, heavy-metal frontman and director of previous films House of 1,000 Corpse...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 11:46:00 GMT

Playlist /// 003 - The Manchester Sound

Last week, music impresario Tony Wilson passed away from complications from kidney cancer. I was still in high school when I first started hearing the products of the Manchester, England scene and I w...
Posted by on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:38:00 GMT

Bonde Redhead at Sunset Junction

One of my favorite bands, Blonde Redhead, is playing at the Sunset Junction this weekend. A couple of years ago a girl I was dating introduced me to the music of this indie rock (some have labele...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:23:00 GMT

The Beach Boys and

Not many people know that The Beach Boys are one of my favorite groups.  Now, for all you kids out there who see The Beach Boys as kinda hokey all I can say is 'poor you'.  Rock purists know...
Posted by on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 20:14:00 GMT