Russ Chimes had decided to outdo himself of late and accompany his upcoming Midnight Club EP with a video trilogy for the ages. It is the Godfather I, II, and III of our times (or, the Naked Gun series, take your pick). However we fully and thankfully expect that Sophia Coppola will not be acting Part III, thus ensuring vimeo immortality for this fantastically-produced set.

Parts I and II (which was just released yesterday) follow the tribulations of a pair of young lovers who like to party at da club, and who unfortunately also become entangled in a jealousy-fueled kidnap adventure. The whole bittersweet tale is told using a staccato timeline — interweaving past, present, and future, into one synth-dicso and crotch rocket-fueled tapestry. Think Memento-era Christoper Nolan, with better music. Speaking of: the tracks themselves, Never Look Back, and Tertre Rouge, couldn’t possibly be better suited to the imagery.

Clues to how this story ends are slipped in left and right, however only in Part III will it all conclude. Like a fabled Russ Chimes build up, we will have to wait with bated breath for the drop to finally reveal all.

Part II

Part I

Trailer

Finally, keeping in mind that we are a music blog, we including a snazzy, glitchy edit by Cryptex (a young bro in LA) of the track included in the trailer, Following Your Every Move.

Russ Chimes/Cass Lowe – Following Your Every Move (Cryptex Remix)

This post serves two purposes. First, to point out that tomorrow night at Trafo (for the Budapesters among you) we’ll be doin’ our thang, this time with the theme ‘spacesynthdisco’. Right, right, color y’all surprised i’m sure on that choice of music. Damian, who’s put on friend of Kunk party, Heartbeats, in Prague, will be here to join us along with locals Popbitch and Datascent. You’ll be treated to the usual fare of 80s-flavored dance synth madness, including the likes of Futurecop!, et al.

And what was that band I mentioned? Futurecop? Complete coincidence, i’m sure, that your Kunkers will be playing alongside them next month… woot! That is our not so discreet second purpose of this here post. Mark your calendars for February 14, it’ll be a love-y dove-y valentine night with those masters of synth disaster from the UK. Speaking of, I thought it time to pull together a little recent mp3 action from FC, including a remix of NASA that we’ve been digging a lot of late, by the appropriately-named, Discoballistic.

Futurecop! – NASA (Discoballistic Remix) // [ysi]

Futurecop! – NASA // [ysi]

Yo Majesty – Club Action (Futurecop! Remix) // [ysi]

Futurecop! – Starworshipper // [ysi]