I wanted to bring some attention to my boys that have helped me make my work be so much better and to show some of the work they do on their own.

First off is my good homie Miguel Perez aka BOUNCE - DOA. He reps Trust your Struggle crew and originally from the Bay, Berkeley to be exact. He’s been a part of many of my projects from painting in the CHAINS documentary, LATV Rebrand, and Latino FIlm Festival pieces to doing design for the Artsy video and most recently the Paris music video. Miguel is one of the illest cats I know with spray paint, marker, pen, and mouse.

OG revolutionary rapper PARIS drops his first album in years called Acid Reflex. The song is “Don’t Stop the Movement” and Paris called me to make a greenscreen music video that has him leading an ever growing mob of activists to the White House for a takeover of the crooked Bush regime. This video dropped before the election and hit MTV2 on election day.

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My first real project for Peter Spirer since I didn’t get to do too much for “Ghostride the Whip.”  This one I went extra crazy on and did a combination of 3D tracked type and graphics elements onto live action footage and also full blown 3D environments.

From the success of The Grouch “Artsy” video along with so many years of motion graphics work I got representation as a Director. My partner Ryan Flanery and I together as Secret History are now backed by a great team to make our commercials, music videos, and films. We are thankful for the support and about to move into a new office with our Production Company Bucks Boys. We are repped in the US by Tommy Labuda and in the UK by Streetlight Films. Give thanks!

So about a month after releasing it, the video got put on the front page of Youtube and Myspace, MTV2 picked it up with no payola and very little censorship, and Itunes put it for sale. We wound up with half a million views and a cult classic. We only entered it into one festival/competition which is the main one for Music Videos: the MVPA Awards.

Did color tweaking and some title animations with Buildestroy collaborator Miguel (BOUNCE) Perez for our boy Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi. The group is VIP / Vizion in Progress from Ghana Africa and the sound is real dope. It’s a mix of African Highlife and Hip Hop. To me it’s real reminiscent of Dancehall but definitely has it’s own variations. Very melodic and the catchiest hooks, these kids are real tight. The video was shot in 3 parts between LA, NYC, and Ghana. We created 3 different looks for each section with the color palettes and title styles that fit each region. Eli is currently finishing the Documentary about this movement called “Home Grown - Hip Life in Ghana” check for it soon.

I recently designed the website for the doc film “The Row” that documents the lives of a handful of Skid Row residents and their lives, trials and tribulations. Directed by Buildestroy collaborator Camila Martins and will feature music by BD audio collaborator Asa Taccone. The website I designed is in the works (therowdocumentary.com) and the amazing portraits below are shot by Chuc Ngyen.

DJ Vlad along with my good friend Peter Spirer from Rugged Entertainment brings you the story of the Bay tracing the roots of Hyphy and Thizz to how Mac Dre came up to become one of the Bay’s biggest icons. Even people that grew up in the Bay can learn something from this joint like all that stupid doo doo dumb talk or how Hammer thought he was Turf Dancing too. I did some of the animation for it and it’s gonna be released through Image Entertainment so you can peep it on Netflix or in the stores. A must for anyone lovin’ the Bay.

Oh yes, two of my favorite artists and close friends together again. The last time we were all in SF together was in 2002 for their collab show at 111 Minna, after we had all been on the road with Galactic doing the Sight of Sound tour. I was filming the whole thing and documenting the rockstar painter mashup.

This show promises to be extra crazy. Buildestroy will be creating projections for the show and installations. Also will premiere some pieces from the Ghetto Defender film with Doze. Come check us Bay Area Massive!

Youtube Video Preview of the Rubicon Sun show

Youtube Video of David Ellis’ Robotic Musical Owl from the Show