Digitonal: 93 Years On
August 12, 2008
Produced by Medlo and directed by Dave Holloway.
Website Updated
June 22, 2008
Tza has weaved and woven his magic once more and the Medlo website has been updated to include our most recent projects, plus the back catalogue has been completed and there’s a few more downloads for you folks who like right clicking on things.
Head over there now and boost our stats for a Sunday, they’re always low on Sundays…
Medlo in Total Film…
June 8, 2008
…it’s not quite the feature on how we’re about the rock the film world to it’s very foundations, but it’s nice to see that we’re appreciated somewhere down the line…
There we are… page 18 of the new issue with Batman on the front cover, right next to Gore Verbinski. Should you want to see the film in question without heading over to the Total Film website then here it is in all its glory…
NAM ALARM!
June 2, 2008
Vent 2002
May 21, 2008
On Saturday, 15th June 2002, The Electronic Foundation of Sound and Vision (tefosav) hosted a night of digital and electronic based music called VENT.
This is what you missed…
Featuring live snippits of Dissolved, 65daysofstatic, Feedle, and Autofire, not to mentioned early Media Lounge visuals - my how we loved those atomic explosions!
I’m glad this has finally found it’s way online - god knows who uploaded it, but I’d completely forgotten that it existed and I’m not so sure we even have a copy ourselves anymore. The internet will never cease to amaze - just when you think you’re an obscure and forgotten little outfit in the corner of the room, something like that pops up. Brilliant.
New 65daysofstatic Music Video
May 13, 2008
After much delay and many complications, the new video for 65daysofstatic is available…
The Distant and Mechanised Glow of Eastern European Dance Parties
Produced by Medlo, and directed by Dave Holloway
Medlo Kicked Off You Tube
April 5, 2008
Medlo have officially been kicked off YouTube for “repeated copyright infringement.” As a result our channel, videos, messages and subscribers have all been deleted. This is particularly annoying as were only a few weeks shy of our 1000,000th view…
So we’re starting all over again - the new channel is up now (www.youtube.com/MedloTV) and we’d mightily appreciate any of you who were our friends and subscribers before, becoming so again.
I am crushed that all the hard work and good ratings we’d earned up over the years have gone so suddenly - however when you look at our back catalogue you can’t really blame them. I’m well aware that our early Media Lounge work is largely comprised of material appropriated from elsewhere, but the work was always fresh and creative and not just stolen and hosted for the hell of it.
Ironically this is the first time that YouTube have ever flagged us up for copyright violation as the two previous warnings were for inappropriate content - something I always took great offence at; our work wasn’t pornography or exploitative, it just happen to occasionally feature comedy nudity. Nothing was ever sexualised, it was just a few boobs and bums about the place - I find it quite ironic about YouTube that the comments pages can feature the most horrific forms of bigotry, bad language and sexual content but if you show a nipple you’re a menace to the online community. A man could lose some serious faith in the world if he spent too much time reading YouTube comments…
This ban is frustrating as we’re about to do a large promotion, of which much was based on how successful our YouTube channel has been. Now when people go to see what we’ve done they’ve be faced with a bunch of videos 3 days old - and certainly not the 90+ pieces with a combined total of 981,000 views we had before.
At least now the new channel name is Medlo, and not the personal account it once was. Go there now and make it brilliant once more.
Video Removed. Inappropriate Content
October 18, 2007
Message from YouTube:
Dear Member
After being flagged by members of the YouTube community and reviewed by YouTube staff, the video below has been removed due to its inappropriate nature.
I’m Dreaming of a White Noise CHristmas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnSoPuv9gy8
This is the second video removal notice for your accountif you receive one more, your account will be permanently disabled and all of your previously uploaded videos will be taken down.
Please refer to our Terms of Use and the Community Guidelines for more information on what video material is not permitted on YouTube.
The YouTube Team
Hmmm. Ok, so there was some bare breasted women dancing in it but, might like our previous banned video “Rachel Stevens’ Foot Fetish” it was completely unsexual. I can just image a concerned parent out in cyber land terrified that their child might possibly see a nipple…
28 Videos Later
October 11, 2007
As we’ve mentioned before, Dza and Phil spent many of their days this year knee deep in mud and fake blood working on promotional materials for 28 Weeks Later. While, tragically, many of their ‘making of’ videos didn’t make it onto the new DVD release (we’re holding out for a special edition sometime in future, but don’t quote us on that) some of their short films set in the same universe are being used as viral adverts…
They’re dotted about the web, much like the QR codes are around London, but the best place to see them is on You Tube.
Not only are they great short films in their own right, but they also expand and illuminate stories in the infected universe. In order to make them Dza and Phil developed a concept called ‘Surfing the Main Unit’ in which they would shoot alongside the actual movie, utilising extras, locations and special effects in between set-ups.
It’s quite a method, one that bodes well for the future. Watch and enjoy.
Sssssssh
September 25, 2007
Why the silence? Well we’ve been busy, and while we have had the time to update this blog there has been very little we could have written about. I mean Dza has been hanging out backstage at the Prince ‘21 Days in London Tour’ and shooting all manner of material, but unfortunately we can’t show it to you… and I’ve been on set of the new Warp X film ‘Hush’ working on promo materials but to tell you anything of my adventures would give valuable plot points away… and then there’s the ‘Making of Sleuth’ that we’ve been making, but ditto with confidentiality of the plot… not to mention the rumours of a ‘Medlo vs (big name musician)’ DVD that’s in negotiations that we can’t comment on, as well as a return to the visual arena with a new musical act that is still being planned, and Dza’s soon to be released virals for a big new Fox movie…
So basically it’s all good in Medlo land. You’ll just have to trust us on that.
