ABOUT FEAR & LOATHING
Cartel Madras:
“FEAR & LOATHING is the start of several stories and is the heart of our upcoming project, The Serpent & The Tiger. This song is an exploration in duality, a major plot point in our story, and our most ambitious filmmaking experiment yet. We teamed up with Toronto’s Dom Dias again to bring our audience a cinematic track and dynamic music video that pushes us as artists.
We started building the treatment for this music video almost immediately after we finished recording the song. We directed the video over the course of one month and three cities; Calgary, AB, Toronto, ON, and London, UK. We were inspired by Season 1 of True Detective (2014), Dark City (1998), Skyfall (2012), and La Femme Nikita (1990). Taking visual cues from Brian De Palma and studying the pacing of works by Marisha Pessl, FEAR & LOATHING is a culmination of our influences and love of artful storytelling and striking cinematography.
This music video stars UK-based, Tamil model, Sheerah Ravindren (Black Is King, Primark, Queer Possible). Sheerah is an incredible force, and a rising star; since we found each other online a year ago, we’ve all been wanting to work together. Sansfuccs collective member, Sharanya M- who is from our other home state, Kerala- comes to the screen in a striking and mysterious role. The producer of FEAR & LOATHING, Dom Dias, also makes an appearance.”
MV Credits
The Serpent: Sheerah Ravindren
The Tiger: Sharanya M
Defector: Contra
Hostage 1: Eboshi
Hostage 2: Dom Dias
Companion Dog: Bear
Song By: Cartel Madras & Dom Dias
Director: Eboshi, Contra & Jashan Makan
Video Production House: FOREIGNERZ (previously THOTNATION)
Video Producer: FOREIGNERZ (previously THOTNATION)
Editor: Jashan Makan
Director of Photography: Jashan Makan
Camera operator (Calgary): Jashan Makan
Camera operator (Toronto): Max Foley & Eman Safadi
Camera operator (UK): Dante Amore
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