The incredibly strong line-up of animation and VFX projects plus the “STASH MIX 1” bonus music CD and poster make Stash 37 a must-have collector’s item.

The main disk of Stash 37 is probably our most consistently impressive to date with these highlights punctuating the line-up: Psyop makes more epic Coke magic with “Happiness Factory: The Movie” (on the cover); Framestore swims upstream for the Chemical Brothers’ “The Salmon Dance” video; No Brain and Mac Guff put a Rubik twist on traffic for Citroën; The Mill proves Guinness is “Alive Inside” in spectacular fashion; Asylum grabs us front row seats for a peek into the intricate and sordid lives on HBO’s “Voyeur”;  Three Legged Legs ramps the action way up for Amp energy drink; Stefan Nadelman brings a little sting to his own peculiar bee movie; and Wizz gets steamy in the shower with the new sexy robot for Phillips.

Of course, that’s just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. You will also find an inspiring range of styles and techniques from studios and talent you know like Aardman, Amautalab, Guru, EyeballNYC, Curious Pictures, Dancing Diablo, Belief, Adam Gault and Holland’s own brand of happy pill known as Han Hoogerbrugge. Plus, as always, Stash plays the good host by introducing you to people you want to meet – Wicked Pixels from South Africa, Ink Project and Underpants from Sydney, Kun-I Chang from NY via Taiwan, Chase Animation from London, Fried Pictures from Belgrade, Serbia, Vurpa from Malmo, Sweden, Thomas Salles from NYU, Imery Watson from London, and Tilnærmet Lik from Oslo.

Our first BONUS MUSIC CD is called “STASH MIX 1” and is unlike anything you’ve heard before: 85 tracks from 77 artists, painstakingly stacked, split, flipped and double-dipped by Atlanta-based DJ Dave Langolf into a 50 minute masterpiece of mixology. We sent that audio file to São Paulo illustrators Mulheres Barbadas (aka Henrique Lima and Julio Zuckerman) who submerged themselves in the mix and surfaced several weeks later with the insanely intricate poster and disk art.

The five BONUS FILMS on this issue are the latest from Blinkink director Ben Hibon who knocked the planet off its axis last year with his spectacular “Codehunters” viral for MTV Asia. Hibon is back on Stash 37 with a suite of stunning new online films, this time for the PS3 game “Heavenly Sword”.

Your BONUS MUSIC on Stash 37 is a collection of electro-eclectic MP3s from US indie label Ghostly International and includes seven elevating new tracks from Lusine, Matthew Dear, Sami Koivikko, Aeroc, Mobius Band, Kill Memory Crash and KILN.

GUINNESS “IT’S ALIVE INSIDE”
TVC :60

Agency: IIBBDO
Director: STEVE COPE
Production: RED BEE MEDIA
VFX: THE MILL, LONDON
www.the-mill.com

MTN “STICKIES”
Cinema/TVC :60

Agency: JHB/METROPOLITANREPUBLIC
Directors: CRAIG WESSELS, ROB MALPAGE Production/VFX: WICKED PIXELS www.wickedpixels.com

PHILIPS “THE ROBOT”
TVC :60

Agency: DDB LONDON
Director: BRUNO AVEILLAN
Production: SHORT FILMS LONDON
VFX: WIZZ, EXVOTO
www.wizz.fr
www.exvoto.net

SONY BLU-RAY “LASERS”
TVC :90

Agency: FALLON
Director: BRETT FORAKER
Production: RSA FILMS
VFX: MOVING PICTURE COMPANY
www.moving-picture.com

BIOSHOCK
Game trailer/TVC

Client: 2K GAMES
Agency: RDA
Director: EYEBALLNYC
Animation: EYEBALLNYC
www.eyeballnyc.com

ONITSUKA "CONCOCTION"
Viral/In-store

Agency: VITROROBERTSON
Director: BELIEF DESIGN
Animation: BELIEF DESIGN
www.beliefdesign.com

AMP “AMP CHAMP”, “BONES”, “BIG AIR”
TVCs :30 x 3

Agency: BBDO NEW YORK
Director: THREE LEGGED LEGS
Production: GREEN DOT FILMS
Animation: THREE LEGGED LEGS
www.threeleggedlegs.com

CITROEN “RUBIK’S CUBE”
TVC :45

Agency: SCVERLAFARGE
Director: NO BRAIN
Production: COSA
VFX: MAC GUFF
www.macguff.fr

WRIGLEY’S 5 “COBALT”, “RAIN”, “FLARE”
TVCs x 3

Agency: ABBOT MEAD, VICKERS BBDO, ENERGY BBDO
Director: DANTE ARIOLA
Production: MJZ LA
VFX: THE MILL LA
www.the-mill.com

HBO “VOYEUR”
Viral, TVC, outdoor

Agency: BBDO, NEW YORK
Directors: JAKE SCOTT, CHRIS NELSON
Production: RSA FILMS
VFX: ASYLUM VFX
www.asylumvfx.com

SCI-FI CHANNEL
Broadcast design

Director: KEN LAMBERT
Production: INK PROJECT
VFX: UNDERPANTS
www.underpants.tv

NICKELODEON
Interstitials x 5

Client: NICKELODEON LATIN AMERICA
Directors: ADRIANA GENEL, BEATRIZ RAMOS
Animation: DANCING DIABLO
www.dancingdiablo.com

FRIED PICTURES
Recent broadcast design

MTV ARTBREAKS X 3
MTS “FM TOP 20”
Director: FRIED PICTURES
Animation: FRIED PICTURES
www.friedpictures.com

“ROBO”
Short film

Director: CHRIS DELAPORTE
Animation: WIZZ
www.wizz.fr

“EQUILIBRIO”
Student film

School: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED DIGITAL APPLICATIONS
Director: TOMAS SALLES
www.tomassalles.com

THE YOUNG PUNX
“WAKE UP, MAKEUP, BRING IT UP, SHAKE UP”
Music video

Record label: MOFOHIFI RECORDS
Director: HAN HOOGERBRUGGE
Animation: HAN HOOGERBRUGGE
www.hoogerbrugge.com

MENOMENA “EVIL BEE”
Music video

Client: PF FLYERS
Director: STEFAN NADELMAN
Production: SCHATZI MARKETING
Animation: STEFAN NADELMAN
www.touristpictures.com

“LANTERN FISHES”
Short film

Director:
ADAM GAULT
Animation:
ADAM GAULT
www.adamgault.com

“YEAR OF THE POLYGON”
Short film

Client: BOARDS MAGAZINE CREATIVE WORKSHOP
Director: GURU
Animation: GURU
www.gurustudio.com

“FISSION”
Short film

Director: KUN-I CHANG
Animation: KUN-I CHANG
http://kunichang.com

FERNET 1882
TVCs/virals x 4

Client: PORTA HNOS
Agency: MADRE (MOTHER BA)
Director: AMAUTALAB
Animation: AMAUTALAB
www.amautalab.com

SKITTLES “GO SKITTLE YOURSELF”
Virals/TVCs :30 x 5

Agency: TBWA\LONDON
Director: THE BROTHERS MCLEOD
Animation: AARDMAN
www.aardman.com

GNIST “GNIST”
TVC :30

Agency: SMFB
Director: GAUTE HESTHAGEN
Production: PARADOX
Animation: TILNAERMET LIK AS
www.tilnaermetlik.no

HALF.COM
Virals

Agency: BBDO, NEW YORK
Director: UGLY PICTURES
Animation: UGLY PICTURES
http://uglypictures.us

“CHAINSAW IS FAMILY”
Short films x 4

Director: THOMAS ROGERSTAM
Animation: THOMAS ROGERSTAM
www.vurpa.se

“SLOUP”
Short film

Director: IMERY WATSON
VFX: IMERY WATSON
www.plansforamachine.com

CHEMICAL BROTHERS “THE SALMON DANCE”
Music video

Record label: VIRGIN RECORDS
Director: DOM & NIC
Production: FACTORY FILMS
VFX: FRAMESTORE CFC
www.framestore-cfc.com

COCA-COLA “HAPPINESS FACTORY – THE MOVIE”
Viral

Agency: WIEDEN+KENNEDY, AMSTERDAM
Directors: TODD MUELLER, KYLIE MATULICK
Production (live-action): SEVEN SENSES, MADRID Animation: PSYOP
www.psyop.tv

HEAVENLY SWORD
Virals x 5

Client: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT EUROPE
Game developer: NINJA THEORY
Director: BEN HIBON
Production: BLINKINK
Animation: CHASE ANIMATION
www.chase-london.com