Blu Because The Sky Is Blue Ruffmercy | STASH MAGAZINE

Blu “Because The Sky Is Blu(e)” Music Video by Ruffmercy and Jujaun Bryant

Director/animator Russ Murphy (aka Ruffmercy): “Blu had shot a video which he was looking for a little treatment on to add some interest. I approached it in a freestyle manner where I just began experimenting with what was there and drew what I was feeling at the time.” [Watch]

Eahwee "Shame ft. Melanin 9" Music Video by Ruffmercy | STASH MAGAZINE

Eahwee “Shame ft. Melanin 9” Music Video by Ruffmercy

Director/animator Russ Murphy in London: “Early this year London producer Eahwee asked me if I’d be up for making a video for “Shame” off the upcoming Solitude EP. I loved the rawness of the track and saw it as a chance to try out an idea I recently had but not yet executed.” [Watch]

The Chemical Brothers "The Darkness That You Fear" by Ruffmercy | STASH MAGAZINE

The Chemical Brothers “The Darkness That You Fear” Music Video by Ruffmercy

For their first new music video since releasing the Grammy-winning No Geography album in 2019, The Chemical Brothers’ Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons turn to the UK’s master of color and chaos, director/animator Ruffmercy. [Watch]

Frank Leone & Teardrop Estates "Shoulder Wire" Music Video by Ruffmercy | STASH MAGAZINE

Frank Leone & Teardrop Estates “Shoulder Wire” Music Video by Ruffmercy

Bristol’s own master of ruff-house animation Russ Murphy continues his quest for hand-drawn nirvana in this latest collaboration with US musicians/producers Ross Harris and Frank Leone – a fun and infectious track called “Shoulder Wire”. [Watch]

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Clap! Clap! "Moving On" feat. Martha Da’or Music Video | STASH MAGAZINE

Ruffmercy’s Gilded Lockdown Video for Clap! Clap! feat. Martha Da’or

The latest in Ruffmercy’s music video canon finds the London director/animator using gold leaf and homemade Super 8 textures to enhance footage of Brussels-based vocalist Martha Da’or on the track “Moving On” by Italian producer Clap! Clap!. [Watch]

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