Sami Sänpäkkilä

Disco Ensemble: Protector

Published May 17, 2010 in Films.

For the second music video to be made off the new Disco Ensemble album the band asked once again a bunch of directors to submit scripts and ideas. I was pretty excited to hear that they liked my script enough to go ahead and shoot it. It was gonna be a big project that would require a lot of planning and preparation.

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Disco Ensemble: White Flag For Peace

Published March 14, 2010 in Films.

I got a call from Jussi / Disco Ensemble that they have an idea for a music video and would need someone to shoot it. Only problem was that the video would need to be shot next week. So not much time to plan it. We decided that instead of making it a huge production, renting cameras and tons of equipment we'd do it with a minimal set-up and shoot it with my Panasonic GH1 DSLR...

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Jan Anderzén – A Day in the Mouth

Published January 23, 2010 in Films.

Jan Anderzén is a visual artist, a musician and he runs a record label Vauva. His solo outift is called Tomutonttu and he is the leader of an avant-garde sound group Kemialliset Ystävät. Tomutonttu and Kemialliset Ystävät discographies are vast and include CDs, vinyl records, cassettes and lathe cuts released on Fonal...

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Kraak Records – A Day in the Mouth

Published December 18, 2009 in Films.

KRAAK is a grass-roots organisation that offers presentation and development possibilities in left field music. A quality platform, a promotor for young artists who are working within uncommon genres as avant-rock, psych, experimental electronica, free-jazz, new folk, improdrones,... We organise small 'lab-evenings', bigger presentation moments and creation possibilities.

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Bääbs: You Don’t Know Tomorrow

Published December 7, 2009 in Films.

Bääbs, alias Päivi Kankaro from Tv-resistori is participating in the Finnish Eurovision Song Contest semifinals with You Don't Know Tomorrow. Vote for Bääbs on January 8th, 2010!

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Pierced Arrows: Caroline (live)

Published November 26, 2009 in Films.

Dead Moon is one of my favourite bands and I was happy to do a little live shoot to test out my new Panasonic GH1. Graded with Magic Bullet.

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Waffle kiddos Park Royale

Published November 26, 2009 in Films.

Shot in Brussels with my new Panasonic GH1 Music by Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers "Egyptian Reggae" Shot with Panasonic GH1, Canon FD 24mm 1.4L with Vari ND.

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Astrid Swan & The Drunk Lovers: 2000 – 2010 (I’m Not Even 30)

Published September 2, 2009 in Films.

From the album Better Then Wages (Johanna Kustannus, 2009) Director: Sami Sänpäkkilä Gaffer: Alpo Nummelin Crew: Gabriela González, Nick Triani Music: Astrid Swan & The Drunk Lovers Outdoor dancer: Arttu Hasu

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