Although the effect of blending the music by Shabazz Palaces and the images of documentary-in-the-making Tough Bond escapes me, for now, I am looking forward to seeing the end results (both of the documentary and the Shabazz Palaces first full album Black Up). Shabazz Palaces sure know how to pick their directors.

http://vimeo.com/18653167

Remember the video for their ‘Belhaven Meridian’ by Kahlil Joseph:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMZKPaSF0GE

Kahlil Joseph, who in his turn also shot a magnetic short film for Brazilian musician and actor Seu Jorge (featuring a cover of Roy Ayers’s ‘Everybody Loves the Sunshine’ and Kraftwerk’s ‘The Model’):