Gunship release Anime short film for the “DooM Dance” Feat. Carpenter Brut & Gavin Rossdale
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Synthwave pioneers Gunship - comprised of Dan Haigh, Alex Westaway and Alex Gingell - enlist rock veteran Gavin Rossdale (Bush) and DarkSynth heavyweight Carpenter Brut for their enthralling new anime short-film video ‘DooM Dance’. In true retro style, Gunship are releasing the DooM Dance video on VHS tapes complete with 90s anime-styled packaging.
Combining both anime style animation and laser enhanced live action, Gunship continues their unwavering commitment to the music video as an integral part of their creative output, sharing the first of four new videos they are set to reveal this year following the release of their latest album Unicorn.
The new ‘DooM Dance’ video is Gunship’s homage to the golden era of anime. A salute to 1990’s era VHS anime releases, the slick video poster shows Miku and Maka - the two femme fatale protagonists starring in the video. In-keeping with Gunship’s tradition, live action footage of Gavin Rossdale, Carpenter Brut and Gunship features alongside an unforgettable anime experience straight from the heart of the 1990s.
Veteran voice actor Sean Barrett - (known for his anime roles in classic 80s/90s anime Dominion Tank Police, Cyber City Oedo 808, Lupin the 3rd, Star Fleet, and Roujin Z) also provides narration for the ‘DooM Dance’ video.
‘DooM Dance’ is inspired by the frenetic ‘dance’ gamers perform when vastly outnumbered and battling wave after wave of enemies in the now legendary video game DooM. Together with their collaborators, Gunship administer a shot of neon adrenaline to rock, metal, electronic and gaming fans the world over!
Dan Haigh of Gunship says: “Both CyberCity Oedo and Dominion Tank Police were pivotal influences on me growing up. To finally get hold of these mythic VHS tapes in the 90s, in the UK, featuring animation all the way from Japan, was like finding the rarest treasure. I think my small town had literally one copy of Cyber City which was bootlegged to near disintegration. To discover in an instant that animation could convey dark and atmospheric adult stories but also be such an amazing medium for bringing cutting-edge and controversial science fiction concepts to life, opened a gateway to anime love that I’ve kept ever since. This golden era of hand-drawn anime included many greats - Cyber City, Ghost In The Shell, Akira, Wicked City, Appleseed, Patlabor, Goku Midnight Eye, etc - which in my opinion significantly influenced a generation of Western directors and artists in a fantastic way. Gunship would not be the way it is without these memorable and thought-provoking works of art.”
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Synthwave pioneers Gunship - comprised of Dan Haigh, Alex Westaway and Alex Gingell - enlist rock veteran Gavin Rossdale (Bush) and DarkSynth heavyweight Carpenter Brut for their enthralling new anime short-film video ‘DooM Dance’. In true retro style, Gunship are releasing the DooM Dance video on VHS tapes complete with 90s anime-styled packaging.
Combining both anime style animation and laser enhanced live action, Gunship continues their unwavering commitment to the music video as an integral part of their creative output, sharing the first of four new videos they are set to reveal this year following the release of their latest album Unicorn.
The new ‘DooM Dance’ video is Gunship’s homage to the golden era of anime. A salute to 1990’s era VHS anime releases, the slick video poster shows Miku and Maka - the two femme fatale protagonists starring in the video. In-keeping with Gunship’s tradition, live action footage of Gavin Rossdale, Carpenter Brut and Gunship features alongside an unforgettable anime experience straight from the heart of the 1990s.
Veteran voice actor Sean Barrett - (known for his anime roles in classic 80s/90s anime Dominion Tank Police, Cyber City Oedo 808, Lupin the 3rd, Star Fleet, and Roujin Z) also provides narration for the ‘DooM Dance’ video.
‘DooM Dance’ is inspired by the frenetic ‘dance’ gamers perform when vastly outnumbered and battling wave after wave of enemies in the now legendary video game DooM. Together with their collaborators, Gunship administer a shot of neon adrenaline to rock, metal, electronic and gaming fans the world over!
Dan Haigh of Gunship says: “Both CyberCity Oedo and Dominion Tank Police were pivotal influences on me growing up. To finally get hold of these mythic VHS tapes in the 90s, in the UK, featuring animation all the way from Japan, was like finding the rarest treasure. I think my small town had literally one copy of Cyber City which was bootlegged to near disintegration. To discover in an instant that animation could convey dark and atmospheric adult stories but also be such an amazing medium for bringing cutting-edge and controversial science fiction concepts to life, opened a gateway to anime love that I’ve kept ever since. This golden era of hand-drawn anime included many greats - Cyber City, Ghost In The Shell, Akira, Wicked City, Appleseed, Patlabor, Goku Midnight Eye, etc - which in my opinion significantly influenced a generation of Western directors and artists in a fantastic way. Gunship would not be the way it is without these memorable and thought-provoking works of art.”
DooM Dance film Poster
ABOUT GUNSHIP
GUNSHIP are Dan Haigh, Alex Westaway, and Alex Gingell. The band’s sound is created with vintage analogue synthesizers and other retro electronic gear from the 1980s. Driven and inspired by nostalgia for a bygone era, Gunship harness this retro approach to birth something fresh and new. Their sound is sonically diverse — blending sweeping fluorescent synth lines with fever pitched and adrenalizing electric bass arpeggios. Dan Haigh from Gunship describes their sound as “a neon-soaked, late night, sonic getaway drive, dripping with luscious analogue synthesizers, cinematic vocals and cyberpunk values, exploding from the front cover of a dusty plastic VHS case which has lain forgotten since 1984”. Gunship was formed in 2014 as a new musical venture for Westaway and Haigh, also members of post-hardcore band Fightstar with Charlie Simpson (Busted) and Omar Abidi, going on hiatus in 2010. Unicorn follows their critically acclaimed self-titled debut (Gunship, 2015), and 2018 follow-up Dark All Day.
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