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Films

The Air Holds Still On My Breath (currently in post-production)
A 50 minute full high-definition video to compositions from The Rooms, shot in Iceland in Summer 2008, is currently in post-production. The film, a collection of abstract and ambiguous mood paintings, uses the hugely diverse Icelandic landscape of ice and fire as a metaphor for different states of being, echoing the journeys taken on the album. The project was shot using specialist camera technology to capture extreme slow motion details of geothermal activity and waterfalls, and from the air using an ultra-smooth gyro-stabilised camera mounted on a helicopter.
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Separated by Shadows (2005)
A one hour film made for the Separated by Shadows tour 2005/06. Shot on location in Iceland, South East Asia and Australasia, using high speed and time-lapse filming techniques, the film explores ideas around the abstraction of nature through the distortion of scale and time.
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Metal On Water (1999)
Short film made to accompany the opening track of Inhale the Colours. Moves between rich washes of colour and aqueous movement to a furiously paced flickering of abstract light reflections.
Directed by Philip Clemo. Music composed by Philip Clemo and Mee.
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An Altered Perspective (Journeys in the East) (1995)
Interpretations of a journey through Burma, Vietnam, Indonesia and Western New Guinea in 1993/94. Images of landscape, water, exploration, work, ritual, with a multi-layered soundscape of birdcalls, market sellers and street sounds.
Directed by Philip Clemo. Music composed by Philip Clemo.
Objects And Observations (1993)
A vivid, evocative collection of images from Croatia, Eastern Europe and the United Kingdom, linked with studio footage.
Directed by Philip Clemo and Colin Gray. Music composed by Philip Clemo.
From The Morning On (1990)
A travelogue based around the passing of a day in India and Nepal, shot on location over six weeks. Shown at the Leicester Independent Film Festival in 1990.
Directed by Philip Clemo and Colin Gray. Music composed by Philip Clemo.
Box In the Sun (1990)
An abstract, richly visual story about the journeys and dreams of a disoriented map reader, with a narration from 'Under A Glass Bell' by Anais Nin. Shown at the Leicester Independent Film Festival in 1990.
Directed by Philip Clemo and Colin Gray. Music composed by Philip Clemo.

Live Performance

"a powerful piece of contemporary chemistry."
John Fordham, The Guardian
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Separated by Shadows Tour 2005/06
8 minutes (40.4MB) of highlights of the tour.
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Separated by Shadows Live at 93 Feet East, London, March 2006
Philip Clemo (guitar, laptop), Clive Bell (reeds), Tom Chant (sax, clarinet), Kevin Pollard (keyboards) John Edwards (bass), Orphy Robinson (percussion) and Mark Sanders (drums, percussion).
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Separated by Shadows Live at Pavilion Theatre, Brighton Dome, UK, March 2006
Philip Clemo (guitar, laptop), Clive Bell (reeds), Tom Chant (sax, clarinet), Kevin Pollard (keyboards) John Edwards (bass), Orphy Robinson (percussion) and Mark Sanders (drums, percussion).
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Separated by Shadows Live at The London Jazz Festival, November 2005
(Broadcast on BBC Radio 3, Nov 2005, with an interview with Philip Clemo)
Philip Clemo (guitar, laptop), Clive Bell (reeds), Tom Chant (sax, clarinet), Simon Wagland (cello), John Edwards (bass), Pete Lockett (percussion) and Mark Sanders (drums, percussion).
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Live at Cargo, London (2001)
Philip Clemo, Mee, John Edwards and Mark Sanders, live at Cargo in London.
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