The Potbelleez - Are You With Me

What this video is

Released on 31 May 2008 as the second single from The Potbelleez's self-titled debut album, 'Are You With Me' arrived during the peak of the Sydney electro-house scene's mainstream breakthrough. The Potbelleez—an Irish-Australian four-piece formed in Sydney—were emblematic of a wave of Australian dance acts (alongside Cut Copy and Midnight Juggernauts) gaining domestic and early international traction. The single…

Why it matters

A key document of late-2000s Australian electro-house breaking into mainstream pop. 'Are You With Me' exemplifies the genre's piano-led melodic hook strategy—acknowledged publicly as bearing resemblance to Coldplay's 'Clocks'—blended with four-on-the-floor club production. Its Gold certification…

The director

James Hackett is a Sydney-based filmmaker and founder of Hackett Films / Studio Hackett. He is a two-time ARIA Award winner, recognised for his music video and animation work, including ARIA Award-winning animated music videos for The Dissociatives. His…