Kasabian - Days Are Forgotten

What this video is

Released on 9 September 2011 as the lead single from Kasabian's fourth studio album 'Velociraptor!', 'Days Are Forgotten' arrived at a high point for British guitar-rock's festival dominance. Written by Sergio Pizzorno, the track debuted at #28 on the UK Singles Chart and was described by the band as a defiant 'statement of intent.' The video's total rejection of colour and its radical use of animated pencil-line…

Why it matters

A flagship release of Kasabian's 2011 commercial peak, the video is significant as an early example of audio-reactive animation composited with live performance in an HD digital environment, influencing subsequent British indie rock video production. The op-art dissolution finale is a noted…

The director

AB/CD/CD is a Paris-based French directorial collective founded in 2009, originally a trio (Camille Dauteuille, Clément Dozier, and Arnaud Boutin), now operating as a duo of Dauteuille and Dozier. Their backgrounds span multimedia, CGI, graphic design, and…