Maroon Town - "Watching The Trees" [music video]

TRACK: Watching The Trees
ARTIST: Maroon Town http://www.reverbnation.com/maroontown

DIRECTOR, DP, Editor: Daniel D. Moses
PRODUCTION COMPANY: DDM Productions http://www.danielmoses.com

CAST: Maroon Town, Rob Hoey www.robhoey.com


Shot on a Nikon D7000 D-SLR [1080p 24fps] in London featuring timelapse photography. Read up about the shoot and concept behind it in my blog http://danielmoses.blogspot.com/2011/07/maroon-town-music-video-shoot-part-1.html
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Radical ska and rap collective, Maroon Town, return with a stark commentary on the way we are systematically choking up the planet - and ourselves. Maroon Town are the recognised pioneers of this genre and boast in their line-up MC Rubi Dan (also part of the hugely "Heatwave" bashment/dubstep and reggae sound system) and Captain Ska whose searing indictment of the UK's political elite "Liar Liar" was a viral smash in December last year.

"Watching the Trees" is a naggingly catchy ska lament with echoes of the band's original Jamaican influences as well as peers like Manu Chao and the Gorillaz.

The band say : " In our rush for growth, our insatiable appetite to consume we are plundering nature and starving the planet of vital nutrients that are critical to our survival. We either confront this or stick our heads in the sand like an alcoholic who drowns himself in booze to forget. Its our choice.... "

***'Watching The Trees' is available for download on all digital platforms 26th September***

Stills Gallery from the shoot http://www.flickr.com/photos/danieldmoses/sets/72157627136161859/

Also on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hMfIIN1dr0