welcome to the experimental farm

ANTHONY von SECK and THE EXILES
to play POP Montreal OCT. 2nd 2009
The show was magical - thanks to all the musicians who contributed to the night.

Album release on Experimental Farm Music & Itunes
SOON!

FEIST'S HONEY HONEY VIDEO
Winner Best Video Canadian Juno Awards 2009
broadcast this Sunday March 29th on CTV
from Vancouver, British Columbia

Thanks to all the people involved with the making of this little gem. Judd Palmer and all the Old Trouts, Brendan Steacy's velvety cinematography, Jannie McGuiness and Revolver, VideoFACT, The Arts & Crafts team, and to Feist for writing such a haunting and provocative piece of music. Cheers all. The puppets prevailed!

Egyptian Light Orchestra at Vooruit in Gent, Belgium

Sam, Alex, Elizabeth Anka, myself and a fabulous group of Belgian musicians played a whacked-out trippy show in Gent last night. Great Festival at Vooruit. Thanks all.

Check out HONEY HONEY just released;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN0A0ZSfnj4

PILGRIMMING VINE
Basia Bulat

Shot in Lanark County in June on the RED camera. Mike Tien on Steadicam. My first experience with the Red which gave beautiful results. The video is scheduled for release early September.

Just added to MuchMoreMusic. Here's the youtube link below;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kfR82IB8fU

Judd Palmer of The Old Trouts

HONEY HONEY
FEIST
Directed by Anthony Seck
Feat: The Old Trout Puppet Workshop
Produced by Jannie McInnes @ Revolver Film Company

UPCOMING RELEASES

DEPARTURES
Color HD RT: 5.17 mins
Starring Kevin Drew & Dani Kind
Concept by Feist

Feist had an idea to shoot a short film about a couple breaking up after their vacation, and stumbling across the production of the My Moon My Man music video. Kevin Drew, Dani Kind and I worked on series of improvisations in the quite off hours of Toronto's Pearson International Airport. A sweet and quirky little piece we will be releasing soon.

New Videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWJxTWQHH6s

In The Night

BASIA BULAT

We shot the video on Mount Royal on what was the last warmish day in Montreal. The one take wonder was steadicamed by Geoff St. Hillaire. Bears, skeletons, donkeys, foxes. and Venetian masqueraders wandered out of the shadows to join in. Dan Seligman aka Man Of The People played the Wood Chopping Fox. The Axe makes a cameo at the end of the vid.

ARE WE HERE NOW?
STARS LIVE DVD.2007

STARS

Arts&Crafts International

Stars DVD will be available along with the first 5000 copies of their new album 'In Our Bedroom After The War' as a special bonus. Official release of the DVD will coincide with the release of the album in Sept. '07.

Shot over four shows in December 2005 at Lee's Palace in Toronto, this is shaping up to be a very beautiful and exciting project. The band sounded great and the footage is looking sharp. We shot on Hi Definition, Mini DV, and Super 8mm. The video will be sent to MuchMusic soon. We filmed in Europe during the final leg of Stars 2 year tour. We followed the band through Switzerland, France and Spain. Post stars in July.

Citizenship: Canadian.British

Anthony divides his life between his two great loves, film and music.

After graduating from film school in the early nineties Anthony began producing and directing music videos for his friend's bands. He won awards at Canada's MuchMusic for his quirky narrative concepts and poppy style. His music videos played like short films appearing in several festivals including The New York Underground Film Festival, The Toronto International Film Festival and the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival.

Artists he has worked with include;

Feist
Basia Bulat
Ewan McGregor
Tom Green
Broken Social Scene
David Alexanian
Stars
Clea Duvall
Amy Millan
Kinnie Starr
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
The Be Good Tanyas

Anthony works as a Producer, Director, and Director of Photography. He specializes in HD greenscreen photography, shooting with both the Panasonic and Sony Vari-cams, as well as all film and video formats including HD, MiniDV 24p., 8mm, 16mm, Super 16mm and 35mm.

Musically he has toured and played festivals in Europe the US and Canada with the group Shalabi Effect (Alien8Recordings), which he co-founded with Sam Shalabi in 1997. The group has released four albums since the turn of the century. In 2004 he produced Valley of the Giants (Arts&Crafts) bringing together Sophie Trudeau, Brendan Canning, Robert Kraft, Charles Spearin, Deirdre Smith and Scott Garratt.

The Accident.2006
CBC Short Film

Starring: Pirkka Kukkola and Vladimir Milman

The film is finished. With the help of Fini Films in Toronto, The Accident is done. It will air on CBC's Canadian Reflections this fall/winter.

CBC already aired the film without telling me. Oh well.

Vladimir has drafted a feature screenplay of the story. He is very excited. I'll let you know any further developments.

Photo by George Vale

Mercy Seed.2006
Short Drama.35mm color
Starring: Tom Noonan, Deirdre Smith
Anthony Seck Productions &
Black Cherry Digital Media

Festivals and Screenings

Filmstock Festival, Luton England
Independant Filmmakers Co-op of Ottawa Summer Gala
Cinema Lounge, Los Angeles, California
Ottawa Film Society, National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, ON

International TV Festival Bar 2006, Montenegro

Soundtrack featuring:

Soft Canyon, Amy Millan (Stars), A Silver Mt. Zion, Shalabi Effect, The Donkeys, Chris Brown & Kate Fenner, and of course Deirdre Smith's beautiful Horse Elegy.

I will let you know when the film is coming out and which Festivals select it for screening.

Anthony Seck's "Mercy Seed" is a cinematic examination of the human condition active in worldly conflicts; a film that brilliantly portrays the act of an external influence as the solution to a seemingly tragic ending.

Floyd is a modest farmer who makes an honest living raising pigs. He takes pride in his work and doesn't react well when a transport driver for Road King carelessly falls asleep at the wheel. He becomes even more upset when Tuffy, the owner of Road King, reacts threateningly to Floyd's complaint. Floyd sets out for a vengeful apology, armed with the pains of the past and accompanied by a young woman running from her present.

Seck's protagonist is a refreshing twist on the vengeful. Floyd's a well-developed, complex character whose calm disposition in the face of anger and disappointment is alarming. His disdainful emotions are channeled through wood chopping so intense, he's destroying the present and the past.

Seck's ability to convey emotion through the lens is a continuous thread through the film. The Ontario landscape as Floyd and his companion travel to Tennessee transitioning into northern American farmland is beautiful and pleasant, juxtaposing the current mood of the film. The serene landscape paired with ill emotion is much like Floyd: a stoic outward appearance with a much deeper makeup. Even more impressing is how Seck chooses to reveal Floyd's more complex insides. This moment is powerful, driven by flashbacks and the flashing lights of an ambulance, creating a sense of urgency and anxiety.

"Mercy Seed" isn't just about a man traveling on the road to revenge. It's a film about the intangible world's interaction with humanity and the flow of the universe; a thought provoking, spiritual jolt reflecting life's rarities and wonders.

Review by Risa Walters

BaconHaHa.com

CAST

Floyd                        Tom Noonan
Woman in Truck        Deirdre Smith
Road King Truckers   Marc Beauchamp
                                Tony Asimakopoulos
                                Charles Spearin
Tow Truck Driver       Anthony Seck
Tuffy Nichol’s Voice   Larry Stewart

Other Films Include:

The new album is FINISHED! Some amazing people have contributed and made this a great experience. Julian Brown (Apostle Of Hustle), Will Glass (Octagon), Sophie Trudeau (A Silver Mt. Zion) make up the core of the band. Guests include; Amy Millan, Evan Cranley, Basia Bulat. Elizabeth Anka Vajajic, Theirry Amar, Efrim Menuck, Jessica Moss, Becky Foon, Gordon Allen, Phillip Lauzier, Jason Sharp, BRian Lypson, Rick Trembles & Chris Burns, John Wilson (producing 2 tracks) and Sam Shalabi scoring strings and horns. A special version of Tom Noonan's Devil's Lake is also a treat. Who knows when or where I'll find a home for it, but for now it's keeping me company in these trailing cool pre-spring days. Thanks all!

UPCOMING RELEASE

This release has been postponed. Stay tuned.

Park Piece is a 20 minute improvisation piece recorded and mixed at the Hotel 2 Tango by Theirry Amar. Sam Shalabi and I invited John Heward to join us on the recording of a piece we originally played as a duo at the Suoni Per Il Popolo Festival in the summer of 2007.

Shalabi Effect
alien8 recordings

Reviews and info:
www.shalabieffect.net
www.alien8recordings.com

Shalabi Effect (self titled)
alien8
2000

The Trial of
St. Orange
alien8
2002

Pink Abyss
alien8
2004

Unfortunately
alien8
2005

Valley Of The Giants - 2004
Valley Of The Giants
Arts & Crafts Music/EMI

Reviews:
http://music.ign.com/articles/512/512311p1.htm

http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2004-04-15/music_feature3.php

http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=1865

http://www.inmusicwetrust.com/articles/70r76.html

http://neumu.net/fortyfour/2005/2005-00026/2005-00026_fortyfour.shtml

Here is a poster of our short but successful tour in the spring of 2004.

Capt. John E.R. Seck, first on the left, my father, taken aboard a whaling station in Antarctica. The very same vessel on which the story for 'Whaling Tale' took place. My father narrates the story on the Valley album.

The music for 'Whaling Tale' has just been selected for a new film by Douglas Coupland.

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Pilgriming Vine
Basia Bulat
Rough Trade, Beggars Banquet, Hardwood Records
Director, Producer

Honey Honey
Feist
Cherrytree, Interscope
Revolver Film Company
Director

In The Night
Basia Bulat
Rough Trade, Beggars Banquet, Hardwood Records
Director, Producer

Feist B Roll
1,2,3,4/My Moon My Man/I Feel It All
Cherrytree, Interscope
Director, Camera

Are We Here Now? Live DVD
Stars
Arts & Crafts.DKD
Director.Producer

La Le Lala
Kinnie Starr
MapleMusic Recordings
Director.Producer.Cinematographer

You make My Heart Sing
The Novaks.Warner Music Canada
Producer

Baby I
Amy Millan.Arts&Crafts
Director.Producer.Cinematographer

The Gate
Sam Roberts.Universal
Producer

Ibi Dreams Of Pavement
Broken Social Scene. Arts & Crafts
Co-Director w. Kevin Drew, George Vale
Experimental Parachute Moment

Reunion
Stars.Arts & Crafts DKD

Producer

Your Ex Lover Is Dead
The Stars.Arts & Crafts DKD

Co-Director w. Kevin Drew, George Vale
Experimental Parachute Moment

One Evening
Feist Feat. Buck 65
Universal.Polydor
Executive Producer

Mushaboom
Feist
Universal.Polydor

Executive Producer

Almost Crimes
Broken Social Scene.Arts & Crafts
Co-Director w. Kevin Drew, George Vale
Experimental Parachute Moment

The Cause
Broken Social Scene.Arts & Crafts
Ass. Direction

It's Not Happening
The Be Good Tanyas.Nettwerk Records
Director

Lightning over Malibu

Moments in MOMA

Feist performing at the Osheaga Music Festival in Montreal Quebec.

Janeane Garofalo and Victor aka Binky on set of Girl's Best Friend.

Art in Chicago.

Amish in Ohio.

Washington Square Park, NYC.

Car rigging with Ron Muise.

SPIRITUALIZED ACOUSTIC MAINLINE
Union Chapel London U.K.

Dawson City to Whitehorse, in the Yukon. A First Nations friend driving me from Dawson to Whitehorse told me the story of a white ash which lays about 3 ft under the surface of the entire Yukon Territories. He told me that long ago, a volcano erupted spewing the thick white ash into the air. A sulphuric winter. The ash blanketed the landscape for months and drove the First Nations people south into the Americas. Paiute, Navaho, Modoc, and the Wappo, all driven south by the volcanic explosion. America, populated by an explosion that just keeps on exploding.

Here are some eye grabs from the road. Cadaques, Spain (Dali's summer home), La Mancha, Spain on the set with Amy Millan and Evan (Elvis) Cranley for the Baby I video, your everyday church in Fribourg, Switzerland, on the highway between Vegas and LA, Universal Studios at night...and Sir. Thomas Green with Rex Murphy the curious parrot.