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           THE BEGGAR'S GROUP 

Beggars Group is a British record company that owns or distributes several other independent labels, including 4AD, Rough Trade Records, Matador Records, XL  Recordings and Young.  The Beggars Group are heavily involved in advocating for independent music as they are proud to be founding members of the Association of Independent Music (UK), IMPALA (Europe), A2IM (USA), and the Worldwide Independent Network, each of which represent the interests of the independent music industry. The Beggars Group are also active members of Merlin, the independents’ rights licensing body.

CURRENT  ACTIVE LABELS : 

  • 4AD - Independant label estabished since 1980 in London 

         - Famous for its roster of artists and distinctive identity 

  • MATADOR- Established since 1989 in HobokeN , New Jersey 

  • ROUGH TRADE - Epicentre of punk explosion since the label was started and has commited to that genre ever since

  • XL RECORDINGS - XL is a British independent record label founded in 1989. They are home to a wide range of artists including Adele, Radiohead, Arca, Ibeyi, Jai Paul and many more.

  • YOUNG- Young is a London based record label founded 2006.

LEGACY LABELS (OLD)

​-Beggars Banquet
-Don't fall off the mountain 
-Mantra
-Play Louder
-Situation Two
-Too pure
-Wiiija 

The beggars group has an archive department for past and present labels & artists in beggars group , that spans over 4 decades . This means that records as far back as 1977 when the record company first began , have been preserved and are curated . Over the last several years , they have reissued several albums by artists in the company which shows how willing they are to be involved in the growth of the music industry . The group also manages a physical archive which contains a wealth of musical history . The continuous catologging allows for the preservation of musical history for future generations and also a great source of material for research .

ARTISTS 

EMPRESS OF 

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Born in L.A. into a family  from Honduras, she grew up on the music of Latin America, Mexico, El Salvador, and her family’s country; music driven by rhythm, music to dance to, drums and bass, she became obsessed with it . Soon after her first EP was released by Terrible Records. The industry immediately wanted to team her up with a producer, but Lorely felt like the whole process was drowning her voice out: “It just ended up sounding like that person’s music. I thought, ‘this is my first record, I need it to sound like it’s coming from me.’ At that point I decided, I’m doing this myself.”Rodriguez released the first proper Empress Of album, Me, in 2015 via Terrible Records. In 2016 , she followed it with a one-off single, “Woman Is a Word,” which was featured on 13 reasons why . 

BARTEES STRANGE

Born Bartees Leon Cox Jr. in Ipswich, England to a military father and opera-singer mother Bartees had a peripatetic early childhood before eventually settling in Mustang, Oklahoma. Later, Bartees cut his teeth playing in hardcore bands in Washington D.C. and Brooklyn whilst working in the Barack Obama administration and (eventually) the environmental movement. After charting a path as a solo artist, Bartees Strange released two records in quick succession: an EP reimagining songs by The National (Say Goodbye To Pretty Boy, 2020) and his debut album proper Live Forever (2020), which was featured as Best New Music on Pitchfork and earned Strange a loyal cult following.

GLASS ANIMALS 

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Glass Animals are an English indie rock band formed in Oxford in 2010. Founded and led by singer, songwriter, and producer Dave Bayley, the group also features his childhood friends Joe Seaward, Ed Irwin-Singer and Drew MacFarlane.Glass Animals’ debut ‘Zaba,’ released on Paul Epworth’s label Wolf Tone, has so far sold nearly half a million copies worldwide and amassed a staggering 200 million Spotify streams, obliterating all expectations simply by word of mouth. Their anomalous rise has gained the Oxford four‐piece a legion of fans all over the world, including festival appearances at the likes of ​Falls in Australia, Coachella, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Glastonbury ​and has resulted in the band playing 2 sold out headline shows at Colorado’s 9500‐capacity Red Rocks and London’s 4900‐capacity Brixton Academy.

MUSIC VIDEO ANALYSIS

0.00 - video starts 
0.01 - low angle canted frame , monochrome shot of a woman (the artist) wearing a beanie behind curtains 
0.03 - camera moves with the woman along the corridor 
0.06 - smoke appears from off-camera and obstructs the woman's face whilst she is still walking
 forwards in this unknown place 
0.12 - The artists face becomes seen 
0.13 - transition into another shot by 
0.15 - close up shot of the artist (empress of) , vocals officially start
0.18 - blurred editing of artists facial expressions whilst singing 
0.21- blurred editing of facial features still happening , mid shot ,trees seen in the background 
0.29 - transition 
0.31- smoke piled up to look like clouds 
0.32 - artist walking through the smoke , fading in and out 
0.33 - camera pans into a long shot whilst the artist is still walking 
0.39 - piled smoke turns purple ,artist still singing looking up 
0.40- smoke turns back to grey/white 
0.41 - smoke turns purple again 
0.42 - smoke flashes to original colour 
0.43 - smoke flashes purple 
0.44 - original colour again 
0.45 - smoke turns deep purple and artist fully fades into its background 
0.46 - smoke flashes white 
0.47 - blurred transition 
0.48 - over the shoulder spinning camera shot of artists shaking her hair 
0.52 - camera pans over to the left 
0.56 - mid shot of artist shaking her hair 
1.00 - purple filter over artist 
1.01 - artist back to normal monochrome colour 
1.03 - shaky camera shot of artist fading into white smokey background 
1.04 - camera moves closer to the artist , mid shot 
1.10 - smoke blows in front of the artists face 
1.16 - artist comes into view with purple filter , mid shot , starts singing lyrics 
1.17 - artists blurs and turns around , looks like there’s two of her , one singing the other turning around 
1.18 - close up of artist in the top left corner transitions in , without beanie and hair is freely hanging out 
1.20 - two versions of the artist in same camera shot 
1.29 - version from the top left takes up most of the screen whilst beanie version moves to the bottom right and fades out 
1.32 - transitions into a close up shot of artist from scene #2 , still blurring facial features whilst singing
1.47 - artist from scene # 2 looks to the left and fades out 
1.48 - screen flashes white
1.50 - transitions back into scene #3 of artist shaking her whilst camera pans around her 
{1.56 - 2.02 } - purple filter flashes for a second before switching back to original monochrome setting 
2.04 - transitions back into scene # 4 
2.10 - Artist still singing EDM like vocals 
{2.19 - 2.40 } - Sudden close up of artist singing looking hurt , blurring editing of facial expressions whilst singing 
2.50 -  blurry transition into artist singing whilst walking down a street 
            Background blurred out because of monochrome setting 
2.57 - transition , match cut of artist shaking her hands 
2.58 - purple filter back on , artist singing and looking hurt 
3.25 - video starts to end when artist starts looking upwards to the  left 
3.32 - close up of artist looking down to the right whilst there are flashes on the left side of her face 
3.42 - video ends 

0.00 - video starts 
0.01-  camera pans concrete floor and starts to move upwards 
0.30 - Establishing shot of lead vocalist ( Dave Bayley) in a residential area of East london, pulling a wagon stacked with several Tv’s 
1.00 - mid shot of the lead vocalist still singing whilst still pulling the wagon 
1.30 - high angle shot of dave pulling the wagon down the street  , filmed by a woman  living in one of the houses on the street on their phone 
1.32 - The woman can be seen holding her phone and recording him when moving over to the next window in her house 
1.37 - Another person can be seen recording Dave whilst he’s walking down the street 
2.00 - high angle shot looking down on dave walking down the street and pulling his wagon full of Tvs 
2.01 - The man who recorded the shot can be seen going down his rooftop window to avoid being seen by the camera 
2.18 - Bus going past with the band's name on it 
2.30 - Dave arrives at a venue  and starts unloading the tvs , low lighting 
2.35 - starts turning on the three tvs 
2.37- Shows that the three different tvs have his three different band members in them  
2.41 -  Extreme Long shot of Dave standing on the stage and facing the audience (there’s no audience )
          The only lighting available is from the top of the ceiling where there’s natural light coming through 
2.44 - Purple Stage lights turn on and so do the spotlights 
          The beat drops and Dave spins around changing the atmosphere 
2.45 - Dave starts singing 
2.47- camera pans to the different band members playing their respective instruments 
3.00 - canted frame from left side of the stage showing all members on stage 3 through tv 1 actually on stage 
3.30 - Instrumental interlude with Dave dancing 
3.55 - video ends 

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