Chrome Canyon: Elemental Themes (Stones Throw, 10/9/12)
Chrome Canyon visualizes a future that didn’t quite arrive. Morgan Z’s songs are wordless stories, synthesized literature for the 21st Century, with the technicolor hope of Tron and the rain-soaked desperation of Blade Runner.
Starring ballerina Amanda Wells, the video for “Generations” involves an ambiguous fight, the most laid-back hotel guests on the planet, and a frenetic dance sequence that brings to mind both The Red Shoes and Black Swan. The Ace Norton-directed video tells a compelling story that could stand on its own as a work of art; with Chrome Canyon’s music, it becomes something exceptional.