Quote (Gruff on ringsaroundtheworld.co.uk):
"We've had a lot of instrumentals in the past but they've normally been very short. It's a tune of Cian's in a vast, soundtrack style, based around samples including one of the Stooges. The film is animated erotica. Its quite comic: very tastefully done!"
Where:
Monnow Valley Studios/Bearsville Studios
When:
2001
Source:
Track 6 (Rings Around The World): 3 minutes, 8 seconds
Status:
Complete!
DVD director:
Neil McFarland - The lightning illuminates the arrival of the time lord. In the strobing darkness he stumbles toward the humble house. Inside the woman who is to become the mother of Merlin, sorcerer of myth and legend, senses the strange presence and flees the apparent demon. The Doctor Who, the 'demon' of Tom Baker shape enters, to her pagan senses the benevolent force seems otherworldly and dark to the lone woman yet when she feels his sensitive touch... Lost in time and lust the pair join in epic and legendary union, neither knowing their offspring shall guide the coming great kings of old Albion. We see this awesome consummation through a veil of a modern visual language. In outlines and spot illumination, in suggestive forms and abstract metamorphosis the vision hugs the erotic horror pulsation of the climactic music. From the black canvas neon lines and seductive colour fields bleed the sensuous descriptions of the conception of Merlin. And as mysteriously as he arrives the Time Lord leaves, leaving behind only a legend. I'd like it mentioned that the track has changed slightly since I made the animation. There is a sequence where you see a lone mouth moving rhythmically, at this point on the track I received there was the sound of a lady moaning in pleasure which I synchronised the mouth to. After the band remixed for surround sound the panting appears to have been dropped leaving the mouth looking a bit out of place: Damn those meddlers! I moved house recently and threw away the few drawings that there were for the animation. I work in Flash using a Wacom drawing tablet to trace in sketches or simply draw straight into Illustrator and Flash. The surviving sorry little sketch shows the storyboard for the opening sequence. After this drawing I stopped story-boarding and made it up as I went along. Neil was raised by old women in other people's houses on a steady diet of sugar and TV. He loves all the worlds' flora and fauna, especially girls, and has a robust head of hair. This animation was competed in 2.5 weeks with lots of cereal and Earl Grey tea.
Remixed by:
Force Unknown (Remix 1) - Rings Around The World DVD: 6 minutes, 23 seconds
Force Unknown (Remix 2) - Rings Around The World DVD: 7 minutes, 54 seconds
Notes:
[A] Touch Sensitive contains a sample taken from the song 'Ann' as recorded by The Stooges and written by James Osterberg, Ronald Asheton, Scott Asheton and David Alexander. When performed live it ends in a lengthy rock-out!