ROSTER
John Cloud MD & BOXER - BARK AT YOUR OWNER AB AND CMG Holding AB
BIO
Gonkytown is combining music and visuals into stories. Entering a new project can seem scary and impossible, like an unexplored map but a Gonkytowner moves on, all the way to the end.
Joel Eriksson AKA JOL- Composer and Video maker
Joel got a Casio monophonic mini synthesizer from his parents when he was 5 (1983). He played tennis, chess and lots of Nintendo games and, on his classmates repeated requests, he performed the song 'Popcorn' on the classroom piano.
JOL wishes not to precicely decide which genre or style a new track will have. He's worked with game music 'Battlefield 1942', pop music 'The Similou' and a multitude of ordered music jobs within the film, commercial and games industry.
In recent years the passion of combining visuals with his music has grown stronger.
"In the last two releases 'Himari' and 'Lost in this game' it makes no sense listening to the music without the visuals.
These are not typical music videos, but short films to me."
Eri Eriksson - 3D modeler and character designer
Born in Japan in 1974, Eri played lots of Famicon (Nintendo) with her brother.
Whenever they had 8.000 Yen saved up they bought a new cassette. Her family was early with having a VHS and her mother should buy the first film for the young kids. Unknowingly she picked the worst possible film; 'The Elephant Man' (1980 by David Lynch). The title may sound funny but this black and white experience was something Eri would never forget.
She later found the Jackie Chan films which she loved. To this day Jackie is still her big idol. The design and art has always interested Eri. She's tampered with everything from clay modelling, furniture design to photography and drawing. When she decided to seriously start learning character design and 3D modelling, her passion and skill fastly developed.
Eri was often spending time looking around in a shop selling Sanrio characters when she was little. She will create a page with her works and characters and plans to show some Sanrios there as well.
MUSIC VIDEO
'Lost In This Game' by JOL
Character Design and Modelling by Eri
Story
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You're watching 'Lost In This Game' by JOL. A rebel cat and her bear buddies, on a mission to decipher why humans make bad decisions, meet up at a copyparty in the digital dimension. In parallel a robot challenges a promising (but still only human) young boy. Can the stupidity of mankind be confirmed?
MUSIC VIDEO
'Himar' by JOL
Character Design and Modelling by Eri
Story
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The first idea for the song came after a visit to Japan in 2014. “We saw many new places and sides of Japan and was inspired and moved from everything between anime culture to the Hiroshima peace memorial museum.” It would take until 2021 before this idea turned into a final song and music video. While the work is not telling about any real world scenarios it captures real emotions like fragility, fear and love.
The video is created by JOL and character designer, ERI. Title calligraphy by Mie Shiono. In JOLs music video Himari a multitude of emotions intertwine. Something frightening and provocative underlies the visuals of a young woman in a dreamy adventure.
LINKS
Gonkytown
COMPOSER - VIDEO MAKER
3D MODELER - CHARACTER DESIGNER
We are a part of the CMG Holdings Group.
Which holds labels Icons Creating Evil Art, Despotz Records, Flick Agency and Mars Music Publishing and more.
