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Brother, groove with me in this VW van for a minute
Half a year ago, Brazilian animator Antonio Vicentini turned multi-instrumentalist and musical director Fernando Barba’s song “Cheiro Verde” into a psychedelic animation following the magical trip of a morphing Volkswagen Bus (sometimes referred to as the “hippie wagon”). The song has an organic sound to it, containing the excitement of a naturalistic acoustic production; all mouth-clicks, hums, and claps. This gives it a fresh, almost spontaneous rhythm that changes and stops irregularly. Its textural bandwidth increases over time too, building towards its crescendo, with new voices and slapping sounds added gradually. the VW Bus stretches its chassis and engorges its…