Meet The Crew : Behind the scenes of The Neutronics video shoot for She's Gotta Be Pt 5

Greetings Earth Beans this is Supa Soul Brotha Del. coming at you Live and Funkdafied.

It is impossible to make a video without the support of a good crew for filming, directing and getting the ideas out of the mangled mush that is the inside of Supa Soul Brotha Del’s head and onto the screen. Fortunately for The Neutronics we had an amazing crew of professionals to help us make our first video.

Makalla Robotham and Kofi ….. are the brains, brawn, technical experts and artistic genius’s behind Unknown Poets Productions.

Supa Soul Brotha Del. went to them with some sketchy scratchy ideas about the general themes to run though the video and how he wanted it to look. Unknown Productions took those ideas and turned them into a full blown music video in the way only they could. As well as sourcing locations, casting models and actresses and styling them to look to fit The Neutronics intergalatical ideals, they also put together a kick-ass crew to actually capture the madness on camera.

Here they are in their own words

James was the camera operator on both days of the She’s Gotta Be shoot. He spent most of the day figuring out how to get the best shots with Aruk who was our Director of Photography a lot of technical talk about light and shadows and reflections all of which was lost on a Supa Soul Brotha.

Ben was the stills photographer on the first day of shooting at the bandstand in Southwark Park this is what he had to say for himself.

Of course being as we were using a public park there were other events happening at the same time as we were shooting the video. Sky Ride is an initiative by the Mayor’s office to encourage the public to get on their bicycles and get out and see the city of London. They had a pit stop set up just behind the bandstand we were shooting on. The lovely lady working on the pit stop was subjected to all the madness of The Neutronics and forced to listen to She’s Gotta Be on repeat for the entire day we decided to find out how she felt about it

After the lovely Sky Ride lady had told us a little bit about what Sky Ride was we asked her if she’d got tired of hearing the same song over and over and over and over again all day

Well that bodes well for the single then doesn’t. Repeated listens increase the enjoyability of the song now if we can only convince the radio controllers at the BBC and all the other National stations that this is the case we might be able to have the whole world singing along.

That’s all for now Earth Beans but tune in next time for more news from NeutronicTV.

Love Peace n Funki Beatz

Takeiteasy

Supa Soul Brotha Del. / The Neutronics

Just not Loud Enough : Behind The Scenes of The Neutronics Video Shoot for She's Gotta Be Pt 6

Greetings Earth Beans this is Supa Soul Brotha Del. coming at you Live and Funkdafied.

Last time I told you about some of the ways in which the Evil-Anti-Funk-Azoids tried to ruin our shoot and put a halt to the filming. Those little buggers got inside the ears of passers by sending them into the camera shots and munched their way through guitar strings. They even coated my sunglasses in a super reflective metallic substance that confounded the camera operator and the director of photography for aeons. However all these attacks paled in comparison to their sustained assault on Talbert. First they got inside his ears and formed a almost totally sound proof barrier. This impeded Talbert’s ability to hear anything at all. Even when the rest of The Neutronics were talking to him we found it strange that he wasn’t answering the first time but kept saying huh, what, I can’t really hear you.

It wasn’t until he began playing that the problems this would pose throughout the day became apparent.



The almighty Talbert, Part Man, Part Drum Machine with a Metronome where his heart should be did the unthinkable. HE PLAYED OUT OF TIME. This was highly worrying to The Neutronics how could we carry on if Talbert was unable to keep time.



The Professor and The General immediately began working on a solution to remedy the situation. Talbert was reeling from this attack on his aural senses. The Evil-Anti-Funk-Azoids began rejoicing it seemed that their dastardly plans were finally working. They hoped beyond hope that this time they would be successful and The Neutronics would have to abandon the shoot. Our heroes were in a state of distress until The Professor finally had a breakthrough. With the assistance of the Supa Soul Fighter Anestis and the technological expertise of The General they were able to convert a simple telecommunications device into a suitable monitor for Talbert who would be able to then plug the song directly into his ears blasting through the barriers the Evil-Anti-Funk-Azoids had erected and allowing him to play in time. But even this was met with some resistance when The General couldn’t pull the right song into the telecommunications device.



Eventually the solution was implemented and immediately Talbert’s timing returned. Unfortunately while the Evil-Anti-Funk-Azoid barrier was been blasted to smithereens some of the Evil-Anti-Funk-Azoids were escaping from Talbert’s ear by pushing out the ear-pieces. Talbert never stopped playing and director Makalla aided him by replacing the ear-piece each time it fell out. Eventually all the necessary footage was captured and the Evil-Anti-Funk-Azoids were once again roundly defeated by The Neutronics, the Supa Soul Fighters and the crew.



Well Earth Beans we’ve come to the end of another episode of NeutronicTV I hope you were enlightened to the battles The Neutronics face each and everyday in their attempts to spread LOVE, PEACE N FUNKI BEATZ

We look forward to seeing you next time

Takeiteasy

Supa Soul Brotha Del. / The Neutronics

Reflections, Interruptions & Broken Strings : Behind The Scenes of The Neutronics Video Shoot for She's Gotta Be Pt 4

Greetings Earth Beans this is Supa Soul Brotha Del. coming at you Live and Funkdafied.

Wherever there are funky sounds and people getting down, you can be sure that lurking somewhere nearby there are some Evil-Anti-Funk-Azoids. If The Neutronics are making those funky sounds it’s guaranteed that the Evil-Anti-Funk-Azoids will be out in full force and itching for a fight. The video shoot was no exception and they tried in every way possible to sabotage proceedings.

Their first attack was on the Black Telecaster of Supa Soul Brotha Del. They got inside and started munching on the strings almost immediately. They thought they’d succeeded when they broke one but they should’ve known that was never gonna stop the show.

Once they’d realized that they’d failed miserably with the attack on my guitar the little buggers thought of a new and more effective way to disrupt events. They whispered soothingly into the ears of unsuspecting passers by telling them that they should walk into the camera shot and cause havoc for the scenes been filmed. They had no scruples even enlisting Mothers and Babies to their dastardly cause.

However what they didn’t count on was the hyper awareness and amazing persuasive powers of Supa Soul Brotha Del.

Thwarted yet again in their attempts to bring chaos and disorder to the shoot the Evil-Anti-Funk-Azoids coated the sunglasses of Supa Soul Brotha Del. with a super shiny metallic film that gave reflections from every angle. The camera operator and director of photography were bemused beyond comprehension. Never before had they encountered such aggressive reflections in a pair of sunglasses. No matter where they moved the camera the reflections became more and more powerful and visible. The Evil-Anti Funk-Azoids were having a profound effect on the shoot and as time passed everyone tried to keep their spirits up.

Even the director Makalla started to get in on the act.

Kofi decided that he would try and relieve some of the boredom of hanging around by chatting up a beautiful passer by. Unfortunately for him she still had Evil-Anti-Funk-Azoids whispering angrily in her ear and his attempts to be friendly weren’t received in quite the way he might have hoped.

Well Earth Beans that’s about it for now join me here on NeutronicTV next time when I’ll be telling you about the Evil-Anti-Funk-Azoids greatest assault of the entire first day and how Talbert was finally able to defeat them with some seriously creative thinking.

Love Peace n Funki Beatz

Takeiteasy

Supa Soul Brotha Del. / The Neutronics

Meet The Cast : Behind the scenes of The Neutronics Video Shoot for She's Gotta Be Pt 3

Greetings Earth Beans this is Supa Soul Brotha Del. coming at you Live and Funkdafied.




I thought today I would introduce you to The Neutronics and give you some background to our story. So here we go……

Supa Soul Brotha Del.

Well really there’s not much you guys don’t already know about Supa Soul Brotha Del. Born on Psychofunkadelia he was summoned to Earth to recruit Earth Beans to the Supa Soul Army in preparation for the impending interplanetary war against the Evil-Anti-Funk-Azoids. Although the Supa Soul Brotha owns several Weapons of Mass Funkification you are most likely to find him getting down with his All Black Fender Telecaster, this superb instrument has struck down many an Evil-Anti-Funk-Azoid and as such is often the focus of their frenzied attacks. But no matter what has happened, be it broken strings or damaged electrical wires and contacts, this sturdy sword of justice is an ever constant source fear to all Anti-Funk-Azoids in the known universe. The Legend of the Groove has it that this will be the instrument, which will one day strike the final funky blow into the heart of the Dark Lord Dr Poseur. 

Milt ‘The Professor’ Mavrakakis 

The Professor is universally regarded as one of the leading authorities on The Legend of the Groove. There are few Earth Beans who can claim to have amassed the vast amount of knowledge that resides within the brain cells of this man. Known to some as the human jukebox he possesses the uncanny ability to play almost any song requested even on the rare occasions when he himself hasn’t heard the song in question. His chosen Weapon of Mass Funkification is the Keyboard. With his canny melodies and electronic sythesizations he hypnotizes Evil-Anti-Funk-Azoids into orbit around his head full of funkiness and then in several violent and sudden headbanging movements he annihilates them into oblivion. Strangely the only side effects from this method of assault has been an increased ability to solve mathematical equations and formulae. A skill he happily puts to use explaining and teaching unbelievably complex Mathematics to the strange smelling Earth Beans known as students who populate institutions known as Universities.

George 'The General' Malamas

It has been said you have never seen cool until you have witnessed The General take out his rolling tobacco and papers and roll himself a cigarette while facing down a horde of ravenous Evil-Anti-Funk-Azoids on the battlefield. He cannot be rushed and he will not be flustered, a man of few words his speaks only to utter nuggets of infinite wisdom or immeasurable hilarity. The General’s Weapon of Mass Funkification is a Bass guitar fashioned from a Rod of Thunder the God Thor asked him to hold while waiting for a connecting shuttle at the Jupiter Spaceport. Thor asked to use The General’s phone then walked off with it when he saw a Nordic Princess he’d been trying to avoid ever since a slightly embarrassing drunken Thor’s Day afternoon in Valhalla. If you listen carefully much of this story is detailed in ‘Spaceship : A Cosmic Odyssey in Four Movements’

Talbert ‘Mega-Tal’ Wilson

Also known as 'The Young Master of the Groove". Part Man, Part Metronome the enigma that is Talbert has achieved several astronomical impossibilities in his young life. Eating his way out of the dungeons of Dr Poseur after sleeping for 100 days and dreaming of a mythical chicken that could satisfy his never-ending hunger is merely one. Drum Machine by Night and Body Builder by Day (or maybe it’s the other way round) Talbert is by far the most physically imposing of The Neutronics. However do not let his size and immense strength fool you he is in his own words ‘a really nice guy’. Despite this he managed to instigate what has now passed into Neutronic history as Event X. Although he will categorically state ‘I wasn’t involved’ eye witnesses claim it was his finger on the trigger at the moment of cross channel interference that led to the Event X meltdown. MegaTal’s chosen Weapon of Mass Funkification is of course the Drums his sticks fly through the air battering Evil-Anti-Funk-Azoids with each stroke. Injuries are also inflicted on the Evil-Anti Funk-Azoids by the flying splinters as each wooden stick strikes the drums and cymbals and woe betide any that finds itself caught by the flying debris of a stick as it breaks.


Karis Taylor Supa Soul Sista

The gentle Karis is the latest in a long line of Supa Soul Sistas to grace the ranks of The Neutronics. Little is known of her background but her beauty is unparalleled and her Afro is perfectly spherical.


Sitali S (Honorary Supa Soul Sista)

The companion of The Professor joined The Neutronics as a secret agent to confound and confuse enemy forces. Known for her sweet nature, ever present smile and continuously changing hairstyles she is our most loyal Supa Soul Fighter. 

The Supa Soul Fighters

Andreas: Musician, Writer, Producer. Spent many hours enconsed in the studio with The Neutronics recording the album ‘This Is Supa Soul Brotha Del.’ a huge influence and facilitator in getting the record made.

Kadija Kamara: Singer, Songwriter. A fellow artist who is doing her bit in the fight for real music with soul, often employs members of The Neutronics as her backing band when she plays live.

Martin Anderson: Guitarist Extraordinaire a former member of The 

Professor’s outfit Electric Soul and has played guitar with Supa Soul Brotha Del. on many occasions.

Anestis: Blues Guitar wizard. A childhood friend of The Professor and The General from their days living on the legendary Greek island of Crete.

Jem Blake: Artist and Model. Youngest sibling of Supa Soul Brotha Del. she too is from Psychofunkadelia and it shows.

Ruth Anderson-Davies: Singer, Songwriter. An old friend of Supa Soul Brotha Del. she met him when he first came to Earth and was trying to aclimatise himself to Earth and the Earth Beans.


Well Earth Beans that’s it for now join us next time on NeutronicTV when we’ll be introducing you some of the crew who have been working on the video for She’s Gotta Be

Love, Peace n Funki Beatz

Takeiteasy

Supa Soul Brotha Del. / The Neutronics

Energy Levels : Behind the Scenes of The Neutronics Video Shoot for She’s Gotta Be Pt 2

Greetings Earth Beans

This is Supa Soul Brotha Del. coming at you Live and Funkdafied.

Waking up early is not the easiest thing for me to do. There are some people who have no problem waking up early and they really won’t relate to or sympathise with what I’m trying to get across here. The Neutronics however, don’t seem to be those kind of people. Sunday 5th September 2010 and it’s the first day of shooting for the promo video to the single “She’s Gotta Be”.

Call time is 9.00am and The Neutronics are HURTING. This is just not a good time to be getting musicians to do stuff, granted it’s great preparation for those early morning breakfast shows that we’re gonna have to be doing performances on in support of the album “This is Supa Soul Brotha Del.” but the general consensus among the band was IT’S WAY TOO EARLY as summed up quite nicely by our bass player George.



It’s not just George who feels like he could have done with a few more hours in the warmth and duvet covered comfort of his bed. Supa Soul Brotha Del. is feeling decidedly unenergetic. Now kids the Supa Soul Brotha does not condone the abuse of pharmaceutical or recreational drugs to get you through your day. As Whitney said ‘Crack is Wack’ but it might have perked him up just a little don’t ya think.



One person who didn’t seem to feel the effects of the early start to proceedings was Sitali who was an Honorary Supa Soul Sista for the day. This girl is eternally smiling and full of beans even at 9.00am on a Sunday morning. When asked how she was feeling her response was Supa Souley. I mean wow I can’t hardly string a sentence together at this time of the morning as has been evidenced in several clips but Sitali was feeling Supa Souley good on her.



Well what can one say……not a lot actually.

I’ll leave you with this clip of bass player George revealing some secret talents much to the amazement of Karis.

Love, Peace n Funki Beatz

Takeiteasyx

Supa Soul Brotha Del. / The Neutronics

Behind the Scenes of The Neutronics Video Shoot for She’s Gotta Be Pt 1 - Setting Up:

Greetings Earthbeans

This is Supa Soul Brotha Del. coming at you live and funkdafied.

First and foremost I would like to welcome one and all to NeutronicTV a blog by The Neutronics for Supa Soul Fighters all over the known universe. We’ll be posting up videos and pictures of our adventures aboard The Spaceship and reports from the frontline of our battles with the Evil-Anti-Funk-Azoids.

Speaking of Evil-Anti-Funk-Azoids one must have got into my left eye yesterday because the polythene visual correction device that I wear to enhance my vision (commonly known on Earth as a soft contact lens) ripped inside my eye. I can assure you that this was a most uncomfortable experience which led to much eye watering, blinking, general soreness and ultimately one bloodshot eye and one discarded lens in several pieces.

Seeing as I have been away from the comforts of the Spaceship for a few days this has meant that I have basically been walking around for 2 days as a 1 eyed man. Which has led me to thinking, I might employ an eye-patch as by doing so I could actually1/2 my outgoings on corrective devices while been quite trendy and a la mode. 1 lens lasts a month, by purchasing and wearing an eye-patch and 1 lens I can double the lifespan of a pair. Do you follow me …… errrr hmmmm.

Cheap Bastard I hear you cry. Well maybe, but the price of rocket fuel is at an all time high and Spaceships are seriously expensive to maintain. If you don’t believe me ponder on this. Why have there been no Earth Beans on your Earth Moon for aeons. Seriously, just to get to the Spaceport at Jupiter to join the hyper-express-route can set you back 4 times the national GDP of the entire planet of Psychofunkadelia. Much like the British Government are cutting back on public services in the wake of the worldwide financial crisis and them having to bail out the banks so that the rich can continue to make shitloads of money and the poor can become even worse off, the ruling party of Psychofunkadelia is asking all Supa Soul Heroes to find as many ways to save a penny or two while out in the field so long as these measures are not detrimental to the war against the Evil-Anti-Funk-Azoids. So if you see me with an eye-patch you know why,  Niente Dinero.

Anyway moving swiftly on………

On Sunday 5^th Sept 2010, the Spaceship descended upon Southwark park in Bermondsey, SE London. The reason for this landing was the first day of shooting for the promotional motion picture short for the song She’s Gotta Be, which is taken from the debut album by The Neutronics entitled This Is Supa Soul Brotha Del.

The album is due for release later this year. As is customary on Earth a music video is currently in production to help convince Earth Beans that their planet is worth saving from the Evil-Anti-Funk-Azoids and they should part with some of their hard earned cash to support the unselfish martyrs who ride bravely into battle against these musical foes.

As usual The Neutronics found much to amuse themselves with not for us the questions of Life, The Universe and Everything. No we were far more interested in more practical matters like, is it possible to plug a mic lead into the roots of a tree and make organic music and can electrical power be obtained from green grass…….

Other quandaries that came up as we were setting up were more sanitary based. Is it possible to dress oneself in a portaloo without falling into the murky blue stuff and is antibacterial sanitiser handwash preferable to some perfumed soap with added moisturizer,

Eventually after pondering these deep and meaningful questions The Neutronics were ready to get the camera rolling. As always Supa Soul Brotha Del. had a unique way of getting proceedings to begin ,‘Let’s Do This Like Buddhists’ he declared. Nobody ever found out whether he wanted to begin meditating or levitating but the Dalai Lama really likes his Welsh Guards jacket and wants one for Christmas even tho officially he doesn’t celebrate it he still appreciates receiving presents so long as the Made in China sticker has been removed.

In the words of Bugs Bunny ‘That’s All Folks”

Be sure to leave a comment and tune in next time for  more from NeutronicTV and more behind the scenes footage of the band.

Love, Peace & Funki Beatz

Takeiteasyx

Supa Soul Brotha Del. / The Neutronics