videography

 

solo videos

 

			Need One (May 2003)   director: Richard Anthony
		This video was filmed live at Martina's first solo gig in London (The Wild, 30. April 2003). You can watch it on the official site! It can also be found on the 'Anything' DVD single.
		video links	official site You Tube
		director links	Richard Anthony videography

 

			Anything (August 2003)    director: Floria Sigismondi
		The whole video is in black & white and has the typical Sigismondi surreal atmosphere. You can see Martina (naked!) with dark, but shimmering paint on her face, sitting or crawling somewhere outisde. She is mostly mouthing the lyrics into the camera, looking like a wild creature or animal. You can also see animals in the video (a bird, a snake and a cat). Later a piece of silky cloth is falling down on her until she is totally covered by it and can hardly move...
		video links	official site You Tube You Tube Rolling Stone
		director links	official Floria Sigismondi page Floria Sigismondi videography

 
 

with Tricky

 
 

			Aftermath (18.1.1994)  director: Mike Lipscombe
		This video is - like all of Tricky's early videos - directed by Mike Lipscombe. You can see Martina and Tricky in an empty old  house, singing the lyrics. The light is moving so that the faces are sometimes in darkness and sometimes in light. Then there are some little fires, and sometimes you can see an old woman with an aquarium in her lap. Very strange atmosphere.
		video links	You Tube
		director links	Mike Lipscombe videography

 
 
 

			Ponderosa (18.3.1994)   director: Mike Lipscombe
		The Ponderosa video is almost the sequel to Aftermath, it looks very similar, maybe even shot in the same location, and Tricky and Martina wear the same clothes. You can see Tricky and Martina in an elevator, mouthing the lyrics. As in Aftermath there is strange light and sometimes fire. But there are also some religious figures and signs, like burning crosses in the background.
		video links	Singing Fool You Tube
		director links	Mike Lipscombe videography

 
 
 

			Overcome (11.1.1995)   director: Mike Lipscombe
		This video was shot in the English town Cambersands, again by Mike Lipscombe. It takes place on the beach and has a bit of a science fiction touch. There are old fashioned dressed people walking at the beach, when suddenly helicoptors appear. They tear something out of the water, a metal ring with a bowl in the middle (see pic). Also Tricky and Martina are there, but just rarely to see. Read the Melody Maker article about the Overcome video shot in Cambersands
		video links	MCM    (html) You Tube
		director links	Mike Lipscombe videography

 
 
 

			Black Steel (18.3.1995)   director: Mike Lipscombe & Pinko
		Almost throughout the whole video you can see Martina singing the lyrics, while other people or animals appear in the background. Sometimes parts of the lyrics are written on the screen, too. Inbetween you can see a band playing (only a drummer and guitar player), they look kind of aggressive. Just for the "switch on, switch off" part Tricky is there, holding his hands towards the camera.
		video links	You Tube (full length) Beat UK Quicktime (20 secs)   (html)
		director links	Mike Lipscombe videography Pinko videography

 
 
 

			Hell is round the corner (8.7.1995)   director: Stephane Sednaoui
		The whole video is dominated by the colour red, the background is red and also Tricky's shirt or dress. The camera is moving around Tricky who is singing his part. When he's finished, he shakes his head and morphs into Martina. They both look kind of puzzled and wear a strange make-up. This goes on and on until in the end Tricky moves backwards to a door and melts with the red background.
		video links	MTV streaming You Tube
		director links	official Stephane Sednaoui web site Stephane Sednaoui videography Buy the DVD "Work of..."

 
 
 

	Here come the aliens (February 1996)   director: Stephane Sednaoui
		_ This video was made more than a year before the song appeared on the Makes Me Wanna Die single and the music is a bit different. I have never seen this video, but this is a descripition that was sent to me by Ferdinand (thanks a lot):  "Black and white pictures; we see Tricky and Martina one time, Afrika Izlam the other time. Sometimes very clear pictures, they're sitting in a metro driving through the tunnels, Martina standing a bit behind Tricky. Sometimes the pictures are completely blurred.  The camera fades in and out on them. Sometimes they say some lyrics sometimes not. Sometimes we just see the picture through the window of the metro... grafitti passing, lights, slower... faster... slower again. just like the images of the artists ... sometimes speeded up, sometimes slow motion..." Here you can read a description of this video in Italian (pdf file).
		video links	---
		director links	Clipland info about the video official Stephane Sednaoui web site Stephane Sednaoui videography Buy the DVD "Work of..."

 
 
 

			Poems (26.3.1996)   director: Pinko / Tricky
		There are different elements or little stories in the video: At the beginning there's Tricky with a boxing glove, in front of his mouth is a little camera or screen showing his mouth singing the lyrics. Then there are two kids (black and white) punching each other with boxing gloves, later Terry Hall and Tricky with the same gloves instead of the kids. In one scene Tricky, Martina and Terry are walking on a road (with parts of the lyrics on street signs or advertisements in the background), later they get into a car (with the word "bullet" on the front sign). In another scene they all hold signs saying "I'm Terry, I'm miserable" (Terry Hall),  "Martina, I'm a weary lone parent" (Martina) and "I'm Tricky, unusually sensitive and paranoid" (see pic).
		video links	You Tube
		director links	Pinko videography

 
 
 

			Christiansands (22.10.1996)   director: Shawn Mortensen
		Tricky and Martina are in a room that could be a doctor's waiting room, Martina is reading in a magazine. Tricky wears a black suit and is walking in the room, later he's even climbing the walls. At the end of the video there are three disco divas singing in this room, all dressed in the same long dresses that are connected with each other. There were some rumours once that Tricky himself is the singing lady in the middle who hides her face a lot between her hands, but there's no real prove for that.
		video links	---
		director links	Shawn Mortensen videography

 

			Makes me wanna die (13.4.1997)   director: Floria Sigismondi
		This video is really brilliant, kind of surreal. You can see Martina in a bathtub, Tricky at some other place. Then suddenly there are lizards and snakes on Martina's head and body. All the scenes have a very soft and golden light and have the typical Sigismondi effect: Tricky's moves are speeded up and then slowed down, so that they look very strange and kind of inhuman. At the end Tricky's face is close to Martina's and a long lizard tongue comes out of his mouth, reaching for her face.
		video links	official Floria Sigismondi page MTV streaming Singing Fool Beat UK Quicktime (20 secs)   (html) You Tube
		director links	official Floria Sigismondi page Floria Sigismondi videography

 
 
 

			Money Greedy (1998)   director: Theodore Witcher
		Tricky said in interviews that Broken Homes and Money Greedy have a close connection, and also the videos for the two songs are connected somehow. In the Money Greedy video we can see Tricky and a bunch of other people, they're in an elevator most of the time (see pic). They're dressed as if they want to make a robbery or something like that, wearing black masks sometimes. Inbetween you can see streets in NY and one particular car driving, sometimes with visual effects that duplicate the car. Later you can see Tricky in a cab, he's obviously hurt, holding his hands to his stomach. Then we see Martina walking on the street, then putting a kind of oxygen mask on Tricky's face. But in the end it turns out to be a bad dream, since Tricky's waking up in bed.
		video links	You Tube You Tube
		director links	Theodore Witcher videography

 
 
 

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