Take A ‘Night Safari’ In John Wizards & Populous’ New Animated Video
John Wizards shares a remix of Populous' "Night Safari" along with an animated music video from the upcoming 'Night Safari Remixed' album
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">South African band <a href="http://okayafrica.com/tag/john-wizards" target="_blank"><strong>John Wizards</strong></a> returns with a magnetic new remix of “Night Safari” by Italian producer <a href="http://okayafrica.com/tag/populous" target="_blank"><strong>Populous</strong></a>—part of the reworked edition of Populous’ latest album by the same name. The remix sees John Wizards adding digitized synthesizers and scattered drumwork to the track. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Night Safari (Remix)” is accompanied by whimsical illustrations by <strong><a href="https://www.behance.net/lovers" target="_blank">Jonathan Calugi</a></strong>. The animated video, directed by<a href="https://www.behance.net/SimoneBrillarelli" target="_blank"> <strong>Simone Brillarelli</strong></a>, takes place in a hypnotizing animal kingdom where colorful creatures bounce along to the song’s rapid polyrhythms. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Check out the song and video below, and purchase the Night Safari Remixed album <a href="https://badpandarecords.bandcamp.com/album/populous-night-safari-remixed" target="_blank">via Bad Panda Records</a>. For more from the producers, revisit John Wizards’ “<a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/news/john-wizards-mixtape-cape-town-earbuds/" target="_blank">Cape Town In Your Earbuds Mix</a>” from earlier this year and Populous’ <a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/news/populous-clap-clap-vu-music-video/" target="_blank">video</a> for his collaboration with <strong><a href="http://Okayafrica.com/tag/clap!-clap!" target="_blank">Clap! Clap!</a></strong>.</span></p><p><div class="preroll-video"></div><ora-player></ora-player></p><p><span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="0579d6a614e44374ea03e241e1857532"><iframe type="lazy-iframe" data-runner-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pHr8NedklA8?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span></p>
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