Ever since I can remember listening to London Elektricity, I can remember being amazed by the videos that were released with the songs. The first video I remember that gripped me was “All Hell is Breaking Loose” by London Elektricity. The video was the creation of Kenny Frankland a/k/a TinSpider. Then, when LE released “Yikes” in 2011, “Meteorites” featuring Elsa Esmerelda on vocals, had the most incredible video I had ever seen with a DNB track. The song was intoxicating on its on and blew me away! I mean, this track had something no other DNB track had embodied at the time, and to date, no one else has captured its essence in any way, shape, or form. Just to put it in context, my litmus test is my eleven-year-old son. We listened in the car one day, and he loved it and hit replay every chance he got. Then, the video dropped. My son, finance and myself are all sci-fi fans. Especially Star Wars, and those early 1980’s video games that are too many to list. My son sat on my lap in front of my 27” iMac and together, we watched the video. To say we were blown away would be an understatement. In addition to the original video, there was eventually an extended version that just got better! So my quest to find out more about TinSpider started. As I stated earlier, my son and I both love sci-fi, Godzilla movies, the Star Wars series, and an art form that involves robots. When Kenny released the video for the LE song “Tape Loops” from “Are We There Yet”, (Kenny actually did an amazing video for every song on that album, I might add) it had these super kewl vintage robots from the 1950’s. My son and I watched the video before I took him to school one morning, and when he got home that day, we start looking for the robots online and found them! We bought one that wound up with a key and waited for it to finally arrive from Japan. It’s one of our favorite possessions. On with the story of my relationship with Kenny…I am a member of Vimeo. When I joined, I started uploading my own time-lapse videos for my DNB tracks and met Kenny there on the Vimeo platform. He gave me pointers based on his expertise and befriended me. I would tell him about my son and the robots and he would tell me about the same in his home. Kenny is a true stand-up gentleman and a great artist. Those two traits are not always found in the same person. To read the interview and see the videos just follow this link. Cheers Jason
