Among the acts chosen are highly rated, award winning new outfits like National Student Music Award winners Delorentos, The Flaws (recently signed to Universal Music), Murphy's Live winners Lotus Lullaby, The Guggenheim Grotto and Porn Trauma.
The acclaimed singer songwriter Juliet Turner, who has a number of platinum albums to her credit, was also chosen to participate in a special group project.
The videos were made with the help of Hot Press magazine and the Tisch School of the Arts, at New York University, who together launched a talent search to find the artists and bands most deserving of the video treatment. "The quality of the videos has been brilliant so far," Niall Stokes, editor of Hot Press commented. "It's a great boost for the bands and artists to be given the opportunity to showcase their talent in this way. A number of the videos made by the students have been broadcast on television channels in Ireland and abroad ­ that's as good a measure of the success of the collaboration as we could ask for."
"We're really excited about the screening," said Susanne Bach of Tisch School of the Arts. "The college has been a hotbed of activity over the last couple of months, but it has all come together really well. I can confidently say that some of the best work we've seen yet from the students will be unveiled on the night."
This round of filming resulted in the biggest number of music videos ever made by the students. Here, in full, are the seventeen acts chosen:
Juliet Turner
Delorentos
The Guggenheim Grotto
66e
Doris
Cane 141
Messiah J and the Expert
The Flaws
Boss Volenti
Porn Trauma
The Rubens
Dae Kim
Lotus Lullaby
ITO
Dolly Doll
Michael Knight
Bray Vista
This is the fifth time that Hot Press and Tisch have collaborated in the project, with the students on the Tisch film course getting the opportunity to work with the cream of new Irish talent while making the videos.
Amongst the bands to benefit previously from the Hot Press/Tisch treatment are the chart-storming Republic Of Loose, Cork punk scene leaders, Rulers Of The Planet, Limerick's enigmatic Headgear and Choice Award winner Julie Feeney.
NOTE: For future Tisch School video competitions please stay tuned to Hot Press & hotpress.com where all details will be announced.
For any further information, contact Léann Lavery on: 01 24 11 500.