Love Well Spent by Craft Spells
While at MFNW 2012 in Portland, Oregon we put our heads together with director Greg Hunt and longtime festival producer Trevor Solomon to curate ‘Room 205 live’. Held at venerable downtown venue Ted’s, (formerly Berbati’s Pan), the night showcased five featured artists from our collaborative Sound & Vision series Room 205. No elaborate sets and no second takes. Just 100% live shredding and raw weirdness. Enjoy!
Craft Spells began as the bedroom project of Justin Vallesteros. Holed up in his Stockton, CA home while winter beat the bushes outside, Vellesteros crafted a decidedly 80s strain of sentimental indie-pop; chiming guitars, atmospheric synths, and delicate drum-machines. Vallesteros now resides in Seattle and fronts a full band comprised of friends and serious shredders. They make records. They tour Europe. And they write very, very good songs. As we said in their previous Room 205 episode— if you love Felt, The Smiths, Echo & The Bunnymen, and the beautiful monotone drone of Ian Curtis... Craft Spells might soon be your favorite nuevo-new romantics.
- Executive Producer:
- Incase
- Producer:
- Arlie Carstens
- Director:
- Greg Hunt
- Director of Photography:
- Greg P. Schmitt
- Editors:
- Andrew van Baal, Forrest Borie
- Gaffer:
- Joel Stirnkorb
- Camera Operators:
- Efrem Peter, Mike Weiss
- Lighting Technician:
- Stephen Purcell
- Audio Engineer:
- Griffin Rodriguez
- Special Thanks to:
- Trevor Solomon & Matt Manza of MFNW, Nathan Ostrander & Dave Hite at Ted's (Berbati's Pan) and the good folks of Portland, Oregon
Working in collaboration with visiting musicians and a revolving cast of filmmakers, set designers, audio engineers and friends, Room 205 exists to share our collective passion for art and music and showcase the people that inspire us.
