Zune Arts Features Ro Rao and The Aliens in "Laika"

Posted by gasusan2005 on Jan 09, 2008

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image Zune announces the release of the next video in the Zune Arts series entitled “Laika,” which brings together the New York based director Ro Rao and the sounds from the Scottish band The Aliens.

Set fifty years ago, Russia launches a rocket manned by a dog into space and soon loses contact with the vessel. The character dog named “Laika” soon discovers a dog utopia filled with many dog treasures, but quickly realizes that these treasures are worthless without her friends. An endearing, intergalactic tale at just how far one will go to share with friends, the film concludes with a grand gesture of friendship – sharing dog bones.

The film is set to the extravagant, acid-drenched pop of “I Am the Unknown,” a track from the 2007 full-length Astronomy for Dogs by The Aliens, a band that evolved from the critically acclaimed Beta Band. The soundtrack completes the artistic vision of Ro Rao, whose previous work with Ugly Pictures has been honored at a dozen of film festivals including the Tribeca Film Festival, D&AD and Annecy, and has been written up in Creativity, Entertainment Weekly and Rolling Stone.

The new video follows in the footsteps of other creative artist collaborations which have included Cary Godbey and Maps, SSSR and M Ward, and againstallodds and The Deadly Syndrome.

Watch “Laika” here: www.zune-arts.net/laika.

For more on Ro Rao visit, visit http://rohitashrao.com/.

For more info on The Aliens, visit the Zune Social here.

Source:Zune.net press release

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