Great Videos While High: Arcade Fire “Reflektor”

Last week, multiple Grammy-winning mega indie rock band Arcade Fire released the first single from their forth-coming album of the same name Reflektor. Following their track record of unconventional and groundbreaking artistic videos, their latest offering has not one but two videos. While the more standard black-and-white version featuring the band members is plenty sweet given that the song is a revelatory 7+ minute funk track (produced in part by LCD Soundsystem mastermind James Murphy and featuring a cameo by none other than David freaking Bowie), it’s the second interactive version that makes it worthy of a mention.

Anyone looking for something absolutely awesome to do after a sessh need only to log on to justareflecktor.com

It’ll lead you to a site where you can experience “A virtual projection” by Vincent Morisset. You’ll need to use the Google Chrome browser and should also probably have a smartphone or tablet handy. By linking the site to your other device, you’ll be able to control the intensity of the video’s effects. The experience also uses your computer or laptop’s webcam to put your image in a section of the video.

Even if these super sweet interactive features weren’t in the video, this would be an awesome clip, which features a Haitian dancer being perused by mysterious “reflektors”. There are already several think pieces online reading into the subtext of both the video and the song’s lyrics, which do seem to be fairly anti-modern age technology.

So cool….

If you’ve got 7+ minutes and want something incredible to watch after consuming your meds of choice, check out this new Arcade Fire video. It’s badass and psychedelic in ways that are astounding, funky, and all around awesome.