I was contacted by mAthe with the idea of bringing one of his latests Singles to life. When I heard the song and saw the artwork I immediately knew that I wanted to create a never ending tunnel using the original elements from the design. I wanted to tell a character-less story in which the tunnel’s progression is the sole protagonist, where the visuals escort the song throughout it’s progression culminating in a electronic color bath.

Credits:

Concept, production and animation: tropicalbert (tropicalbert.com) 
Music: mAthe (mathe.es)
Original artwork: Estudio Primo (estudioprimo.com)

“Yayoi” is available in physical form as a limited edition CD (order yours at mathe.es) as well as a digital download.

Album artwork (left) and single artwork (right)

I really like the idea of having an album artwork for the album and a dedicated one for a single. The fact that they are both completely different all while belonging to the same visual universe made me want to integrate them into the video itself. I used the idea of the album cover as a constant tunnel 

Song analysis played a very important part of the process. I did this early on and it really helped me decipher and visualize the song. I marked 3 important spots: intro ends, first tunnel and second tunnel.