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secret garden video series June 10, 2009

Chasing the wind with The Tallest Man on Earth

Here it is: a four-song edition of a Secret Garden mini-movie with Sweden’s The Tallest Man on Earth. It was shot the last time he was in New York (he returns this weekend for two shows!). Kristian Matsson was barely up when we infiltrated the Brooklyn apartment he was staying at. His tour manager, Ryan, led us to the stairs that was, who knew, the perfect spot for Kristian to sing “This Wind” and a cover of Patsy Cline’s “I Fall to Pieces” (the best versions of both that I’ve ever heard). And you know how it is with a perfect hint of reverb: you cast aside your head and pull your heart out your neck (that’s right). We wandered around to the windy rooftop for “Over the Hills” and locked ourselves in an old-fashioned elevator for “Steal Tomorrow”.

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{ 13 responses }

• Average Sized Man:
  June 11th, 2009 at 8:34 pm

  Beautifully shot and wonderfully performed. Only way to improve this would be to add a “King of Spain” performance.

• james:
  June 13th, 2009 at 2:44 pm

  beautiful. Hope to run into this singer one day.
  I like what you guys are doing hooves on the turf.

• fan:
  June 13th, 2009 at 3:02 pm

  this is lovely. thank you. He was amazing at MHOW

• blanca estela:
  June 14th, 2009 at 11:45 am

  i want to chase the wind with the tallest man on earth.

  LOVE

• tom inhaler:
  June 18th, 2009 at 5:34 pm

  i love this video!

• Matt:
  June 18th, 2009 at 6:46 pm

  question. where in brooklyn was this shot?! beautiful, none the less.

• sarahana:
  June 19th, 2009 at 5:11 am

  hi matt. it was shot in red hook.

• Joel H. Hinojosa:
  July 12th, 2009 at 3:40 am

  This is a really well done film. I just watched it on TMOE’s Myspace page. Where can I find the credits for this piece? Director, Editor, D.O.P. etc..? I love the choice of black and white. The whites seem to have been brought down to a light grey, which I liked.

• sarahana:
  July 12th, 2009 at 3:57 am

  hi joel: it’s all me (sarahana). thanks.

• Floriane L'Heureux:
  September 21st, 2009 at 1:34 am

  Love the heartbreaking voice and beautiful shot. I discovered one talent today, thanks Hooves on the Turf!

• Doug Ryddner:
  April 11th, 2010 at 4:08 pm

  This is one of my favorite videos of his work, is there a way to get an mp3 of these live versions?

• Davor Abazovic:
  May 4th, 2010 at 8:08 am

  Beautiful! Swedish ‘alt.country’ at its best

• Davor Abazovic:
  May 4th, 2010 at 8:10 am

  And of course the way it all is filmed, make these song even better!

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