Last month, resident downtown DJ and all-around cool girl Kitty Cash blessed our ears with her Love The Free Volume II mixtape. Let's just say our iPods and iPhones have been on repeat mode ever since. With new music featuring Willow Smith, Dev Hynes, and Chargaux, listeners were treated to a lush soundscape to end summer on a pitch-perfect note.
As if treating our ears to musical goodness wasn't enough, Kitty decided to cater to all of the senses and gathered a group of artists to create visual interpretations of each song from the mixtape. Last night, during a launch party at Red Bull Studios, those videos premiered to an intimate crowd who couldn't get enough. "I was getting all of the songs together over a glass of wine, per usual, and I decided that I really wanted a visual component to bring the songs to life," Kitty Cash said. "So I hit up friends, friends of friends, and local filmmakers, to make a visual interpretation of the song, which I thought was super special because it gives the song a new life by not involving the actual artist. I’m really glad everyone came out to support that.”
Even filmmaker and OC associate Alex Lee lent a helping hand. Lee delved deep into the literal flushing of a relationship with his video for Michael Tousana & The Trp's "Spun/Horizons." "Since this was my first video project, I was really excited that I could do essentially whatever I wanted," he said. "I interpreted Mike and The Trp's music as the soundtrack to a failing relationship, so the images stemmed from that. I still tried to keep it fun and made sure it wasn't super serious. My main goal was to simply make something that had a bunch of interesting images in it, and to make something that did the music justice. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out."
Check out the video above and treat your ears right with the Love The Free Volume II mixtape.