While some artists opt to start new and create a fresh video with a new single release, indie garage/rock band Beeef experimented with their old footage from their original “Airplanes” music video to create a “remixed music video” that would match the FAME 33 remixed single they released last week.
“I’m not aware of very many other video remixes,” lead singer Perry Eaton says. “This could be a pioneering thing in music video history.” Staying true to their original video, the band uses the same footage of their 2017 selves playing guitar, bass, and drums juxtaposed over 90’s VHS style outer space.
Beeef had previously worked with TJ Freda, who now produces under the moniker FAME 33, in the past for the Allston Pudding Localz Only Holiday Mixtape and knew they wanted to work together again to remix one of their older singles off of their self titled 2017 album, Beeef. “We had the stems (stereo recordings sourced from mixes of multiple individual tracks) to that older recording [of Beeef] and TJ was looking to get his hands dirty with one of them,” Eaton says, “‘Airplanes’ was the one that caught his eye.”
The new video matches the new remixed single while still showing the influences from the original video in 2017. The original version, which is more true to the traditional videos Beeef releases, has the band superimposed on different parts of an animated plane, playing music on an airport tarmac, and comically flying through the sky on an exercise bike. “[The bike] was just laying there [in our basement] and we were like, ‘You know, we’re gonna video on it. Let’s make good use of this exercise bike,’” Eaton says. “So they got me pedaling on it and making goofy faces. And it ended up being a great thing to juxtapose over space and airplane footage.”
This new video is a hallmark achievement for Beeef; Working in new concepts while also keeping their original, defining sound is what makes them a staple in the underground music community and is part of why they’re beloved among indie garage rock fans here in Boston.
Watch the “Airplanes (FAME 33 Remix)” video, streaming via YouTube below.