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TARBOZ was planned as the first episode of “Translated Log of Inhabitants“, and was an experiment to see if i could make a long-form improvised animation and still get out alive. I barely did! The “Translated Log of Inhabitants“ was conceived as a guide to the origin story of many different species. I imagined myself doing dozens of these episodes, focusing on a new life form very time — very much like a page from “Barlowe’s Guide to Extraterrestrials“. It expands a universe that I had already been developing in my own music videos, as well as ones for other bands. The videos for “Peace on the Rise“ as well as ones for Black Mountain and Shabazz Palaces all exist in the same world (at least in my head). TARBOZ is stream of consciousness, dreams and friends. Alternate versions of my own reality. Coming to terms with the fact that I will never play freestyle disc professionally, but wanting to pay homage to the peaceful energy of that sport. It also ref
