For over 30 years, Martin Bisi has been recording music from his studio in Gowanus, Brooklyn. He has worked with many influential musicians, including Sonic Youth, Swans, Herbie Hancock, Brian Eno and the Dresden Dolls. Now though, he finds himself squeezed in by the approaching gentrification of his neighborhood.
Filmed during dozens of recording sessions, Hello Hello Hello is a story of the creative process - Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth) collaborating with producer Raül Refree, across a year and 3,842 miles with a little help from their friends. Novelist Jonathan Lethem (Motherless Brooklyn, The Fortress of Solitude) plays writer/lyricist/muse to Ranaldo's artist/composer wanderings, acro...
The video was re-edited for the original release by Tamra Davis in 1990. She felt bad when Todd Haynes found out and was mad. She was just working for the record company. Todd Haynes is in good humor about it now after speaking with Gus Van Sant, but at the time he no longer worked in music videos.
Sonic Youth performs in the music video "Disappearer" from the album "Goo" recorded for Geffen Records. The music video begins with the band in a white room illuminated with a strobe light. Music plays as the band drives through a city and take off costume clothing.