Chester Travis

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Chester Travis
Born (1987-07-04) 4 July 1987 (age 35)
Origin Christchurch, New Zealand
Genres Alt Country, Rock and Folk
Occupation(s)
  • Film maker
  • Author
  • Musician
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar, piano
Years active2006–present
Website chestertravis.com

Chester Travis (born 4 July 1987) is a New Zealand film maker, author and musician. His most notable works include his music video for Kimbra's "Goldmine". [1] [2]

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"Goldmine" was filmed in a factory in Berlin. [3] It was shot in black-and-white using a high amount of stop-motion animation; and was co-directed by Timothy Armstrong. [4] [5]

The music video has received critical acclaim. Rolling Stone called the video "stunning"; [5] while Paley Martin of Billboard proclaimed it as "an artful and edgy [...] piece set to a soul-piercing soundtrack". [3] Scott Heins of Okayplayer described the video as "hypnotic". [6]

In 2015, his ten part web series, "How To Be Gay" [7] won Best Queer Series at San Francisco Web Festival. [8]

Travis is also a musician, going by the stage name Great Danes. In 2016, Great Danes released their first EP and toured with Scottish rock band, Travis. [9]

In 2017, Travis composed three songs for the Amazon Series You Are Wanted . [10]

In June 2017, Travis received the APRA Best Country Music Song for Toothache at the 2017 New Zealand Music Awards. [11] [12]

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