Elusive composer Galt MacDermont has become a bit of a hip hop icon over the years. With an extensive catalogue of cinematic music and a hit musical under his belt it seems he's withdrawn from the limelight and praise of his past works and has been avoiding contact with his remaining fans 

Norwegian director Kristoffer Borgli recently crafted a 15 min documentary style short film around Todd Terje's disco house tune Inspector Norse.  The film is based on the life of Marius Solem Johansen a.k.a Inspector Norse, an odd ball YouTube character obsessed with dance, dance music, and taking a strange drug he invented in his kitchen. Supposedly Inspector Norse caught Terje's interest on YouTube, inspiring the track bearing his name, and this short film about his life. Complete with a soundtrack provided by Todd Terje and scenes of awkward small town life that are reminiscent of Gummo and Napoleon Dynamite, WhatEverest makes for an interesting watch regardless of whether the film is based on a real person or not.

The original track by Todd Terje Inspector Norse

See what happened when BBC Radio 1Xtra's DJ Benji B took to the decks at BBC Maida Vale, accompanied by a 16-piece string ensemble. Benji, arranger Grant Windsor and the string ensemble re-imagine a wide spectrum of music and take the performance to interesting places pushing the strings musically through neighborhood clubs with Drake Headlines and than back to comfortable orchestral landscapes with a slow build on Raphael Saadiq's skyy can you feel me. 

tracklist:

Dwele - A.N.G.E.L
Flying Lotus - Do The Astral Plane
Ossie - Love Crazy
Bok Bok - Silo Pass
Wiley - Highs n Lows
S-X - Bricks
Timberland - Ayo Technology (Instrumental)
TNGHT - Higher Ground
Kanye West - Clique
Drake - Headlines
Jeremih - All The Time
Raphael Saadiq - Skyy Can You Feel Me

Sweedish adventurer Aleksander Gamme took this video during a long treck to the South Pole. Along the way he burried excess items in snow drifts to keep his backpack light. The video was taken on day 86 and is of the retrieval of his final dropped bag of provisions. Lets just say packing a bag correctly can be more than importaint sometimes its vital.  Thanks to Radiolab WNYC for putting us on to this. Listen to the podcast episode that refrences it and other blissful moments here. 

Here is a quick video we shot for the North To South messenger bag. Its a sort of day in the life, featuring DJ Apt One, Cosmo Baker, Danophonic, and Case Bloom. The usual dose of shopping for records, eating sandwiches, and goofing off. Enjoy

We just got back the final edit of a commercial we shot for the Simple Messenger bag. It was shot over the summer, but you can never rule out a surprise water ballooning (how horrible would it be in the winter??). Anyway we hope you like it. Special thanks to teacher Ed Blammo for being such a good sport and to the kids for doing such a good job holding their water balloons until just the right moment.  

-The Bag Messenger