Big Black Clouds by Ronley Teper
(Official Music Video)

Released in Winter 2021, this piece was commissioned by Ronley Teper for her single release.

The work began as an exploration into the literal translation of her lyrical content. Assets were developed with two themes in mind: The dark “underneath” and then the light, pink and hopeful setting of the final sequencing.

Eyes were chosen as a thread throughout the animation to denote that these characters are very much from the same family - darkness determines light, and vice versa.

From ronleyteper.com:

”Big Black Clouds is a folky, organic, minimalist, gentle musical journey in optimism. A good fortune told slowly in three acts. The Instrumentation mimics the sounds of a gentle storm brewing that will wash away; maybe tomorrow bringing a brighter day.”

This piece was also featured in Everyone Loves a Good Story - an interactive exhibition on Queen West in Toronto.

Big Black Clouds (Official Music Video)

Video Animated & Directed by Carolyn Tripp
Lyrics & Music by Ronley Teper
Performed by Ronley Teper and The Lipliners

Head to Youtube to view or click on the video above. Ronley’s write up can also be found here: https://ronleyteper.com/big-black-clouds

Press for Big Black Clouds:

https://americana-uk.com/video-premiere-ronley-teper-big-black-clouds