On Rob and Jack Lahanaโs โHaute Saison,โ Natalie Portman directs her first music video.
Rob and Jack Lahana, which consists of producer and composer Rob and Grammy Award-winning engineer Jack Lahana, have collaborated on a number of songs for the upcoming Summercamp album, including the first single โHaute Saison,โ which features Gordon Tracks and Giorgio Poi on vocals and a video directed by Academy Award-winning actress Natalie Portman.
The video stars Quannah Chasinghorse and DโPharaoh Woon-A-Tai and follows two strangers on a crowded beach who eventually meet in a dance circle. Portman, who directed her first feature film, A Tale of Love and Darkness, in 2015, has also directed a number of short films, including Eve and New York, I Love You. Portman makes her directorial debut in โHaute Saison.โ
When Rob was recording his debut, Donโt Kill, in 2000, they met and worked with Jack, the in-house sound engineer. From Robโs second album, Satyred Love, released in 2002, to their current collaboration, Summercamp, which features a diverse group of artists from around the world, the two have continued to collaborate. Summercamp, which was recorded in the duoโs Paris studio on avenue dโEnghien, blends visual and musical elements around universal themes.
โA cover of โPlayground Loveโ had already rejoined us in the studio almost 20 years ago,โ Rob stated of the cooperation behind โHaute Saison.โ
โYears later, we shared the stage all over the world, often with Giorgio, the most cool of modern Italian vocalists,โ he continued. Finding them in the studio as a duo is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.โ