KickStand Kicks-off with String of High Profile Projects

KickStand Kicks-off with String of High Profile Projects

KickStand, a creative space built to create original music and sound design, has launched with a bang, orchestrating the sonically adventurous viral video for OK GO's Needing Getting and their Chevy Sonic Super Bowl spot; Shock Top's End of the World spot, which earned Adweek's Ad of the Day; sound designing David Guetta and Nikki Minaj's sensational Turn Me On music video (with 44 million YouTube views); and working on campaigns for Logitech, Exxon and other high profile brands.
"KickStand will proceed with a no-holds-barred attitude towards music and sound," notes co-founder Damian Wagner. "We feel fortunate to have already had the opportunity to work on an array of challenging and interesting projects, collaborating with some of the finest agencies, editors, directors and artists in the business."
The studio emerges from the musically inspired imaginations of founders Kim Christensen and Damian Wagner, who will drive the Venice, Calif.-based studio toward work in advertising, TV, film, and the ability to handle any project.
Wagner and Christensen have been teaming up for years, originally on a DreamWorks project, and after a succession of successful collaborations, the timing was right to formally combine forces. KickStand has already established a broad range of expertise, creating a portfolio of exceptional work.
Their contribution to OK GO's Needing Getting video included music, sound design, sequencing and re-recording, a project that involved managing over 1,000 Pro Tools tracks and 20,000 pieces of audio. The tongue-n-cheek Shock Top beer spot involved heavy sound design for falling buildings, explosions and aliens, while Logitech's Global Jam combined street music in Budapest and Bangkok, all rocking out to the classic T-Rex song Telegram Sam. KickStand's sound design on Nikki Minaj and David Guetta's stunningly visual Turn Me On music video proved early on that the studio wouldn't be confined to one genre.
The torrent of work continues, as KickStand has a number of projects in the pipeline, including sound design for Exxon via The Martin Agency and music and sound design for the short film Streetcar by Pixar director Carlos Baena.
The studio - a former taxi company renovated into a postmodern production space - is four blocks from the ocean in Venice Beach and around the corner from the famed Abbot Kinney Boulevard, which is lined with top restaurants and shops. KickStand has outfitted their home with original artwork by Vassarely, Dennis Hopper, Doug Aitken and Chaka.
Wagner and Christensen bring an impressive joint client list to KickStand, including Audi, FedEx, Sony, Amex, BMW, Budweiser, Coca-Cola, EA, IBM, Lexus, Microsoft, Nike, MoMA and more...

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