18-07-2025
Wild One: Junipo - Tommy Gunn
It's a bonafide piss-up for one this week with Eora-based creative Oliver Kirby's new project Junipo and his rager of a debut music video for 'Tommy Gunn'.
Co-directed by Oliver and local rage favourite Charles Buxton-Leslie, the filmmaker behind visuals from Nick Ward, G Flip, Ruel, Monnie, Ashwarya, Memphis LK, and way too many more to mention. The video for 'Tommy Gunn' has a grimy housebound party energy, looking as dishevelled as any sequence from Danny Boyle's Trainspotting (complete with toilet scene), if instead of milk-of-the-poppy Renton went for 12-year-old Scotch Whiskey and cola.
'I thought it would be fun to reverse the big party concept on itself and just have myself alone in a house, rocking out' says Oliver. 'With that in mind and after sitting on my hands for a little while, Charles kindly pushed me to go forth with the video and offered his talents and expertise.'
Taking inspiration in part from the old 1980s Maxell Tape ads (you know the ones; where a super-powerful soundsystem blasts the listener back into their chair), 'Tommy Gunn' is definitely the kind of track to blow wigs back. "Working with limitations can inspire creativity in a really unique way." say Charles Buxton-Leslie. "The process of making this video reminded me of my first videos when I was a teenager with my friends after school. You have really big ideas but no money which leads to some really exciting, crazy DIY concepts and solutions. The limitations led us to think in more of a practical way. The flying scene is just a stool, fishing wire and leaf blowers… simple is sometimes the most effective!"
'Thats how I wanted people to feel when the first riff comes in', adds Oliver. 'It will knock your socks (and remaining clothing) off... The mental and abdominal strength a man needs to hold his back legs up while having a towel ripped off him in nude underwear, for that many takes, cannot be understated. Even with the assistance of a chair for stability and fish wires holding up my legs, my core and pride still hurt.'
And how can we forget the epic piss shot (don't ask, just watch it and you'll see). 'The feeling of going to the bathroom can be otherworldly at a certain point of any good party, and this is how the idea of the floating toilet concept came to life' Oliver explains. 'A simple dolly rig, a second hand toilet from marketplace and the keen eye of [DOP] Jesse really brought that shot and feeling to life… To the disappointment of some, no real nudity or urine was used in the making of this video, just a phallic Ribena bottle and a lot of heart.'
'Simple camera tricks and blocking add a lot to the feeling but are not out of reach to achieve on an indie video" adds Charles. "The location in particular was… inspired. It was a condemned house that had squatters and strange souvenirs throughout. We got super lucky, we had one day to shoot the video after a last minute call and the next day the demolition crew came in and tore the place down!'
