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Subversion Media is taking a well deserved rest. Please check out our friends at the Metronome Media Group if you are looking for a rockin' music video or live recording. Go ahead - they do not bite!
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: : Metronome Website

09.13.07 -
....Trapped in the Subversion closet! Please send help.....
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02.05.07 - Subversion Media News
We have been keeping busy here at Subversion. Some highlights include a 7 camera High Definition shoot for the Family Values Tour at the Tweeter Center. We captured some amazing footage of Korn, Deftones, Stone Sour, Deadsy and others for an upcoming DVD release.

We also worked on a video for the band Damone, for the song "Everybody Wants You" here at the studio.

Also, the video for Killswitch Engage's "My Curse" which was directed by Lex Halaby at our studio has made it online. MTV2 has just added the video into their rotation.

Up next are live videos for Panic! at the Disco and Bloc Party in Fairfax, Virginia!
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: : You can see the new Killswitch Engage video here....

09.01.06 - Two Words....Shakira!
Just back from New York for a Gnarls Barkley video shoot. Up next - Sleater-Kinney then Shakira!

The initial pressing of Mission of Burma's "The Obliterati" CD will come with a 4 song DVD (The Setup, Wounded World, That's When I Reach for My Revolver and That's How I Escaped My Certain Fate).The show featured on the DVD is from a performance Subversion Media shot at one of the band's 2004 shows at Tsongas Arena opening for the Pixies.

Wind-Up Records just released the new Seether acoustic record and DVD on July 11th. "One Cold Night" is a two disc CD/DVD package that Subversion Media recorded at Philadelphia’s Grape Street on February 22, 2006. You can also Watch Seether's ONE COLD NIGHT Special on MTV2, Tuesday, August 1st at 8:30pm.

06.05.06 - Subversion News : June '06
We just finished shooting a live video for Gnarls Barkley at Webster Hall in NYC!

Upcoming releases featuring Subversion footage:
On June 19th, New Order will release a full length live DVD, "New York to Hyde Park" through Warner Vision. This DVD will feature footage Subversion Media filmed and produced of the legendary band at their 2005 stop at the Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC.

The initial pressing of Mission of Burma's "The Obliterati" CD will come with a 4 song DVD (The Setup, Wounded World, That's When I Reach for My Revolver and That's How I Escaped My Certain Fate).The show featured on the DVD is from a performance Subversion Media shot at one of the band's 2004 shows at Tsongas Arena opening for the Pixies. Release is set for May 23rd through Matador Records.

Wind-Up Records will release the new Seether acoustic record and DVD on July 11th. "One Cold Night" is a two disc CD/DVD package that Subversion Media recorded at Philadelphia’s Grape Street on February 22, 2006.

03.01.06 - Subversion News : March '06
Just back from Philadelphia and a video shoot for Seether. The band played an amazing acoustic set which we recorded with 8 cameras... Look for the footage to be featured in an upcoming DVD released by Wind Up Records later in the year!

Also, two new commercials for emusic just started airing. Both commercials are great (mostly because lots of video footage shot by Subversion is included).

This month, you can watch three of our productions broadcast in High Definition including:
-Pixies, "Come Home, 2004 Reunion Tour"
-The Hives, "Live From Las Vegas"
-The Donnas, "Live in Boston"
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: : Here is a link to the emusic commercials...

02.17.06 - Subversion News
This month, you can watch four of our productions broadcast in High Definition including:
-Interpol, "Live from Lupos at the Strand"
-Pixies, "Come Home, 2004 Reunion Tour"
-The Hives, "Live From Las Vegas"
-The Donnas, "Live in Boston"

Killswitch Engage just released their first DVD, (Set This) World Ablaze. The show featured was filmed by Subversion Media w/ Refused TV at the Palladium in Worcester, MA.

The Pixies, "Sell Out 2004" DVD is in stores. The DVD includes songs recorded by Subversion Media including 'Is She Weird?', 'No. 13 Baby', and 'U-MASS'.

There is also a new import version of "Antics" by Interpol that includes live video content we filmed last year at Lupos in RI.
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02.16.06 - Improper Bostonian article
You know you're doing something right when your worried that Liam Gallagher is about to punch out your cameraman. Seriously - any schmo can get menaced by some guitar slinging tough guy at the Middle East Upstairs. But when you've got a platinum-selling Brit-pop icon staring you down with blood in his eye, there's a part of you - even while you worry about the safety of your staff - is thinking, "Wow. Not bad."

Annette Narciso, 28, and Dave Gutt, 25, had just that experience this past June while filming Oasis' live set at the Tweeter Center. Their company, Subversion Media, based in Brighton, shoots edits and produces live music videos - all at the behest of records labels, band managers and often the artists themselves. Since Narciso and Gutt formed Subversion in 2000, it has trained its lenses on acts as diverse as Oasis, System of a Down, the Hives, No Doubt, Ben Folds, Ani DiFranco, the Wu-Tang Clan and the Pixies. When asked how it all happened, the company’s founder’s answer is surprisingly simple: “We never expected to be doing this as a living, but here we are.”

After striking up a friendship at their college in the late 1990s, Narciso and Gutt quickly jumped from being kids with a fun hobby – filming local bands live in concert – to young entrepreneurs in demand by major and indie record labels and recording artists across the country. When they met, Narciso was studying the business aspects of the music industry, and Gutt was learning video production; once they graduated, their love of music led the pair to collaborate on a project that combined the skills they honed from their day jobs. Gutt and Narciso cut their teeth filming Boston hardcore and punk shows, hitting clubs together to shoot bands like the infamous local punk vets Tree at the Middle East Downstairs.

The duo’s first few projects were self-funded and served as promotional and experimental tools – shows by bands like System of a Down, Wu-Tang Clan, GWAR and Toadies left Subversion with lots of footage but no income. Narciso and Gutt hadn’t even had occasion to consider naming their hobby; they were still just filming bands in their spare time. But the reel they put together was impressive enough to convince System of a Down’s management to give them a crack at filming one of the band’s shows. That gig was Subversion’s forth and was a turning point for the fledgling company. System’s chart-topping album Toxicity was soon packaged with a bonus DVD that prominently featured Subversion’s work. The album’s sales reached the multiplatinum range and suddenly Subversion was no longer a side project.

Subversion’s client list is remarkably long and varies for a relatively young company. Nabbing an Interpol gig, for example, when the band’s underground buzz was at its peak, was no mean feat. Likewise, Ani DiFranco, who is just about as big as an independent musician can be, doesn’t work with just anyone. And the legendary Pixies? On their unexpected and hugely hyped reunion tour, playing a hometown gig? Who gets the job? The few, the proud – and the persistent and the lucky.

So all of this is what brought Dave Gutt and Annette Narciso to a cozy control booth, sweating as they watched through the monitors Liam Gallagher’s glowering visage approaching their man on stage. Apparently, he was just clowning around, and the notoriously temperamental Gallager’s fuse wasn’t really lit – that time.

The Subversion twentysomethings obviously are doing something right. Take their Ben Folds success story. Their first experience with the piano man led to Subversion footage making up the lion’s share of the live DVD accompanying his live album, Ben Folds Live. When Folds began touring again this summer, he specifically requested that Subversion film his Brooklyn, NY show.

And despite the prestigious notches on their belts, Narciso and Gutt still have their celebrity wish list: Narciso has her fingers crossed for David Bowie, Garbage and PJ Harvey, while Gutt would love to film Nine Inch Nails in performance. Apparently, these thriving young videographers still have a few dreams to shoot for.
Text taken from the August 2005 Improper Bostonian feature “Shooting Stars”

07.28.05 - ***SUBVERSION NEWS***
Subversion Media is excited to announce the addition of Oasis to our High Definition Catalog. Their performance was recorded by Subversion with 7 High Definition Cameras and crane at the Tweeter Center in Mansfield, MA last month.

Just back from video shoots for Killswitch Engage and O.A.R. Next week is Ben Folds!

Another addition to Subversion Media is our spankin' new video production truck. The vehicle, which was in tow for the Oasis shoot, had its premiere back in May at a New Order performance at the Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC.

Thank you for the applause...

07.11.05 - ***SUBVERSION NEWS***
Subversion Media is excited to announce the addition of Oasis to our High Definition Catalog. Their performance was recorded by Subversion with 7 High Definition Cameras and crane at the Tweeter Center in Mansfield, MA last month.

With this, our High Definition catalog now includes concerts by: Interpol, Pixies, New Order, The Hives, The Donnas, Mission of Burma, Gov't Mule and Oasis.

Another addition to Subversion Media is our spankin' new video production truck. The vehicle, which was in tow for the Oasis shoot, had its premiere back in May at a New Order performance at the Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC.

Thank you for the applause...

05.15.05 - ***Subversion Media MySpace***
We have joined the masses and created a MySpace page. Please be our friend!
: : Subversion Media on MySpace

05.10.05 - ***SUBVERSION NEWS***
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Subversion just got back to Boston after filming a High Definition concert video for NEW ORDER! An amazing, sold out show at the Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC. Their set included NEW ORDER / JOY DIVISION classics like Bizarre Love Triangle, Blue Monday, Love Will Tear Us Apart, True Faith - and were joined onstage by Ana Matronic (SCISSOR SISTERS) for their new single, Jetstream.

In the coming weeks, you will be able to see the concert programs we produced for PIXIES, THE HIVES, INTERPOL, and THE DONNAS all broadcast in glorious High Definition (well, only if you subscribe to the right HD services). You can also see the footage we shot for the PIXIES during their 2004 reunion tour on their upcoming DVD release.

Also, the TOXIC NARCOTIC “Live in Boston” DVD we filmed and edited is out now in stores! Boston’s longest standing DIY Hardcore Punk band was filmed live at their 15th Anniversary Show on Dec 18th 2004!

On May 20th, we will be heading to the Bowery Ballroom in NYC to shoot a live video for RCA artist, STELLASTARR*.

02.22.05 - SUBVERSION MEDIA PARTNERS W/ MIKE DREESE OF NEWBURY COMICS
Subversion Media LLC today announced a major capital investment from Mike Dreese, CEO of Boston, MA based entertainment retailer Newbury Comics, Inc.

Subversion Media, founded in 2001 by Annette Narciso and Dave Gutt, is an advanced video and audio production company specializing in live concert videos, thriving in the growing market for high definition content through licensing opportunities.

Utilizing primarily the high definition format, Subversion Media has developed a model for high quality, cost efficient, mobile digital video and audio production. With this recent expansion of capital, Subversion Media will increase its production capacity to deliver high quality long form live concert packages for DVD production as well as broadcast.

This month, Subversion Media began its rollout of high definition video content for broadcast from six national acts The Pixies, The Hives, Interpol, The Donnas, Mission of Burma, and Gov’t Mule. Working with domestic High Definition broadcast companies and an array of international broadcasters, subscribers can tune in to full-length live concert videos boasting superb production values and the amazing depth and clarity that high definition offers.

Already in 2005, Subversion Media has thirteen shoots in the works with major label and independent acts to produce and distribute high definition programming both nationally and internationally. This year marks the company’s first international distribution deal which will be announced shortly.

Subversion's Creative Director Dave Gutt, "We have always viewed ourselves as a video production company operating within the music industry and high definition is the perfect medium for the live concert experience in the home. High Definition will be a major vehicle in the music business in the coming years."

Mike Dreese comments on his investment, "In just a few short years, Subversion Media has grown into a substantial force in live concert videography. Their practical knowledge of High Definition production is particularly timely and exciting. It is rewarding to enable such creative entrepreneurs to expand their enterprise at such a pregnant moment in the nexus of technology and music."
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: : Download the full press release here (.pdf)

12.01.04 - ***THE PIXIES : BEST NEWS EVER!***
Subversion Media will be filming the Pixies homecoming concert in December! We will be recording the show with 7 High Definition cameras/cranes at the Tsongas Arena in MA in early December. We are also in the process of filming a series of High Definition concerts for artists including Interpol (Matador Records), The Hives (Interscope Records), Gov't Mule (ATO Records), The Donnas (Atlantic Records) and Mission of Burma (Matador Records). You can look for these concert programs to be aired in High Definition in the New Year.
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Also, Congratulations to all of the Subversion Media Clients nominated for the 47th Annual Grammy Awards (Ani DiFranco, No Doubt, Dan Zanes, Coldplay, Evanescence and Felix Da Housecat)

10.23.04 - ***RED SOX AND ALTER BRIDGE***
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On October 8th 2004, Subversion Media was filming a live video for Alter Bridge (former Creed) at the Avalon Ballroon in Boston. After the Red Sox won game 3 against Anaheim to clinch their spot in the ALCS, a few of the players (Johnny Damon, Bronson Arroyo, Kevin Millar, Trot Nixon and Doug Mientkiewicz ) crossed Lansdowne Street and joined the band on stage to sing their single "Open Your Eyes". You can see this video by clicking the link below. Look for this video to be aired during the World Series on the Jumbotron and on the Fox World Series Coverage...
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: : "Open Your Eyes" featuring Red Sox

09.29.04 - ***SUBVERSION NEWS***
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Some concert video shoots set for October include a 9 camera shoot for Alter Bridge and Submersed (Wind Up Records) as well as a DVD for Martin Sexton. We will also be going on the road this month to shoot a series of concerts in High Definition for broadcast later in the year.
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Further expanding our High Definition capabilities, Subversion just acquired another Cinewave-equipped HD Editing System.
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Also, in the "work" section of our website there are new videos for two Boston based bands - Stoic "Falling Into" and Rubyhorse "Fell on Bad Days".
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08.27.04 - ***SUBVERSION NEWS***
Some projects that have been recently completed at the Subversion Studios include:
* Ani DiFranco, "MTV2 concert special" * WAAFs, "Miss Mantown 2005 DVD"
* Rubyhorse, "Fell on Bad Days" concept video * Stoic, "Falling Into" concept video

You can find a number of new releases from Subversion in the stores including:
* Seether - Disclaimer II (Ltd Edition With Bonus DVD)
* Vagrant Records - Another Year On The Streets 3 (CD and DVD)
* Todd Thibaud - "Live at Toad" (Full Length DVD)

Lastly, we just wrapped up our filming and editing duties for Season I of the Ruckus Show. Look for Season II to start up again in the Fall.

07.07.04 - ***SEETHER, DISCLAIMER II:***
The fine folks at Wind Up Records have just released Seether's "Disclaimer II" album.
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This new version includes a DVD featuring a live concert and backstage video footage shot and edited by Subversion Media. Disclaimer II has remained in the Billboard Top 100 since it was released on June 15th.
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Disclaimer II is the 4th DVD released by Wind Up Records featuring a live concert video produced by Subversion Media. Yep.. We are the best!
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You can see Seether's live video for "Gasoline" in the "WORK" section of this site.
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: : The Disclaimer II eCard can be seen here...

07.06.04 - ***RUBYHORSE VIDEO SHOOT***
Subversion Media will be filming a music video for Rubyhorse - the Boston band by way of Ireland - tomorrow at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, MA.
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If you ever wanted to be on MTV and don't quite see it happening in any other way in your lifetime....come on down....6 PM, Free Admission...21+
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The shoot will take place on WEDNESDAY, July 7th at the Paradise in Boston (967 Commonwealth Ave ).
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: : Rubyhorse Website

06.19.04 - ***SUBVERSION NEWS / VAGRANT RECORDS***
Vagrant Records is hard at work putting together “Another Year on The Streets Volume 3”. The album will feature BRAND NEW AND UNRELEASED songs by Dashboard Confessional, Alkaline Trio, From Autumn To Ashes, The Get Up Kids, Saves The Day, Reggie and the Full Effect, and more...
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The album will come with a bonus DVD featuring many videos and live footage by Subversion Media. It is scheduled for a June 22nd release.
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Subversion just completed a video for the Vagrant band, From Autumn to Ashes. The video for "The After Dinner Payback" is currently being aired on MTV and Fuse. You can also see it in the "WORK" section of our site.
: : Vagrant Records Website

05.10.04 - ***THE DONNAS ON THE TV!***
For those of you with Comcast On Demand - Check out The Donnas, "Live in Concert" program. No really, check it out - It is Free... The show was produced last year from the Paradise Rock Club in Boston. You can see the song "Take It Off" in the "WORK" section of our website.
: : The Donnas Website

04.06.04 - ***PAT MCGEE BAND NEWS***
The first single for the upcoming Pat McGee Band CD, "Beautiful Ways," is out now and available at iTunes with four live songs Subversion recorded at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, MA.

The full CD, "Save Me" was just released on April 6th, 2004 on Warner Brothers Records and features live video footage Subversion produced.
: : "Save Me" Behind the Scenes Video here...

01.23.04 - ***SUBVERSION IN THE BOSTON GLOBE!***
Steve Morse, from the Boston Globe, wrote a nice article on the fine operation we have here at Subversion Media.

"One of their main hookups has been with Wind-up Records, a large indie label for which Subversion has shot footage of BoySetsFire (in Philadelphia), Finger Eleven (in Buffalo), and Seether (in Hampton Beach, N.H.). And they've also done an electronic press kit (EPK as it's known in the industry) for Wind-up's fast-rising band, Evanescence.

"They have a real good can-do attitude and are very flexible," says Tony Bruno, senior vice president of marketing for Wind-up.

"We've used their shoots for broadcast TV shows, music videos, added bonus DVD content, regional TV commercials, and online usage," adds Bruno. "We've maximized the footage that they've given us."

-2004 Globe Newspaper Company
: : Read the full article here...

01.12.04 - ***WELCOME TO THE NEW SITE!***
Welcome to the new Subversion Media website. Thanks to the guys over at The Takeover Group for all their hard work. Take a couple minutes and check out the new site and everything it has to offer.