We shot this film during Napoleon IIIrd’s triumphant performance at Hoxton Hall last month. Usually one to perform completely solo, using backing tapes, loops and a mass of pedals to re-create the sounds on record – here, Mabbett employs talent from the Brainlove Records fraternity including members of Internet Forever, Keyboard Choir, A Scholar and A Physician and Stairs To Korea. The results: jaw dropping.

Napoleon IIIrd – Koko, London 19/11/10
Borrowing drummers from AKDK, horns from Stairs to Korea and Internet Forever, and keys from DreamTrak, tonight’s album launch at Koko sees Napoleon IIIrd blow the lid off his own carefully crafted soundscape.










