ORIGINAL SCORES
ARNETTE / Endless Ride
Pro skater Chris Joslin, surf-rockers Clean Spill, artist Sebo Walker, filmmaker Tom Mull and his skater brothers Dave and Steve take the lead, and they took us from the shores of Malibu to the trenches of the LA river, and back
REEF / ROB MACHADO SIGNATURE SANDAL COLLECTION
Rob Machado and Shane Dorian explore Maui’s Hana coastline untethered from today’s amenities, with only the guidance of the Machado Sandal. The waves weren’t all time, but navigating a tropical coast with just yourself and your best bud is the kind of trip that keeps us Just Passing Through.
ARNETTE / EYEWEAR MAGAZINE
This 31-year-old working dad surfs on his lunch break, teaches his daughter how to skate on the weekends and shows us Venice Beach from an insider’s perspective.
REEF / JUST PASSING THROUGH Baja: EP. 9
It's called a surgical strike for a reason. You spot the perfect swell with the perfect conditions on the forecast. The kind you know is going to light up that magical wave you've been dreaming of.
RAY-BAN / SCHOOL OF DOODLE
Produced by Ray-Ban, School of Doodle is a space that offers girls knowledge, skills and experiences not taught in high school. This short doc follows three girls' experience through the School of Doodle set to a pulsating punk and prog rock soundtrack.
VIMEO / WINTER X-GAMES 2010
Aired live on the jumbotron at the 2010 Winter X-Games in Sun Valley. This highlight reel featured Vimeo's staff picks of extreme sports videos set to inspirational music produced by Salsa Flask.
TEVA / TAIL-FIN TRIALS
Trevor Gordon worked with shaper Ryan Lovelace to create four weird iterations of a finless surfboard. With nothing but curiosity and intuition guiding them, the boards were made with radical asymmetrical lines coming to a pointed tail on the toe side. The following is a showcase of Trevor's trials with each board.
filme von draussen / 32 (S)miles per hour
Smiles per Hour (SpH): Measurement unit for the fun factor of mountain bike trails. Filme Von Draussen is a Zurich based video production company dedicated to capturing the enormous thrill of the ride on a tiny screen. This promotional video showcases pros smashing down epic bodies including the Matterhorn that'll inspire you to ride.
MUSIC CURATION
YOURS TRULY
Yours Truly is a creative agency and video production company that we have worked closely with for nearly a decade; long before Salsa Flask existed.
Past project with Yours Truly include: sound recording, sound post production, scoring, and music curation.
RAY-BAN
In 2014, Salsa Flask helped Ray Ban launch their SoundCloud page, curating a series of weekly mixes exclusively for the platform. Then, in 2015 Salsa Flask curated a library of over 200 hours of themed playlists to soundtrack Ray Ban's immersive music festival "The 13th Hour" which took place in London. The event ended with a climactic choreographed dance performance set to an original score by Salsa Flask with accompaniment from a live band and 30 costumed actors.
HAPPY PUNCHES
From 2012-2015 Salsa Flask curated and booked 15-20 concerts per month in New York City featuring 3-5 live acts per show. The series, titled Happy Punches participated in CMJ, Northside Music Festival and was frequently reviewed by TimeOut, The Deli, and The Village Voice.
oakley
One of Salsa Flask’s oddest jobs to date was composing original hold music for Oakley’s customer service line. Go ahead, give them a ring and check us out.
MUSIC EDUCATION
adidas sound labs
Short film series profiles seven individuals/organization that adidas Communities support as part of their social impact initiative; including: S.E.E.D., Isra Hirsi, Adam Francique, Michael Uzowuru, Ruth Carter, Dr. Kimberly Monroe, and LEAD. Clark Barclay, of Salsa Flask, mentored six Sound Labs students through the entire process of scoring the seven short films.
MUSIC SUPERVISION
Clark Barclay, of Salsa Flask, supervised and composed the score and soundtrack to Kid Cuti’s “Mad Solar Radio,” an original Amazon podcast pilot.
