Every year Link TV puts together a compilation of the best videos that found their way onto the channel and into our hearts. It’s great fun because it’s a chance to look back on the year and remember it in a new way. Each of the videos presented here has something very special to offer. In some cases it’s an impressively offbeat approach, in some cases it’s a great performance, in still others, it’s a masterful demonstration of visual craft. And the music is wonderful in all of them. So here is our “Best of 2007” selection. Enjoy!
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 | Manu Chao "Rainin' in Paradize" (Spain/France) The color andpacing is bright and fast in this animated video and images fly byalmost too quickly to register. It adds up to a visual approximation ofhow we are bombarded by world news, reflecting the lyric itself. |
 | Abjeez "Eddeaa" (Iran/Sweden) The Iranian sisters Melodi andSafoura Safavi send up some Farsi Ska that pokes fun of the culturalpretensions of the older generation of Persians.
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Rabbi Shergil "Bulla Ki Jana" (India) This was an immense hitfor Shergil. Although it is a pure pop setting of words by the greatSufi Poet Baba Bulleh Shah, Shergil injects just enough traditionalornament into his singing to anchor it firmly in India.
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 | Thisflamenco fusion group from Granada created a charming video with thehelp of friends. Small budget, big Art. The way we like 'em.
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Gotan Project "Diferente" (Argentina/France) Thedoppelganger concept is milked for all its worth in this tightly knitvideo that quite literally mirrors the way tango partners must each beone half of a whole. |
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Richard Galliano "Michelangelo" (France) Beautifully shot andrecorded, this performance video captures the dynamic interactionbetween players as they whip their way through one of Astor Piazzola'sclassic Nuevo Tangos.
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Enver Ismailov "D'Enver Blues" (Ukraine) Truly a guitar wizard,Ismailov references Indian tabla vocalise, Balkan dance rhythms and abattery of foot pedals in this amazing excerpt from the Mamakabofestival in Russia.
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The Shin "Chips on the Water" (Georgia) Incorporatingtraditional Georgian instruments, polyphony and dancing with JazzFusion, the Shin have a blast on stage at a performance in Tbilisi.
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 | Kou Chou Ching "Black Heart" (Taiwan) This video was completelycreated on a computer, and has a timely message about the impact ofrunaway capitalism on the quality of goods, and ultimately, the qualityof life. |
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Dadawa "In the Setting of the Sun" (China) This is probablythe most aesthetically adventurous video of the sequence. The song ishypnotic and ambient, and the images seem to come right off a Chineselacquered screen.
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Estrella Morente "Zambra" (Spain) Spanish Director FernandoTrueba lavished much love on this video. It has the chiaroscuro of 17thcentury Spanish painting, and is a perfect setting for Flamenco --andfor Morente's brooding, passionate persona.
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Zulya and the Children of the Underground "Children of the Underground" (Russia) A retro animation style bolsters the sense of nostalgia in this bittersweet song about the Moscow Metro.
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La Mano Ajena "Aves Errantes" (Chile) Another example of a lowbudget/high creativity video, the song starts out whimsical, but packsa topical punch about the plight of immigrants at the end.
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