New World Disorder 10: Dust and Bones review
The circle is complete. There has to be room on your shelf for Dust and Bones…
I guess NWD10: Dust and Bones is the last in the series which is just as well since I would hate to try follow up this release with a sequel. Nothing too flash with the packaging other than a cool faux 3D treatment to the design. You open the box and there is the DVD right away. No crap from a marketing department or overly complex jewel case. No time wasting, just put the DVD in and go. I wont dissect each persons sections because, well they are all damn good and you need to watch them instead of reading what I have to say about them.
I have watched NWD9 and was impressed with the high production levels and NWD10 is just as high. The videography is the best I have ever seen for MTB with solid compositions and amazingly well tracked high speed rider shots. Freeride Entertainment did something really smart and I am guessing they did it intentionally: they cranked up the contrast on quite a few clips adding some noise into the picture as well as some grime. If you have ever watched an entire video that consists of super sharp HD footage it gets sterile towards the end. The littered high contrast breaks up the visual treats of the untouched clips giving the look a balanced feel.
Freeride Entertainment dropped some serious cash for the soundtrack and have a good collection of songs. Record companies charge extortionate licensing fee’s for using their songs and that is why so many action sport DVD’s out there have lo-fi garage bands in their videos. The choice of tunes is radio friendly for 2010 so that might date this release a few years from now when the trends change. A good thing however since by the time their next release is ready they can approach this release like “that was 2010, this is 2011″. Kurt Voreis part is a well spaced interlude that has no music in the background at all but consists of ambient bike riding sounds. His part is a great example of how each section has its own uniqueness from riding style to riding spots to editing.
Tricks for the most part surface into the world in this order: Skate – BMX – MTB. That gap between BMX and MTB has now been closed in 10. The big bike riders are more dialled with their trick execution and a lot smoother. It is clear that MTB’ing has caught up in terms of freestyle and from now on I am sure we will start to see new tricks coming from them as opposed to BMX first. Just look at Cam McCauls part to see what I mean (one trick in particular which you will figure out).
The 3 transitions of Semenuks part, the sweeping beauty of Gee Athertons section in Italy, the A to Z of tricks with Greg Watts, the street shredding with Adam Hauck and the FMX inspired airtime of the Zinc/Sorge section: Dust and Bones is THE Mountain Bike video. Don’t be a dick and download a copy because it is worth every cent and we need to help fund releases like this. The world needs more disorder.
Tags: Dust and Bones, freeride entertainment, nwd10, VAS Entertainment
