Synopsis
The Seshen's "2000 Seasons" unfolds as a psychedelic journey through shifting colors, geometric patterns and cosmic imagery. Lalin St. Juste appears amid the visual turbulence, sometimes clearly and sometimes only as a silhouette, while animated forms rush and dissolve around her. A diamond serves as the video's central object, connecting the imagery to ideas of possession, conquest and transformation. Rather than following a conventional narrative, the clip moves through inner and outer spaces, creating an abstract visual counterpart to the song's themes of colonization of land, mind and body.
Factoids & Trivia
- The video premiered in September 2013, more than a year before "2000 Seasons" appeared on The Seshen's *Unravel EP*, released by Tru Thoughts on October 6, 2014.
- The Seshen described the song as addressing the possessive mindset behind colonization, extending the idea beyond land to include the mind and the body.
- The diamond at the center of the visual concept represents an alternate paradigm of existence and gives the otherwise fluid imagery a recurring focal point.
- The production combines live-action footage with animation, motion design, special effects and 3D visual work.
- Lalin St. Juste is the most prominent on-screen presence, but the video often reduces her image to a silhouette within the abstract patterns.
- The visual treatment was noted for its bright, kaleidoscopic colors, rapidly changing forms and deliberately aged film-scratch effect.
- "2000 Seasons" was presented as the second single from the planned EP during the video's initial release period.
- The track closes *Unravel*, a six-song EP that introduced The Seshen's Tru Thoughts era and combined the group's electronic, soul, hip-hop and psychedelic influences.