And I thought the swamp donkey was hardcore. Boy was I wrong:

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Check out Swiss hip-hop crew, Liricas Analas getting massive in this youtube video of their track ‘Siemis’.

The baths are already a rather primal place - the mass of the stone dug into the side of a mountain, the silver coiffured ladies wading in steaming pools, black leather curtains and fourteen different types of muesli at the buffet. However add a hip-hop posse all clad in white, some super mystical monks in red, a medieval knight (dude! don’t go in the flower pool! You’ll rust/drown!) and ancient mask held aloft and all of sudden things get are bound to get a whole lot heavier.

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I do wonder how this crew/posse managed to sweet talk Mrs Zumthor and her fellow directors into allowing them to film their epic masterpiece of wordcraft in the baths. As anyone who has ever visited the baths would know it is difficult enough to smuggle in a digital camera let alone a suit of armour. An accordion, maybe. Suit of armour? No.

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And thanks to David N for the heads up.

[update] Matt points out that Janet Jackson too has bathed in Vals for a video clip. It is a little less Fransiscan Monk than Liricas Analas’s effort though.