Loren Risker is a video producer, documentarian, and co-founder of the Oakland based 24/7 music video channel OutOfFocus.TV. His videos have received well over a million views on YouTube. He has helped build the video channel for COUNTABLE.US from the ground up, live streamed for brands such as CORSAIR and FANDOM/WIKIA, and co-founded the annual OUT OF FOCUS MUSIC VIDEO FESTIVAL in Oakland, CA. He's worked with Bay Area legendary musicians such as Shannon and the Clams and Sonny and the Sunsets, and live streamed the Burger Boogaloo festival 2 years in a row. His work has been featured on Salon.com, MTV.com, Stereogum, Vice/Noisey, and linked to by the Wall Street Journal.
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Watch: A Mini-Doc on Carletta Sue Kay, Possibly S.F.'s Most Indescribable Band (SFweekly)
Behind The Jams: The DJ Primo Story (Uptown Almanac)
OutOfFocus.TV Profiles Natural Child (Nashville Scene)
All You Ever Wanted to Know About Shannon and the Clams (Uptown Almanac)
"Truly absurd": New Web series skewers San Francisco's tech culture (Salon)
New Web Series Satirizes SF’s Tech Boom (The Bold Italic)
Shannon and the Clams at Burger Boogaloo (Brooklyn Vegan)
Sam Flax Video Premiere (Gorilla vs Bear)
SHANNON AND THE CLAMS “CORVETTE” (LA Record)
GET STOOD UP BY A 1950S GREASER IN THE VIDEO FOR "CORVETTE" BY SHANNON AND THE CLAMS (VICE)
Shannon And The Clams Take A Retro Ride In ‘Corvette’ (MTV)
OutofFocus.TV Presents First Annual Music Video Fest at The New Parkway (SF Weekly)
“Remember when MTV used to play music videos?” (East Bay Express)
Sonny and The Sunsets Are All About Self-Acceptance In "Well But Strangely Hung Man"