LoneLady - Hinterland

What this video is

Released March 2015 on Warp Records alongside the album of the same name, 'Hinterland' the track and video sit at the intersection of Manchester's post-industrial art heritage and mid-2010s UK independent music culture. LoneLady (Julie Campbell) self-recorded the album in her Manchester home studio, drawing on psychogeography, Brutalist architecture and childhood landscapes of Audenshaw. The video's warm 70s…

Why it matters

Represents a key document of the mid-2010s UK post-punk/art-funk revival: a solo artist on Warp Records deploying DIY production ethics, psychogeographic conceptualism and retro-televisual aesthetics. The video's zero-cut, durational approach and animation overlay technique distinguish it within…

The director

Sheffield-born, New York-based interdisciplinary artist, film director, actor, performance artist and theatre maker. Works across film, theatre, movement and installation. Directed LoneLady's 'Bunkerpop' promo (screened at Aesthetica Short Film Festival…