Low - Quorum

What this video is

Released June 12, 2018, 'Quorum' arrived as the lead single and opening visual statement for Low's twelfth studio album Double Negative (Sub Pop, Sept. 14, 2018), marking the band's 25th year. Produced by BJ Burton at Justin Vernon's April Base studio in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Double Negative represented a radical sonic departure — burying Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker's signature harmonies under snarling static,…

Why it matters

A landmark document of late-2010s post-industrial slowcore's intersection with avant-garde music video practice. The complete abandonment of saturation (0.0), ultra-low brightness, and hypnotic rapid montage constitute a visual analogue to the album's glitch-pop aesthetic, cementing Double…

The director

Ben Chisholm is a US-based musician, producer, mixer, and music video director, best known as a long-term collaborator and music director for Chelsea Wolfe. He has directed music videos for Chelsea Wolfe ('Carrion Flowers,' 2015; 'The Culling,' 2018; 'Be All…