GAIKA - Immigrant Sons (Pesos & Gas)

What this video is

Released July 2018, 'Immigrant Sons (Pesos & Gas)' arrives at a moment of heightened discourse around race, policing, and Black British identity — the same month GAIKA publicly criticised Metropolitan Police crackdowns on drill music. The track is rooted in GAIKA's Grenadian-Jamaican-British heritage and soundsystem lineage, and its co-production with SOPHIE places it at the exact intersection of UK underground…

Why it matters

A landmark moment in the convergence of UK grime, gothic dancehall, industrial electronics, and SOPHIE-era hyperpop production. GAIKA's debut on Warp Records with this single demonstrated that post-grime's political and sonic ambitions could operate at a fully experimental, international level.…

The director

Filipino-born director and editor raised in a small fishing town in the Philippines; scholarship graduate of the International Academy of Film and Television in Cebu. Built early career in commercial editing for Pepsi, Coca-Cola, and Samsung before…