clipping. - Mirrorshades pt. 1

What this video is

Released September 19, 2025 as part of Dead Channel Sky Plus — the digital deluxe expansion of clipping.'s fifth studio album Dead Channel Sky (Sub Pop, March 14, 2025) — 'Mirrorshades pt. 1' operates at the intersection of cyberpunk literary tradition and contemporary industrial hip-hop. The album title references the static-filled sky in William Gibson's foundational cyberpunk novel Neuromancer, while…

Why it matters

This video is a primary document in the 2020s industrial/experimental hip-hop renaissance, demonstrating how avant-garde rap artists are explicitly weaponizing 1980s cyberpunk visual grammar — Max Headroom, CRT degradation, VHS glitch — as contemporary critique rather than mere nostalgia.…

The director

Iddo Goldberg (born 5 August 1975, Haifa/Tel Aviv, Israel) is an Israeli-British actor, producer, and director. He grew up in London after relocating at age 10. Best known as an actor for Snowpiercer (2020), Peaky Blinders (2013), Salem (2014–2017), and The…