The Correspondents - Bad Ragsaw Boogie

What this video is

Released in 2012, this video sits within the peak years of the UK electro swing revival, a movement led by London and Brighton-based acts fusing 1920s–1930s jazz aesthetics with contemporary electronic production. The Correspondents, formed in 2007 by Ian Bruce and Tim Cole, were key figures in this scene, described as 'swing-hip-hop duo' producing 'Hip Hop for the 1930s.' The video's warm, vintage-tinted visual…

Why it matters

A representative artefact of the early 2010s UK electro swing video aesthetic: warm, fast-cut, performance-led, and theatrically staged on modest budgets. The Correspondents were among the genre's defining live acts, and this video captures the kinetic, MC-fronted energy that distinguished UK…

The director

London-based filmmaker and comedy writer-director. Originally from an editing background, Dingle joined Pukka Films as an editor in 2008 before developing skills as a writer and director on corporate and commercial films. He went freelance in 2012 and is…