TNGHT - Higher Ground (Hudson Mohawke x Lunice)

What this video is

Released in July 2012 alongside the critically acclaimed TNGHT EP on Warp x LuckyMe, 'Higher Ground' arrived at the precise cultural moment when Glasgow's Hudson Mohawke and Montreal's Lunice were pioneering a rave subgenre of trap that bridged Southern US hip-hop production with UK electronic club aesthetics. The EP landed on numerous year-end lists, debuted on the Billboard 200, and earned Pitchfork's 'Best New…

Why it matters

A defining artifact of the 2012 rave-trap moment, 'Higher Ground' fused Southern hip-hop's rapid-fire hi-hats and 808 bass architecture with UK electronic production sensibility. Its music video distills the aesthetic DNA of the Warp/LuckyMe axis: dark, saturated, kinetic club imagery that…