Mount Kimbie - Slow

What this video is

Released in 2013 as track 9 on Mount Kimbie's second album Cold Spring Fault Less Youth (Warp Records), 'Slow' sits at the midpoint of the duo's transition from the post-dubstep scene of their debut Crooks & Lovers toward a broader experimental electronic and indie-rock hybrid. Critics noted that 'Slow' and 'Sullen Ground' were the album's closest returns to the white-noise electronica of the debut. The album cycle…

Why it matters

Mount Kimbie were central to the codification and subsequent evolution of post-dubstep as a genre. Cold Spring Fault Less Youth demonstrated their move toward live instrumentation and indie textures, influencing a generation of producers working at the intersection of electronic and organic sound.…