LoneLady - Immaterial

What this video is

Released November 9, 2009 as LoneLady's debut single for Warp Records, 'Immaterial' arrived at the apex of a critical re-evaluation of British post-punk. Julie Campbell — a Fine Art graduate from Manchester who began recording on a 4-track in a tower-block flat — channelled the angular minimalism of Gang of Four, Wire, Cabaret Voltaire, and A Certain Ratio into a sound critics described as having 'the skittering…

Why it matters

As the debut Warp Records release from an artist rooted in early-80s British post-punk, 'Immaterial' occupies a significant position in the 2000s indie-art-punk continuum. It documents the moment a self-taught, home-recording Manchester multi-instrumentalist entered the institutional avant-garde…