Darkstar - A Day's Pay For A Day's Work

What this video is

Released in 2013 to accompany the album News From Nowhere (Warp Records, February 2013), this video arrives at a pivotal moment in UK electronic music when post-dubstep artists were trading club-oriented production for introspective, song-based structures. Darkstar's move from Hyperdub to Warp signalled a broader cultural shift toward ambient electronica and art-pop. The video's grounding in a South London…

Why it matters

Represents a key document in the art-music-video tradition of the early 2010s UK electronic scene — specifically the Warp Records school of concept-driven, non-performance promos. Alongside contemporaries such as Jon Hopkins and James Blake, Darkstar's visual output for News From Nowhere…

The director

London-based director and writer; BA Fine Art graduate of Central Saint Martins. Began directing after assisting on a music video for Lightspeed Champion. Recipient of BFI Future Film Award, Underwire Outstanding Female Talent prize, and UKMVA nominations…