Hudson Mohawke - Indian Steps ft. Antony

What this video is

Released December 2015, six months after Hudson Mohawke's sophomore album Lantern (Warp Records, June 2015), the video arrives at a moment when electronic music's avant-garde wing was actively courting fine-art and fashion-world collaborators to elevate music video as a medium. Commissioned by i-D magazine, the video functions simultaneously as editorial fashion film and music video — a dual-channel format…

Why it matters

Represents the apex of the Warp Records art-electronic visual tradition, where music video becomes a medium for fine-art concept execution rather than promotional product. The Rodin-referencing CGI body-sculpture approach anticipates the broader 2016-2020 trend of art-world CGI aesthetics in music…

The director

Daniel Sannwald (born 1979) is a German photographer and director based in London. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. He regularly contributes to fashion publications including i-D, Dazed, Vogue, and 032c. His directorial credits…