Leila ft. Mt. Sims - (disappointed cloud) anyway

What this video is

Released in December 2011 on Warp Records as a preview EP for Leila's album U&I, this video sits at the intersection of UK experimental electronic music's Warp-affiliated avant-garde and the emerging DIY music video culture enabled by Vimeo and YouTube distribution. Mt. Sims, known for collaboration with Swedish art-pop group The Knife, brings a distinctly Scandinavian-inflected experimental pop sensibility to…

Why it matters

Represents a key document of early-2010s UK experimental electronic music video practice: low-budget, concept-driven, director-as-artist, distributed via Vimeo and YouTube outside traditional broadcast channels. The Warp Records lineage connects it to a prestigious IDM/electronica heritage while…

The director

ladypat (also known as ladypatxx) is a UK-based video director and artist credited on IMVDb and self-identified as the creator on the official Vimeo upload of this video. Active in the UK experimental music video scene circa 2011, working within the Warp…