Jamie Lidell - Big Love

What this video is

Released in July 2013 as a single from Jamie Lidell's self-titled sixth studio album on Warp Records, 'Big Love' sits at the intersection of electronic music's indie-soul crossover moment and a broader cultural fascination with community-rooted performance. The video's documentary focus on the QKidz DanceTeam—a Cincinnati youth dance group—foregrounds Black youth culture and community space at a time when questions…

Why it matters

Represents a key artifact of the early-2010s glitch-soul and indie neo-funk movement, wherein electronic producers from the Warp Records orbit adopted classic R&B and funk song structures. The video's documentary visual language consciously resists the high-gloss production typical of mainstream…

The director

Michael Carter is a video director with a portfolio hosted on Cargo Collective (cargocollective.com/michaelcarter). Credited as director of Jamie Lidell's 'Big Love' (2013, Warp Records). No additional verifiable biographical details recoverable from…