Yves Tumor - Noid

What this video is

Released in January 2019 as the official video for the lead single from Yves Tumor's critically acclaimed 2018 Warp Records debut *Safe in the Hands of Love*, 'Noid' arrived during a period of acute national debate around police violence against Black Americans. The video's street-level, documentary-realist depiction of police abuse in downtown Los Angeles functioned as a direct artistic intervention. Pitchfork…

Why it matters

A landmark artifact of late-2010s Black experimental music, 'Noid' synthesizes neo-psychedelia, noise, alternative dance, and protest art into a form critics labeled 'neo-disco' and 'wonky pop.' It marks a pivotal moment in Yves Tumor's trajectory — from abstract noise to direct socio-political…

The director

Andreas Brauning is a Chilean filmmaker, artist, and writer based in Venice Beach, California. His IMDB credits include directing the music video for Yves Tumor's 'Noid' (2019) and producing the short film 'Pretext' (2017). 'Noid' represents his most widely…