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TNGHT - ACRYLICS

2013 · Post-Dubstep / Trap EDM Ascendancy (2013) · music video
TNGHT - ACRYLICS music video
2013Post-Dubstep / Trap EDM Ascendancy (2013)Warp/LuckyMe rave-trap underground — UK-Canada electronic music axis, 2012–2013

What this video is

Released April 9, 2013 on Warp Records and LuckyMe, ACRYLICS arrived at peak TNGHT momentum — timed around a Coachella Gobi Stage appearance — and functioned as a bridge single between their celebrated 2012 self-titled EP and an announced hiatus later that year. The duo, consisting of Glasgow's Hudson Mohawke and Montreal's Lunice, had by this point been credited with pioneering rave-inflected trap music, a…

Why it matters

ACRYLICS stands as a canonical artifact of the 2012–2013 rave-trap genre moment — a direct product of the Warp/LuckyMe axis that reshaped both underground club music and mainstream hip-hop production. Described contemporaneously as a 'trend-setting trap anthem,' the track was licensed for…

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