TNGHT - FIRST BODY

What this video is

Released 7 November 2019 as the third single from TNGHT's comeback EP 'II' (Warp Records / LuckyMe, 12 November 2019), 'FIRST BODY' marked the duo's most fully realised return after a six-year hiatus. TNGHT — Scottish producer Hudson Mohawke (Ross Birchard) and Canadian producer Lunice (Lunice Fermin Pierre II) — had gone on indefinite hiatus in December 2013, partly in response to the commercial co-option of trap…

Why it matters

As a visual document for a track catalogued under Warp's Bass / Club taxonomy at 94 BPM in A minor, the 'FIRST BODY' video exemplifies the late-2010s convention of high-concept, low-narrative music visuals for instrumental electronic music — prioritising mood immersion and abstract imagery over…