TNGHT - Bugg'n (Hudson Mohawke x Lunice)

What this video is

Released July 2012 alongside the TNGHT EP on Warp X LuckyMe, 'Bugg'n' arrived at the precise moment rave-inflected trap was transitioning from underground blog culture to mainstream festival stages. TNGHT — the duo of Scottish producer Hudson Mohawke and Canadian producer Lunice — had debuted at SXSW 2012 to significant buzz, and the EP became a touchstone for what critics described as a new hybrid of 808-driven…

Why it matters

TNGHT's 'Bugg'n' is a canonical artifact of early rave-trap — a genre TNGHT and LuckyMe helped pioneer — blending 808 bass architecture from Southern hip-hop with the energy and tempo of UK club music. The track and video arrived at a pivotal inflection point before trap EDM became a stadium…

The director

Peter Marsden is a Scotland-born writer, director, and animator who serves as in-house director for LuckyMe Records. His music video work for Rustie, Cashmere Cat, and Lunice earned critical acclaim and Vimeo Staff Picks. His short film Not Required Back…