The Helio Sequence - Negotiations

What this video is

Released September 11, 2012 on Sub Pop Records, 'Negotiations' is the title track of The Helio Sequence's fifth album — a record forged out of adversity after the Portland duo's studio flooded in 2009, forcing them to rebuild their creative process from scratch in a warehouse space. The album emerged from late-night improvisation sessions influenced by minimalist ambient composers and frank Sinatra's Capitol-era…

Why it matters

As the title track of one of Sub Pop's most sonically adventurous 2012 releases, 'Negotiations' documents the convergence of indie rock, dream pop, and minimalist ambient composition — a lineage running from Brian Eno through Talk Talk to the Pacific Northwest's early-2010s emotional introspection…

The director

Emanuele Kabu is a music video director credited on IMVDb for directing The Helio Sequence's 'Negotiations' title track video (2012). No further verified biographical details are available from current indexed sources.