Clark - Superscope

What this video is

Released in February/March 2014, 'Superscope' marked Clark's (Chris Clark, Warp Records stalwart) return to dancefloor-oriented material after the more pastoral Iradelphic (2012). The video crystallises a broader mid-2010s tendency within the UK/European experimental electronic community to reassert analogue hardware credibility through extreme lo-fi aesthetics — using pre-digital scientific instruments as…

Why it matters

A landmark example of oscilloscope music video art, 'Superscope' sits at the intersection of IDM, acid techno, and analogue visual art. It is a rare instance of a commercially released music video with zero post-production intervention — the entire visual content is generated in real time by audio…

The director

Vincent Oliver is a London-based musician and oscilloscope artist operating under the Adoxo project name. He is known for creating audio-reactive visual art using cathode ray oscilloscopes, routing synthesiser and test tone signals into the device's XY mode…