Africa Hitech - Out In The Streets

What this video is

Released in 2011 on Warp Records as a single from Africa Hitech's debut album '93 Million Miles,' 'Out In The Streets' represents a pivotal moment in UK electronic music when post-dubstep, footwork-adjacent, and jungle-revivalist sounds were converging into a new electronic mainstream. Africa Hitech — the duo of veteran producers Mark Pritchard and Steve Spacek — brought deep underground credibility to a track that…

Why it matters

A landmark release in the post-dubstep / UK bass continuum, 'Out In The Streets' synthesized jungle's breakbeat energy, ragga vocal samples, and dubby electronic production into a form that transcended underground niches. Its success validated the jungle-drum-and-bass revival of the early 2010s…

The director

Mark Simpson is the founder and creative director of Sixty40, a Sydney-based design and animation studio. He has served as creative director at one of Australia's top commercial animation houses, earning multiple advertising and craft awards. He later headed…