Squarepusher - Midi Sans Frontieres (Avec Batterie)

Name: Squarepusher - Midi Sans Frontieres (Avec Batterie)
Uploaded: 2020-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Description: Released March 2, 2020 as the lead single for the Lamental EP (Warp Records, April 10, 2020), 'Midi Sans Frontieres (Avec Batterie)' carries a dual cultural lineage: it is an updated reworking of Tom Jenkinson's 2016 Brexit-response composition, originally released as a free download with open MIDI stems inviting global collaboration as…

2020 · Post-IDM Introspective Electronic (2020) · music video

Squarepusher - Midi Sans Frontieres (Avec Batterie) music video

2020Post-IDM Introspective Electronic (2020)Post-IDM / Warp Records contemplative electronic, Brexit-era political minimalism

What this video is

Released March 2, 2020 as the lead single for the Lamental EP (Warp Records, April 10, 2020), 'Midi Sans Frontieres (Avec Batterie)' carries a dual cultural lineage: it is an updated reworking of Tom Jenkinson's 2016 Brexit-response composition, originally released as a free download with open MIDI stems inviting global collaboration as an 'internationalist' gesture against rising xenophobia. The 2020 version adds…

Why it matters

Represents a key transitional moment in Squarepusher's discography — the contemplative counterpart to the maximalist breakbeat hysteria of Be Up A Hello, bridging his early 1990s IDM roots with mature melodic restraint. The track's integration of a James Brown 'Funky Drummer' sample into a…

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