Plaid - Maru (Orbital Remix)

What this video is

Released 22–23 May 2019 as a standalone digital single on Warp Records (WARPDD303C), the Maru (Orbital Remix) appeared as a teaser ahead of Plaid's ninth studio album Polymer (7 June 2019). The remix represents a reunion of two foundational pillars of the UK electronic continuum: Plaid — Ed Handley and Andy Turner, Warp veterans since the early 1990s — and Orbital, the Hartnoll brothers whose career stretches from…

Why it matters

This release exemplifies the post-IDM Warp continuum in which founding-generation acts (Plaid, Orbital) engage in inter-generational remix dialogue. Orbital's remix of Plaid's 'Maru' draws on both artists' shared roots in UK rave, techno, and ambient electronica, producing a 6:23 track (123 BPM,…