Nightmares On Wax - Isolated (feat. Pip Millett and Sabrina Mahfouz)

What this video is

Released on 29 October 2021 as track 13 of Nightmares On Wax's ninth studio album 'Shout Out! To Freedom...' on Warp Records, 'Isolated' emerges from a period of profound global disruption. Producer George Evelyn, a Leeds-born DJ active since 1988, developed the album during pandemic lockdown, with the murder of George Floyd deepening the project's themes of freedom, emotional interiority, and collective…

Why it matters

Represents the maturation of UK downtempo and neo-soul as vehicles for socially conscious artistic expression in the early 2020s. Nightmares On Wax, one of the original architects of the chillout and trip-hop genre active since 1988 on Warp Records, here synthesises spoken-word poetry, neo-soul…