Nightmares on Wax - Now Is The Time

What this video is

Nightmares on Wax — the alias of Leeds-born producer George Evelyn — has been Warp Records' longest-serving artist since his debut in 1989. 'Now Is The Time' originally appeared on his 2013 LP 'Feelin' Good', described by critics as featuring 'squelchy reggae' underpinning and a 'jacking funk, classic house pianos and a dub MC vocal.' The track was released as part of a broader 25-year career retrospective during…

Why it matters

Nightmares on Wax is credited as a foundational figure in UK downtempo and trip-hop, and as one of the originators of the 'chillout' genre in electronic music. 'Now Is The Time' represents the mature, jazz-and-reggae-inflected phase of that lineage — a deliberate slowing of tempo and emotional…