Mount Kimbie - Home Recording

What this video is

Released in August 2013 to support Mount Kimbie's second LP Cold Spring Fault Less Youth (Warp Records, May 2013), this video arrives at a critical juncture in UK electronic music when the post-dubstep scene was evolving beyond dancefloor functionality into cinematic, emotionally driven art pieces. The video's use of fan homes as locations resonates with the DIY intimacy embedded in the track's title and Mount…

Why it matters

A landmark document of post-dubstep's visual language in its art-music phase: slow-cinema editing rhythms, deliberate underexposure, and composite portraiture align with the sonic restraint of the genre. The video helped cement the Warp Records aesthetic of treating electronic music videos as…

The director

Anthony Dickenson is a London-based multidisciplinary artist, director, and photographer with nearly two decades of experience in film, photography, and fine art. He is represented by 1stAveMachine and has directed music videos for Mount Kimbie, The xx,…