Rustie - All Nite

What this video is

Released in August 2011 as the lead single from Rustie's debut album 'Glass Swords' on Warp Records, 'All Nite' arrived at a moment when the UK's post-dubstep underground was achieving unprecedented critical crossover. Rustie (Russell Whyte), a Glasgow-born producer associated with the Numbers collective, had developed a sound critics struggled to categorize — blending grime, hip-hop, dubstep, 16-bit video game…

Why it matters

As the lead single from 'Glass Swords', 'All Nite' served as the public introduction to a debut album that would become a touchstone of the Purple Sound / post-dubstep / wonky subgenre. Rustie's approach — described by critics as existing at the crossroads of raved-out dubstep, techno-colored…