Mint Royale with Lauren Laverne - Don't Falter

What this video is

Released on 24 January 2000 via Manchester's Faith & Hope Records, 'Don't Falter' sits at the precise cultural hinge point where UK big beat—which peaked critically and commercially between 1995 and 1999—was transitioning into a more accessible indie-pop electronic hybrid. Mint Royale, founded by Neil Claxton and Chris Baker in Manchester in 1997, had been championed by Fatboy Slim and were closely associated with…

Why it matters

A pivotal transitional artefact documenting the softening of UK big beat into pop-electronic crossover territory circa 2000. By featuring a prominent indie-pop vocalist (Laverne, ex-Kenickie) over an electronic production framework on an independent Manchester label, the track and video embody the…