Nightmares On Wax - Look Up (feat. Andrew Ashong & Sadie Walker)

What this video is

Released October 2018 on Warp Records as a standalone single, 'Look Up' emerged within Nightmares on Wax's (George Evelyn) broader artistic peak around the 'Shape the Future' LP period. The track is a collaboration with UK Afro-soul vocalist Andrew Ashong and vocalist Sadie Walker, both noted live performers within the NOW touring circle. The video, directed by Portugal-based João Pombeiro, exemplifies a…

Why it matters

Represents a mature, late-2010s articulation of UK downtempo and electronic soul — genres Nightmares on Wax helped define through the 1990s and 2000s on Warp Records. The video's collage-animation approach reinforces the music's sampledelic identity and documents the convergence of VJ culture,…

The director

João Pombeiro (b. 1979, Leiria, Portugal) is a visual artist, writer, animator, and director. He is best known as a co-creator of the animated character 'Bruno Aleixo' and for music videos that fuse collage, video, and animation. His work has screened at and…