Darkstar - You Don't Need A Weatherman (cult x zomby remix (kollaps))

What this video is

Released in late 2013 as the B-side of the HD7 remix EP on Warp Records, this visual companion to the kollaps remix sits at the intersection of UK underground electronic culture and the art-video tradition. The source track 'You Don't Need A Weatherman' appears on Darkstar's second LP News From Nowhere (February 2013), a record produced at Richard Formby's analogue studio in Leeds and named after a William Morris…

Why it matters

Documents the post-dubstep to experimental art-pop transition in UK electronic music circa 2013, and the practice of releasing minimal or abstract visuals for high-concept B-side remixes on prestige independent labels. The Zomby/Cult Music/Darkstar intersection represents a key node in the UK bass…