Archangel ＂How To Lose Your Best Friend＂ - Archangel ＂How To Lose Your Best Friend＂

What this video is

Released in September 2008, this video sits at the intersection of the UK indie boom's final wave and the rising electro-pop moment that preceded the mainstream EDM surge. Archangel — the solo project of Nick Webber, a UK multi-instrumentalist and composer — self-wrote, self-performed, self-produced and self-recorded the album in a self-built Wiltshire studio, embodying the DIY auteur ethos of the era. The video's…

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Represents the UK indie-electro one-man-band sub-genre at its 2008 peak — fusing electronic energy, funk, post-punk and melodic pop with an art-school sensibility. Archangel drew from Roxy Music, Kraftwerk, Bowie and INXS, bridging late-70s/80s synth-pop heritage with 2000s indie production…