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British duo Mount Kimbie, comprised of Dominic Maker and Kai Campos, came to the forefront of the electronic music scene in 2010 with their breakthrough album "Crooks & Lovers". They meticulously blur the boundaries between genres, knitting together sounds and moods, using spices from post-dubstep, shoegazey electronic and ambient-techno. Their impact is significant. They've helped evolve the idea of what electronic music can sound like, helping it to be taken seriously as a rich, complex and emotive genre.
Their eclectic audio aesthetic is mirrored in the music videos they've released over their career. Their video for “Made to Stray” is a perfect example of their minimalist visual approach. It features an ever-changing, deeply mesmerizing morphing of coloured inks spreading across a water surface—a challenging play with the notions of abstract imagery and continuous motion. Meanwhile, the video for “You Took Your Time” tells a nuanced and impactful story of life in a rough neighbourhood, all without uttering a word. You might want to keep a tissue handy, just in case you're susceptible to emotional visuals.
Did we mention a gentle reminder of our own mortality embedded in their work? The speech-synthesized voice of Microsoft Mary starred in their song, "Serged", which might have had a similar effect on us as that nostalgia for dial-up internet tones or that exhilarating thrill of dodging the snake in a game of old school Nokia Snake. Maybe it's just their cunning way to remind us that even the mechanical can be fragile and temporary. Times change, technologies come and go, but Mount Kimbie's nuanced ability to turn strangeness into beauty stays
indelibly etched in the minds of their listeners.
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