GRAMMY nominated duo, Disclosure release new single and video, “Arachnids.”
Written and produced by Guy Lawrence, “Arachnids” strays from the pop sensibilities of past hits like “Latch” ft. Sam Smith, ultimately taking the form of a spellbinding instrumental piece that’s endlessly shifting in texture and intensity. In bringing the moody and majestic track to life, Guy immersed himself in what he refers to as “an ever-evolving creative puzzle of sound design and groove exploration,” taking months to shape its expansive arrangement of sonic details: wildly careening beats, throbbing grooves, incandescent synth, hauntingly ethereal vocal effects. Constructed around a 10-minute drum-machine jam, the result is both massive in scope and thrilling in impact.
Directed by UNCANNY (Porter Robinson, Danny Brown), the video for “Arachnids” perfectly channels the track’s hard-hitting energy and captures a blissed-out throng of club-goers at Venue MOT (an industrial club in London).
Conceptualized as an explorative study of “Arachnids,” the video also intercuts oddly mesmerizing images of insects — brilliantly creating the sensation of the track’s raw power awakening something inhuman and unexplainable within all who experience it.
“Arachnids” arrives on the heels of “in2minds” — an exhilarating collaboration with DJ/producer Chris Lake, released via Black Book Records/Astralwerks last month.