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Evan Ifekoya, Disco Breakdown (still), 2014, video, 3 mins 16 secs. Video by Evan Ifekoya, found footage from the Prelinger archive, music by The Mollus Dimension and sound Mastered by Lin Sangster. Image courtesy of the artist.

Disco Breakdown, 2014
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Disco Breakdown (2014), is a performance video, one in a series of four 'music video works that seek to 'queery' the music video format. Here, the artist sings lyrics to...
Disco Breakdown (2014), is a performance video, one in a series of four 'music video works that seek to 'queery' the music video format. Here, the artist sings lyrics to an accompanying song that references electro-clash and early electro. They talk of working late in their studio, and Twitter and social media are bombarding them with bad news. They should be on the picket lines, throwing their body behind political causes, the lyrics lament. Instead, they dream of 'dancing in the discotheque as the disaffected, flat chorus repeats over the lo-fi electro tune.