Synopsis
The video for "Keep It Low (Andy Stott Remix)" presents The Hundred In The Hands through a collage of warped, indistinct imagery. Fragmented views of Eleanore Everdell and Jason Friedman emerge, blur, stretch, and dissolve as the visuals move between shadowy portraiture and abstract textures. Rather than following a literal narrative, the piece mirrors Andy Stott's slowed, bass-heavy reworking of the song, creating a hazy, nocturnal atmosphere in which the performers seem to appear and disappear inside the remix.
Factoids & Trivia
- The video was released in May 2012 as a visual accompaniment to Andy Stott's remix of "Keep It Low," ahead of The Hundred In The Hands' second album, "Red Night."
- Warp Records produced the film. Its imagery came from original material shot by Jesse Hlebo and Justin Staple Ounce, with Staple Ounce also handling the editing.
- The visual treatment deliberately avoids a conventional performance-video format. The band members are present, but their appearances are repeatedly obscured by distortion, blur, and layered image manipulation.
- The remix appeared on the "Keep It Low" single, released by Warp Records on May 28, 2012. The release also included remixes by JD Twitch and patten, plus the non-album track "Mountains."
- The band had been listening closely to Stott's "Passed Me By" and "We Stay Together" EPs while making "Red Night." They specifically sought him out for the remix because of his extreme low-end textures and unusual production ideas.
- Contemporary coverage characterized the remix as a much slower and more submerged transformation of the original electro-pop track. The video follows that change by replacing brightness and clarity with murky, dreamlike imagery.
- The film was presented through Warp's online channels during the album campaign, helping frame "Keep It Low" as part of the darker, more nocturnal world associated with "Red Night."