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ISAN - Channel Ten

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Synopsis

ISAN's "Channel Ten" is presented as an abstract audiovisual piece rather than a conventional narrative video. Geometric forms, glowing colors, and electronically generated patterns shift, pulse, and reorganize in time with the track's soft rhythmic motion. The imagery creates a retro-futurist atmosphere, suggesting a broadcast signal or animated circuit coming gradually to life. With no characters or linear storyline to follow, the video focuses on texture, repetition, and the gentle interplay between synthetic sound and constantly changing visuals.

Factoids & Trivia

  • "Channel Ten" appeared in connection with ISAN's 2010 album "Glow In The Dark Safari Set," released by Morr Music.
  • The track is the album's opener and runs for approximately four minutes and 45 seconds.
  • ISAN consists of Antony Ryan and Robin Saville, who met in Leicester in the 1990s and built their music around electronic instruments, small-scale experimentation, and analog textures.
  • The song's presentation reflects the broader aesthetic of "Glow In The Dark Safari Set," whose concept drew on fire, embers, bioluminescence, and the glow of vintage electronic equipment.
  • The video circulated online through Morr Music's Vimeo presence in 2010, placing it within the label's long-running tradition of pairing electronic releases with carefully designed visual material.
  • The music was made using old Casio keyboards, tape loops, and other hands-on sound sources, an approach that helps explain the video's tactile, machine-like visual character.
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