Synopsis

The video for "This New Technology" unfolds as a kaleidoscopic, psychedelic collage rather than a conventional performance piece. Abstract shapes, floating amoeba-like forms, smoke, mirrors, disco-style light effects and religious imagery move in sync with the track's propulsive electronic pulse. The imagery constantly morphs between cosmic, organic and ceremonial motifs, creating the impression of a visualizer caught between a ritual and a science-fiction dream. The Midnight Juggernauts appear within the hallucinatory design, but the video remains primarily focused on texture, motion and atmosphere.

Factoids & Trivia

• The video was released in October 2009, ahead of the band's second full-length album, "The Crystal Axis."

• "This New Technology" was issued as a preview EP through the Acéphale label. A limited 7-inch edition was pressed in only 500 copies.

• The EP included a radio edit and remixes by The Emperor Machine, Memory Tapes, Juan MacLean and Babe Rainbow.

• The visual style was widely described in contemporary coverage as psychedelic and kaleidoscopic, with comparisons to an altered, highly elaborate music visualizer.

• The track was one of the songs the band road-tested live while developing material for "The Crystal Axis."