As a deep house heater that parallels Duke Dumont’s I Got U from this same time last year, Michael Imperial’s All Night operates on a level that is basic: approachable, essential, and rhythmic without becoming a generic re-hash of the UK sound the mainstream’s become familiarized with over the course of 2014. In fact, the track, released through the Imperial’s label, Rare Beef, could very well become one of the first must have songs of 2015 for DJs as they search for new, provoking content.
The parallel continues with the video for Michael Imperial’s track which follows around a young man in an exotic locale as he interacts with vice. The video, expertly shot by commercial director Kristof Brandl, weaves through portraits of a Vietnamese young adults interactions with sexuality, drink, and carnage with calculated delicacy and grace resulting in multiple beautiful subtleties. In this context, the track complements these images the same way an aria would pair with images of a war torn battlefield: hauntingly and as if time stood still.
Watch the video after the jump and be sure to pick up Michael Imperial’s Secret Drugs: Vol. 3 for free on SoundCloud.