Battles have premiered their video for their track “Dot Net“, a song taken from their latest release, “La Di Da Di“. The video arrives as part of Warp Records‘ collaboration with the UK’s Channel 4‘s ‘Random Acts‘, pairing acts from the label with visual artists. Director Ben Jones was the choice in this situation, with bassist, etc. Dan Konopka stating:
“Ben Jones and I went Massachusetts College of Art together in the 90s and I’ve been a huge fan of his work as both a solo artist and a member of Paper Rad ever since.
When Channel Four approached us about a collaboration with a visual artist, Ben Jones immediately came to mind because I have always thought that there would be a great synthesis of Ben‘s experimental animation and Battles‘ technicolor sounds–a joining of two forms that I have been wanting to make happen for years.
As luck would have it, when I reached out to Ben to see if he would be interested in collaborating, he had just finished installing a new solo show of some outstanding new work, which is featured throughout the Dot Net video. Through his incorporation of a live-action gallery scene intercut with his authentically one-of-a-kind animation, Ben made a video for Dot Net that is one of my favorite Battles video collaborations and absolute joy to watch over and over again.”
