Music / First LookActress’s enigmatic new video comes directed by Dean BluntTwo of underground music’s most elusive artists join forces on an inscrutable visual for ‘Falling Rizlas’ShareLink copied ✔️August 17, 2017MusicFirst LookTextSelim Bulut Darren Cunningham has a way with words. The exquisitely titled “Falling Rizlas” appeared on AZD, Cunningham’s latest album under his shapeshifting Actress alias. It’s one of the electronic producer’s prettiest tracks, but there’s an enigmatic quality to it too, a sense of something else going on beneath the sound. Its new video is similarly elusive, coming directed by Dean Blunt. Blunt has gained a reputation as one of underground music’s most visionary artists, first with his work with Inga Copeland in the experimental duo Hype Williams and later for the incredible albums he released both solo and as part of Babyfather. But he’s also – rightly or wrongly – gained a reputation as a prankster, for creating deliberately inscrutable music and art and for feeding interviewers with outrageous lies. Blunt’s video for “Falling Rizlas” is an abstract narrative told over a series of strange images: police tape, a crime scene, a man in a forensic boiler suit, and a discarded leather motorbike jacket (which has previously been a feature of his gallery shows) all make an appearance. The camera focuses intently on each object, imbuing them with symbolic meaning that’s never revealed. Or maybe it means nothing at all. “There is no mystique, really, about what I do,” Actress told us recently. As well as releasing the video, Ninja Tune have also shared a new podcast with Actress that sees the musician sit down with his A&R Dean Bryce for a deep, hour-long discussion. Cunningham talks about everything from Solange to gender politics in electronic music, as well as the time he went missing in the Congo for a day. Subscribe to the podcast here to hear it, and watch the “Falling Rizlas” video above. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MORE2Slimey isn’t here to be a meme artist: ‘I want a fucking Grammy’ Nourished by Time: ‘Music should be fun – but it can’t be fun all the time’K-pop has an AI problemCoals are kickstarting Poland’s dream pop sceneEvilgiane’s camera roll from his tour with Snow StrippersFinnish alt-pop star Pehmoaino: ‘Art helps us survive this dark country’10 great albums you may have missed in the last three monthsLamb is making ‘electronic lyrical’ music that sounds like no one elseArabic shoegaze duo Kiss Facility speak a language deeper than words‘Nazis can’t dance’: Photos from London’s House Against Hate protest rave5 tracks you can’t miss from March 2026ADL: The best and worst tracks on Yeat’s new albumEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy