Zeds Dead drop a surprise visual release, ‘Channel Flipping 2: Only You‘, expanding the storyline from their 2025 album Return To The Spectrum Of Intergalactic Happiness. The YouTube-only piece continues the album’s concept of a television jumping through time, sound, and memory while transforming their viral Red Rocks mashup into a full cinematic work.
On brand: Zeds Dead, the live dance music act dedicated to film and music history
Zeds Dead built their name from two sources. The first is the iconic line “Zed’s dead, baby” from Pulp Fiction. The second comes from the initials of the duo’s first names: Z for Zachary “Hooks” Rapp-Rovan and D for Dylan “DC” Mamid. During their early brainstorming sessions, the reference stood out as memorable, sharp, and easy to recognize. The phrase captured the grit and punch of their sound, so they adopted it as their official name. This big decision set them up to be one of the most favored brands in dubstep culture.
‘Channel Flipping 2: Only You’ Breakdown
The mix pulls viewers into a fast-moving stream of 19th-century and early 2010s cultural references. It blends clips, sounds, and scenes from Nas, Three 6 Mafia, John Lennon, The Platters, Midnight Cowboy, Lupe Fiasco, and The Hollies. Each sample arrives with honor and appreciation that radiates nostalgia through decades of media and music.
Zeds Dead builds the piece around the idea of memory in motion. The visuals shift between eras while the music jumps through hip-hop, bass, and memorable melodies. Each section ties back to the duo’s signature sound: heavy low end, cinematic sampling, and genre-defying transitions. The result is a seamless collage that reflects their style and the album’s world.
Creative Direction
‘Channel Flipping 2: Only You’ highlights Zeds Dead’s approach to intermedia storytelling. The duo treats the visual piece as an extension of their sample-driven universe. The project also expands on ideas from their Red Rocks sets in 2024 and 2025, where the original version first appeared. This new edition builds those ideas into a complete narrative, showing how the mashup evolved into a unified visual story, the Zeds Dead story.
The piece also reinforces the album’s themes. Return To The Spectrum Of Intergalactic Happiness explores sound as memory, and memory as movement. The new visual mix adds another layer by framing that journey through the lens of old broadcasts, vintage films, and classic songs.
Artist Background
Zeds Dead formed in 2009 and has grown into one of electronic music’s most influential duos. Their sound blends bass, hip-hop, dubstep, and melodic elements, earning them a wide global audience and hundreds of millions of streams. The duo’s debut 2016 album Northern Lights featured collaborations with Diplo, Pusha T, and Rivers Cuomo. Their Deadbeats label imprint remains a leading independent label with more than 300 releases from artists like REZZ, Subtronics, Griz, Levity, and Zeds Dead themselves.
The duo also maintains major touring brands. Their annual DeadRocks event at Red Rocks Amphitheatre has sold out every year since 2014. Their Deadbeats Tour continues to expand their community, showcasing both veterans and new talent across the bass scene.
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