Sparky Lightbourne - Where You Going Chicken

What this video is

Sparky Lightbourne was a recording artist signed to Brighton-based Skint Records, a label that was a central force in the UK big beat movement of the mid-to-late 1990s alongside Fatboy Slim, Bentley Rhythm Ace, and Hardknox. 'Where You Goin' Chicken' was released in 1999, at the tail end of big beat's commercial and critical peak, which spanned 1995–1999. The track and video exemplify Skint's characteristic blend…

Why it matters

This video represents a minor but documentarily valuable artifact of the late Skint Records big beat period. As one of several lower-profile roster artists, Sparky Lightbourne's output captures the label's eclectic, experimental fringe — the non-Fatboy-Slim tier of a scene-defining imprint. The…