Death In Vegas - Aisha

What this video is

Released in 1999 on Deconstruction/BMG as a single from The Contino Sessions, 'Aisha' represented Death In Vegas's commercial and critical breakthrough. The track featured vocals from Iggy Pop and became a top 10 UK hit, with the parent album earning a Mercury Music Prize nomination in 2000. The video arrives at the precise intersection of the UK's late-90s big beat scene (Chemical Brothers, Primal Scream, Fatboy…

Why it matters

A landmark document of UK big beat's cinematic ambitions, 'Aisha' fuses electronic rock with art-directed provocation. The video exemplifies the late-90s trend of commissioning high-fashion photographers as music video directors, bridging editorial and moving-image culture. Its raw visual texture…

The director

Terry Richardson (b. August 14, 1965, New York City) is an American former fashion and portrait photographer. He rose to prominence in the mid-1990s after relocating to London and working for magazines including The Face, i-D, and Arena. He shot campaigns…