RMB - Reality (16_9) HQ

What this video is

Released in late 1996 on the Low Spirit Recordings label in Germany, 'Reality' arrived at the commercial apex of European hard trance, when German rave acts were crossing over from underground club culture into the mainstream singles charts. The track reached #11 on the Media Control charts, following RMB's gold-certified 'Spring.' The song's lyrical content samples dialogue from Luc Besson's 1994 film Léon: The…

Why it matters

RMB's 'Reality' is a canonical example of mid-90s German hard trance crossing into mainstream pop-video territory. Its production—pairing 160 BPM trance architecture with accessible comic narrative visuals—represents the genre's commercial maturation away from purely underground rave culture. The…

The director

Martin Weisz (born 27 March 1966, Berlin, Germany) is a German music video and film director. He has directed over 350 music videos and worked with artists including Nickelback, Brandy, Puff Daddy, and LL Cool J. He won an MTV Europe Music Award for Best…