Cassius - Foxxy

What this video is

Released as Cassius's debut single in 1996 (with subsequent 1998 pressings), 'Foxxy' emerged at the vanguard of the French Touch movement — a Parisian electronic scene that fused American funk, disco, and hip-hop sampling traditions with European house production. The track's deep sampling of Willie Hutch's blaxploitation-era compositions ('Theme of Foxy Brown', 'Chase') situates it within a broader late-1990s…

Why it matters

A foundational artefact of French Touch: 'Foxxy' pre-dates Cassius's commercial breakthrough 'Cassius 1999' (1999) and documents the raw, funk-sample-driven sound of the movement before it achieved mainstream crossover. Its music video is a rare example of Roman Coppola's early 1990s directorial…

The director

Roman François Coppola (born April 22, 1965, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) is an American filmmaker and music video director, son of Francis Ford Coppola. In the 1990s he established himself as an influential music video and commercial director. He is founder…