NITZER EBB 'Lightning Man' Official Music Video 1990 - NITZER EBB 'Lightning Man' Official Music Video 1990

What this video is

Released in early 1990, 'Lightning Man' arrived at a pivotal juncture in the EBM timeline: Nitzer Ebb, formed in Chelmsford, Essex in 1982, had built their reputation as torch-bearers of the EBM sound pioneered by Front 242 and DAF, and had toured Europe with Depeche Mode in 1987. Showtime represented a deliberate moderation of their confrontational industrial attack toward more accessible synth-pop structures,…

Why it matters

A key artefact of the British EBM canon's commercial crossover period, 'Lightning Man' documents the genre's self-conscious evolution from abrasive industrial minimalism toward structured electronic pop without abandoning its rhythmic brutalism. The video's rapid-cut visual style became a template…

The director

Angela Conway is an English musician and director, known in music as A.C. Marias, a Wire collaborator who released records on Mute Records during the 1980s. In 1990 she transitioned to music video direction. Her confirmed directorial credits include videos…