Aphex Twin - Windowlicker (480p)

What this video is

Released 22 March 1999 on Warp Records, 'Windowlicker' arrived at the commercial and critical peak of the UK electronic music scene, a moment when IDM artists were crossing into mainstream chart visibility while retaining avant-garde credibility. The video, directed by Chris Cunningham, functions simultaneously as a loving parody of late-1990s US gangsta rap video conventions—limousines, champagne, bikini-clad…

Why it matters

A canonical landmark of IDM and electronic music visual culture, 'Windowlicker' is widely considered one of the greatest music videos ever produced. It codified the Aphex Twin brand of self-as-grotesque-icon, prefigured subsequent developments in hyperpop, digital vocal manipulation, and…

The director

Chris Cunningham (born 15 October 1970) is an English video artist and music video director. Early in his career he worked as a comic book artist and in special effects on films including Judge Dredd, after which Stanley Kubrick recruited him for A.I.…