Squarepusher - Plug Me In

What this video is

Released in October 2010, 'Plug Me In' opened Shobaleader One: d'Demonstrator, the debut album of Squarepusher's pseudonymous band project on Warp Records. The project embodied a broader cultural moment in electronic music where artist anonymity and masked performance — associated with acts like Daft Punk and later Burial — became a meaningful aesthetic and philosophical stance. Critics noted the band performed…

Why it matters

Represents a pivotal generic pivot in Squarepusher's discography: a deliberate move from complex, drummer-brained IDM toward vocodered slow-jam soul and electro-funk under a band alias. The track demonstrated that Warp Records' most technically virtuosic artists were engaging seriously with R&B…