Squarepusher - A Real Woman

What this video is

Released in October 2008, 'A Real Woman' sits within Squarepusher's ninth album Just a Souvenir — a record that marked a dramatic departure from his IDM and drill-and-bass origins toward a surrealist jazz-fusion and experimental rock hybrid. The album concept originated from a waking daydream, lending the entire project an oneiric, proto-absurdist quality. The track itself is characterised by vocoder-processed…

Why it matters

Represents Squarepusher's 2008 genre-boundary dissolution: a pivotal document of the IDM scene's maturation into art-rock experimentalism. The track, characterised by vocoder pop sensibility over jazz-funk instrumentation, and its accompanying visually minimal promo, exemplify the Warp Records…