"Elektrobank" is a song by English electronic music duo the Chemical Brothers. It was released as a single from their second album, Dig Your Own Hole (1997), in September 1997. It peaked at number 17 on the UK Singles Chart. Spike Jonze directed the music video, which depicted a mixed artistic gymnastics / rhythmic gymnastics competition with his girlfriend at the time Sofia Coppola as one of the competitors. It has been called "arguably Jonze's greatest music video". The single does not appear on either of the duo's singles compilations, Singles 93âÂÂ03 and Brotherhood.
The vocals "Who is dis doin' this synthetic type of alpha beta psychedelic funkin'?" are taken from the song "This That Shit" by Keith Murray. The voice of the introduction is from DJ Kool Herc and was recorded live at the Irving Plaza in late 1996.
The music video, directed by Spike Jonze, opens with a girl named Janet, putting a bandage on, as she is up next to go on and perform. As she walks out of a room, another girl from the other team finishes off her performance. Janet then walks to her coach, known as Mr. Lazzo. Janet takes off her jacket and pants, and the judges gave a score of the girl performing a 965. One of the judges then say "Next up, Janet from Saint Andrew's." She then gets ready, along with the girls on her team showing encouragement.
The song then kicks in, getting into the performance, with people watching and clapping in the background. The enemy team sledge on her quietly. Janet then does front flips and back flips, with the vocals saying "Who is dis doin' this synthetic type of alpha beta psychedelic funkin?". Despite the cast on her foot, Janet manages to do really good in the competition, with the close up of the judges. It all goes well until Janet lands on her foot, with the tempo slowing down. The crowd starts murmuring, as Janet is almost done. Janet's parents then come in, doesn't give up, and does her last bit of the performance, which is a backflip, landing successfully, as her performances finish. Her team mates come in, and the score for Janet shows 970. Janet cheers, while the other team is upset. A photo is then taken of Mr. Lizzo holding Janet, as she made her team win.
There is also an audio commentary from Spike Jonze, but it doesn't sound like his voice, because it's different to the audio commentary on Daft Punk's Da Funk music video.
The audio commentary can be found on the DVD Copy of The Chemical Brothers: Singles 93-03, which contains all of the music videos from 1993 to 2003, with interviews, behind the scenes, etc.
Credits are lifted from the Dig Your Own Hole album booklet.
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