Dope Smugglaz - Double Double Dutch

1999

Dope Smugglaz - Double Double Dutch (1999) Era: Late-90s UK Big Beat / Dance-Pop Crossover (1999) - Peak era of British electronic acts scoring mainstream UK chart placements via sample-heavy dance anthems on boutique electronic labels; Perfecto Records positioned at the nexus of club culture and Top 20 radio. A rare surviving music video document for a minor but culturally resonant UK dance hit that bridges 1980s hip-hop sampling heritage with late-90s rave-pop aesthetics. The video's confirmed inclusion on the enhanced CD single format makes it a valuable artefact of an almost-extinct distribution medium. With no director credits on record and limited archival documentation, this video represents a preservation priority for late-90s British dance music visual culture. Context: Released in August 1999 on Paul Oakenfold's Perfecto Records, 'Double Double Dutch' emerged at the peak of British dance music's mainstream crossover moment. The track heavily sampled Malcolm McLaren's 1983 hip-hop/African-fusion classic 'Double Dutch', connecting late-90s rave culture back to early-80s post-punk experimentalism. Dope Smugglaz (Keith Binner, Chico Ijomanta, Tim Sheridan) charted at UK #15 and featured on Radio 1 specialist dance shows, exemplifying the brief window when underground club acts could access mainstream chart infrastructure without sacrificing their electronic identity. The video's fast-cut, high-saturation aesthetic reflects the production values of the Perfecto stable during this period. Director notes: The music video was included as a CD-ROM video on the 1999 enhanced CD single (Perfecto Records, cat. PERF2CDS). IMVDb acknowledges the video exists but carries no production credits. No director attribution has been located across IMVDb, Discogs, or any trade publication indexed in web search as of March 2026.