VHS Head - Trademark Ribbons of Gold

[oscillik]

you have to have realllllllll bad taste in electronic music if this isn't top 5 of the decade if not *the* best.

 

it's becoming a non-negotiable for me.

[granty]

is there not new VHS Head emerging soon?

 

Yep, he said he was working on an album when I saw him play a few months back.

[Avarik]

you have to have realllllllll bad taste in electronic music if this isn't top 5 of the decade if not *the* best.

 

it's becoming a non-negotiable for me.

 

Agreed

[sweepstakes]

There's one we'll never agree on DLo

Wrong.

 

you have to have realllllllll bad taste in electronic music if this isn't top 5 of the decade if not *the* best.

 

it's becoming a non-negotiable for me.

Correct.

 

Beats anything Autechre has put out since. Real talk.

 

is there not new VHS Head emerging soon?

Please.

 

Been on a fairly sizeable VHS Head kick lately. That track with the "romantic" kinda housey chords in the "methlab" mix is doing things for me. I think this mix is also (mostly) available as a proper release?

 

Right, then, Trademark Ribbons. So much angst in these tracks, you don't usually get to hear so much emotion in modern electronic music, but the frustration, longing, exhaustion is front and center. 

 

"Twitch of the Nerve" is fucking magical and cathartic and you know he watched thousands of hours of crusty tapes to find those 5 samples that spooged in unison to create an auditory orgasm. Few things boost my faith in humanity like the intro to that.

 

I feel like he "cheated" (OK, perhaps there aren't any -rules- about using VHS samples) quite a bit with "Red Lens Effect" but it's so fucking good... like the 80s trying to dream its way into the modern era like its life depended on it.

 

That said, it's a little hard for me to just plop this on these days. Not because it's anything less than a top-shelf, gold-ribbon, single-malt masterpiece, but because it helped me through some tough times so now it has a little bit of baggage for me. It was wise of him to start it off with that intro that lets you know how serious he is about the whole thing. For a few months it was my soundtrack to some long, challenging work days... when the going gets rough, though, I know where to turn.

 

Thanks Ade. WE NEED YOU.

[joyeboy]

This record fucking rules. All of em do really. Sorry I can't be more eloquent about it

[dr lopez]

i fucking love @3:42 in the title track when that cheeky filtered guitar(?) melody sneaks through but is still being synopated with the cuts along the beats.
 
just really good a e s t h e t i c stuff that a *lot* of vaporwave people wish they could pull off. and from 2010.

 

 

ACADEMY AWARD WINNER

 

Edited December 12, 2017 by dr lopez

[oscillik]

ACADEMY AWARD WINNER (academy award winner)

[fumi]

As mentioned in another thread, there is the S>>D album dropping in early February. It's not VHS Head but it did get the seal of approval.

 

 

https://www.kudosrecords.co.uk/release/cpu00110111/s-d-co-intel-pro.html

Edited December 12, 2017 by fumi

[oscillik]

The S>>D album is nice and dark. Been loving spinning this one

[KovalainenFanBoy]

if you dont think Trademark Ribbons is a 10/10 you're on the Wrong Side Of History

[Hugh Mughnus]

I've never heard it before. 

 

But I will do so this week.

 

Sounds like a good album.

[dr lopez]

wtf??????????

[Hugh Mughnus]

I live under a rock.
 

[KovalainenFanBoy]

 

 

 

 

[Pipenik]

[redacted]

Edited January 7, 2018 by Pipenik

[fumi]

Little known remix from years back.

 

[sweepstakes]

I live under a rock.

 

Yeah dude. Almost definitely album of the decade.

[dr lopez]

certainly top 10 possibly top 5

[Hugh Mughnus]

 

I live under a rock.

 

Yeah dude. Almost definitely album of the decade.

 

 

I listened to it. Should have called it Trademark Ribbons of BORING.

[mcbpete]

"Mad-Dogs And Englishmen" clause needs invoking ....

[Hugh Mughnus]

"Mad-Dogs And Englishmen" clause needs invoking ....

googles*

 

 

 

What's this? All I found was dog sledding tours.

Edited December 14, 2017 by Bulk VanderHooj

[dr lopez]

 

 

I live under a rock.

 

Yeah dude. Almost definitely album of the decade.

I listened to it. Should have called it Trademark Ribbons of BORING.

weak

[Hugh Mughnus]

I'm jk, I haven't heard it yet. 

 

Plan to tomorrow night. I heard a track on the youtubes and it was pretty dope. Guess I've slept on this.

[sweepstakes]

I'm jk, I haven't heard it yet.

 

Plan to tomorrow night. I heard a track on the youtubes and it was pretty dope. Guess I've slept on this.

Highlights:

Sunset Everett

Twitch of the Nerve

The Stuff

Red Lens Effect

[Goiter Sanchez]

When Remote Control gets to the 0:20 mark: