vhs head : how do these things start?

dave_from_2001 · Post by **dave_from_2001** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 5:06 am

the rumours are flying. whence? who are these people babbling about this? me?

what is skam supposed to equal anyway? i have my doubts. how would anyone know? is the popeye avatar guy right or wrong? who writes these reviews?

Post by **Aesthetics** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 6:51 am

It's marketing.. nothing more, nothing less.

Remember The Tuss?

Joebot Kill · Post by **Joebot Kill** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 12:16 pm

Aesthetics wrote:It's marketing.. nothing more, nothing less.

Remember The Tuss?

yeah... but the tuss really was RDJ. and you could tell! VHS Head = "OOH! it's anonymous! And it's on skam! Must be Mike!" it would be really cool if it were him, but i dont really think it is...

Chuck Beckles · Post by **Chuck Beckles** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 12:34 pm

http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?bln ... ype=WorkID

^^^ Proof that The Tuss is RDJ.

If VHS Head is actually Boards of Canada, you would find the song titles listed in Marcus and/or Michael's page on this site. I looked and they aren't there. This site is handy for dispelling rumors eh?

http://repertoire.bmi.com/WriterSearch. ... 1&torow=25

dono · Post by **dono** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 1:11 pm

It's not him.

dave_from_2001 · Post by **dave_from_2001** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 1:33 pm

Joebot Kill wrote:
Aesthetics wrote:It's marketing.. nothing more, nothing less.

Remember The Tuss?
yeah... but the tuss really was RDJ. and you could tell! VHS Head = "OOH! it's anonymous! And it's on skam! Must be Mike!" it would be really cool if it were him, but i dont really think it is...

i've read in no less than 4 reviews of the vhs head ep that it might be boards. reliable websites! i did entertain the possibility but whatever. it does kind of have a bibio vibe.

the association is so powerful for an artist. its comical.

what about real vhs head? how does he feel? what kind of foundation is this?

Joebot Kill · Post by **Joebot Kill** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 3:57 pm

i mean, i dont doubt that if mike or marcus wanted to make this kind of music, they could. the fact that it sounds pretty much nothing like boards actually makes it more plausible to me. but unless the rumor is actually based on something, then i see no reason to believe it. you gotta wonder where and why this rumor started to begin with. there are a number of skam artists that are completely anonymous, so why is this one in particular pegged as boards? by the way, do you have links to those reviews, dave? id like to check them out.

Twoism-ist · Post by **Twoism-ist** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 4:13 pm

I remember when people started saying Tobacco of BMSR was Mike or Marcus, or a member of Hexagon Sun.

lol.

Snufkin · Post by **Snufkin** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 4:24 pm

I dismissed the possibility of BOC being behind it due to the grammar of the quote on the Pitchfork review:

'It might be a little surprising to learn that current speculation revolves around VHS Head actually being a pseudonym-cloaked member of Boards of Canada, so a few more listens might be in order here'

-- The fact that the reviewer said 'member' seems to imply to me that he might not be that schooled up on BOC, otherwise surely it'd make more sense to put it a different way: One of the BOC brothers / One of the Sandison brothers behind BOC etc....

I picked up the release nonetheless - s'good! ^_^

-Snuf

Skytree · Post by **Skytree** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 6:21 pm

Honestly, who knows. Whomever made the EP is definitely an experienced vetran though. The cutting and sampling is first rate...very coherant and varied, not sporadic or amateur. Seems a bit reminiscent of the sample use in Pete Standing Alone (IE: delibrate, mathematical and precise slicing) if any BoC comparison could be made. The sound is very warm as well, but I'd imagine that'd happen by default if you were sampling old VHS tapes.

The Other · Post by **The Other** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 7:15 pm

love the music whoever it is...and the case for this EP is the sex

7 bucks.

Twoist · Post by **Twoist** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:46 pm

The Other wrote:love the music whoever it is...and the case for this EP is the sex

7 bucks.

I've just wet myself. This is the argument against pushing things to download-only, and I want this. iTunes will never satisfy case lust.

turquoise70 · Post by **turquoise70** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 12:07 am

i really love that case but i already paid for the mp3s. i don't wanna import it from the UK.

dave_from_2001 · Post by **dave_from_2001** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 1:14 am

skam always has such nice packaging.

it appears by this poll this rumor is bullshit, and no one is happy about it, as usual.

flibbertygibbets upon those responsible!thank you for participating.

joe it was also mentioned in the bookmat review and some other places.

The Other · Post by **The Other** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 1:46 am

dave_from_2001 wrote:skam always has such nice packaging.

yes. this one is among my favorites.

is there a thread about favorite art work/ packaging?!?!?!

iec · Post by **iec** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:17 pm

bumping this : this is interesting, that track at the end that lists off the names of actors, I did some googling / looking up and found this movie :

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086377/

That creepy / altered voice is reading the credits straight down. Interesting, no?

turquoise70 · Post by **turquoise70** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:23 pm

iec wrote:bumping this : this is interesting, that track at the end that lists off the names of actors, I did some googling / looking up and found this movie :

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086377/

That creepy / altered voice is reading the credits straight down. Interesting, no?

cool find! i wouldn't have guessed all the actors' names were from the same, real, movie.

iec · Post by **iec** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:24 pm

It's cool that all the samples are from actual old tapes, or at least they sound like it. Sandisons or not, this EP is something I like a lot.

Basepair · Post by **Basepair** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:10 pm

track 4 is called "Kincaid"

that's a well scottish name/ place name. google it and see...............

dave_from_2001 · Post by **dave_from_2001** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 11:15 pm

Basepair wrote:track 4 is called "Kincaid"

that's a well scottish name/ place name. google it and see...............

Kincaid someplace in EVERY TOWN I have ever lived in--USA.not giving the Scots as a race enough credit there.

Bocpages still alludes to the possibility. Lame.

____twoism

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vhs head : how do these things start?