VIDEOTAPEMUSIC

VIDEOTAPEMUSIC creates a sound that feels like finding a box of unlabeled VHS tapes in a humid basement. It is thick with the atmosphere of the late 20th century, yet it feels entirely contemporary in its execution. The music is built on a foundation of lounge, exotica, and early electronic pop, but it is filtered through the hazy, unstable lens of magnetic tape. It is music that captures the specific ghostliness of obsolete media.

What makes this artist truly distinctive is the commitment to the source material. Rather than just using clean samples, they embrace the flaws of the medium: the tracking errors, the muffled high-end, and the strange snippets of dialogue from forgotten television broadcasts. This creates a sense of 'hauntology' where the music feels like it is mourning a past that never quite existed. It is rhythmic and melodic, but always slightly out of focus.

Start with the album 'ON THE AIR' to experience the full breadth of this vision. It perfectly balances catchy, tropical-inflected grooves with the eerie, immersive textures of found sound. It is the ideal gateway into a discography that rewards listeners who enjoy getting lost in the grain of the recording itself.