Browse by Artist: VHS HEAD

Artist:	VHS HEAD
Title:	Midnight Section
Label:	SKAM (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	SKA 031EP

In the run down metropolis there are places you don't go at night, places even cops avoid. On the limits of a not-so-distant, high-tech society, terror lurks down every ally and in every slum and subway. Towering above the ghetto, stands one block, taller than the rest. Trapped on the top floor the only escape is down. Nocturnal eyes scan from the darkness, barricades blink like beacons of safety as night falls. Mayhem lurks in every corner, there is no escape.

Artist:	VHS HEAD
Title:	Video Club
Label:	SKAM (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	SKALD 023CD

Skam presents Blackpool, UK recording artist, VHS Head. VHS Head began making music in 1999. Using video tape as the primary sound source and '80s B-movies as his inspiration, this music is a collage of vocals, stuttering guitars and drum hits taken from a vast amount of ex-rental videos, teleporting the listener back to the golden era of the VHS format. Summons almost epileptic memory-recall of every single cheesy, synth-driven '80s-movie opening/ending credit sequence you've ever heard, spliced and mashed and cut together into one percussive, glitchy, retro mind-fuck. The CD is housed in a limited edition black jewel case, containing a video club membership card. Grab your bag of Doritos and get in the basement.

Artist:	VHS HEAD
Title:	Trademark Ribbons Of Gold
Label:	SKAM (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	SKALD 025CD

Skam presents a full-length album from Blackpool recording artist VHS Head. A collage of vocals, melodic splatters and stop/start rhythms grind against industrial soundscapes and atmospheric backdrops, while basslines and mutated guitar hooks grab the listener for a very enjoyable ride. The name Trademark Ribbons Of Gold was a reference to the pre-cert era of video tapes. A "pre-cert video" is any videotape issued in the UK before the introduction of the 1984 Video Recordings Act. Pre-cert videos were not required by law to be submitted to the BBFC so the era was unregulated, leading to many uncut releases of videos which would have fallen foul of the BBFC's strict guidelines. Some of the smaller independent companies decided to take advantage of this by issuing "strong uncut" versions depicting graphic violence and gore. A whole barrage of titles previously banned by the BBFC from getting a cinema release suddenly ended up uncensored on home video. This was the true golden era of home video.

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