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VHS Head is Adrian Blacow. Hailing from Blackpool, England; his debut EP Video Club dropped on the electronic label Skam, described as an Art of Noise-inspired chop-and-splice funhouse funk. Micro-sampling video tape as the primary sound source from a vast amount of VHS tapes, VHS Head is able to pick from a platter of archival noises and vocal samples that, on "Rent Responsibly", run in range from a sort of gooey familiarity (plush keyboard arpeggios, tubular bass noodling) to stuff that sounds dredged from some weird mechanical nightmare (industrial-hard plinks and plunks, creeped-out sci-fi synth tones). .

VHS or Beta is an electronic rock band from Louisville, Kentucky, United States which formed in 1997. The band consists of Craig Pfunder (guitar, vocals), Mike McGill (guitar, vocals), Mark Palgy (bass), Chea Beckley (keyboards) and Mark Guidry (drums). The band has released four albums: "Le Funk" (2003), "Night On Fire" (2004), "Bring on the Comets" (2007) and "Diamonds & Death" (2011). The band combines elements of French funk and dance rock. Their self-released debut, 'Le Funk', was a minor splash in the record charts but it wasn't until 2004's "Night On Fire" that the band achieved measurable success. The...