Ford & Lopatin (Games) - Channel Pressure

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1TsnYJoMEc

I'm pretty excited for this.

so i guess they did have to change their name. i read an article about them and at the end it said there was some ongoing legal thing with the name

the first preview in that video has the drum beat from the last portishead album

  On 3/14/2011 at 11:22 PM, xxx said:

Obviously, new releases aren't new and took x amount of months or years to make but it seems like VHS Head has touched off an immediate bull market in the chopped 80's department. At one point, I would have said that it sounded like Com Truise but--for better or for worse--VHS head is going to be the closest reference point for the most amount of people now. I hope Com is in on the cut--his website has plenty of live shows and releases going.

Com Truise's sound is very indebted to Daniel Lopatin. He spoke of him as on the same level as BoC in an interview. I don't think you can really point this sound at one person though. I think a lot of people have just come to the same conclusion through interests in synthpop, lofi, and Boards of Canada. I certainly don't think VHS Head was the first to the jump, but because he's on Skam he obviously got attention from the WATMM community.

Track up on Pitch Fork. I like it. Sounds like something off of the Fright Night OST

opening 45 seconds sounds very much like Brian E Yellow Light District style

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9apczpFQYw

a lot of the Games stuff i've heard reminds me way more of that than VHS head or Tom Cruise (reverse the first letters)

I feel like this whole movement became embryonic with the leaking of the Colonel Abrams "Trapped" remix a decade ago. I for one welcome our new 80's slowdown glitch overlords.

  On 3/14/2011 at 11:37 PM, Deepex said:

  On 3/14/2011 at 11:22 PM, xxx said:

Obviously, new releases aren't new and took x amount of months or years to make but it seems like VHS Head has touched off an immediate bull market in the chopped 80's department. At one point, I would have said that it sounded like Com Truise but--for better or for worse--VHS head is going to be the closest reference point for the most amount of people now. I hope Com is in on the cut--his website has plenty of live shows and releases going.

Com Truise's sound is very indebted to Daniel Lopatin. He spoke of him as on the same level as BoC in an interview. I don't think you can really point this sound at one person though. I think a lot of people have just come to the same conclusion through interests in synthpop, lofi, and Boards of Canada. I certainly don't think VHS Head was the first to the jump, but because he's on Skam he obviously got attention from the WATMM community.

Yeah, interestingly enough, I haven't seen as much attention for VHS Head as there is for Com Truise, Ford & Lopatin, etc on sites like Pfork, Fact Mag, and other major "indie" review sites. Good point. Not to mention the 2009 chillwave/Glo-Fi/hypnagogic fad a couple years back (Washed Out/Memory Tapes/Neon Indian) that was heavily indebted to other lo-fi and "hauntology" artists...people only now appear to be making the connections in retrospect.

  On 5/13/2011 at 10:42 PM, crazymonk said:

I feel like this whole movement became embryonic with the leaking of the Colonel Abrams "Trapped" remix a decade ago. I for one welcome our new 80's slowdown glitch overlords.

Dude, seriously that's immediately what I though of when this came out...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ex38L8xtNI

LOL according to wikipedia...

"Phil Thomas Katt is considered to be the 'godfather of chillwave.' Influences can be clearly heard on the 1993 album, "Curious."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9ZIDxueR5g

Very much looking fprward to this release.

Opn soundcloud

I noticed the recent opn remix of antony's swanlighta is actually credited to ford and lopatin. Interesting, perhaps :p

Possibly my most anticipated release so far this year, I heart Games

  On 5/17/2011 at 8:05 PM, six said:

Possibly my most anticipated release so far this year, I heart Games

i'm also REALLY optimistic about this release—should be really good.

Emergency Room is great, not loving that Bug remix though

So Soon!

holy shit this leaked?

i've already listened twice since my So Soon! post.

the instrumental versions are incredibly appreciated additions

Sounds like Zoot Woman.

the Wire seems to be loosing it's love for Ford and Lopatin, the review in the new wire of this album was not very favorable. I'll scan it if i get a chance.

Streaming in full on FACT --

http://www.factmag.com/2011/05/31/stream-ford-lopatins-channel-pressure-album-in-full-exclusively-on-fact/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+FactMagazineMusicAndArt+%28FACT+magazine%3A+music+and+art%29

Totally cheesy and I mean that in the best way possible. Like some weird alternate universe late 80s pop. Just the right blend of cheese, nostalgia, and great music for me. Album of the year for me thus far.

not totally sold on the vocals / vocal melodys / vocal structures / etc etc etc.

diggin the album, the style. the sheer fact it's an album length release of Games material makes it amazing. but i'm not completely convinced just yet.

i'll keep listening tho ^_^!

MUST. HOLD. OUT. TILL. END. OF. WEEK.

  On 6/1/2011 at 12:35 PM, ieafs said:

whoa, emergency room... what happened? this is like scritti politti circa cupid and psyche 85... androgynous vocals and all. the other games stuff i'd heard was all kind of elaborated echo jams just this is completely different. is the rest of the record like this? kind of excited if it is

Did you hear Strawberry Skies on their last EP:

This album is a triple fried-egg chili chutney sandwich.

Is .... Is that a good thing ?!