I'm not a musician. But I can't stress how much I needed the sounds these guys shared. Being in my very early 20s during the release of all the this has guided me to a better taste in music. And offered pockets of respite in hard days. This helped with building my identity so regardless if it's morally right or wrong, it's affected me greatly
It’s kind of funny when I first watched this video like 3 years ago, I purchased and still have two of the Caretakers records, but while looking at a thrift store I found an old 45 record of “Heartaches”. It wasn’t Al Bowlys version but around that same time period.
Seems interesting. As far as right and wrong, it seems like a mix of sampling and making a compilation album, both of which exist. On the super indie scene, I'm pretty much ok with anything. If an artist became big though, I would think that they would clear the usage of anything that was going out on a professional music label. Compilation albums keep getting released so I assume they make money. Whatever those labels are doing is how barber beats should approach professional/commercial releases.
There are so many BarberBeats albums out, and I'm happy to say that they keep cranking those out. Here's a quick producer list to explore starting with the one I think is the pioneer; Haircuts For Men Monodrone Gods of Something Macro Blank Male Alchemy Mabisyo / Virtual Vice Modest By Default Gore Oblique Occasions Slowerpace Godspeed Magdalene Oscob Time Fragment Opal Vessel Micro Mecha Darkness Savant Shadow The World We Live In TWWLI Rawcats Faded Dreamer Sacrosanct Undersaken And there's more, please feel free to add :)
If you're a big fan of vaporwave you should absolutely check out Puzzle and Enjoy. they both make Hypnagogic Pop and it's some of the best IMO. I love them so much.
Are you familiar with Girl Talk or The Legion of Doom? Their Music is similar in context. LOD would take samples from emo bands(Senses Fail, dashboard confessional, Brand New, etc) and mix it with random dialogue from old movies in the early 2000s and Girl Talk would do the same using what ever songs were popular at the time, but in more of a hip-hop DJ kind of way. They are both worth a listen.
Nebraska was the great poem that comfort,supported and push me to keep fighting against a hard hard life as a servant working 7 days a week, 12 hours on monday till saturday and 6 hours on sunday. Thanking you so much Bruce Springsteen.
I had no idea that this is what they were doin. I've been obsessed with "barber beats" for the last 5 months and only until about a month ago knew it had a name.
I don't really care for test pressings, but I do have a soft spot for promo/white label 45 discs that have been used. They're typically very cheap too.
I got really excited when I ran into a copy at Rough Trade East in London, completely in the wild, at a completely normal price. Mine is some black copy without any label mentioned.
Its a rarity on a level with Biosphere or Stars of the Lid. I wish there was more of it. Look up the Ballasted Orchestra album. Just looking at the album art makes me want to swallow 2 packs of cough suppressant.
Absolutely <3 VILL4IN - Aside from a few jazz labels and a few "IDM" labels from the early 2000s, VILL4IN is probably the label of which I own the most vinyl releases of. Such a great label, imo. Definitely doing justice to older classics and new ish as well.
they are absolutely crushing it, honored to have done this unboxing and even more excited to add all these to my collection.. great tunes that will be spun a whole bunch!
@@PadChennington Yes they most definitely are. :) BTW, love your videos man, thanks for sharing with all of us. Also, just as an aside - it was cool to see that you discovered VILL4IN / first VILL4IN vinyl was Mother, since it was also my first of their releases and turned me onto the label. o7
I have a lot of their first releases like mother or vanished, great dreampunk releases, so beautiful. Always high quality pressing and design. Just not following lately because of the barber beats change which I'm not a fan of
The amazing collection for An empty bliss beyond this World, especially Alabamy Bound from Turner Layton and Clarence "Tandy" Johnstone, really added to a lovely, melancholic and avant-gardiste palette of sounds.
incredible to see Bathroom Plants here, I remember being sent it back in 2019 and doing the cassette for it. so happy to see VILL4IN doing it justice, and with so many cool variants!
