Cube Quest (1983) is a rare arcade game with incredibly trippy visuals and a new age soundtrack. You can already see REZ and still see the influence on Kubrick’s star gate sequence. Below is a version with all the visuals but without gameplay.
Tag Archives: 1980’s psychedelia
“B” by Colin Newman
2 Dec
You might argue the video for Colin Newman’s (of Wire fame) song “B” is closer to Dada than to psychedelic aesthetics; but at the same time it is just too much fun to pass up the chance to show it to you here.
Ａｅｓｔｈｅｔｉｃ Ｖｉｂｅｓ | Future Funk / Vaporwave Mixtape
28 Apr
Recently, I’ve become aware of the existence of Vaporware, an interesting genre from the early 2010s which meshes together some cheesy and dreamy 1980s and 1990s sounds and aesthetics in some often pretty weird ways. Watching a couple of these vaporware videos can really get you dizzy. Is vaporware psychedelic? I’m not sure, but I think there’s definitely something interestingly surrreal going on there. What do you think?
The B-52’s – “Love Shack” (Official Music Video)
14 Apr
There is a lot in the 1980s that wasn’t clearly recognized as psychedelic because the style wasn’t really 1960s psychedelia, but where I nevertheless find some distinctly free-rolling, psychedelic qualities. B-52 serves as a good example. “The love shack is a little old place where we can get together.”
Safety Dance – Men Without Hats – Literal Video HD
31 Mar
An hilarious literal version to 1980s hit ‘Safety Dance’ by Men without Hats, with some psychedelic tinges (definitely LSD!)
Talking Heads – “Road To Nowhere”
19 Feb
American new wave band, Talking Heads, brings a light-hearted humor-filled 80’s video about (according to the writer David Byme) is a song that “presented a resigned, even joyful look at doom,”
Can’t help but feel slightly more at ease and content with everything, every time I listen/watch this song
“Fade to Grey” (1981)- music video for the band Visage directed by Godley & Creme
20 OctThe eyebrows!
This video was directed by rockers turned video directors Godley & Creme.
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