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A triumphantly VHS-retro-looking video for James Pants by visual magician Iasos.
“It’s Alright (Baby’s Coming Back)” by Eurythmics
12 JulThe 80s are an interesting period for psychedelic aesthetics. Hippies were declared outdated by punk rock in the 70s and after that psychedelic aesthetics had to blend with the images of the time to stay relevant. And they did — with great success. A lot of the visual tropes of psychedelic aesthetics had already established themselves in visual culture. Straight lines and plain surfaces now cooled down the arabesque imagination of the 60s, yet still shapes constantly morphed into each other and lines began dancing out of nowhere. What used to be associated with the influence of mind altering substances now got linked to limitless possibilities of new technology and media.
Snow Cannon
27 May…one of my favourite otherworldly experiences on YouTube.
Video by Synopsis
Music by Steve Roach
Graphics by Denise Gallant and Brian Samuels
James Pants – Clouds Over Pacific
6 AprA triumphantly VHS-retro-looking video for James Pants by visual magician Iasos.
Digital Dance (1982)
17 DecA suprising psychedelic dancing video from the 80s, created by Ed Tannenbaum in 1982, with music by Might Dog and Dancing by PonsMaar.
(Link: Anna Fitzgerald. Thanks!)
Peter Gabriel – Sledgehammer and Digging in the Dirt
23 OctI did the search three times… I just couldn’t believe that nobody posted this until now.
These music videos really left an impression on my young brain when I encountered them accidentally on MTV in the late 80’s and early 90’s. I still get the feeling that these impressions get locked away again the moment the video stops. If you asked me now what happens in either one – five minutes after watching them again- I think I couldn’t tell you. There is something about a snail…
Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO) trippin on Computer Games
27 MarYellow Magic Orchestra had a great sense for the psychedelic dimension in the electronic dreams of the late 70’s and early 80’s. And the clip for the track computer games has it all: early computer games, electronically generated images, Kraftwerk and traditional symbols in one mind-blowing trip (to the left).
The Daily Psychedelic Video 