#daviddeanburkhart

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King Krule - Border Line

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this channel is a gold mine

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“The Blindside Kiss” Neon Indian

Video by David Dean Burkhart

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Le Couleur - Femme

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Napoleon - Foolish Pride

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Pure Bathing Culture - Scotty There's nothing I love more than VHS mashups. Maybe it's because I saw Tobacco play Moogfest in 2011: seeing Tom Fec drum like a maniac over a backdrop of fat boys music videos and bizarre 70's porn is hard to forget. It could also be the nostalgia of my own fascination of VHS tapes as a child: creating "video time capsules" of Burger King ads and X-Men reruns onto a beat up tape covered in stickers and sharpie scribbles (this could also explain my strange crush on Wolverine). All things considered, I think I'm just a sucker for the aesthetic of tapes--audio and video. There's something about the hisses, pops, and clicks of a tape that make you feel like your home is a movie theater, and the lines of TV snow are the ascending curtains.

YouTube video director and fellow VHS enthusiast David Dean Burkhart has a channel packed with videos that are simply described as "New Music // Old Footage". The marriage of the two is intensely captivating, with something for almost every fan of indie music (the music choices range from well-known acts like Beach House and Crystal Castles to more obscure artists like Topaz Gang and luxury elite). But what really makes David Dean Burkhart's videos stand out is his masterful use of effects, giving new life to these old clips. In his video for Pure Bathing Culture's "Scotty," a travel through space is seamlessly interlaced with a Russian breakdance performance: the dancers flow gracefully around the screen as the stars around them zip past infinitely, making their unreal movements even more supernatural.

David Dean Burkhart is truly someone with a heart of tape. With just a little under 150 videos on his channel (at the time of this writing), viewers looking for a trip into the chill unknown will have a long and aesthetically-pleasing journey ahead of them. Kick back, relax, and don't forget to rewind.

LEON WRIGHT