The STRANGEST Thing I've Ever Been Sent

[@Hamalmac]

Absolutely loved this. Not enough people are willing to commit to something so avant-garde. The music is like an audio dose of psilocybin.

[@K4E4D]

Yeah, this is one of my favorite episodes that in the MF Doom episode

[@jmm8476]

I’m not trying to be a hater. I like this channel. And I get what yr saying. But this just isn’t avant garde. It’s vapor wave with an elaborate marketing plan.

[@CantTellYou]

Shit I'm surprised the "Solutions" book didn't come with a few grams of mushrooms in a slot right next to the MPEG-layer-3 player.

[@sub-jec-tiv]

@@jmm8476 Agree. This is interesting as marketing but if we’re going to consider this ‘avant garde,’ it’s nowhere near as deep as classic avant-garde stuff like Negativland, or avant-pop stuff like Laurie Anderson, etc. The idea is cool, and the music is okay, but it’s pretty shallow.

[@brianstones6234]

Just found out I have cancer throughout my body & time is running out. So I been coming to terms with the past & accepting the future. This is a balm for my present existence. Thank you!

[@diggingthegreats]

My friend, I am so sorry to hear this - sending all the good vibes your way ❤️

[@Sneakycat1971]

Do you take cholesterol medicine? If so stop. Then try raw bitter apricot seeds also known as B17

[@louispconstant6624]

@@Sneakycat1971 That's fair disrespectful of you tbh. Someone mentions something personal that is as important as it gets and you found a way to make it about you. smh

[@louispconstant6624]

brianstones6234 Wish you the best brother, and you have some rad taste by your reaction to this clip! ✌ Hope you get pleasantly surprised by your estimation regarding time also! All the best and sending the most positive vibes and strength to you that I can muster my dude! Everything in it's right place. Much love x

[@CLOYO]

Giving info isn't about oneselve imo. ​@@louispconstant6624

[@henrybemis9956]

I never thought I would see MLM Vaporwave. It's usually a critique of consumerism, not a soundtrack for cult induction, but I guess it tracks.

[@realityisfake]

mlm is kind of consumerism gone extra haywire, if you think about it. this is my new fav vaporwave thoughj

[@sub-jec-tiv]

Yep. They’re just aware of Boards of Canada’s marketing through Warp Records. That’s all it is.

[@AlcoholidayHHH]

Dude, there's an entire episode of Cowboy Bebop covering this. Brain Scratch - episode 23

[@kwullums]

how bout the new shizzz kzbin.info/aero/PLbvoM48s1AlarvAB8Y675SPd0dRXqKCYv

[@henryvirgil8188]

The Takeaway : This is a masterclass in marketing.

[@johndescy7904]

I'd argue it's also a masterclass in art.

[@henryvirgil8188]

@@johndescy7904 That too!!!

[@johnobrien8773]

Some of the best art is advertising. My favorite poster is for a movie I'll probably never see.

[@amitadar]

This is one of the best produced videos I’ve ever seen about a musical project. Wow

[@futureghost77]

That is music inspired by Vaporwave, a genre you should definitely cover. I never in a thousand years would have imagined that you would do an online mystery game on this channel. This is great content.

[@t3amtomahawk]

Someone really heard muzak and thought, "Imma compose this for listening instead of background noise." I applaud them for it tbh

[@PeterJnicol]

Is it inspired by VW, or are they both pulling from the same 80s nostalgia?

[@sub-jec-tiv]

They studied Boards of Canada’s marketing.

[@nikibordeaux]

​@PeterJnicol I would say the latter, as for me from what I heard and saw in the video, it all had an 80s, early 90s vibe. It reminded me of Muzak, jingles an TV ads from that time. Though I have to add, Muzak was invented in the 50s.

[@ChuckLeeMBM]

This was such a fun ride! Loved this vid and edit from beginning to end! Thanks dude!

[@BENJAMIN-nz6nd]

Amazing

[@Roger-r7s]

Lost, the church of the subgenius, the Monroe Insitute, the avant garde art group the Residents all got together and decided to do this uncategorizable experiment in constructing a new human experiential reality hacking.

[@johnobrien8773]

Did Bob Dobbs really die in Dallas?

[@loggert]

No fire hydrant in the picture 12 min in.. Spooky.. yeah.. spooky

[@olybears57]

Came to the comments for this

[@blutheproducer9888]

Yeah idk

[@theexistentialtigers]

Also came for this comment! Rewound the video to the initial photo to make sure I wasn’t crazy

[@CitizenLane-]

I was thinking that even this video is part of a whole. Clever, if so. Ridiculous production, nonetheless.

[@gregorymessimer5728]

​@@theexistentialtigers He even mentioned it specifically. He got you to rewatch! 😊

[@sdotcire2574]

Amazing video! Very black mirror vibes with the editing and music.. kept me at the edge of my seat, as I waited for the veil to be removed haha.

[@TheHENpp]

At 3:23, I was like "well, he uploaded the video... so I guess he's okay?"

[@SpiderDan2099]

Haha same!

[@SmallBlogV8]

When the song-and-artist captions started appearing in the corner as new songs played, I thought "Okay, so this is an album and not a weird cult, then. It'll be fine!"

[@EduardoMano]

Had to pause to comment on this. The first part of the video was simply superb. I have never seen anything like it. So much so that I instantly subbed. This is a project so out there that it makes me happy to know it exists, even if I never get to do anything even remotely similar to it with my music and art. It inspires me to see so much creativity and drive. This is on another level. This is absolutely incredible. I have never seen any of your videos, but I'm so glad the good ol' algorithm worked for the best once again.

[@CoffeeMapachi]

I knew from the beginning this had to be a music project, but you managed to sell the idea of being dragged into some occult reality bending stuff so well that I almost thought it was real. I love your videos!

[@ne7andyL]

what a bloody great vid. gave me serious Beyond the Black Rainbow vibes. always love your stuff, but this is next level creative brilliance: you should totally make an episodic podcast/vidpodcast and do more of this sort of thing imho :D

[@eliamilanaccio5842]

You watched that movie? Love it!

[@meesalikeu]

dafuq u say? it wasnt bloody or violent at all 😮

[@mariovelasquez1243]

The editing on this is legit incredible. Such a great way to segue from the uneasiness of the mystery tape into the love of the craft and then making it clear in the end that it had an effect with that last glitch. Chef's kiss, top notch stuff. You're this close to forcing me into Patreon lmao

[@diggingthegreats]

🙏 working on the patreon director's commentary now

[@OldCrowCS80]

This is like a Black Mirror take on Wayne Dyer. “Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.”

[@charleymarkson]

Thank you Dr.Richard Stillwell. I have been reprogrammed! I will never be the same again!!!

[@acstark0215]

Wait a minute, I’m at 11:49; what happened to the fire hydrant?? Ok, you got me! LOL

[@FOSSIL13drums]

It was by design, and it was beautifully executed! When I didn’t see it I was just like “ahhhh, this is cool as fuck” lol

[@SpiderDan2099]

Yeah got me good! I was yelling at my phone "Hey where's the hydrant?!"

[@scotdotwtf]

LOL SAME

[@noiztalk]

Radiolab + Digging the Grates? I couldn't ask for more! This video essay is among your finest works, Brian. Thank you so much for this.

[@CLOYO]

Somehow you stopped me from drinking an energy drink for breakfast. Thanks.

[@GreatestAuthorinFlorida]

This comment is remote in the best way possible.

[@SixthQuarter]

So cool. Just bought a copy for myself. Cannot wait for it to arrive!

[@krowochron]

Awesome. About eight minutes in I was "it's vaporwave, isn't it"? but this project really commits to making the backstory real.

[@keepitmovin23]

Loved the lengths you went for this one!

[@AfferbeckBeats]

I had this kind of idea several years ago, but never got around to it. Lofi synths and drum machines sounding like hold music for some lost 80s finance bro spiritual enlightenment cult. Starting with basic health and wealth platitudes, culminating in ascending beyond your physical form (leaving all your net worth to the cult to help others achieve ascension, of course). But this guy really pulled it off way beyond what I imagined!

[@Dan__S]

This sounds a LOT like the Monroe institute remote viewing audio, with a side of meow wolf and urantia thrown in. I love it. Excellent find

[@jeffbakalar1535]

That was fun and clever.... this reminds me of when i was a volunteer at a community radio station in the 80s-90s. Lots of recorded material came in all the time and some of it was odd concept stuff like the Church of the SubGenius. It was perfect for late night programming, make everybody scratch their heads a bit. Also, as a child in the 70s i vividly recall walking through shopping centers with my parents to the ghostly strains of Muzak...Montovani pumped in everywhere. Was it all a dream?

[@endlessawareness]

Really looking forward to the interview, we need more experimental "projects" like this!

[@joshhardin666]

right up until the 16 minute mark, I thought that this was an alternate reality game. it captures the notes that I'd be looking for with one of those... but where the media and the place you'd go would contain puzzles to continue.

[@RaziAvel]

This was so well put together Brandon, fantastic vid bro

[@alisterfolson]

"Is this a cult? Because that's how you join a cult." - Archer

[@jimstar9954]

Sound like Aphex Twin but in a vaporwave way.... and the way it's presented like a seminar thing is just genious!! Rewatching just to be sure i get it all!!! This art project is the most creative and innovative i've seen in a long time!!! Wow!! Thank you for bringing this to us!!!! Love the way you integrated your video editing in the concept of the art piece you are presenting!!!! Edit : Read the comments and i agree with the guy linking this to RJD2's work it has some similar vibes

[@michaelmadcat]

Man, I'm gonna be thinking about this for a while. Thank you for taking risks and doing beautifully weird little side quests with this channel. Appreciate what ya do!

[@polymorphic59]

This is so great, didn't believe it was possible to make me excited for a MUSIC project from a VIDEO. Wow

[@apathtrampledbydeer8446]

The amount of dedication is astounding, must've cost a small fortune to get everything manufactured and printed. What comes to mind is The Dharma Initiative.

[@user-bq1tm6xn9e]

That hydrant had me questioning reality. Mad love.

[@BudoReflex]

Halfway through, subbed. Don’t care what is about to happen, the story telling and nostalgia are brilliant. So glad this is a real unreal product. 🤪 I grew up in the eighties, and this is so spot on. It’s even better than.

[@Redlox70]

Same here 😄

[@ESJ_27]

This is so freaking sick man, creativity is still alive

[@PresidioDelux]

I’m in Marketing and those video screens typically also have a cell phone. It sends data about how many times it was opened and in what locations.

[@justinr5989]

If you haven’t watched the Netflix show Maniac with Jonah Hill and Emma Stone, please do!

[@corywithout]

A masterpiece, all of this. The music, the marketing, and especially your video.

[@brandontylerburt]

This has perhaps the highest production value of any original video I've seen on KZbin.

[@Denver_Risley]

Reminds me of the Jejune Institute art project if anyone from SF remembers that.

[@danielpirone8028]

Seems VERY similar - I can’t help but think they are inspired by it

[@metalhead2theEnd]

Thank you very much for showing me this. Instantly ordered, I love such unique approaches.

[@maximerobin]

There is usually many videos in my feed which are about ARG and Vaporwave. Since I’m old as I am and lived the nineties, I love the same hiphop as Digging the greats. So this video was sandwiched between ARG and Vaporwave videos for me. It was nice to have a fresh reaction to Simon Adler project. But like many piece of art, it didn’t appear out of nothing. In this case, even though this is new, his influences are really apparent. That said, the music seems really cool.

[@nurik]

Big 80s Cronenberg movie energy!

[@tecpaocelotl]

You're good at experiences. This is proof. Great job.

[@museovations]

Fantastic video about an amazing project. Kudos to you and to Windstar!!

[@robdobson4193]

Wonderful. Thank you man

[@FlyinEye]

That was something else. I've always loved concept albums but this takes it to a whole new level. It's so unique and original. It makes me want to sit down and get out some old synthesizers create something different. In a world full of copies and this is genius.

[@kirkstate]

This is the future of music merch and getting off of DSPs, artist coming out with exclusive content and hard tangible content that a fan couldn’t get anywhere else but from the artist. Similar to what MachHommy done with his exclusive backwards vinyl

[@dakotafletcher3996]

Your passion for the art comes through so well in your videos. This was a fun watch!

[@hygro9625]

That video transition from the acting meetup to the real interview was profoundly artistic

[@chrisjohnson4386]

This was great. That disappearing hydrant was like a smack to the face! Oddest thing though, I feel like I've seen your post a year or two ago. It was so familiar that I had to double check the upload date.

[@All_Things_Band]

This is SUPER COOL! Thank you for the incredible effort to tell this story

[@ingmarvanderhoek6314]

Wow, what a fascinating project and experience. And the tracks are amazing!

[@kevinpaige5746]

Great job! I can't sum up in a few words, the coolness of this video.

[@Zero-is-infinite]

Your memory is a collection of experiences and provides the foundation to your perspective. Your perspective is DEFINITELY how you view and interact with things.

[@awakennow5852]

This is very cool it's true creativity. It's like you said at the end it's learning and allowing your project to be what it's trying to tell you that it is no matter how strange it might seem❤

[@DarthPunk]

Hauntology - nostalgia for a future that never happened. Boards of Canada vibes

[@jodown5584]

I came to the comments expecting loads of people to mention BoC, but yours is surprisingly the only one I've found.

[@daddiofilms1540]

This was absolutely awesome, so cool, thanks for this. It made me think of my past and old friends growing up, amazing stuff!

[@jgbailar]

The part I love the most about this approach to blurring the boundaries of reality and fiction, is how it makes any debate about “AI replacing artists” instantly irrelevant. Well done.

[@relaxmax6808]

" Ooooh Shit , the scientologits ! They finally got me !.... " 😆

[@TheoRae8289]

Exactly where my brain went 😂

[@relaxmax6808]

@@TheoRae8289 😂and it continues like this: - "we have to reveal 2 important things to you... The first is that in reality you are not... a bass player... - Oh noooo ! !! It s horrible !! - Yes it is ... but wait my friend ...... The second is that you are in fact... an elephant and that what you took for a bass is in reality only your --biiiiipp!!! - “Wwwhaaauuuooiittt ????!! " 🤣

[@bryanbalment7993]

Something about the vibes here remind me of Chris Morris's "Blue Jam" radio work. If less overtly sinister. It's worth looking up if you like surreal monologues and strange ambient sounds.

[@salturpasta6204]

Jaaaaaam 😉

[@admin-BareInk231]

This reminds me of Dispatches From Elsewhere, The Institute and In Bright Axiom. Great job on this video!

[@2YLITE22]

was getting Justified Ancients of Mumu vibes.

[@icedeep3339]

Many of us are aware of Liminal spaces. Well I think you have Found Liminal Sound.

[@annanordhaus7523]

Thank you, Dr. Richard Stillwell!

[@jayfoster]

Absolutely brilliant. Thanks brother

[@AdamFraserTv]

This is special . All of it . Thank you.

[@shadowmn]

Any art that shifts or makes us think deeper about our perception of reality is a good thing. I've always buried easter eggs in my dj mixes. I'm all for an artpiece like this, causing deep thought, wonder, whimsy and scepticism.

[@dukesharkbullpark]

Congrats ! you just received a package from the Lost Tv series !

[@mordenm1]

Thanks for this! I bought the album(?) on band camp and listening to it now.

[@numinoir]

I was in a bookshop this morning in a dream trying to buy a book, but didn't have enough cash on hand. As much as I don't remember what book it was, this album cover looks eerily similar to the book I was trying to buy. I just stumbled onto this video a few minutes ago and I'm a bit blown away 🤯 wow

[@karleyyork9001]

Whoa! Well done. The retro future time bending aspects are far out yet tangible art. A new way of communicating with tools we already possess. Trippy and inspiring for the format of audible and tangible arts sake. 😮

[@djflipside33]

This was super cinematic. Amazing job editing. Felt like a Jordan Peele Sam Esmali movie. Definitely should get made.

[@ChillyWillyJr]

Bruh. Remember the movie, "Get Out": "Behold, the Caligula!" Same video production!

[@franzouse6364]

That was amazing. A pretty enthralling experience. Many thanks for this moment

[@JohnnyLeeXYZ]

Amazing Video. very inspirational video and project. Thank you.

[@SeanKearney]

This is a brilliant short film (so much more than just another KZbin video) ❤

[@customjohnny]

This was simply top-notch, Brandon. So cool. This is exactly the type of experience I like associated with my consumption of good music 😊👍🏼

[@calmlittlebuddy3721]

This brings back Todd Rundgren's "A Wizards, A True Star". A listening experience. Uncomfortable nostalgia for things you aren't sure happened.

[@nzboi]

I love this! I'm only 5 minutes in and it's heavy on the Dharma Initiative recruitment video, it's just missing Dr Marvin Candle (or one of his aliases) and some Station orientation. I almost, *almost* want to go back through Lost again! But surely it's either a deep concept album that's heavily committed to the theme and it's social commentary or its like a hybrid arg/concept album maybe?

[@riloperro]

Been binging your channel for the last week. Awesome stuff man!

[@johndescy7904]

This is sooo much cooler than a Spotify link. And I kinda feel it inspired you to make this video very special. So although it is "fake", it's also working.

[@RUBBERDUCKDUB]

Loved this one, so interesting so creative. Glad it turned out to be a bit of fun rather than The Substance!

[@LyonKnight24KX]

This video is INCREDIBLE! Definitely Top 3 so far! And the music sounds amazing!

[@transformtransmitt]

Art! Please, please-- more of this! Risk taking! Experimental! Yay! An experience of something truely fresh, new, interesting!! Yay! Thank you!

[@MindreadingRainbow]

wow this was awesome. I really like what you said in your final thoughts as well. subscribed

[@MARSRAM]

The video viewer portion & the 3 playback buttons below it of the physical packaging remind me of Tool’s initial packaging release of their album Fear Inoculum. The day it went on sale was I believe the same day that they also released their entire catalogue on the major streaming platforms such as Spotify & Apple Music. That week their album also beat out Taylor Swift’s newly released album for the top selling album. I really enjoy the tracks on this Windstar album. The audio & video samples as well as the synthesized sonic parts sound authentically from the 80’s. I like the genre bending & blending of various styles which give it a fresh & unique feel. This sounds like something that could be a deep dig from the music education part of Emil Amos’s excellent podcast named Drifter’s Sympathy.

[@faunaflage]

I love that the yellow fire hydrant is there in the photo, but not in real life, and then not in the photo! Ha ha, well done, sir. The project reminds me a bit of The Books' album The Way Out, crafted from self-help recordings.

[@jasonkaehler4582]

amazing creativity! Love the art direction!

[@neilpatrickhairless]

LOL at the people hearing the bleed from those Grado cans as you walk past. "Bro is getting washed"

[@paulcargill]

Well you managed to top the iPod series. Congrats this was amazing.

[@CireAknow]

Windstar is one of the most ambitious music projects I've ever seen. I'm sold on it. I purchased a copy right after watching your video.

[@leemckenna8214]

Im a minute 45 seconds in. This feels like an ARG. Im so excited to watch this. Edit. 6:53 ohh i like where i think i see this is going. This production, your video and that tape. Lets go. Edit. Yes this is exactly what I hoped it was!! Everyone wjo hasnt seen Jason Sedakis show he shot arund Fishtown here in Philly that he very similar vibes and is reaching and clawing thru to he same ideas and emotions hope and "lost" hope and im missing the words i was ready to write. But it aas really good. Called; Dispatches from Elsewhere.

[@leemckenna8214]

Jason Segel*** I knew it was wrong while I was typing it. Hourslater I literally yelled out loud; "SEGEL!!" 😶🤣

[@retromakiha]

My fav video of yours so far. the concept of this music release is so interesting and you told the story so well. music is soo good.

[@milandejong]

Sublime production on this video, well done! This concept brought out the best in you.

[@HarmonographLasers]

KZbin algorithm came in clutch with this video. Great vid and excellent marketing with the album. Thanks also what headphones are you wearing?

[@mwl78rwe]

I really like the website, I have a have a few projects in production and that is direction I was planning, very cool to see something similar IRL.