This Heat - Testcard/Horizontal Hold

[@jamesmandolin]

This Heat were one of the best live bands ever, I could not believe it when I first saw them - they opened with this track and I thought the top of my head had been sliced off. Unbelievably powerful and wild, yet carefully controlled, without being vicious or aggressive like a metal band. Completely unique. I still have my vinyl Deceit, though H&E and This Heat have long gone missing. I can't find their stuff anywhere except for silly money. And they were great people too, friendly and accessible.. Charles Bullen invited me up to his flat for a smoke once, where he played me some of his heavy dub collection. Those were the days!

[@Vingul]

Ha, I can well imagine they were into dub -- I was just thinking of sampling some of this for a dub effect (adding delay)... anyway, their debut album (perhaps several of them but that's the one I got) was reissued a few years ago, in case you were not aware.

[@michaelanderson689]

This is probably the most important contemporary music ever made. You can hear it in The Fall, Stereolab, John Adams, Philip Glass. These people demand worship

[@francescomanzo3939]

BLASPHEMOUS!!!!! (not referred to music)

[@glynwilliams1786]

I'm a massive fan of extreme metal but this is heavier. Genius.

[@WhiteMaster6751]

Post-punk, Experimental rock, Krautrock, Musique concrète, Avant-progressive rock

[@MrDerickDaniels]

Man it feels like this piece of art is from the in a future like 90s or the 2000s rather than from 1977!

[@mcnowski]

Looking up how to make homemade lavender scented soap brought me here.....

[@batfinksdad]

Lolz

[@landslidepurist]

This is their masterpiece.

[@jennerdavis4097]

Holy shit, how have I missed this band til now?!?!? They are fucking AWESOME!!!

[@rockulabacchus3786]

Charles Bullen and Charles Hayward are coming together at Café Oto in London for a two day residency on 12th and 13th February 2016. Performing 'This Heat' material under the banner 'This Is Not This Heat'. First public performances of 'This Heat' music since 1982. And 40 years since their first gig on 13th February 1976.

[@Geo-wc7jc]

This music is like a sonic representation of adhd

[@votkiskoc]

speed

[@je7647]

You’re right

[@d.d.schafer2592]

That was absolutely magnificent, bravo

[@PEGGLORE]

excellent upload texz. i love how u combined footage from the London to Brighton train journey. u need to see the 1983 colour version if u havent. wizsoft has the best upload. it is my favourite audio/visual experience. the music is so good, the sound effects as the train goes past the stations with the music is so great. the train goes past my home town of coulsdon at 1:38 in the vid as well :)

[@paulmadigan5603]

iv saw the lps so many times in my search for the exsprimental wher have i been its fucking amazing

[@jamesmandolin]

Where have you seen the LPs? Are you in the UK? And yes they ARE amazing!

[@anttumad]

Nce video texz. I was born in 1977. Why my parent didn't played for me this song when I was one day old? I have to ask them, and "we didn't know this guys" won't work like an answer. So long!

[@chmrljica]

My brain is screaming :)

[@asluchalny]

love it so so much

[@weeeeeeraaaaaa]

fkin hell, how awesome

[@texzSG]

Hi Chris, yes I made this video. Thanks for your comments!

[@darkdubh]

Mindblowing!

[@francescomanzo3939]

Do not joke about explosions.

[@MegaOsiris123]

Oh!! love your trip texzSG !!!!

[@overdhump]

nice video accompaniment tex

[@tomaszkaminski6495]

Holly Crap!!!

[@Mink-yu8nu]

Clothes, Music, Boys brought me here.

[@therealblackmonolith]

Jeeeeze, I'm glad someone else noticed, I thought I was going crazy.

[@texzSG]

Thanks Llarel. I am glad you enjoyed it.

[@pawlio66]

Great vid:)

[@texzSG]

I haven't seen that but will check it out, thanks for your comment!

[@antonio4880]

YAYYY!!!

[@migwelswanchez6679]

is this live? holy shit

[@MKNull]

Yes lol.

[@christianlesurfmusic]

This is the John Peel session recorded a year or two before the self-titled album.

[@OlderWaiter]

this is greeeaaaaaaaat.

[@3rdhand712]

the bass on this version is fatal. i'm only listening on headphones and it feels like it's literally eroding my body

[@glomag]

These guys were so far ahead. Tex probably already know this, but Hayward was from Quiet Sun, which was Phil Manzanera's band before Roxy Music and which he resurrected right after Roxy split the first time, making the brilliant (and ironically named) "Mainstream" record. That one is something like this but toward the prog end more than the punk end. Tex, you made this video? It's really fantastic. Totally gets the aesthetic of the band I think.

[@RandomTipOfTheDay]

FULL SCREEN OF HELL!

[@texzSG]

thanks hump

[@shesaiddestroy000]

I guess Philip Glass was in the biz before This Heat

[@gurgisjones1120]

Someone gave acid to the video editor. Cool though! This is Day 1 of me hearing of this band. Sounds a bit like Fred Frith, Henry Cow.

[@blackballplayer]

You've added stuff to it and I don't like that. The original is fantastic.