Art d’Ecco has released a new single, a cover of Chris Spedding’s Video Life.
Art says:
I don’t know how this song came into my life but as soon as I learned Chris Spedding played on two of my all time favourite records (Here Come The Warm Jets and Nilsson Schmillson) I had to know more.
There’s something quite prophetic about the lyrics in Video Life, given the state of things in 2025 and the obsession the music industry has with artists creating content (juxtaposed against the ongoing geopolitical darkness that blankets our screens on the hour, every hour). It’s maddening to be sucked into that gravitational pull, and most days I just tune out and pretend the world doesn’t exist outside my little island bubble.
Sometimes a song speaks to you so clearly, and this one was on repeat all summer so I felt compelled to shine a little light on it.
We recorded the drums at Dream Club Studios in Victoria, BC (Austin Tufts from the band BRAIDS lending his talents there). The rest was done at my home studio with the usual quirky analogue gear and tape obsessions poured into the mix.