A Trip Down Memory Lane, starring luxury elite:
Video 2000, if I recall correctly, was recommended to me through the SoundCloud algorithm, and seeing comments from Liz of SPF420 and Reverb Lite on one of his tracks basically resulted in an insta-click on the play button. I forget which track it was, maybe Waiting For You? But I knew I had to get him on Fortune 500.
When he sent me Midnight Ride, I was floored. It was different from much of the albums I'd heard in the scene at the time, and looking back, was an early adopter in the VHS Pop territory. I used to go on daily walks during the spring and summer with my mp3 player in one hand and a water bottle in the other, and though I had plenty of albums I listened to, Midnight Ride was one of my three hype up go-tos. I do not like ranking any Fortune 500 albums, we saw what happened when another label chose to do that with terrible results, plus I think that is mean! But I will say that Midnight Ride holds a special place in my heart, and I'm so thrilled to have given it the platform it deserved.
Arctic Contact gave me a heads up that Midnight Ride was getting a tape release, and my first reaction was "FUCKING FINALLY." Video 2000's only cassette release had a terribly poor rollout on a label I refuse to name, and I remember coming back online and wondering why Midnight Ride never got a chance to shine in a cassette setting. Arctic Contact did a stellar job in giving Eternal its well-deserved flowers, and I knew that Midnight Ride would be treated just as wonderfully. But THE REMIXES? BABY.
BABY.
The remix side is a who's who of modern VHS Pop, sprinkled with cool vaporhomies, even a Mabisyo feature! And everybody killed it. I felt such pride, like I was watching my baby grow up and it's not even my damn child. I love when Fortune 500 alumni get their flowers, and I consider Fortune 500 artists to be family.
If you've not checked Midnight Ride out, I highly recommend you do! And if you've heard the album already, have you at least checked out the remixes? Because they're absolute bops.
Have a track from the original album:
