Video Burnout is the musical collaboration of longtime friends Adam Stegemann and Teddy Stuart, founder of sample label Samples From Mars. Inspired by the “Disco loft parties of their youth and a love for archaic gear,” the two have crafted a unique combination using cinematic instrumentals, disco basslines, and more.

Stuart says:

Adam is an old friend of mine – a brilliant jazz pianist-turned DJ. After buying a bunch of old samplers and drum machines, he’d send me videos of some really special grooves he’d composed but didn’t know how to record. So I chose my favorites, and together we recorded and produced our first EP as Video Burnout.

Video Burnout’s debut release, Shame Spirals, is a 5 track EP, merging unlikely ingredients such as “melancholic pads, frantic drum programming, disco basslines and negative space.”