Phoenix #2772 – The Dream Catalogue

Recommendation: ✂ (“Summer’s Love”, “Corporate System Reboot”, “Loading Virtual Mall 9000”, “Virtual Break-Up”, “Dreamers”, “Lovewave”) For classic-style vaporwave, Phoenix #2772 is more or less *the* artist to check out. The guy has been featured on numerous high-profile labels from Business Casual to – you guessed it – Dream Catalogue, in addition to founding Elemental 95 with fellow artist Baconwave. Phoenix […]

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2047 – NEXUS_DAWN

Recommendation: ✂ (“REBOOT”) If there’s one thing that TKX Vault always had in its first run, it was some killer album artwork. Regardless of one’s feelings on NEXUS_DAWN, it’s unequivocally one of the most beautiful (and vaguely despondent) covers to any dreampunk release – and this is a genre that revels in exquisite renders of life in a cyberpunk world. […]

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emperor tangerine – find me lady

Recommendation: ✂ (“rescue me”) From the harsh noise of my empire to the static soundscapes of saltwater creek to the computer drone of find me lady, emperor tangerine had quite a progression in their works. find me lady was the final full-length album by emperor tangerine until the release of slaves on Acid Medical just ten days before the writing […]

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회사AUTO – -Q-

Recommendation: ✂ (“tropic [memories in coral]”, “phantom”, “palm [cruise with me]”, “hyperdrive [lift thine eyes to eternity]”) 회사AUTO1 is a chillwave, vaporwave, and future funk producer, and -Q- is a 2015 album self-released and put out on the Illuminated Paths label. -Q- is tropical chillwave; all of these tracks – but especially “tropic [memories in coral]” absolutely beg to played […]

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幽霊, TOGETHER! – Into Your Eyes

Recommendation: ✂ (“I want to 知っています” and “tell it to my heart”) Into Your Eyes is an old-school ECCOJAMS extended-play by “post-death” producer 幽霊, TOGETHER!1 of DMT Tapes FL.2 The album’s seven tracks are classic-style vaporwave with an old AM-radio sheen comparable to releases found on the Fortune 500 label.3 Each song has a general late night feel, with heavy […]

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Kodak Cameo – Riviera

Recommendation: ✂ (“Caesar’s Palace,” “Flight Sleep”) Kodak Cameo sounds like a night on the Riviera. The album is easy listening samples with just a bit of dust (think 90s, not 80s), with occasionally bombastic samples that create a feeling of big coastal cities and watching fireworks on the beach. Like many Fortune 500 releases, this isn’t commentary or irony so […]

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