Vapour City Detective Agency releases “The Investigation” by Crystal Vessel

Montréal label Vapour City Detective Agency released their first album of July, titled The Investigation by Crystal Vessel. This seven track extended-play is vaportrap with ambient/field recording influences, especially on “Interlude” and “London Underground.” It’s available as a pay-what-you-want digital download. Check it out below:   The Investigation by Crystal Vessel 0

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チェスマスター – 真の愛

Recommendation: ☀☁☁ チェスマスター’s1 debut album bares some hints to the experimental production style with which the moniker is now synonymous. Although mostly a standard 骨架的-esque release of narcotic soundtracks, 真の愛2 also utilizes PA-speaker vocal samples (e.g. “を作成中”), blissed-out percussion (e.g. “サマーナイト”), and understated washes of haze (e.g. “ナイト”). Each チェスマスター features a long, winding closing track, and 真の愛 is no […]

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UNFR – Holy Forest

Recommendation: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ UNFR’s Holy Forest consists of a single seventeen-minute long track called “Scripture,” out on the experimental label TKX Vault (formerly known as Tokyo Exchange).1 The album is dreampunk, a specific style of ambient vaporwave that utilizes drone music as its musical foundation as opposed to chopped-and-screwed techniques, sample curation, or trap beats.2 Expectedly, Holy Forest has no percussion, […]

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Lost Angles re-releases “孤独” by CORPORATE災害 on cassette

Ambient vaporwave album 孤独 by CORPORATE災害 is getting a cassette re-release by Canadian label Lost Angles. This six-track album was originally self-released on 13 January 2016; its cassette run currently has an unlisted edition, but they are available for immediate purchase for $8 Canadian or more. Check it out below:   孤独 by CORPORATE災害 0

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