Illuminated Paths releases “PLATINUM COLLECTION -TRIPLE ALBUM PLUS​!​-” by Topaz Gang

PLATINUM COLLECTION -TRIPLE ALBUM PLUS​!​- is a compilation album of music by the Topaz Gang, and it’s out on Floridian label Illuminated Paths. This forty-track album includes various extended-plays and singles, including several live tracks and unreleased music that are only available on this release. Most songs are classic-style vaporwave with some future funk vibes thrown in for good measure. […]

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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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t e l e p a t h テレパシー能力者 self-releases “All for You / Sensuality”

Dreampunk/hypnagogic vaporwave artist t e l e p a t h テレパシー能力者 released new music on his bandcamp site today, the split-single All for You / Sensuality. Both tracks are synthfunk/synthpop-inspired classic-style vaporwave with hypnagogic influences. The release is available for $1.11 as a digital download. Check it out below:   All For You / Sensuality by t e l […]

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Midnight Moon Tapes releases “Zones” by Digital Sex

The newest release by Digital Sex is Zones, and it’s out on the Californian label Midnight Moon Tapes. This album is a classic-style vaporwave/VHS pop release with substantial influence from the broken transmission genre, but still remains quite “musical” in the colloquial sense. It’s available as a pay-what-you-want digital download and for $9 on seafoam blue cassette in an edition […]

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Illuminated Paths releases “フリーをクリック” by \ƒ®EE | ©LI©K/™

The next Illuminated Paths release is the classic-style vaporwave album フリーをクリック by \ƒ®EE | ©LI©K/™. Despite the memey-sounding name, \ƒ®EE | ©LI©K/™’s debut release for the label is free of irony and self-deprecation, and quite fun. It’s available for $6 as a digital download and for $7 on cassette format in a run of twenty-five. Check it out below:   […]

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3D BLAST 爆風 – Pioneer

Recommendation: ✂ (see article for recommendations) Take note, future funk producers: Pioneer may have some problems, but it’s also a great example of the subgenre done right. Way too many artists simply equalize old funk songs, slather on some house beats, and call it their own;1 but 3D BLAST 爆風2 throws in some killer effects and phasing to make tracks […]

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