Contemporary Tapes releases “RadioShaq” by PALM SPRING

RadioShaq is a new release from PALM SPRING, brought to you by the Tennessee label Contemporary Tapes. This release is total broken transmission, which utilizes plunderphonics tropes in a way to evoke a heavily distorted or glitched recording that’s tuning and and out. The release is themed around American basketball player Shaquille O’Neal and his many media appearances – including […]

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Contemporary Tapes releases “[unreleased]” by SONICON

[unreleased] is a selection of ten short songs from 18-year old vaporwave artist SONICON. This project was originally intended as a sequel to his adult swim EP, but was abandoned when it “didn’t stack up” next to it. Tracks are sample curation (e.g. “that’s dandy ver 1.0”) and downtempo vaporhop (e.g. “futurefunkattempt”). It’s available as a pay-what-you-want digital download. Check […]

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Contemporary Tapes releases the “Vaporwave Christmas Story” compilation

Contemporary Tapes’ long-awaited Vaporwave Christmas Story compilation is now available for purchase and download. This release includes twenty-three tracks from twenty-three artists from almost as many vaporwave subgenres; those featured include Sangam, NMESH, nano神社 (✪㉨✪), OSCOB, V ▲ P Y D, and OMI5. All tracks sample from or otherwise reference popular Christmas media in Western culture – for example, “The […]

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