Sunset Grid releases “Splendor” by Cosmic Cycler

Cosmic Cycler releases “sample curation” vaporwave, which is exactly what it sounds like: albums made out of chosen samples with little additional editing to create a certain milieu, often taking from straightforward corporate muzak and adult contemporary tracks. Splendor is Cosmic Cycler’s newest album, this time releasing through Sunset Recordings instead of usual label Naughty Night. Choice track is the […]

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Naughty Night Records releases “Lovers Lane” by Cosmic Cycler

(Yes, that’s “lovers” without the apostrophe.) Lovers Lane is a four-track EP by Cosmic Cycler that was released on Naughty Night Records not even a week after dropping Human Electronics. Lovers Lane is sample curation of 80s and 90s pop hits and adult contemporary music (just listen to that reverbed percussion on the title track). It’s available for €3 EUR […]

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Naughty Night Records releases “Human Electronics” by Cosmic Cycler

Ukrainian label Naughty Night Records has released new music from Cosmic Cycler, a classic-style vaporwave producer who primarily samples from 80s/90s adult contemporary music and corporate media to evoke the cultural and econcomic excitement that accompanied those two decades. Human Electronics is a nine-track mini-album along just these lines, with upbeat melodies and a lo-fi production akin to the artist’s […]

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Ailanthus Recordings releases “feature presentation” by COSMIC CYCLER

COSMIC CYCLER’s new release feature presentation is pure classic-style vaporwave. Out on Ailanthus Recordings, this album features twenty tracks of muzak, adult contemporary, and public broadcasting-style bumpers processed via lo-fidelity and compression. Recommended for fans of Fortune 500 and Verbatim Consciousness Recordings. It’s available as a pay-what-you-want digital download. Check it out below:   feature presentation by COSMIC CYCLER 0

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Verbatim Consciousness Recordings releases “1-900-WEATHER” by Cosmic Cycler

Verbatim Consciousness Recordings is on quite a roll with releases lately, shelling out a new one practically every day this week. 1-900-WEATHER is today’s album, by the artist Cosmic Cycler. This album is weathersoft, a sub-subgenre (hyper-genre?) of mallsoft that elicits the soundtrack of The Weather Channel and similar networks. It’s available as a pay-what-you-want digital download. Check it out […]

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Adhesive Sounds releases “Remember this Night” by COSMIC CYCLER

The Ontario record label Adhesive Sounds announced new music from COSMIC CYCLER yesterday, titled Remember this Night. The album is a classic-style and hypnagogic pop album of smooth jazz and easy listening samples with a sheen similar to older late night lo-fi albums. Two tracks feature 「サンセット Network❾❶」, a long-time producer in sample-based vaporwave. The album is available as a […]

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