Fantasy Deluxe releases “nightmoves 夜遊び” by 「サンセット Network❾❶」

nightmoves 夜遊び” by 「サンセット Network❾❶」 has been making music for a long while in vaporwave (at least, relative to vaporwave), being featured on the Ultra Guide among other compilations of music. nightmoves 夜遊び is a new nine-track EP of sample curation, specifically taking from adult contemporary and pop music like what would be played on a late-night Wednesday radio program. […]

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Fantasy Deluxe releases “Memories of Old Friends and Days Past” by Memoirs

Fantasy Deluxe released a haunting plunderphonics album on Halloween called Memories of Old Friends and Days Past by Memoirs. This release takes samples of old ballroom and chamber music with a lot of degradation and vinyl crackle added. Contrary to other releases along these lines, the album does not utilize many vinyl skips or warps. This is recommended for fans […]

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Arthur Yamamoto – No Sleep

Recommendation: ☹ Arthur Yamamoto’s debut release came out on Fantasy Deluxe in February 2016. No Sleep consists of lo-fi instrumental hip-hop beats that are laid over jazz and other source material with the sample curation aesthetic of early classic-style vaporwave. It’s pretty much exactly what you’d expect: simple progressions and a laid-back style of compressed beats. The production inconsistently varies […]

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「newtype」 – Virtual Coast

Recommendation: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Originally released in May 2015, Virtual Coast received a cassette release through Fantasy Deluxe a year later on 4/20.1 Was that on purpose? Almost definitely, given that 「newtype」 also goes by Newtype420. This album is an eight-track EP of straightforward classic-style vaporwave, beginning with Brian Eno’s nigh-ubiquitous Windows start-up jingle that filters into a smooth jazz saxophone solo. […]

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VCR and Fantasy Deluxe co-release “Tales from the Heartside” four-way split

Don’t think we’ve had one of these before! Tales from the Heartside is a four-way split release between the artists 「サンセット Network❾❶」, Trademarks & Copyrights, VITO蒸気の波を行います, and Waterfront Dining (the last one spelling his name with capital letters this time). All four of these artists have been quite active within the classic-style and sample curation scenes within vaporwave, and Tales […]

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Fantasy Deluxe double release: “SKY LOBBY” by I am Adam, of Eternia and “lost signal” by Western Digital

Here’s a double release out by Fantasy Deluxe this weekend: SKY LOBBY by I am Adam, of Eternia and lost signal by Western Digital. The former album is heavily inspired by hypnagogic drift, with some flavors of Virtual Dream Plaza-esque dreampunk ambiance, with guest features by artists such as ΣPSON. The latter album uses signalwave presentation and vaporgoth sonic textures. […]

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