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Well, it’s probably about time that we updated the album-of-the-week, right? COMMERCIAL PARENTING sure as hell had a good run. Coming back into regular updates, we’re kicking off the fall season with CONTEMPORARY by General Translator. As stated in our article, General Translator was one of the most engaged members of the mid-life vaporwave community, starting up in approximately 2013 […]
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Recommendation: ☀☁☁ General Translator was one of the most engaged members of the community in vaporwave’s adolescence from 2012 to 2014, after which he took a three-year hiatus1 before returning with 2017’s OPERATION ETERNAL ECSTASY. This artist produced music for a variety of labels including the short-lived Tinnitus1 – of which 2013’s CONTEMPORARY is the most well-known. CONTEMPORARY was reissued […]
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OPERATION ETERNAL ECSTACY comes from long-time vaporwave producer General Translator on Bedlam Tapes. OPERATION ETERNAL ECSTACY utilizes a coalescence of vaporwave music (classic-style and late night lo-fi) with video game soundtrack music. The CD-skip editing of ECCOJAMS makes an appearance on tracks such as “A Murder in Cold Blood [Stage 1]”, but just every so often so as to jolt […]
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