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After the last few albums of in-depth contextual releases on vaporwave history, Sunbleach is going to bring it back to simpler times and simpler creations with Light Lines by POCARI COATING. Don’t let the word “simple” fool you into thinking “dull” or “uninteresting” – in vaporwave, certain subgenres excel best when they are at their barest. Light Lines is a […]
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Recommendation: ☀☁☁ POCARI COATING – known as POCARI ステューシー until 2017 – is a French artist who has released vaporwave music since 2015. Starting in classic-style vaporwave with School Days (a split EP with 猫 シ Corp.), POCARI COATING was featured on a variety of high-profile vaporwave compilations including The Eternal Dream System from Dream Catalogue, The Vape Council, Pt. […]
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Boy Racer is future funk, but removed from that by YUNG BAE and マクロスMACROSS 82-99. This new release by Robot Boyfriend for Irish label Goodnight Tapes utilizes the French house and heavy equalization of future funk but with a sampliing style that’s closer identified with classic-style vaporwave. Robot Boyfriend primarily samples from Anglophone adult contemporary and 80s/90s pop songs. Recommended […]
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Goodnight Tapes is back for their first release since Light Lines by POCARI COATING. Behind the Lights (coincidence?) by Streymoyer is the artist’s debut release. This album is five tracks of dreampunk music with significant downtempo textures and the occasional glitch moment. The album’s centerpiece is final track “Behind the Lights”, which is a twenty-five minute ambient odyssey that will […]
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Coming from the Dublin label Goodnight Tapes is new music by POCARI COATING. Light Lines is a full-length release of classic-style vaporwave music that loops short, sampled earworms and layers additional percussion on top. It’s a pretty subdued release – similar to the latest ULTRACOMPUTER album on TKX Vault – and it has a sort of late-night PBS broadcast vibe […]
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Here’s the fourth release from Goodnight Tapes, a label run out of Dublin, Ireland. DREAMS // WISHES is a nineteen-track plunderphonics album from JR/KS that samples vocals, jazz, disco-ish themes, and percussion in a single set. It’s reminiscent of the sampling style used by The Avalanches on Since I Left You, but with much less of the dancey-stylism used by […]
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Baudway Video – an imprint of Goodnight Tapes – is out with another release. For those who aren’t aware, Baudway Video releases music solely on VHS tape with accompanying video to the music of specific albums on the GT catalogue. Today’s album is Gaze by Symbols XI, which was originally released at the beginning of September. Total run-time is approximately […]
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