Velvet Bazaar releases “International Memories” split by Mindspring Memories and Intl. Debris

Velvet Bazaar is back for the first time in almost six months with a split release between hypnagogic mainstays Mindspring Memories and Intl. Debris. International Memories consists of two long-form tracks that demonstrate slow evolution of sampled adult contemporary music buried under slushy waves of noise. If you’re a fan of telepath’s long-running Virtual Dream Plaza (仮想夢プラザ) series, then you […]

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Seikomart releases “Office of the Future” by Kuramae Station

Here’s a new six-track EP from Seikomart, a sister label to Sud Swap Audio Brewing: Office of the Future by Kuramae Station. This release mixes hypnagogic drift with classic-style vaporwave, especially the latter’s semi-glitch aesthetic. Each track is airy and languid while utilizing the vaporwave samplism to an effect not dissimilar to mallsoft and a trip to the virtual plaza. […]

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Elemental 95 releases “Now I Lay Me Down in Dreamland” by MindSpring Memories

Here’s some new slush and swirl from Elemental 95 by way of MindSpring Memories. Now I Lay Me Down in Dreamland is a twelve-track release of telepath-esque hypnagogic drift and late night lo-fi music that sounds like a vaporwave equivalent of shoegaze music. There’s a strong undercurrent of classic-style vaporwave as well, with the genre’s archetypal pitch/tempo-shift serving as the […]

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[Catch-Up] Cyber Dream Records releases “Cyberdelic” compilation

Finishing up today’s catch-up is the Cyberdelic compilation from Cyber Dream Records. Starting off CDR’s new year is a various artists release that comprises twenty tracks and twenty artists from the label’s roster, which is primarily hypnagogic drift, ambient vaporwave, and late night lo-fi music. Featured artists include Rashida Prime, Hantasi, Maroplume, Seabaud, ΣƶɦĂk, and VHS MIDNIGHT STYLE. It’s available […]

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Polygon Priestess – End

Recommendation: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ End is classic-style vaporwave screw at its most varied. From future funk to hypnagogic to computer decay to smooth jazz, it practically has it all. Out on French-Canadian label Elemental 95, the debut album by Polygon Priestess demonstrates the capacity of classic-style vaporwave to be more than reverbed old media. Discussing albums track-by-track gets old, but End is […]

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