Seikomart releases “Reflections” by Windows彡96

Reflections is a sweet downtempo release of vaporhop music that actually sounds like it could’ve come out of the eighties. It’s from Windows彡96, with significant contributions from Neko GF. Tracks utilize new wave and synthpop elements with significant half-whispered, half-sung vocals. Recommended for fans of synthwave. Choice tracks include “Cruising” and “Sharpest Knives”. It’s available as a pay-what-you-want digital download; […]

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SHUT_INS releases “REFLECTIONS” by MALK

SHUT_INS is a fairly eclectic label, and REFLECTIONS is a fairly eclectic release. This new album by MALK combines lo-fi hip-hop (“Zero Gravity”), ghost tech (“Amber Leaf”), and hardvapour (“1 Note Samba”) with some extremely high-quality production. It fits in well among other releases from SHUT_INS including last year’s release from New Shoppe and this year’s releases from Des Une […]

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骨架的 – Reflections

Recommendation: ☀☁☁ Reflections follows much of the same styles of 骨架的’s previous effort Holograms. Tracks are almost entirely smooth jazz and easy listening samples with minimal processing, with the exceptions of minor pitch-shifting and delay. Track lengths range from the artist’s characteristic sub-minute microsamples (e.g. “subway,” “more memories”) to some of the longest excursions in 骨架的’s discography (e.g. the suitably-named […]

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