Tiger Blood Tapes releases “Dragonball Wave III” by Maitro

Dragonball Wave III is a hot new full-length release of twenty-one tracks melding vaporhop with classic-style vaporwave. Released through Tiger Blood Tapes, this album by Maitro utilizes classic-style vaporwave samplism to create beat-driven tracks that sound like they could be the lobby music for a high-class resort in downtown Ft. Lauderdale. It’s notable for having little trace of irony (outside […]

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Tiger Blood Tapes releases “SCIVIAS” by Geo Metro

SCIVIAS is a full-length release by Geo Metro that’s out on Tiger Blood Tapes. This album is notable for being the first album released on “cell phone” format: you can purchase a “burner card-cell phone” that includes a MicroSIM card that contains the album. Each cell phone actually works, too. Whaaaat. The music merges hypnagogic drift and modern ambient electronica, […]

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Tiger Blood Tapes releases “Groovez” by Ducat

“Vaporhop” typically gets associated with Blank Banshee and similar artists, but that isn’t quite what Groovez sounds like, so I’m going to try a different route. Groovez by Ducat (on Tiger Blood Tapes) is a new full-length release that applies classic-style vaporwave production to 90s dance music. What you’ll hear are dance grooves (no pun intended) from old-school funk and […]

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Tiger Blood Tapes releases “Undine Media” by Riverwave 川の波

I hear “undine” and think of Undertale. Undine Media is a fresh release of original material from Riverwave 川の波 for the Tiger Blood Tapes label. Undine Media combines future funk with vaporhop aesthetics, mostly eschewing the straight-up French house influence common on releases from Neoncity Records for one a bit more influenced by American techno and hypnagogic drift vaporwave aesthetics. […]

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Tiger Blood Tapes releases “Slush Conez” by MindSpring Memories / valyri

Tiger Blood Tapes has a new split between the artists MindSpring Memories and valyri, the latter of which was formerly known as khoven. Slush Conez is eight long-form ambient vaporwave tracks, five from MSM and three from valyri. Recommended for fans of エターナル夜中幻夢 |2284|, 懐かし2002津波, and Sangam. It’s available as a pay-what-you-want digital dwonload and for $9.99 USD on cassette […]

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Tiger Blood Tapes releases “Ravage2099” by Geo Metro

Ravage2099 is a fourteen-track album of ECCOJAMS music that was released in celebration of Cassette Store Day. Recommended for fans of Darksleep (both Identity Ender and Obviate). It’s available as a pay-what-you-want digital download, for $9.99 USD on cassette in an edition of 100, and on various super-duper special edition tapes in single editions. Check it out below:   Ravage2099 […]

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