Vectorfray – Pentbüt

Recommendation: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Here’s another release of early Vektroid, and we’re talking really early. Like, 2005 early. Pentbüt1 came out before Vektroid was even a thing – hell, before Vektordrum was even a thing – back when Ramona Xavier produced music as Vectorfray.2 This is German dance music akin to that on labels such as Kompakt and Mille Plateaux back in […]

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Vektroid reissues early works on digital format

Ramona Xavier used to go by Vektordrum – along with quite a few other aliases – before (mostly) settling into the overarching Vektroid and New Dreams Ltd. projects. For a while, these earlier albums have been unavailable through “official” channels from Xavier herself, with most access being through *ahem* questionable mirrors and sources on the Internet. But last week, Xavier […]

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Vektordrum – Hello Skypedals EP1

Recommendation: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Vektordrum is an early alias of Ramona Xavier, whose other projects include Vektroid, fuji grid tv, and Macintosh Plus. Hello Skypedals EP1 is a 2009 release that – at forty-three minutes in length – makes one curious how long LP1 would’ve been. Although it’s only a year younger than the vaporwave catalyst of the New Dreams Ltd. and […]

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Macintosh Plus – FLORAL SHOPPE

Recommendation: ☀☀☁ For many, FLORAL SHOPPE is the vaporwave album. Macintosh Plus is what made Roman busts and Diana Ross the face of vaporwave in much of the popular consciousness, to the extent that major networks such as tumblr and MTV would copy this exact “aesthetic” style (to the chagrin of many), to say nothing of its ubiquitous presence in […]

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Vektroid and Siddiq self-release “NO TITLE” as PALACIO DEL RIO

The next string in Vektroid’s quite prolific 2016 year is NO TITLE as PALACIO DEL RIO, a project/collaboration with the hip-hop artist Siddiq. The two also collaborated on Midnight Run, which was released in August. NO TITLE is a five-track extended-play that features short vignettes of jazzy, bassy Vektroid instrumentals matched with Siddiq’s lackadaisical and reverbed flow. It’s available as […]

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Vektroid – Starcalc

Recommendation: ✂ (“Interstellar Safari,” “Awakening Parakeet,” “Nova Prophet,” “Dusk at Temple Amiga,” “Interstellar Clusters”) Starcalc is one of the early releases by Ramona Xavier as Vektroid – even before Macintosh Plus, fuji grid tv, and Laserdisc Visions. This album follows Xavier’s early interest in chillwave sounds, something that would be fully realized on 2012’s Color Ocean Road. Tracks have trap […]

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