[Weekly Recap] 21 August – 27 August
Sunbleach is starting up a series of weekly recap articles to reflect on recent news and events within the scenes of vaporwave and cyberpunk music. The goal of these articles is to provide an easy reference for those interested in a quick run-down of recent goings-on from the past week in addition to collating news that might not warrant a separate article.
Here’s the recap for the week of 21 August – 27 August 2017:
News
Wednesday, 23 August
- BLCR Laboratories announces cassette release of five TKX Vault albums, consisting of music from 泰合志恒, Television Experience, チェスマスター, and Halo Acid.
- ChanneledEra unveils a website devoted to vaporwave news and music.
Sunday, 27 August
New Music
Monday, 21 August
- E N T I T Y – Dream EP, OKO Sounds (ambient vaporwave; vapordrone)
- DEEP DREAM インターフェース – 有限 EP, Sunset Grid (hypnagogic drift; classic-style)
- Sapporo Dream – Sapporo Dream, Bogus Collective (ambient vaporwave, classic-style)
- Jorge – Shapes, Seikomart (sample curation)
- HANTASI – PearlJams®, Online Records (vapornoise)
- Bit Dream – Meteoras, Sud Swap Audio Brewing (dreampunk)
- Diett Colaa – .sleepless, Flamingo Vapor (lo-fi hip-hop; classic-style)
- Diett Colaa – international football 1994, Flamingo Vapor (lo-fi hip-hop; classic-style)
Tuesday, 22 August
- Various Artists – WORLD WAR 2020 – EPISODE 5: “FAKE NEWS” (CNN vs TRUMP), HVRF (hardvapour)
Wednesday, 23 August
- Various Artists – Bedlam Sampler Year 3, Bedlam Tapes (compilation)
Thursday, 24 August
- qualchan. – smoke break vol II, Adhesive Sounds (sample curation; vaporwave)
- マ力フシキ – もう人間にはなりたくない, Evaporated Sounds (sample curation; vaporwave)
- 녹음하다 – 방송 누락, Evaporated Sounds (broken transmission)
- Kung Pao – FOG, Evaporated Sounds (dreampunk; hypnagogic drift)
- Putaliscious – Chaotix, Antifur (hardvapour)
- eccodroid – Modern love, Sunset Grid (classic-style)
- You’re Perplexing – Don’t Get Caught in the Casette Player, Flamingo Vapor (synthwave)
Friday, 25 August
- marsy – Sweet-Sides, Bogus Collective (future funk)
- My Responsibility – Letting Go, Acid Medical (piano music; dreampunk; vaporwave)
- International Debris – Protoform, Acid Medical (dreampunk; vapordrone; vaporhop)
- b a k m a h n – Operational Excellence, Seikomart (classic-style; utopian vaporwave)
- OSC – Girls on Bikes, Business Casual (synthwave)
- CHUM – CHUM, Power Lunch (classic-style; vapornoise)
Saturday, 26 August
- b l u e__ΔCID – Swimsuit Edition 水着雑誌, Elemental 95 (classic-style)
- Vortex Machine – television paranoia, Ailanthus Recordings (signalwave)
Sunday, 27 August
- Castel – Astral Portal, Asura Revolver (dreampunk; ambient; drone)
- emotion x – a skyless future, Acid Medical (dreampunk)
Sunbleach Publications
Monday, 21 August
Saturday, 26 August
- Interview: Smirk Sounds
- Visual Art: Ferine Arts
- Album Article: E30M3 – E30M3
- Album Article: Ecoscraper – Lithium Excel
Sunday, 27 August
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