Album of the Week

Each week, Sunbleach celebrates a new featured album or label of particular importance – historical, critical, etc. – to the vaporwave scene. Check back each Monday for a new album, or scroll below for former AOTW.   2018 12 November – 18 November: チェスマスター – Infinity of a Void 5 November – 11 November: Channel 505 – 日本の天気と気候 29 October […]

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AOTW | 12 November – 18 November: チェスマスター – Infinity of a Void

TKX Vault is one of the most notable “underground” labels in vaporwave. Underground? Wait, isn’t the whole genre underground? Well yes, but hear me out for a second. “Underground” in vaporwave is generally a bit more experimental, a bit more risky, and generally weirder. These are the labels and artists that you won’t always find just be scouring top ten […]

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AOTW | 5 November – 11 November: Channel 505 – 日本の天気と気候

This week’s AOTW is gonna get a little obscure. Partly cloudy, if you will. 日本の天気と気候 was the first album ever released through the Prevue Guide label, which ran through 2016 and primarily released music tagged as “weathersoft”. Weathersoft sought to create music that was reminiscent of the Weather Channel in the USA, which (before it became ostensibly reality television) was/is […]

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AOTW | 29 October – 4 November: Trademarks & Copyrights – Flashback

Of all the vaporwave artist names, Trademarks & Copyrights has to be the most self-aware. From the genre’s inception, issues of copyright and whether or not vaporwave artists actually own their songs have been in the forefront of discussion. Just take a walk over to the vaporwave subreddit or check out some early archived posts on 4chan; each week, there’ll […]

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AOTW | 22 October – 28 October: GAMESHARK™ – SHARK 2 パラサイトシングル

(More like “album of the month” by this point, right?) Following catch-up days with new music, we’re now starting our next set of AOTW features with SHARK 2 パラサイトシングル by GAMESHARK™. Don’t let the meme-esque album title (and artwork) fool you; GAMESHARK™ isn’t an artist who simply makes some cheesy one-tone release; SHARK 2 パラサイトシングル is a full-length with some […]

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AOTW | 24 September – 30 September: General Translator – CONTEMPORARY

Well, it’s probably about time that we updated the album-of-the-week, right? COMMERCIAL PARENTING sure as hell had a good run. Coming back into regular updates, we’re kicking off the fall season with CONTEMPORARY by General Translator. As stated in our article, General Translator was one of the most engaged members of the mid-life vaporwave community, starting up in approximately 2013 […]

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AOTW | 9 July – 15 July: Start-Up シーケンス – “COMMERCIAL PARENTING”

Whoa, a new AOTW! I know, right? And here I thought I’d have more time to update Sunbleach on my two-month hiking trip. In retrospect, the time constraints should have been more obvious to me. Vaporwave can be dark.[citation needed] In fact, the genre probably started with the twisted side of the early digital age and mass-media/commercialization, with albums like […]

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AOTW | 11 June – 17 June: POCARI COATING – Light Lines

After the last few albums of in-depth contextual releases on vaporwave history, Sunbleach is going to bring it back to simpler times and simpler creations with Light Lines by POCARI COATING. Don’t let the word “simple” fool you into thinking “dull” or “uninteresting” – in vaporwave, certain subgenres excel best when they are at their barest. Light Lines is a […]

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