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Vapornoise/classic-style vaporwave on Ailanthus Recordings on the concept of “post-” in the digital era, predating similar experiments by Universitat de Barcelona by four months.
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MIDSTYLE – WITHIN
A thirteen-track survey of old-school vaporwave subgenres, released through experimental label Online Records.
Continue reading »Trademarks & Copyrights – Flashback
Recommendation: ☀☀☁ | Classic-style vaporwave from 2015 filled with subtle and not-subtle production edits of adult contemporary music; one of the first albums on the Lost Angles label.
Continue reading »vid.nas – MAN MACHINE INTERFACE
Recommendation: ☀☀☁ | A cyberpunk exploration of robots, man, sex, and philosophy in the context of vaporwave music.
Continue reading »Start-Up シーケンス – COMMERCIAL PARENTING
Recommendation: ☀☀☁ | Although the idea of vaporwave being a critique of capitalism is somewhat unsubstantiated given its aesthetic development, this is an album that certainly displays such cynicism toward commercialism and cultural hegemony.
Continue reading »Valet Girls – 「WE NEVER HAD CTRL」
Recommendation: ☀☀☁ | Classic-style vaporwave that tackles vaporwave trends, sex, liminal space, and Britney – bitch.
Continue reading »MOD-COMM 81 – Join Us
Recommendation: ☀☀☁ | An eight-track release of moderately uptempo (for ghost tech) cyberpunk electronica with nods to Detroit music and hardvapour.
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